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Richie Sambora Formally Charged With DUI, But Why Not Child Endangerment?

Spicy — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:29:32 +0000

Richie Sambora was formally charged with driving under the influence today after being arrested March 25th.

He is facing two misdemeanor counts of DUI and driving with a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit. His BAC registered .13.

Sambora, 48, was pulled over in Laguna Beach after he was spotted drifting over the yellow line. He was accompanied by a woman and two children. One of the children is believed to have been Sambora and Heather Locklear’s child, Ava, who was released to her mother after the incident.

Police requested that the district attorney also charge the Bon Jovi rocker with child endangerment, but for some bizarre reason prosecutors don’t think they have enough evidence to make a strong case against him.

“The charge of DUI in itself indicates you have endangered yourself and others. There would have needed to be additional aggravating circumstances to charge that.”

Now, I’m no lawyer, but isn’t a DUI reason enough? WTF? Are they serious? Because he didn’t crash his car he didn’t put the child’s life in danger? BULLSH*T! He was driving with almost DOUBLE the legal limit!

Just for fun I did a little research to see what other ‘child endangerment’ cases have made the news lately in California, just for comparison. Check them out and then YOU tell ME if it’s fair that Sambora is not being charged with this offense. Keep in mind that I tried to find cases in which there were no injuries or accidents. Apples to apples.

This woman turned onto a freeway off-ramp then realized she went the wrong way. She made a U-turn to get off the ramp and was spotted by an officer. She had a 5-year-old child in the car and was arrested on suspicion of DUI. She is facing child endangerment charges. (LINK)

In Bakersfield at a security checkpoint, a man believed to be intoxicated with a small boy in the vehicle was arrested and charged with DUI and child endangerment. (LINK)

I don’t know. It just doesn’t make sense to me. After all the energy and education that has been put forth to try and hinder drunk driving I think it is a slap in the face to those who may have lost a child in a DUI accident or to those trying to uphold the law.

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Spicy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:06:51 +0000

Richie Sambora is the latest celebrity DUI offender.

He was pulled over last night at approximately 11pm in Laguna Beach for driving erratically. He failed multiple field sobriety tests and was arrested. Police say there was no indication of drugs.

Sambora attended rehab last summer after having finalized a divorce with Heather Locklear, breaking up with Denise Richards and mourning his father’s death.

How many times do I have to say it?! Drivers, bitches! Hire a f*cking DRIVER!

UPDATE: Sambora had his 10 year-old daughter, Ava, another juvenile, and a female adult passenger in the car at the time of his arrest! Police reportedly contacted Ava’s mother, Heather Locklear, who said it was okay for the female passenger to drive her daughter home. If Sambora was found to be driving drunk he may be charged with two counts of child endangerment.

(Mugshot from TMZ.)

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Spicy — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:40:16 +0000

“I got divorced, I was going through a custody battle, I was having alcohol addiction problems, my dad was dying… It was a gang tackle from hell, and crawling out of that wreckage was a very triumphant victory.”

- Richie Sambora on his 2007 troubles.

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Richie Sambora Enters Rehab

Spicy — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:16:12 +0000

Richie Sambora entered a rehabilitation center on Wednesday.

"Richie Sambora has entered an undisclosed treatment facility in Los Angeles," a rep for Sambora said in a statement.

"He asks that you respect he and his family’s privacy at this time."

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Denise Richards & Richie Sambora in Hawaii

Spicy — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:25:00 +0000

Denise & Richie stroll the beaches of Hawaii like they have always been together.

I’m not a big fan of Denise’s since she completely backstabbed her friend Heather Locklear. (Not that I was ever a fan to begin with..)

Richie just seems like a big doof who went along with the tail that was being wagged in front of him.

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Richie Sambora and Denise Richards at LAX

Spicy — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:52:00 +0000

He seems like such a ‘daddy’ with her.

Did Richie book their trip with BabyBoomerTrips.com?

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Spicy — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 20:38:00 +0000

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Richie Sambora Gives it to Denise Richards

Spicy — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 01:54:00 +0000

Holy double rebound Batman!