Va. Delegate Suggests 3rd Offense Be Felony
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When lawmakers and activists argue that Virginia’s laws against repeat drunk drivers are too weak, they bring up motorists like David Duncan Reynolds. Reynolds, 45, an Arlington lawyer on probation for one drunken-driving conviction, crashed into a Metrobus and was jailed for five months for the probation violation. Two weeks after his release, he drove drunk again and hit a tour bus. Yesterday, Reynolds pleaded no contest to hit and run, eluding police and driving under the influence — his sixth drunken-driving conviction since 1984. “I am not going to forget this case,” warned Arlington General District Court Judge Dorothy H. Clarke as she ordered Reynolds held without bond until … |