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Vagos motorcycle gang members collide in bizarre Ogden crash

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 12:01pm

OGDEN — Two Vagos motorcycle gang members were injured in a bizarre crash early Wednesday in Ogden.

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Anti-drunken driving snowman stolen in S. Jordan

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - 5:35pm

SOUTH JORDAN -- Authorities say a large, decorative snowman meant to discourage drunken driving was swiped from in front of a South Jordan grocery store over the weekend.

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Man charged in texting-while-driving crash that injured teen

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, February 3, 2013 - 1:10am

ROOSEVELT -- A 27-year-old man has been charged with texting while driving and driving under the influence in a crash that critically injured a Roosevelt teenager.

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Kristine Nicole Biggs, 41, of Rock Springs, Wyo.

Woman shot in eye by Morgan deputy pleads guilty to DUI

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, January 18, 2013 - 10:33am

FARMINGTON — The woman who was shot in the eye by a Morgan sheriff’s deputy recently entered guilty pleas to two charges and has been released from jail pending her sentencing hearing.

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Daniel Kropf, (Cache County Sheriff's Office)

3 DUIs in 3 days means 3 trials for Utah man

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 11:53am

LOGAN -- Cache County prosecutors plan to hold three trials for a man accused of driving under the influence three times in three days.

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Sen. Michael Crapo, R-Idaho speaks outside Alexandria General District Court in Alexandria, Va., Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, after pleading guilty Friday to a misdemeanor first-offense drunken driving charge. In exchange for his plea Friday, prosecutors dropped a charge of failing to obey a traffic signal. Crapo received a $250 fine and a 12-month suspension of his driver's license and must complete an alcohol safety program. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Mormon senator will seek forgiveness from church for DUI

Matthew Barakat, Rebecca Boone The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 4, 2013 - 2:28pm

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — U.S. Sen. Michael Crapo pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of driving while intoxicated and then apologized for his actions and asked forgiveness from his constituents.

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UHP makes 107 DUI arrests over New Year’s weekend

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - 4:23pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Highway Patrol officers say they arrested 107 people on suspicion of driving under the influence during the four-day New Year’s weekend.

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Idaho senator may have to get ignition lock after DUI

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, January 1, 2013 - 2:32pm

BOISE, Idaho -- U.S. Sen. Michael Crapo will likely be required to install an ignition interlock device in his car to test his breath for alcohol as a result of his drunken driving arrest in Virginia. But that wouldn't have been the case in his home state of Idaho, which doesn't require the devices for first-time offenders.

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UHP to beef up DUI patrols for New Year's Eve

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, December 31, 2012 - 5:25pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Highway Patrol officers will be out in force on New Year’s Eve to catch and prevent drunk driving.

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FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2010 file photo, U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, gives his victory speech at the Republican Party election headquarters held at the Doubletree Riverside Hotel in Boise, Idaho. Authorities say Crapo has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012 in a Washington, D.C. suburb. (AP Photo/Matt Cilley, File)

Idaho senator told officer he drank vodka before DUI arrest

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 27, 2012 - 12:44pm

BOISE, Idaho — U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho is headed back to Washington, D.C., to participate in negotiations over averting the so-called fiscal cliff and doesn’t plan to immediately provide details about what led to his arrest early Sunday on suspicion of drunken driving.

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Idaho senator had reputation as Mormon teetotaler before DUI arrest

John Miller The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 27, 2012 - 12:46pm

BOISE, Idaho — When U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo sponsored a 2010 bill to cut taxes on small beer brewers, he said he did so for pro-business, not pro-beer reasons.

A Mormon, the Idaho Republican told The Associated Press at the time that he abstains from alcohol, and he pledged to have a root beer to celebrate if the bill passed.

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Idaho U.S. senator arrested for DUI

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, December 24, 2012 - 9:20am

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A conservative U.S. senator from Idaho who has said he doesn’t drink because of his Mormon faith has been charged with drunken driving.

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Class-action suit filed over UHP trooper's DUI arrests

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, December 15, 2012 - 4:28pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the Utah Highway Patrol over alleged wrongful arrests for driving under the influence.

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Sandy man dies after hitting parked excavator

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, November 26, 2012 - 10:05am

SANDY— Police say a 49-year-old man from Sandy is dead after his SUV slammed into heavy construction equipment over the weekend.

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FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2012 file photo, marijuana is weighed and packaged for sale at the Northwest Patient Resource Center medical marijuana dispensary in Seattle. Pot, at least certain amounts of it, will soon be legal under state law in Washington and Colorado. Now, officials in both states are trying to figure out how to keep doped drivers off the road. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Legal pot has police worried about stoned drivers

Gene Johnson, Kristen Wyatt The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 9:32am

DENVER — It’s settled. Pot, at least certain amounts of it, will soon be legal under state laws in Washington and Colorado. Now, officials in both states are trying to figure out how to keep stoned drivers off the road.

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