Nevada Highway Patrol Books 82 People on DUI on New Year's Eve
This New Year's Eve, the Nevada Highway Patrol arrested eighty-two people for breaking Nevada DUI law in Las Vegas, seventy more than state troopers arrested last year. Part of that is contributed to increased numbers of troopers on duty: All the state troopers from the Southern Command in addition to more than three thousand Las Vegas police patrolled the streets this year. As for Reno, only twenty-seven drivers were arrested for breaking Nevada DUI Law, which is less than last year.
Otherwise, this year's celebrations were relatively uneventful, with no reported fatal accidents or homicides anywhere in the state. However, Washoe County reports five arrests for domestic battery and thirty-two people taken into protective custody for inebriation.
Nevada DUI law makes it a crime to drive drunk or high. If no one gets hurt, the driver will probably be charged with a misdemeanor, carrying a six month suspended sentence, fines, DUI School and a victim impact panel. If the DUI resulted in an injury, however, the prosecutor will pursue it as a felony, which carries mandatory prison time.
