A 54-year-old man was arrested under domestic violence statues for hitting his wife with an onion. James Izzolena, of Des Moines was drunk when he became upset with his wife, Nicole Izzolena, 27. In a fit of anger, Izzolena said he threw an onion at her head during an argument on Wednesday. Izzolena, who is charged with domestic assault causing injury, said he didn't mean to hit her. Now branded a domesic violence offender, Izzolena will never be allowed to carry a firearm.

Firefighters had tough time rescuing an intoxicated man stuck inside her former girlfriend's chimney after she hampered the rescue effort by blocking the fireplace. Firefighters had to seek police intervention after Connie Deweese told them to "leave him in the chimney and let him die. "

A drunken Wisconsin man woke up Monday in his neighbor's backyard without pants, a cashier's check worth over $41,000 and several hundred dollars in cash. Police said Mark Stahnke filed a report Monday but could not provide details on what happened when he left the bar the night before until he woke up the following morning.

A Senator in the Philippines is proposing to criminalize the act of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. But in his Senate Bill 83 or the Alcohol and Drug Testing Act, Senate president Manny Villar is proposing a very low penalty of a $22 fine for a first offense. A law must be in place to provide stricter penalties for accidents caused by drunk drivers, Villar said.

A 45-year-old woman from Pierce County, Washington has reportedly tied a record for the amount of alcohol in her blood by measuring a blood-alcohol content of 0. 50 two hours after she was arrested for on charges of driving drunk. Rebecca G. Lingbloom's blood-alcohol level was more than six times the legal limit of . 08 and ties the mark for the highest level ever found in a person's blood by technicians at the Washington State Patrol's toxicology laboratory in Seattle.