The new menace is texting, which is not yet banned. (Talking on the phone is, though enforcement is weak.) Since 2004 the city has denied bail to those arrested for drink-driving or hit-and-run accidents, following a case in which an American banker escaped jail despite drunkenly mowing down five policemen.
Xinos was sentenced to seven years in prison for drunk driving, vehicular manslaughter, and fleeing the scene of an accident after a hit-and-run in 2006 that killed a 15-year-old boy.
Gallinari made a driving layup and Chandler hit a 3-pointer to spark the Nuggets on a 12-0 run that put them in front 45-28 with 5:23 remaining in the second quarter.
Also in California, she was charged last fall with driving on a suspended license after it was temporarily taken away from her following two hit-and-run cases where she was accused of leaving the scene without providing proper information.