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Mar 19, 2014

Virginia Woman Arrested For Trying To Visit Husband In Jail While Drunk, Naked

Meanwhile, in Virginia: A drunk, naked woman was arrested for trying to visit her husband in jail on Saturday.

Dec 30, 2013

Video: Drunk People Fall Off Metro Escalators, Live

Everyone lived!

Dec 05, 2011

At Least He Wasn’t Flying, Right?

WTOP reports that Federal Aviation Administration chief J. Randolph Babbitt — the man in charge of safety in the air — has taken a leave of absence after having been caught driving while intoxicated in Fairfax over the weekend.

Feb 10, 2011

If You Drive Drunk, The Examiner Will Make You Regret It

Freeman Klopott has been doing some boffo work on the Metropolitan Police Department’s troubles with breath analysis technology, D.C. Attorney General Irv Nathan’s role in dropping (and reinstating) several DUI cases because of those troubles and how police are apparently using urine tests to gauge drivers’ blood alcohol levels. But this story, which Klopott shared over at the Examiner’s Capital Land blog last night, really takes the cake.

Nov 15, 2010

Juvenile Shot After Drunkenly Stumbling Into Wrong Home

I’m not above admitting that I have, at one time or another, accidentally tried to open the wrong apartment door after an long evening on the town. (Hey, sometimes those high-rise hallways start looking exactly the same.) Fortunately for me, the building I was stumbling around had locks on all the doors; this morning, a juvenile in Gaithersburg wasn’t so fortunate. After mistakenly attempting to enter a home on the 400 block of Muddy Branch…

 
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