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Paris Hilton Arrested Thursday for Drunk Driving

(LOS ANGELES) - Paris Hilton was arrested Thursday in Hollywood on charges of suspicion of drunk driving. Her publicists for the celebrity/socialite say the incident was blown out of proportion.

The blonde hotel heiress was pulled over for driving erratically in her

Officers say Hilton was driving her Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren in an erratic manner, they also say she failed to pass a sobriety test. She was arrested, booked into custody and released.

New Breathalyzers to be Installed Throughout Oregon

During the installation phase-in period, training for around 3,500 police officers will be provided for certification to use the Intoxilyzer Model 8000 breath-alcohol testing instrument.

(SALEM) - The Oregon State Police Forensic Services Division will soon be installing 130 new Intoxilyzer Model 8000 breath-alcohol testing instruments around the State, replacing the current Intoxilyzer 5000 models that have been in use for over twelve years.

New Safety Campaign Underway in Oregon Targets Impaired Drivers (AUDIO)

Alcohol is a factor in more than a third of all Oregon traffic fatalities.

(SALEM) - The Labor Day weekend is second only to the Memorial Day weekend in terms of the percentage of alcohol-related traffic fatalities across Oregon.

Law enforcement agencies in Oregon, in partnership with the Oregon Department of Transportation, are joining the National Highway and Transportation Safety Administration’s national impaired-driving enforcement blitz “Drunk Driving, Over the Limit, Under Arrest.”

Deputy Says Mel Gibson Made Racial Slurs During Drunk Driving Arrest

TMZ.com reports that actor Mel Gibson cursed at a police officer who arrested him for drunk driving in California and made anti-Semitic remarks.

(MALIBU, Ca.) - The man who produced and starred in "The Passion of Christ" is accused of committing what some might call ungodly behavior in Southern California this week, when he was pulled over for suspicion of drunk driving in Malibu.

Gibson was pulled over on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu early Friday morning. TMZ.com said the Los Angeles sheriff's deputy who stopped the Oscar-winning filmmaker reported that Gibson became truculent, using obscenities, threatening to "get even" and asking him if he was a Jew.

Gibson's father is openly anti-semitic.

Critical Injury Traffic Crash in Highway Work Zone Ends Search for Reckless Driver

Police say motorists had called the driver in shortly before he plowed through the cones and into a contractor's truck

(SANTIAM PASS) - Construction workers narrowly escaped injury Monday afternoon when a driver who police suspect was under the influence of alcohol, entered a Santiam Pass-area highway work zone on Highway 20 near Lost Lake and was involved in a crash with another vehicle.

Oregon State Police troopers responded at 3:30 PM Monday to the two-vehicle crash on Highway 20 near milepost 76. Prior to this reported crash, the OSP dispatch center was receiving information of a possible impaired driver that was eastbound from the Santiam Junction.

Eight People Die on Oregon Roads Over July 4th Weekend

Preliminary information from Oregon State Police and ODOT indicates that eight people died in traffic crashes during the 2006 Fourth of July extended holiday period, equaling the average number of fatalities during this holiday weekend since 1970.

(SALEM) - Between 6:00 PM, Friday, June 30th, and midnight, Tuesday, July 4th, eight people died in 8 separate traffic crashes on Oregon highways over the July 4th weekend.

Concerned Driver Calls in DUII, Police Say it Makes a Difference on Holiday Weekend

Oregon State Police praised a cell caller's involvement as an example of how citizens can help keep our highways safe this holiday weekend.

(ROSEBURG) - A citizen's call on a cell phone to report a dangerous driver led to a DUII arrest east of Roseburg Friday, it was the fourth this weekend, which technically hadn't started yet.

Friday at about 10:50 AM, a citizen called the local OSP office on a cellphone to say they were behind a vehicle that was driving in an erratic manner.

Based on the information provided by the citizen, Trooper Teresa Bloom of the OSP Roseburg Area Command spotted the vehicle about 15 minutes later on Highway 138E near milepost 4 and stopped it. The contact led to the driver's arrest for DUII.

State Fails to Collect on Drunken Drivers

(SALEM) - Oregon prides itself on having tough laws against drunken driving, but the reality has been that many people convicted of drinking and getting behind the wheel have been getting off cheaply.

The state's courts, citing budget constraints, are frequently choosing not to go after monetary penalties levied against convicted drunken drivers.

The result is that less than a quarter of the fees and fines assessed against offenders have actually been collected in the past three years, state officials say.

That translates to about $40 million in unpaid penalties during that time, officials say.

Serious Motorcycle Crash Blamed on Alcohol

(Salem) - Police say a serious motorcycle crash in Salem Friday night appears to be alcohol related. Sgt. Jeff Wheeler with the Marion County Sheriff's Office says deputies responded to the motorcycle accident at Macleay Rd & Dunsmere St Se around 11:00 PM.

Wheeler says the 2001 Harley Davidson motorcycle was driven by 57-year old Robert Ray Long of Salem. His passenger was 49-year old Kathryn J. Sherrell-Henderson of Salem.