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Drunk-Driving Fatality Rate Going Up in Arizona; Drugged-Driving Problem Also on Increase, 2012 ADOT Report Shows

By Ray Stern Thu., Jun. 6 2013 at 5:05 PM

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Alberto Gutier, director of the Governor's Office of Highway Safety, could not say why the rate of drunk-driving fatalities has gone up even though Arizona has the toughest DUI laws in the nation.

The number of people killed by drunk drivers in Arizona went down slightly compared to last year -- but only because fewer people overall died on state roadways.

As a percentage of the total fatalities, more drunk drivers were responsible for killing people in 2012 than the year before, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation's Crash Facts annual report released this week.

The rate was already up slightly in 2011 from 2010 following a decrease in 2009, a New Times review of the last five years of reports shows. For injury crashes, the rate of drunk drivers believed responsible rose slightly in 2012.

Alberto Gutier, director of the Governor's Highway Safety office, had no explanation for why more drunk drivers, proportionately, are getting into crashes -- despite the fact that the state has, arguably, the harshest DUI laws in the country.

Arizona's Drunk Drivers Average "Extreme" DUI Blood-Alcohol Levels During Memorial Day

By Matthew Hendley Wed., May 29 2013 at 11:59 AM

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Most Arizonans chose not to drive drunk over Memorial Day weekend, but those who did were pretty loaded.

According to statistics from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety, the average blood-alcohol level of people caught in statewide DUI enforcement this weekend was .153 -- nearly twice the legal limit of .08, and enough to qualify people for the "extreme" DUI category.

See also:
-Drunk Drivers Average "Extreme" DUI Levels During Holidays... Again

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Ex-Phoenix Firefighter Mark Nehrenz Gets Jail Time for Drunk-Driving Into a Teenager

By Matthew Hendley Tue., May 14 2013 at 2:18 PM

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Former Phoenix firefighter Mark Nehrenz

A former Phoenix firefighter who was driving drunk when he hit a teenager and drove away in 2011 will spend a little time in jail.

Mark Nehrenz was sentenced to 45 days in jail and three years on probation for the incident, which left the teenager with a broken hip.

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-Phoenix Firefighter Mark Nehrenz Hit a Kid With His Truck and Didn't Bother to Stop

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arizona, dui, hit and run, mark nehrenz, phoenix, phoenix fire department

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Feds Want Blood-Alcohol Level for DUIs to Drop From .08 to .05

By Matthew Hendley Tue., May 14 2013 at 1:53 PM

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The National Transportation Safety Board has decided that a blood-alcohol level of .08 is no longer the acceptable maximum for American drivers, and instead wants .05 to be the new threshold for DUIs.

That obviously would have a big effect in Arizona, where the penalties for DUI are just about the toughest in the country.

See also:
-Arizona's Drunk Drivers Average "Extreme" DUI Levels...Again
-Jan Brewer's Wild Ride: We Got the Police Report

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.08, arizona, blood alcohol content, dui, dui laws, governor's office of highway safety, national transportation safety board

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Aimee Butel, Valley Attorney, Accused of Running Over Woman While Driving Drunk

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Mar. 25 2013 at 11:51 AM

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Aimee Butel

A Valley attorney and former Maricopa County medical examiner is accused of running over and killing a woman lying in a roadway while driving drunk, then driving away.

Aimee Lorine Butel, listed in court documents obtained by New Times as an attorney for the Phoenix law firm Knapp & Roberts, is accused of running over the woman shortly after midnight on Saturday.

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Mark Grace Sentenced to Four Months in Jail in DUI Case

By Matthew Hendley Thu., Jan. 31 2013 at 11:26 AM

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An extremely old photograph of Mark Grace.

Former Arizona Diamondbacks first-baseman and color-commentator Mark Grace was sentenced this morning to four months in jail.

According to a Maricopa County Superior Court spokesman, Grace was granted work release, and will also serve two years on probation.

See also:
-Mark Grace and Daron Sutton Being Replaced by Bob Brenly and ESPN's Steve Berthiaume
-Best DUI in Local Sports - 2011: Mark Grace

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arizona, arizona diamondbacks, dui, mark grace, scottsdale, scottsdale police department

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Arizona's Drunk Drivers Average "Extreme" DUI Blood-Alcohol Levels During Holidays... Again

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Jan. 2 2013 at 7:57 AM

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Despite cops around the state probably hearing the phrase "just two beers" quite often during DUI stops this holiday season, the state government's statistics show that Arizonans tend to be fairly slammed when they were caught driving drunk.

For the second year in a row, drivers busted for DUI during specific DUI-enforcement operations since Thanksgiving had an average blood-alcohol level of .15, a level which is nearly twice the "legal limit" of .08, and would quafily people for the "extreme" DUI category.

See also:
-Jan Brewer's Wild Ride: We Got the Police Report. Get All the Tipsy Details Right Here
-Jan "Drive Hammered, Get Nailed" Brewer: DUI Report Result of "Silly Season"
-Sheriff Larry Dever's Blood-Alcohol Level Was More Than Three Times the "Legal Limit" at Time of Fatal Crash

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Isacc Quesada's DUI Ruin: One Dead, Baby and Women Injured, Witnesses Punched and Kicked

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Dec. 10 2012 at 11:47 AM

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Isacc Quesada

Isacc Quesada was involved in a simple fender-bender in Phoenix on Saturday night.

What ended up happening, though, left one man dead, injured two women and a baby, and additional people were punched and kicked -- which has Quesada, 20, in jail on nine felony charges.

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State Representative David Burnell Smith Hit With DUI, Pulls a "Do You Know Who I Am?"

By Matthew Hendley Mon., Nov. 5 2012 at 10:43 AM

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David Burnell Smith

Driving under the influence: not very funny. Republican state Representative David Burnell Smith's arrest for alleged DUI: hilarious.

Smith pulled the alleged DUI trifecta in his encounter with Scottsdale police: as an attorney who claims he "fights for those who have been arrested and/or charged with a DUI," he reportedly tried to blame mouthwash for his alleged blood-alcohol level, and he went with the infamous, "Do you know who I am?" line on the arresting officer.

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Edward Sauceda Has an Arizona Cardinals Face Tattoo, Alleged Pre-Season DUI

By Matthew Hendley Tue., Sep. 4 2012 at 10:51 AM

Categories: Drive Hammered...Get Nailed, Mugshot of the Week, Sports?

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Edward Sauceda

Edward Sauceda is probably the only person on earth with the Arizona Cardinals logo tattooed on his face, as we could only find one other photo of a Cardinals face tattoo on Google images -- Sauceda's mugshot from 2009.

Sauceda was actually arrested the week before the Cardinals lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII in 2009, but is now accused of aggravated DUI during the preseason.

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