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DWI
DWI in New Mexico: The Hard Truth
(Originally published May 2002))
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To Our Readers
The human toll drunken driving inflicts on our state is mind-numbing. The statistics you will read in this special report make that clear, and we won't repeat them here. Suffice it to say it is a problem that we grow hardened to and often ignore, perhaps because it seems so big and virtually impossible to solve. Avoidance is our defense mechanism. (May 5, 2002)Courts Make DWI Progress
Guest Commentary by J. Michael Kavanaugh (June 19)How This Project Was Reported
The Journal began working on this project last year. (May 5)Solutions Demand Involvement
Journal Commentary (May 5)72 Hours of Drunken Driving
New Mexicans' twin addictions — drinking liquor and driving cars — collide day in, day out in the most terrible ways. (May 5)Many Drunks Get Off Easy
Edward N. Sena got a sweet deal when he was arrested for drunken driving in March 1999. With four prior DWI convictions, Sena could have been convicted of felony drunken driving and sent to prison for 1 1/2 years. (May 5)DWI Brakes Failing
Max DiJulio says it was love at first sight when he was introduced to Mary Louise Allin. "I had it as soon as I met her," DiJulio says. "It was over for me. She was a terrific lady, a helluva lot better than me." (May 5)Agencies Involved in Operation DWI (May 5) Liquor Sellers Not Held Accountable
More than 210,000 drivers were arrested for DWI in New Mexico during the decade that ended on the last day of the year 2000. (May 5)Whom Should Police Target?
It's become an all too familiar story in New Mexico: A motorist repeatedly arrested for DWI kills while driving drunk yet again. (May 5)Not All Licenses Yanked
Motorists who drive drunk are supposed to lose their licenses for at least 90 days, regardless of what happens in court. (May 5)Stopping Those Who Start Young
Noelle Arrangoiz and Steve Smith were driving from Denver to Santa Fe for a long weekend when they stopped for gasoline in Las Vegas, N.M. (May 5)Monetary Costs of DWI
The annual monetary cost of DWI in New Mexico (May 5)Life Sentences: Douglas Binder, Trauma Center Doctor
It took a couple of years pulling night shifts in the University of New Mexico Hospital trauma center and the birth of his son to send Douglas Binder shopping for a new car. (May 5)Life Sentences: Tony Miers, 38, Former Drunken Driver
Tony Miers doesn't know how many times he was stopped by police for drunken driving. He thinks it was more than 20. (May 5)Life Sentences: Dennis Lihte, Albuquerque Police Chaplain
"They know the chaplain is at their door and what that means. I don't even say, 'I have bad news.' I get right to it." (May 5)Life Sentences: Phil Griego, 53, Convicted Twice of DWI
Phil Griego's days went like this: Up in the morning, bleary-eyed and regretful. An argument with his wife and a 45-mile drive from his home in San Jose into Santa Fe. An hour or two behind the desk at the title company he owns, then lunch at 11 a.m. at one of his favorite bars — the Bull Ring, the Palace Bar or Tiny's. (May 5)Life Sentences: Ronny Frazee, 31, Former drunken driver
Ronny Frazee never thought much about the sequence of events that landed him in court four times in a little more than 10 years. (May 5)Life Sentences: Sonja Britton, DWI Activist
In Sonja Britton's dream, everyone who comes in and out of New Mexico along Interstate 40 is confronted by the terrible price New Mexicans pay for allowing drunks to drive. (May 5)
Life Sentences: SANDRA SUAZO, 26, Killed by a drunken driver
Dixon (May 5)Life Sentences: RUSSELL KIDMAN, 57; MARY KIDMAN, 55, Killed by a drunken driver
Los Alamos (May 5)Life Sentences: MARY MARGARET SOSA, 26, Killed by a drunken driver
Albuquerque (May 5)Life Sentences: TIMOTHY GLASS, 50, DWI accident victim
Paradise Hills (May 5)Life Sentences: MICHELLE JIMENEZ, 34, Killed by a drunken driver
Belen (May 5)Life Sentences: CHERYL RODGERS, 16, Killed by a drunken driver
Moriarty (May 5)Life Sentences: MIGUEL MARTINEZ, 79, Killed by a drunken driver
Velarde (May 5)Life Sentences: RAY HOBB, 36, CHRISTINE HOBB, 33 SAFAWNTYRA HOBB, 8 months, Killed by a drunken driver
Navajo (May 5)Life Sentences: ANGELA PORTILLO, 21, Killed in Crash
Albuquerque (May 5)Life Sentences: EULYNDA TOLEDO-BENALLI, 48, Injured by a drunken driver
Albuquerque (May 5)Life Sentences: BREANN WILSON, 19, Killed by a drunken driver
Magdalena (May 5)Life Sentences: BILLY POWELL, 67, Killed by a drunken driver
Albuquerque (May 5)Life Sentences: KEVIN MARTINEZ, 17, Killed by a drunken driver
(May 5)Lives Lost 1999-2001 (May 5)
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