Recently in DUI in the News in Philadelphia:

Jeremy Irons, a 39-year-old man from Windber, will stand trial for a drunken motorcycle accident. The most shocking part of the accident was not that Irons was drunk and riding a motorcycle with a blood alcohol level over twice the legal limit, but that he had his four-year-old nephew straddled onto the bike's gas tank when he crashed.

In October, Irons lost control of his bike in western Pennsylvania and struck a guard rail, reports The Associated Press. Both he and his four-year-old nephew suffered serious injuries as a result of the accident. Irons had a blood alcohol level of 0.19 percent, well over twice the legal limit of 0.08. Irons now faces aggravated assault while driving drunk charges and child endangerment charges for the Pennsylvania DUI.

Anthony Bruno pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and killing three people in January. For the crime, Bruno was sentenced to up to 18 years in jail. The families of the victims are now suing the venues and bars that served Bruno alcohol leading up to fatal Bethlehem DUI.

One year ago, Bruno attended a Reading Royals hockey game. He admitted to drinking before, during, and after the hockey game, reports the Reading Eagle.

Michael Bills was arrested for drunk driving. The Susquehanna County man had five juvenile children in his car at the time of arrest. The 45-year-old has been charged with driving under the influence and reckless endangerment, reports Fox 40.

You may be surprised to know that Pennsylvania does not provide a special penalty for people who drive drunk with minors in their vehicles. In many states, the law provides that someone who drives drunk with a child faces enhanced penalties. In Pennsylvania, someone who drives drunk with a child faces the same DUI penalties as any other driver with the penalty largely dependent upon the driver's blood alcohol level at time of arrest.

Showing good judgment, “Brent Celek DUI” did not make the headlines. Showing poor judgment, “Eagles’ Celek a passenger in DUI crash” did make the headlines.

On the night of his 27th birthday, the Philadelphia Eagles tight end was involved in a car accident when the car he was a passenger in crashed into a concrete barrier at the Packer Avenue off-ramp near Lincoln Financial Field, reports the Philadelphia Daily News.

Paul Jones drove drunk with a blood alcohol level well over three times the legal limit after taking an Oxycodone pill. He drunkenly drove into a bicyclist, Randall Bratu, hurling him 30 yards into the air and killing him.

Jones didn’t stop after killing Bratu, but continued driving in Lansdowne before striking a mini-van head-on that was carrying two women and a young child, reports the Daily Times. But not even this second accident stopped Jones. He was only stopped after the women in the mini-van gave police partial tag information and a vehicle description. So what penalty did Jones get for this fatal DUI?

On Saturday morning, Elton Paynter lost control of his car, and crashed into a man waiting for the bus. The victim was not identified, but he died following the accident.

Paynter also suffered minor injuries in the crash. Following his release from the hospital, he was arrested for driving under the influence after police found marijuana and a stun gun in his car, reports Delaware Online. Despite finding the marijuana, it’s not clear if Paynter was high at the time of the Delaware DUI or if he was drunk on alcohol.

In the never-ending DUI saga of state representative Cherelle Parker, it appears that she will have to stand trial again for her drunk driving charges.

In November, Parker was acquitted of DUI after Municipal Judge Charles Hayden threw out most of the prosecutor's evidence against her, reports the Philadelphia Daily News. Prosecutors appealed the decision and Common Pleas Judge Paula Patrick agreed, ordering that Parker stand trial again, this time confronted with the prosecutor's evidence.

The wife of York County criminal judge Michael Bortner has been accused of drunk driving, and, in an unusual move, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office will be prosecuting her case as opposed to the York County District Attorney, reports The York Dispatch.

Jacqueline Bortner was pulled over by Springettsbury Township Police in late November after someone called in to report an erratic driver, reports the Dispatch. After catching up with Bortner, police determined her blood-alcohol content (BAC) to be 0.22 percent, almost three times the legal limit in Pennsylvania of 0.08.

Brennen Letukas pleaded guilty on Thursday to killing his best friend and seriously injuring another friend in a Bucks County DUI last year.

The 24-year-old Langhorne man will face at least three years in state prison for the fatal DUI accident, reports phillyBurbs.com.

If you're going to have a few drinks in the town, the best way to avoid getting arrested is to have a designated driver. But while a designated driver may be the best way to avoid arrest, it is no guarantee that you won't still get busted for bad behavior.

This is especially true if you pee in front of a cop and then kick the officer several times.