Rockingham/Stokes/Forsyth CAS
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Rockingham/Stokes/Forsyth Community Action Site |
Serving the Counties Stokes, Rockingham and Forsyth
We are looking for volunteers to assist in court monitoring, speaking engagements in schools, new volunteer and membership drive, victim services representatives, etc. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please contact: Sandra Tackettvia email: rockforstokes@madd.org
Sandra Tackett is the CAS leader for this area. She really would like to hear from you. Please email her of any way that you can contribute to the MADD CAS in the area. Sandra is a victim of drunk driving and has servived to tell her story. She did not come out of the incident unscaved. Sandra can tell you her story when you contact her.
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Happy Holidays from the "MADD" Tackett Family
Please have a Safe and Sober Holiday.
Updated July 20, 2008 Thank you for the update Sandra. Keep up the great work.
DWI listings for the months of June and July 2008
A total of 135 DWI for Winston Salem for the month of June
King PD - for the month of June, 10 DWI and for the month of July, 12 DWI
Kernersville PD - for the month of June, 14 DWI and for the month of July, 10 DWI
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 4, 2008
CONTACT: Chief Tim Ledford
King Police Department
336-983-0886
King Police Department Weekend Roundup
The King Police Department arrested 5 impaired drivers this past weekend during their sobriety checkpoint activity held on Highway 66 at
The overtime and efforts contributed by our dedicated law enforcement officers has made our community roads and highways safer by cracking down on impaired drivers, Chief Ledford said. The injuries and deaths resulting from traffic crashes involving impaired drivers are preventable and the use of sobriety checkpoints is a way to reduce these tragic crimes.
Three law enforcement agencies, a total of 12 law enforcement officials, worked 60 hours of combined operations and made 5 DUI arrests on Saturday, May 31 from 10:00 pm till 2:00 am. Also, during the checkpoint, a total of 51 other violations were charged.
Despite the fact that impaired driving fatalities in
Updated January 8, 2008
Police said three vehicles were involved in the crash that happened around 7:10 p.m.on Moore Roadnear Jefferson Church Road.
The area was closed for about three hours while crews worked to extricate the victims from the vehicles. The crash sent three victims to North Carolina Baptist Hospital. Two people suffered life-threatening injuries.
Michael Garcia, 20, of King has been charged with DWI. Police said additional charges may be pending.
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City staff attorney facing termination Action taken after review of DWI arrest
By Bertrand M. Gutierrez JOURNAL REPORTER
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Blair Carr, one of three staff attorneys for the city of Shortly after She was charged with DWI and possession of an open container of alcohol in her vehicle. Her court date is Jan. 22, court records say. Carr was not at home last night when a reporter called, and she could not be reached for comment. City Manager Lee Garrity said that Carr has five days to file a grievance to contest the facts of the case or the punishment. Otherwise, she will be terminated. Carr has a salary of $79,492, according to city records. Her experience in municipal law made her a prime candidate when she left her job as a She was responsible for legal issues concerning public works, including the City-County Utilities Division. She helped draft the city’s proposed storm-water ordinance, and she had a hand in several eminent-domain cases. Mayor Allen Joines said he was concerned that a person in a “senior†post had been arrested on drunken-driving charges. If Carr is terminated, it would leave the City Attorney’s Office with half its normal staff. Ron Seeber, the former city attorney, retired in December. Finding a replacement for Carr would take second place behind the search for a city attorney, Garrity said. A situation such as Carr’s is a rare occurrence for the city. Out of about 2,400 city employees, only one or two a year are terminated after a DWI charge, Garrity said. Disciplinary action can be taken if an employee is arrested on drunken-driving charges after work hours, but the repercussions are more severe for drinking while on the job, he said. “If an employee is consuming alcohol during the workday, that is a very serious matter,†Garrity said, “because we want to protect the safety of all employees.†According to the
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