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proud2BlibKansan

(96,793 posts)
Tue May 29, 2012, 08:02 PM May 2012

Missouri man with 14 DUI convictions charged again

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. • A Missouri man with at least 14 prior drunken driving convictions is facing a new DUI charge after a traffic accident and altercation in Johnson County, Kan.

The Kansas City Star reports that John Charles Howard, 50, of Branson, was arrested this week by Overland Park police on a report that he wrecked his car and threatened another man with a knife.

Besides DUI, the Johnson County charges include fleeing from a law enforcement officer and driving with a suspended license.

Court records show Howard formerly lived in the Kansas City area and has DUI convictions in both Kansas and Missouri


Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/missouri-man-with-dui-convictions-charged-again/article_28ea0e4e-a017-11e1-9a0a-0019bb30f31a.html#ixzz1wJ3zSKzK

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Missouri man with 14 DUI convictions charged again (Original Post) proud2BlibKansan May 2012 OP
WHY is this dangerous person not sitting in prison? He WILL kill someone, unless he's put away. nt Honeycombe8 May 2012 #1
What, 15 strikes and you're finally out? Woody Woodpecker May 2012 #2
This guy is one of those (pretty much) hopeless cases. Archae May 2012 #3
You are correct. dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #8
The guy needs medical help. He obviously has an alcohol addiction. Selatius May 2012 #4
Best reply yet-thank you! gopiscrap May 2012 #7
Clink Zanzoobar May 2012 #5
There is a lawyer getting rich keeping this guy out of jail. liberal N proud May 2012 #6
Read the article: He's getting a public defender taterguy May 2012 #9
He must have had a lawyer on retainer for the previous incidents. liberal N proud May 2012 #10
They need to get this guy off the road too Omaha Steve May 2012 #11
 

Woody Woodpecker

(562 posts)
2. What, 15 strikes and you're finally out?
Tue May 29, 2012, 08:06 PM
May 2012

Hmm.. Can't this guy NOT have a license or be allowed to be within 5 feet of a car?

Archae

(46,328 posts)
3. This guy is one of those (pretty much) hopeless cases.
Tue May 29, 2012, 08:07 PM
May 2012

Even if he gets thrown into jail for years, he'll have booze smuggled in, or he'll make his own by fermenting fruit.

The day he gets out, he'll down a fifth or two in less than an hour.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
8. You are correct.
Tue May 29, 2012, 09:00 PM
May 2012

In all my years of addiction work, I have seen the same thing played out over and over.

One of the most memorable was the guy who was released from 5 years in prison for vehicluar manslaughter
( he was DUI at the time of that incident)
court ordered probation AND Anta-buse, drank while on the antabuse, showed up for my program drunk, the court was notified, but 2 days later hit another car headon, at 3 am, both drivers died.
Ironically, the other driver was also DUI...
No license for years, btw..and had borrowed the car he died in.
This was in North Fla.
"ain't nobody gonna tell me what I can't do"...famous last words.

Selatius

(20,441 posts)
4. The guy needs medical help. He obviously has an alcohol addiction.
Tue May 29, 2012, 08:19 PM
May 2012

He belongs in a mental health facility undergoing detox and rehabilitation, if possible. If he can't be rehabilitated, then he should become a permanent ward of the state and never be allowed to drive a vehicle or leave the property without supervision.

If he isn't stopped, he's going to kill somebody.

taterguy

(29,582 posts)
9. Read the article: He's getting a public defender
Tue May 29, 2012, 09:37 PM
May 2012

And I don't know of any public defenders that are rich.

liberal N proud

(60,334 posts)
10. He must have had a lawyer on retainer for the previous incidents.
Tue May 29, 2012, 09:46 PM
May 2012

You don't get out of multiple arrests for the same crime with public defenders.

These habitual offenders usually keep their lawyer paid.

Omaha Steve

(99,642 posts)
11. They need to get this guy off the road too
Tue May 29, 2012, 10:44 PM
May 2012

That is the priority. It seems no matter what, when he is out of jail he is going to drive under the influence.

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