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Drunk driver arrested Coton Park.
A male has been arrested from the Coton Park Estate on Sunday 4th March 2012 for drink driving. The male then blew 84 on the Breathalyzer and has been charged to court.
Here is what you can expect when caught for drinking and driving:
A criminal record
A minimum 12 months driving ban or a minimum of a 3 year driving ban if you have a previous drink driving conviction in the past 10 years
The possibility of a short spell in prison (up to 6 months)
The possibility of receiving a community order (this can include, unpaid work, curfew, supervision and treatment orders)
Here is what you can expect when caught for drinking and driving:
A criminal record
A minimum 12 months driving ban or a minimum of a 3 year driving ban if you have a previous drink driving conviction in the past 10 years
The possibility of a short spell in prison (up to 6 months)
The possibility of receiving a community order (this can include, unpaid work, curfew, supervision and treatment orders)
The possibility of losing your job
Your lifestyle could change drastically
Your motor car insurance premiums will be higher once you get your licence back/
These are just some of the things a person can expect when they are convicted of a drink driving offence. The penalties are severe. Is it really worth the risk? Well the simple answer is NO - NEVER!!
Suspicious vehicle Easenhall.
On 28th March 2012 a 29 year old male from Coventry was arrested for several burglary and theft offences. One of those offences was a burglary dwelling a couple of days before, in Leamington Spa and taking a motor vehicle without the owners consent. The vehicle was seen with occupants acting suspiciously in the Easenhall area of Rugby the next day. The arrested male is also being charged with driving whilst disqualified, and driving a vehicle without insurance.
Man Charged With Stealing Drain Covers Worth £155,000
A man has been arrested and charged by West Mercia Police with stealing 628 drain covers worth a total of £155,325 from roads in North Worcestershire, Warwickshire and the West Midlands.
The man, who is aged 26 and from Studley in Warwickshire, was charged by police at Redditch after answering bail yesterday (Thursday, 8 March).
He faces ten charges of stealing drain covers from locations including Redditch, Bromsgrove, Nuneaton, Shirley, and Studley, on dates between 30 November, 2011 and 12 January this year (2012).
The man, who is aged 26 and from Studley in Warwickshire, was charged by police at Redditch after answering bail yesterday (Thursday, 8 March).
He faces ten charges of stealing drain covers from locations including Redditch, Bromsgrove, Nuneaton, Shirley, and Studley, on dates between 30 November, 2011 and 12 January this year (2012).
Additionally he is charged with converting criminal property, namely drain covers, by selling them for a cash payment of £428 contrary to the Proceeds Of Crime Act. That offence is alleged to have taken place at Kingswinford on 12 January.
The man has been released on police bail to appear at Redditch Magistrates Court on Tuesday, 20 March.
The man has been released on police bail to appear at Redditch Magistrates Court on Tuesday, 20 March.
Drink Driver in Pailton disqualified from driving for 40 months
A 40 year old male from Coventry pleaded guilty to driving whilst drunk in charge of a vehicle, holding no driving licence and having no insurance when he was stopped and arrested by PC CREE, in Pailton. The male has been fined £110 and disqualified from driving for 40 months.
Male drink driver from Shilton disqualified for 16 months
A 20 year old male from Shilton, who crashed his vehicle on Withybrook Lane on Christmas Day whilst driving over the legally prescribed alcohol limit, has been disqualified from driving for 16 months and ordered to pay a £220 fine and £50 costs.
Males searched Withybrook Lane.
PC Giustine Cree, stop checked two vehicles with four male occupants, parked on Withybrook Lane, Shilton. PC Taylor of MOD Police joined her at the location to assist with searching the males and vehicles. One male aged 18, and another aged 20, were in possession of cannabis. One was issued with a formal cannabis warning, the other was issued with an £80 fixed penatly notice. Further enquires continue into one of the males being in possession of a vehicle registration plate in the boot of his vehicle, that did not belong to him.
