MDTA Officer Killed During Hit-And-Run

Originally Posted by Dreamear

$1k is common in Elkton for bail on a DUI charge and you generally loose your license for up to 90 days or until court. And remember that's bail... so really you only put up a % of that. One of my ex's got a dui while we were together, in the end, including his lawyer fee and he had Barnes, if you know anything about Elkton you know Barnes is one of the best and most expensive, he paid about $5k and has his license back in a week for work and in 30 days for everything. He spent about an hour in jail because that night he was released to me ORC. Most of his $5k went to his lawyer.

This is MD's law...
Maryland 21-902 (a) .08% BAC, $1000-1yr (per se intoxicated) PER SE RULE 21-902(b) less than .08% $500-60 days A breath test of .08 or more will be considered per se under the influence. A test result of .07 or more, but less than .08, will be prima facie evidence that the person is impaired by alcohol. The other inferences and presumptions contained in Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, § 10-307 remain the same. A person who is convicted a second time of driving under the influence in violation of § 21-902(a) within 5 years of a prior "a" conviction receives a mandatory one year suspension of their driver's license or privileges. There is no work permit or interlock restriction allowed for the one year. After the year the person is required to put an interlock on all vehicles they own for from 3 months to one year. They are entitled to a hearing for an Adminstrative Law Judge to determine the length of the interlock restriction and whether there is financial hardship involved with installing an interlock on more than one car. Additionally, a second "a" conviction within 5 years of the first carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 days incarceration or 30 days community service. A third "a" conviction within 5 years carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 days incarceration or 60 days community service. Incarceration includes house arrest or in patient treatment. There are additional, non-criminal sanction/penalties for driver's license or privilege suspension hearings arising out of arrests for drunk and drugged driving for refusal to submit to a breath or blood test driving under the influence or while impaired; refusal to take testis 120 days for a first offense and one year for any subsequent offense. The penalty for a test result of over .08 is a 45 day suspension for a first offense and a 90 day suspension for a subsequent offense. Under certain circumstances a licensee may be eligible for a restricted license allowing driving to and from employment, during the course of employment, and to and from an alcohol education or treatment program. In some cases, licensees will only be eligible for a restricted license if they agree to the installation of an interlock device in their car. In order to avoid the potential suspension of an individual's driving privilege.

Originally Posted by Dreamear

Yup it's extreme, but not unheard of in Harford County... they have some really nasty judges. And they have some seriously high fines...I got pulled over for doing 77 in a 65 (on i-95) but in Harford, they slapped me with reckless endangerment and reckless driving because I passed 1 18 wheeler the ONLY other vehicle on the road. The speeding fine ALONE was $1500 my total fines were close to $4k. I took it to court and the officer didn't show up so I got away free... but I'm very careful speeding through Harford County.

Another thing to think of is this women probably had not yet gone to court for the DUI, so she had that hanging over her head still, plus she had other dui type incidents in another state and I am sure they knew about the officer. Harford was out to teach this women a lesson and that's not unheard of at all. And yes, they do check your record not just for MD or Nationally and they pull it right up on the screen in court and question you about it. So this judge would have seen everything. Its also a way to make it so she can't afford bail and has to sit in jail until DE comes to get her, MD in general does that a lot too.