Fourth DWI Comes With Multiple Leaving Accident Scene and Driving While Revoked Charges

St. Peters Police said Christine Dalton racked up nine charges within three months, including a DWI, two counts of leaving an accident scene and three counts of driving with a revoked license.

A St. Charles County woman faces nine charges related to alcohol-impaired driving, including DWI, leaving an accident scene, driving while revoked and charges. Christine Marie Dalton, 27, of the first block of Ashbrook Drive in St. Charles County near St. Peters, was charged Thursday with DWI as an aggravated offender, two counts of leaving an accident scene, three counts each of failure to comply with an interlock device order and driving with her license revoked. Dalton has three previous DWI convictions. St. Peters Police said Dalton drove off the eastbound Interstate 70 exit ramp at Mid Rivers Mall Drive and went over a reflector sign Jan. 17. Her car was stuck on a sewer grate and she left the area on foot. Police said a witness …

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Joe Barker

10:58 am on Sunday, May 19, 2013

Read it again, Fred. This person's fourth DWI charge also comes with multiple leaving accident scene and driving while revoked charges.   more ›

St. Peters Police Hosting Sobriety Checkpoints this Weekend

The checkpoint will take place at an undisclosed location on the weekend of Dec. 14.

St. Peters Police Planning Sobriety Checkpoint

The checkpoint will take place at an undisclosed location on the weekend of Dec. 14.

In an effort to take impaired drivers off the road during the holiday season, St. Peters Police have planned a sobriety checkpoint. At an undisclosed location on the weekend of Dec. 14, St. Peters Police will be cracking down on drunken driving. The checkpoint is part of an effort to make the roads safer—218 people were killed and 867 seriously injured in crashes involving an impaired driver in 2011. St. Peters Police said impaired driving contributes to nearly 30 percent of all Missouri traffic fatalities.  Drunken driving can result in jail time, the loss of a driver's license, or being sentenced to use ignition interlocks. Insurance rates also can rise, along with legal fees.  Missouri has a zero tolerance law for impaired driving. If …

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St. Peters Man Charged With Hitting His Wife

Police said the man hit his wife and pushed her against a wall.

A St. Peters man was charged Friday with third-degree domestic assault. St. Peters Police said in a report that Joseph Bottini, 31, of the 800 block of Millwood Drive, punched his wife in the face, pushed her against a wall threatened to hit her children Thursday. Police said the victim scratched Bottini’s face and ran outside. Bottini convinced her to come back inside, where he pushed her into a wall again. The woman’s cheek was red and swollen, she had a cut on her elbow and dried blood on her hands and arms. Bottini had a cut under his eye and on his elbow. Police said the two were arguing over disciplining their children. Bottini pleaded guilty to domestic assault in 2011 and was arrested for resisting arrest Dec. 27.

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St. Peters Police Cracking Down on Drunk Drivers

Police Departments statewide will place extra emphasis on busting drunken drivers this week.

With prom and graduation season here, Missouri law enforcement want to make sure Missouri youth are celebrating safe and sober.  The St. Peters Police Department will join other Missouri law enforcement agencies to crack down on drunken driving May 4 to 13. It is illegal for someone under 21 to possess or consume alcohol in Missouri, yet youth make up a significant proportion of drunk drivers causing traffic crashes on Missouri roadways. Missouri has a Zero Tolerance Law—if you are under 21, your license will be suspended if you’re caught driving with even a trace of alcohol in your system. Consequences of drunken driving include jail time, loss of their driver licenses, or being sentenced to use ignition interlocks.  Insurance rates go up…

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St. Peters Police To Conduct Sobriety Checkpoints

Checkpoint will take place between April 22 and April 30.

Law enforcement officers in the St. Charles County area will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in an undisclosed location in St. Peters. The exact date and time of the checkpoint will not be released, but it will be sometime between April 22 and April 30. “It’s never worth the risk to drive while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.  Drivers could lose their license, pay large fines, or worst of all, cause a tragic loss of life,” St. Peters Police Chief Tom Bishop said in a press release.  In 2009, 281 people died and 1,141 people were seriously injured in alcohol-related traffic crashes in Missouri. Impaired driving contributes to 30 percent of all Missouri traffic fatalities. St. Peters will continue to conduct sobriety checkpoints…

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