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Did Dean Suominen go to jail - as a sentence following his guilty plea?
What court do you want to be in, if this happens to you?
BAC 0.20%
142MPH
Trashed a Dodge Charger
He copped a plea of misdemeanor DUI and reckless driving. "Misdemeanor"? You're kidding! The deal? $3,000 fines, fees and restitution; alcohol evaluation; attend a victim impact panel. Oh, and maybe $10,000 or more to his lawyer.
My opinion? Hogwash. If this isn't an aggravated situation, what is? Apparently he didn't hurt or kill anyone. That time. Why didn't the judge hit him with a year in jail? Or maybe a two-year sentence, and suspend 18 months of it. No priors? Really? Who was the judge? The Chicago Tribune was kind enough not to name him.
It's too bad that Illinois isn't serious about DUIs.
Locally, municipalities are going to do a little horse-trading with defendants and lawyers and we'll start seeing deals of DUIs knocked down to careless driving. And all the money stays in town. Baloney!
First offense ought to be a mandatory minimum of three months in jail. And fast. No dragging it out for 6-12-18-24 months. If a driver's BAC is over 0.08%, three months in the slammer.
Think that would sober up some drivers and keep them from behind the wheel?
$3,000 in
fines, fees and restitution. He must undergo an alcohol evaluation and
attend a victim impact pane - See more at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/naperville_lisle/chi-naperville-dui-plea-20130226,0,2108441.story#sthash.PXaL9RHx.dpuf
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man who officials said was driving in excess of 140 miles per hour
before he lost control of his car in Naperville pleaded guilty today to
misdemeanor DUI and reckless driving.
Dean A. Suominen, 37, was sentenced to two years of supervision and was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service.
He was cited on Jan. 10, 2012, after his Dodge Charger
left the roadway and struck a billboard, Naperville City Prosecutor Mike
DiSanto said.
Suominen’s blood-alcohol level was .20, DiSanto said. The legal limit in Illinois is .08.
The car’s computer system indicated the vehicle was
traveling at 142 miles per hour just before it left the roadway, the
prosecutor said
Suominen, a Shorewood resident, also must pay more than
$3,000 in fines, fees and restitution. He must undergo an alcohol
evaluation and attend a victim impact panel, DiSanto said.
He did not have any previous alcohol-related driving offenses.
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man who officials said was driving in excess of 140 miles per hour
before he lost control of his car in Naperville pleaded guilty today to
misdemeanor DUI and reckless driving.
Dean A. Suominen, 37, was sentenced to two years of supervision and was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service.
He was cited on Jan. 10, 2012, after his Dodge Charger
left the roadway and struck a billboard, Naperville City Prosecutor Mike
DiSanto said.
Suominen’s blood-alcohol level was .20, DiSanto said. The legal limit in Illinois is .08.
The car’s computer system indicated the vehicle was
traveling at 142 miles per hour just before it left the roadway, the
prosecutor said
Suominen, a Shorewood resident, also must pay more than
$3,000 in fines, fees and restitution. He must undergo an alcohol
evaluation and attend a victim impact panel, DiSanto said.
He did not have any previous alcohol-related driving offenses.
triblocaltips@tribune.comTwitter: @TribLocal
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RECOMMENDED VIDEO
A
man who officials said was driving in excess of 140 miles per hour
before he lost control of his car in Naperville pleaded guilty today to
misdemeanor DUI and reckless driving.
Dean A. Suominen, 37, was sentenced to two years of supervision and was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service.
He was cited on Jan. 10, 2012, after his Dodge Charger
left the roadway and struck a billboard, Naperville City Prosecutor Mike
DiSanto said.
Suominen’s blood-alcohol level was .20, DiSanto said. The legal limit in Illinois is .08.
The car’s computer system indicated the vehicle was
traveling at 142 miles per hour just before it left the roadway, the
prosecutor said
Suominen, a Shorewood resident, also must pay more than
$3,000 in fines, fees and restitution. He must undergo an alcohol
evaluation and attend a victim impact panel, DiSanto said.
He did not have any previous alcohol-related driving offenses.
- See more at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/naperville_lisle/chi-naperville-dui-plea-20130226,0,2108441.story#sthash.PXaL9RHx.dpuf
A
man who officials said was driving in excess of 140 miles per hour
before he lost control of his car in Naperville pleaded guilty today to
misdemeanor DUI and reckless driving.
Dean A. Suominen, 37, was sentenced to two years of supervision and was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service.
He was cited on Jan. 10, 2012, after his Dodge Charger
left the roadway and struck a billboard, Naperville City Prosecutor Mike
DiSanto said.
Suominen’s blood-alcohol level was .20, DiSanto said. The legal limit in Illinois is .08.
The car’s computer system indicated the vehicle was
traveling at 142 miles per hour just before it left the roadway, the
prosecutor said
Suominen, a Shorewood resident, also must pay more than
$3,000 in fines, fees and restitution. He must undergo an alcohol
evaluation and attend a victim impact panel, DiSanto said.
He did not have any previous alcohol-related driving offenses.
- See more at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/naperville_lisle/chi-naperville-dui-plea-20130226,0,2108441.story#sthash.PXaL9RHx.dpuf
A
man who officials said was driving in excess of 140 miles per hour
before he lost control of his car in Naperville pleaded guilty today to
misdemeanor DUI and reckless driving.
Dean A. Suominen, 37, was sentenced to two years of supervision and was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service.
He was cited on Jan. 10, 2012, after his Dodge Charger
left the roadway and struck a billboard, Naperville City Prosecutor Mike
DiSanto said.
Suominen’s blood-alcohol level was .20, DiSanto said. The legal limit in Illinois is .08.
The car’s computer system indicated the vehicle was
traveling at 142 miles per hour just before it left the roadway, the
prosecutor said
Suominen, a Shorewood resident, also must pay more than
$3,000 in fines, fees and restitution. He must undergo an alcohol
evaluation and attend a victim impact panel, DiSanto said.
He did not have any previous alcohol-related driving offenses.
- See more at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/naperville_lisle/chi-naperville-dui-plea-20130226,0,2108441.story#sthash.PXaL9RHx.dpuf
A
man who officials said was driving in excess of 140 miles per hour
before he lost control of his car in Naperville pleaded guilty today to
misdemeanor DUI and reckless driving.
Dean A. Suominen, 37, was sentenced to two years of supervision and was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service.
He was cited on Jan. 10, 2012, after his Dodge Charger
left the roadway and struck a billboard, Naperville City Prosecutor Mike
DiSanto said.
Suominen’s blood-alcohol level was .20, DiSanto said. The legal limit in Illinois is .08.
The car’s computer system indicated the vehicle was
traveling at 142 miles per hour just before it left the roadway, the
prosecutor said
Suominen, a Shorewood resident, also must pay more than
$3,000 in fines, fees and restitution. He must undergo an alcohol
evaluation and attend a victim impact panel, DiSanto said.
He did not have any previous alcohol-related driving offenses.
- See more at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/naperville_lisle/chi-naperville-dui-plea-20130226,0,2108441.story#sthash.PXaL9RHx.dpuf
A
man who officials said was driving in excess of 140 miles per hour
before he lost control of his car in Naperville pleaded guilty today to
misdemeanor DUI and reckless driving.
Dean A. Suominen, 37, was sentenced to two years of supervision and was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service.
He was cited on Jan. 10, 2012, after his Dodge Charger
left the roadway and struck a billboard, Naperville City Prosecutor Mike
DiSanto said.
Suominen’s blood-alcohol level was .20, DiSanto said. The legal limit in Illinois is .08.
The car’s computer system indicated the vehicle was
traveling at 142 miles per hour just before it left the roadway, the
prosecutor said
Suominen, a Shorewood resident, also must pay more than
$3,000 in fines, fees and restitution. He must undergo an alcohol
evaluation and attend a victim impact panel, DiSanto said.
He did not have any previous alcohol-related driving offenses.
- See more at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/naperville_lisle/chi-naperville-dui-plea-20130226,0,2108441.story#sthash.PXaL9RHx.dpuf
10 comments:
What a waste of a good car!
or you would just fill up the jail.
Also, you would make lawyers very RICH. I would "guess" that representation on a first DUI could go to 20K. And good lawyers, like the one who won 6 of 7 DUI's taken to trial last year could even make more.
I didn't know you liked lawyers that much?
Actually, maybe the courts would just stop fooling around, and the lawyers couldn't get rich defending drunk drivers. If they are drunk, then they are guilty. Period. Fine + Jail. Lawyer or not.
So some rights we get to keep and some we lose.
Drunk driving is not a right.
Right to trial is!
Seems like I read somewhere about "speedy trial". How about as soon the blood work comes back from the lab? Trial, and punishment, should be soon after the arrest. Lawyers don't need months to get ready for a DUI trial. The driver was either drunk, or he wasn't.
The driver was either drunk or he was not? Mmmm Kay. How do you define drunk? I don't care.
There is no law against "drunk" driving. The law is against impaired driving. Your knowledge of the law is entertaining.
You are simply bothered by the fact that every deserves a trial. You ignore the fact that our State's Attorney loses most DUI cases taken to trial.
You want to skip the same Constitution that allows you to be a gun nut, and screw people merely because they were charged with crimes. If you were someone other than you, you would complain about yourself.
Thanks for being ridiculous without you we would be forced to address the difficult problems of traffic safety and personal freedom.
Bottom line, there should be a unified law that shall impose a greater and graver penalties for DUI offenders. It has been taking lives since the invention of cars and alcohol. Drinking is legal but drinking and driving and causing injuries and damages to others and properties are not. Someone needs to pay for those and someone should be held liable for it. Better if the loopholes of the existing DUI law should be filled up soon. I mean, it does happen, not only in Illinois.
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