Hanover County authorities say they had to end a DUI checkpoint early today because four of the five deputies made arrests, leaving too few resources to continue.

Richmond City Councilman E. Martin Jewell faces the likelihood of brief jail time if convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol. Jewell, who spent several hours in the Richmond city lockup after his arrest Saturday morning and later was released on $500 bond, made an initial appearance yesterday in Richmond General District Court, where a judge set Dec. 7 as the date to hear the case.

A Colonial Heights woman has pleaded guilty to killing one man and severely injuring another after colliding head-on with their mo-ped while intoxicated and traveling in the wrong lanes of Jefferson Davis Highway. Megan Lean Brown, 25, pleaded guilty Monday in Chesterfield County Circuit Court to involuntary manslaughter while driving intoxicated, maiming while driving intoxicated and driving under the influence of alcohol. She faces a combined maximum prison term of 16 years when she is sentenced Jan. 20.

A Virginia Beach DUI enforcement officer is appealing his conviction on drunken driving and hit and run charges.

Sharon B. Wood admitted to years of alcohol abuse and self-medication efforts even as friends and family testified at her sentencing hearing that, by all accounts, she seemed to be a devoted mother who rarely drank. The mother of three young children tearfully recounted years of pain when her “anxiety and depression spiraled out of control,“ and she told Judge Catherine C. Hammond of Henrico County Circuit Court that she cherished her family.

Henrico County police have charged a county man with driving under the influence after a two-car collision that killed one man and sent nine others to area hospitals. The collision Saturday at 9:40 p.m. occurred after an eastbound car on Williamsburg Road swerved to avoid a motor scooter pulling away from Klockner Drive. The car, driven by Jerome J. Lewis, 25, of the 2200 block of Brockway Lane, crossed the center line and collided with an oncoming sport utility vehicle, authorities said.

Henrico police have charged a county man with driving under the influence following a two-car collision that killed one man and sent nine others to area hospitals. The collision Saturday night at 9:40 p.m. occurred after an eastbound Oldsmobile on Williamsburg Road swerved to avoid a motorscooter pulling away from Klockner Drive. The Oldsmobile driven by Jerome J. Lewis, 25, of the 2200 block of Brockway Lane east of Glenwood Golf Club, crossed the center line and collided with an oncoming SUV, authorities said.

The attorney for Alexandria Police Chief David Baker says his client “has no intention to resign.“

Alexandria’s police chief is facing drunken driving charges.

Former NFL star Bruce Smith was convicted of drunken driving today.

A New Jersey man whose driver’s license has been suspended 78 times has pleaded guilty to his 15th drunken-driving offense.

An illegal immigrant from Guatemala was sentenced to 3½ years in prison yesterday for killing a Chesterfield County woman in a drunken-driving crash that left the victim pinned against the side of a convenience store. Circuit Judge Michael C. Allen sentenced Alberto Candino Bamaca, 39, to a total of 21 years but suspended 17½ years of that term on convictions of involuntary manslaughter, felony hit-and-run driving, and driving under the influence of alcohol.

A Chesterfield County mother who ran a red light at 80 mph and nearly crashed into several cars while driving drunk with her unbuckled infant in the car was sentenced yesterday to 185 days in jail. Daphne N. Holt, 25, pleaded guilty in Chesterfield Circuit Court to felony child endangerment and driving under the influence, her third DUI conviction since 2003.

Actor Rip Torn has been given probation in a drunken driving case in Connecticut.

A Chesterfield County mother accused of driving drunk with her 9-month-old son unbelted in his child-safety seat has been indicted on a felony child-endangerment charge. A Chesterfield Circuit Court grand jury returned the indictment Jan. 20 against Daphne N. Holt, 25, who also is charged with driving while intoxicated for a third time since December 2003.