DUI Arrests, Convictions, and Laws

The California Highway Patrol released the names of the young man killed and injured friends in a rollover wreck Friday night in Woodland in which investigators believe alcohol played a role.

Robert Dale Sunderland, III, 21, of Woodland died from major injuries when he was ejected from a 2001 Mitsubishi driven by Ryan Scott Baird, 22, of Sacramento, said CHP Officer Bryan Konvalin. At about 9 p.m., when Baird exited southbound Interstate 5 to County Road 102 he apparently lost control of his car and it overturned several times. His three passengers, who were not wearing seatbelts, were thrown from the car.

Passenger Oscar Saeed Rodriguez Lupercio, 22, from Woodland sustained a broken arm and pain. He was still hospitalized as Monday. James Dakota Lee Black, who turned 21 that day and is also from Woodland, suffered a broken leg, pain, and possible brain bleeding. He also was still hospitalized.

Baird was trapped in his car, requiring extrication. Konvalin said officers reported Baird appeared intoxicated and evaluated him for driving under the influence. They also noted alcohol containers in the car wreckage.

After Baird was treated at UC Davis Medical Center for what Konvalin said were moderate injuries, he was released into custody. Baird was arrested and booked into Yolo County Jail on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence, causing injury.

Konvalin noted Black and Rodriguez Lupercio had their California driver’s licenses suspended for alcohol-related incidents and Sunderland, whose driver’s license was valid, had a conviction for DUI and reckless driving.

Mercer County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Joe Vance, 65, on Saturday after receiving a report of a possible intoxicated driver on Illinois 94 near Hamlet, which is north of Aledo.

He was cited with DUI and taken to the Mercer County Jail where he posted bond and was released.

According to a Mercer County Sheriff’s Department report, approximately three hours later, Vance was arrested by deputies again for DUI while driving a different vehicle. He was again transported to the county jail where he later posted bond and was released.

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BENSALEM

• Paul War, 55, 60 block Pine St., Beverly, N.J., 10:51 p.m. Jan 3, at Street Rd. and Forrest Ave., Bensalem.

LOWER MAKEFIELD

• Male, 46, Yardley, name not released, 4:17 a.m. Dec 23, on I-95 and Taylorsville Rd.

• Male, 31, Yardley, name not released, 11:53 a.m. Dec 24, also possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia on 700 block Stony Hill Rd.

• Male, 22, Philadelphia, name not released, 2:54 p.m. Dec 25, also possession of drug paraphernalia at Oxford Valley Rd. and Rt. 1.

• Male, 26, Trenton, name not released, 10:10 p.m. Dec 27, also possession of drug paraphernalia on 500 block W. Trenton Ave.

NORTHAMPTON

• William Bray, 51, Newtown, 9:34 p.m. Dec 30, at Second Street Pk. and Kings Ln.
• Aleksandr Khantsis, 38, Langhorne, 6:45 a.m. Jan 1, at West Bristol and Wordsworth rds.
• Alexei Mouravlev, 41, Newtown, 7:36 p.m. Jan 3, at 2nd Street Pk. and Tanyard Rd.

State police said a Mercersburg man who crashed while allegedly under the influence of alcohol had a four-year-old child in the car.

State police at Chambersburg said Justin Daniel Mellott, 25, crashed his vehicle into a utility pole Wednesday on Buchanan Trail West in Peters Township.

He also allegedly resisted arrest following the crash.

Police said he had a four-year-old boy in the front seat who was not in a booster seat. Police did not say if the boy was injured.

Mellott was taken to Franklin County Jail and charged with endangering the welfare of a child, resisting arrest, DUI, and multiple summary traffic violations.

Westen Coffey, 6, and Chet Coffey, 4, both of Red Oak were flown to Tulsa hospitals after a wreck on Oklahoma 82, according to an Oklahoma Highway Patrol report. Both boys were in stable condition with external injuries, troopers said.

The boys were ejected 10 feet from a pickup driven by Eric Coffey, 28, also of Red Oak, the OHP reported.

The 2003 Chevrolet flipped coming to rest on the drivers side after the vehicle left the roadway while driving north on Oklahoma 82 near U.S. 270 at 6:44 p.m., the report states.

The driver and passengers were not wearing seatbelts, troopers said. Eric Coffey’s condition was listed as ability impaired due to drinking. The cause of the accident is listed in the report as driving under the influence of alcohol.

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Mohamed Pirzada, 30, of Buffalo Grove was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol Dec. 30 near the Walgreens corporate headquarters on Wilmot Road, according toDeerfield Policereports.

An officer near the location on other business allegedly observed a green Honda being driven erratically on Wilmot Road and come to a stop after damaging property, according to the report. That officer summoned another officer to the scene.

The second officer approached the Honda, saw two men in the front seat and spoke to Pirzada sitting in the driver’s seat, according to the report. The officer allegedly smelled alcohol and heard slurred speech from Pirzada.