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Chicago – Man Charged With DUI, Reckless Homicide In Crash With Squad Car | chicago.cbslocal.com

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A Joliet man was charged with vehicular homicide after he drunkenly collided with a Chicago police cruiser Friday night — killing a passenger in his car while wounding himself, another occupant in the vehicle and two police officers.

Alex Reyes, 24, has been charged with reckless homicide, aggravated DUI resulting in death, aggravated DUI resulting in body harm and driving under the influence of alcohol, police said. He was also charged with driving on a suspended license, failing to keep in the lanes, driving in an uninsured motor vehicle, and two counts of damage to public property.

Reyes was driving a car carrying three people when he crashed into the squad car about 11:30 p.m. near Harrison Street and Laramie Avenue in the Austin neighborhood, authorities said.

An 18-year-old man, identified as Anthony Camarillo, of the 1300 block of South 56th Street, was ejected from the wreckage and died at the scene, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.

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Chicago – Man Charged with DUI After Crash Kills Unborn Baby | nbcchicago.com

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Man Charged with DUI After Crash Kills Unborn Baby

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A judge set bail at $750,000 for a man who allegedly drove drunk and high on cocaine and smashed into another vehicle driven by a woman who was 9 months pregnant and killing the unborn child, police said.

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Chicago man faces DUI charges after striking pedestrians, killing 1 | chicagotribune.com

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Leroy Bobo

Leroy Bobo

A Chicago man was driving while intoxicated on a suspended license when he struck a group of pedestrians waiting to cross a Northwest Side street early Saturday, killing one and seriously injuring two others, prosecutors said today in court.

Leroy Bobo’s blood-alcohol content was more than double the legal limit, Cook County prosecutors said in announcing multiple counts of aggravated DUI, failure to report a fatal accident and driving on a suspended or revoked license.

Bobo, 42, was northbound in the 3100 block of North Central Avenue in the Cragin neighborhood when his 2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser struck a parked car at about 12:45 a.m. and then veered into the victims as they stood on the east side of the street waiting to cross, according to court records.

Mario Ortega, 38, of the 4700 block of West Palmer Street, suffered severe blunt force trauma to his head and was pronounced dead at Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical Center a short time later, the records show.

A 32-year-old woman was taken in critical condition to the Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood and treated for bleeding to the brain, authorities said. The third victim, a 36-year-old woman, was hospitalized at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center with a fractured hip, records show.

After the crash, Bobo continued north on Central for more than a mile before slamming into a car that was waiting at a red light. Police officers on routine patrol found Bobo behind the wheel of his disabled Chrysler “continuing to press the accelerator in an attempt to leave that scene as well,” a police report states.

Police noted Bobo had bloodshot eyes, mumbled speech and a strong odor of alcohol on his breath. After he was taken to Illinois Masonic, tests revealed his blood-alcohol content was 0.20 percent, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08 percent, according to court records.

Bobo told police he had drunk three glasses of E&J Brandy and smoked marijuana before getting behind the wheel, according to court records.

Judge Israel Desierto set bond for Bobo at $500,000.

via Man faces DUI charges after striking pedestrians, killing 1 – chicagotribune.com.

Franklin Park, IL: Sheriff’s deputy charged with DUI in fatal Franklin Park accident | chicagotribune.com

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A Cook County Sheriff’s deputy has been charged with aggravated drunken-driving in the death of a man Sunday in Franklin Park, authoritiez said.

Jamie O’Malley, 37, who records show has been a sheriff’s deputy since 2003, was expected to appear in Maybrook Branch Court today in connection with the death of Marcial Marias-Quevedo, 41, of Franklin Park, according to police and prosecutors.

Marias-Quevedo was hit by a 2011 Dodge 1500 pickup driven by O’Malley about 1:40 a.m. Sunday near Mannheim Road and Minneapolis Avenue in the west suburb, according to police. The car was headed south on Mannheim just south of Belmont Avenue when the truck hit Marias Quevedo, police said in a news release.

Marias-Quevedo, who police say lived in the 3000 block of Prairie Street in Franklin Park, was pronounced dead about 3:30 a.m. Sunday on the scene on Mannheim Road, according to a spokeswoman for the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

An autopsy is scheduled Tuesday for Maris-Quevedo, she said.

Authorities did not release a hometown or address for O’Malley, who has most recently worked in the sheriff’s court division.

via Sheriff’s deputy charged with DUI in fatal Franklin Park accident – chicagotribune.com.

Riverside, IL: Woman charged in 2011 death of boyfriend in Riverside drunk-driving crash | morrisdailyherald.com

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Magali Padilla, 24, was arrested for aggravated DUI on July 7, 2011, for a rollover crash that killed a passenger in her car in Riverside on Dec. 7, 2011. (Credit: Riverside Police)

Magali Padilla

A Cicero woman was drunk when she caused the rollover accident that ended with her boyfriend being crushed by the tumbling vehicle, prosecutors said.

Magali Padilla, 24, is charged with reckless homicide and aggravated drunken driving in the December crash in west suburban Riverside that killed Cesar Ramirez, 26, of Woodridge. Her blood alcohol content was measured at 0.17, more than twice the legal limit for driving, Assistant Cook County State’s Attorney Barry Quinn said.

On Sunday, Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr. ordered her held on $350,000 bail.

In a hearing midday today, Cook County Criminal Court Judge Adam Bourgeois Jr. ordered Padilla held in lieu of $350,000 bail.

Police were able to arrest Padilla on Saturday after finding video of Padilla driving a 2003 Mercury Mountaineer as the SUV left a restaurant, Riverside Police Chief Tom Weitzel said in a release.

“The video clearly shows Ms. Padilla driving the vehicle and not the male passenger, who was killed in the crash,” according to the news release.

Less than three minutes after Padilla was caught on surveillance video driving the SUV, police received a call regarding the rollover crash, police said.

At the time of the crash, police said it appeared the SUV was traveling at high speed when the driver lost control, struck a curb and rolled over several times, ejecting Ramirez before coming to rest on the front lawn of a home.

Officers at the scene reported smelling a strong odor of alcohol coming from the man and the woman, who were both taken to Loyola Hospital, police said.

Ramirez died from his injuries about 15 minutes after arriving at the hospital.

Padilla suffered minor injuries. She told police the couple was coming from the restaurant on the 3000 block of South Harlem Avenue in Berwyn.

To prove Padilla was driving the SUV, investigators worked in conjunction with Illinois State Police, and viewed countless hours of video surveillance, Weitzel said.

via morrisdailyherald.com | Woman charged in 2011 death of boyfriend in Riverside drunk-driving crash in Morris, Illinois.

Chicago, IL: South Korean suspect in drunken-driving death is located. Absconded in 1998. – chicagotribune.com

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U.S. authorities have located international fugitive Kyung Ho Song in his native South Korea, more than a decade after he fled Cook County to avoid being tried for drunken driving and reckless homicide in an accident that killed a 43-year-old single mother.

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