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At the North Hollywood Metro, Teodora Would Feed You Even If You Couldn’t Pay

U.S. DUI NEWS · WEEKEND EDITION November 11–15, 2026 If you were hungry outside the North Hollywood Metro station and didn’t have money, Teodora De Jesus Villalobos would feed you anyway. Her daughter, Melissa Villalobos , told KABC about that habit this week. Another vendor on the same stretch of sidewalk, Maria Angelica Peck , worked six days a week, holidays included. At 73, her family said, she still liked going to work. [ Associated Press ] On Tuesday, November 10, at about 5:50 p.m., a minivan went up on the sidewalk near Lankershim and Chandler. Villalobos, 57, and Peck died there. So did Francesca Krystine Esker , 39. Two other people went to the hospital with serious injuries. By Wednesday, people were bringing flowers and candles to the corner where they used to buy dinner. [ Associated Press · Los Angeles County District Attorney · NBC Los Angeles ] On Friday, November 13, Los Angeles County prosecutors charged the driver, Ihor Demianenko , 61, with three counts of mu...
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Illustration of an ignition interlock. The vehicle shown is not connected to the case.

U.S. DUI NEWS · COURT EXPLAINER Collierville, Tennessee · November 10, 2026 A driver can leave a car in the driveway all weekend. An ignition interlock checks nothing while it sits there. A wearable alcohol monitor can still take readings. That difference helps explain a detail from Tuesday’s hearing in Collierville, Tennessee, after the Highway 385 crash that killed Rebecca Case , a mother of nine. [ Action News 5: November 10 hearing · NHTSA: ignition interlocks · SCRAM Systems: how the bracelet works ] On November 10, an attorney for Derek Kyle Johnson , 37, told Action News 5 that his client must have an ignition interlock installed in any vehicle he drives before he can be released. He must also wear a SCRAM alcohol monitor. His bond remained at $250,000. [ Action News 5: November 10 hearing ] What happens when the driver turns the key? First comes a breath sample. If the reading exceeds the device’s preset limit, the interlock keeps the engine from starting. It answers a n...
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U.S. DUI NEWS · CASE UPDATE Ocala, Florida · November 7, 2026 Ocala, Florida | November 7, 2026 An Ocala officer spoke to two brothers in a van blocking a traffic lane early on September 29. Minutes after police let them leave, a mother and her son were dead. On November 5, WFTV reported a new detail from an arrest affidavit: the driver, Joel Gonzalo Zelaya , 33, had a blood alcohol level of 0.26 after the crash. [ WFTV, Nov. 5: blood test · WFTV: body-camera footage and internal review ] What the cameras caught The officer’s body camera recorded someone in the van saying one of the brothers had drunk too much. Police Chief Mike Balken said the officer should have investigated possible impairment. Separately, passenger Cristian Zelaya later told a detective he had warned his brother Joel against driving, according to the affidavit. [ Ocala Gazette: crash investigation · WFTV: body-camera footage and internal review ] Around 2:45 a.m., DeLawn Marshall Duncan , 50, was turning ...
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Editorial illustration of marigolds for Día de los Muertos. Not a photograph of the crash scene.

U.S. DUI NEWS · WEEKLY BRIEFING November 1–7, 2026 · Five cases across four states. On November 1, Joshua Mazur took his daughter, Janessa Milagro Mazur Diaz , to his grandmother’s grave in Sacramento for Día de los Muertos. A vehicle struck them both at St. Mary Cemetery. Janessa, 13 months old, died. Her father was still in intensive care when the case returned to court on Friday. [ Court hearing report · Family interview ] Janessa’s mother, Jackline Patino Diaz , recalled the small things she missed: scrambled eggs with her daughter in the morning and watching Coco together. She said Janessa had learned enough sign language to ask for more. [ Family interview · KCRA ] What happened in court on November 6 Miguel Landeros Guzman , 50, faces a charge of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. His attorney, Brandon Hintz , asked for time to review the prosecution’s evidence. Judge Satnam Rattu moved the bail hearing to November 12. Guzman had not entered a plea as of Fr...
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DUI News: Fatal Crashes, New Arrests and a Rejected Plea Deal

U.S. DUI NEWS · TWO-WEEK BRIEFING Eight case updates. October 18–31, 2026. A rejected plea deal. A deadly crash following a police traffic stop. A trooper’s vehicle struck on an interstate. These eight cases show the people behind U.S. impaired-driving headlines over the past two weeks. Coverage period: October 18–31, 2026. This roundup includes newly reported arrests, charges and court developments. Some collisions happened earlier; crash dates and news dates are listed separately. 1. Walter Duncan: judge rejects a 12-year plea deal York County, South Carolina · Update reported October 22, 2026 · Crash: August 12, 2025 Walter Duncan faces a felony DUI resulting in death charge in the crash that killed Bruce Walker , 66. Prosecutors say Duncan rear-ended Walker’s car at 82 mph in a 45-mph zone. Matthew Shelton of the 16th Circuit Solicitor’s Office described Duncan’s record, including seven previous DUI convictions. The judge rejected a proposed 12-year sentence. Walker’s nephe...
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Children Hurt at NYPD Halloween Event: Michael Marsh Faces DWI Charges

U.S. DUI NEWS · OCTOBER 31, 2026 A Halloween event, a mother of nine and a teenager’s unfinished plans. Families gathered outside a Brooklyn police precinct for a Halloween celebration. By late Thursday afternoon, six people—including three children—had been taken to hospitals, and Michael Marsh , 56, was facing allegations of impaired driving. [ FOX 5 New York ] The Bushwick crash leads this October 31 briefing, followed by new developments in the deaths of Tennessee mother Rebecca Case and Colorado teenager Benito Reyes . The reports were published or updated October 29–31; the dates of the collisions are identified below. Michael Marsh: six injured outside the 83rd Precinct October 29, 2026 · Shortly before 4 p.m. · Bushwick, Brooklyn According to the NYPD account reported by FOX 5, Marsh drove onto the sidewalk on Knickerbocker Avenue during the precinct’s trunk-or-treat event, hit a parked ambulance and struck pedestrians. Three children, ages 6, 8 and 11, and three adult w...
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DUI Crash Briefing: 10 Drivers Named in Latest U.S. Reports

U.S. ROAD SAFETY BRIEFING 10 names. Dates, locations and what happened. Updated October 19, 2026 · Reports from October 17–19 An ambulance struck during a patient pickup. Two children injured while riding bicycles. A rollover involving a statewide candidate. Here are ten concise reports identifying the drivers and what authorities say happened. Times are local. DUI, DWI and OUI are the terms used in the cited reports; alleged impairment may involve alcohol or drugs. Charges are allegations, and defendants are presumed innocent.
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