Sobering Problem: WSMV4 Investigates uncovers sober Tennessee drivers charged with DUIs
WSMV4 Investigates has discovered that some sober Tennessee drivers have been wrongfully arrested for DUI.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Our ongoing “Sobering Problem” investigation exposes how sober Tennessee drivers are having their lives ruined when wrongfully arrested for DUI.
Sobering Problem Part 1: You can be charged with DUI even if you’re sober, WSMV4 Investigates reveals
WSMV4 Investigates uncovered a backlog of alcohol and toxicology tests at the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Chief Investigator Jeremy Finley found a lengthy delay in blood tests that left sober drivers finding their lives ruined while they waited to be proven innocent.
Sobering Problem Part 2: ‘I asked for a breathalyzer. They refused one’: Sober drivers arrested for DUI outraged
In Tennessee, some sober people charged with a DUI had asked for a breathalyzer, only to find out that some police in the state don’t use them.
Sobering Problem Part 3: A police officer arrested a sober man for DUI. Turns out, he’d done it twice before
WSMV4 Investigates uncovered a Tennessee police officers had arrested a sober driver for a DUI more than once.
Sobering Problem Part 4: Sober drivers arrested for DUI often have one thing in common: Medical problems
Not only did WSMV4 Investigates uncover that a Tennessee deputy honored for making a slew of DUI arrests also charged a sober driver with a DUI, but that sober drivers arrested for DUIs often have one thing in common: medical problems.
Sobering Problem Part 5: Sober driver files federal lawsuit against sheriff’s department after arrest for DUI
A sober driver arrested for a DUI has filed a federal lawsuit against a Tennessee sheriff’s department. The lawsuit comes 17 days after WSMV4 Investigates exposed how David Dutton was arrested, and it took five months for the blood work to come back proving his sobriety.
Sobering Problem Part 6: THP troopers sued for arresting a sober driver for DUI
Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers are being sued for arresting a sober driver for a DUI. Twice, a trooper turns off audio on body camera during an arrest of a sober driver.
Sobering Problem Part 7: 2nd documented case of sober driver arrested for DUI by state trooper
WSMV4 Investigates has uncovered a second documented case of a sober driver being arrested for a DUI by a state trooper. In both arrests, drivers were assessed and/or arrested by trooper William Yates-Matoy for DUI.
Sobering Problem Part 8: Yes, Tennessee state troopers can mute their body cameras when making arrests
Sobering Problem Part 9: Former state trooper loses license over ‘ghost’ and ‘false’ traffic stops
Sobering Problem Part 10: WSMV4 Investigates uncovers more than 600 cases of sober drivers arrested for DUI in Tennessee
Sobering Problem Part 11: ‘I could cry right now thinking about it’: Sober drivers are being arrested for DUI statewide
Sobering Problem Part 12: Goodlettsville settles with sober driver charged with DUI
Sobering Problem Part 13: ‘I want my money back’: Sober people charged with DUI pay big for device they never needed
Sobering Problem Part 14: State police wrongfully arrest seven separate sober drivers for DUI
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