You were stopped because the officer who pulled you over believes you were driving erratically. He or she asks if you had any alcoholic drinks. You know you’re probably over the legal limit, so you decide to ignore the officer’s request for a breath test...
According to local news reports, at approximately 3 a.m. on December 23, 2017, officers were dispatched to a citizen complaint of a man passed out in a vehicle in the roadway at a red light in the 200 block of Lake Street. Officers arrived on the scene and...
A Shreveport man was recently found guilty in Caddo Parish for his fourth DWI that will put him in jail for at least a decade, and possibly up to 40 years, according to local news reports. It took the jury 15 minutes to determine unanimously 50-year-old man was...
According to local news reports, a Coushatta teenager died recently following a crash in Red River Parish that involved a vehicle and two people just east of US Highway 71. According to Louisiana State Police Troop G, two teenage Coushatta girls, age 19 and 17, were...
DWI stands for driving while intoxicated, or in some cases, driving while impaired. DUI is an acronym for driving under the influence. These terms can have different meanings, but both of these terms are applied to a driver who is being charged with a serious offense...
If you’ve ever been convicted of a DWI or DUI in Louisiana, or anywhere else for that matter, then you will probably be glad to learn that you are able to have these records removed under certain conditions! Louisiana State law R.S. 44:9(A)(2) states that a DUI can be...