Blogs 2010 December

December, 2010 Blog Posts

The Importance of the 5th Amendment (Part 1)

The vast majority of your basic rights as a citizen or resident (legal or illegal) of the United States are set out in the Bill of Rights, which comprises the first ten Amendments to the Constitution. ...
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Is This Legal? No Refusal DUI Checkpoints

Check this out... As we all know, New Years Eve is one of the deadliest weeks of the year on the roads. There is no question that law enforcement will be in full force looking for DUI suspects. But ...
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Kidnappers Return Victim Hours After Abduction

Lucky for one teen in Detroit his kidnappers returned him home safe and sound just hours after his trauma began. Anthony Lawrey, 15, was taken near his home by gunpoint by three men around 12:30 a.m. ...
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Texas Proposed DWI Deferred Adjudication Needs Some Tweaking...

I was contemplating whether to write this blog here or on my DWI blog, but since it relates to other areas of criminal law I found it more appropriate to post it here. Does anyone really believe that ...
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Roll up your sleeve, sir. Officer Jones will stick a needle in your arm now.

From WTSP.com, Channel 10,Tampa, Florida-- With New Year's Eve only days away, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration expects this to be one of the deadliest weeks of the year on the ...
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Watch Out: OC Sheriff’s Department Executes a Special “Sting” Operation

On Monday, December 27, 2010, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, along with court personnel at the Harbor Justice Center, in Newport Beach, California, executed a special “sting” operation on ...
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Police Officer Fatally Shot by Teen Planning to Steal His Gun Collection

Police Officer David Blake was found shot to death in his SUV about a month ago. The teen who has been charged in his death, 18 year old Bernard Williams, was apparently planning on stealing his ...
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Alleged Shooter In Murder of Corrections Officer Arrested

The Miami Herald reported that a 22-year-old man, on probation for a felon in possession of a firearm charge, has been arrested for the murder of a state corrections officer and her toddler son in ...
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Drug Diversion for Possession of Heroin for personal use in San Diego

If you are arrested in San Diego for possessing heroin for personal use, the District Attorney will charge you under Health and Safety Code section 11350 : This is a very serious offense, which can be ...
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Ex-Pastor Found Guilty of White Collar Crimes

David Thompson, an ex-pastor, was found guilty of white collar crime by a judge last Wednesday. He had embezzled more than a million dollars from his former church, a crime that is now being punished ...
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Jersey City Municipal Court Lawyer 365 Summit Avenue

Jersey City Lawyer Santo Artusa handles all municipal court matters in the Jersey City Municipal Court which is located at 365 Summit Avenue in Jersey City. DWI, minor criminal law matters, domestic ...
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NJ Divorce Lawyer in Jersey City, Newark, NJ 595 Newark Avenue

Hudson County Superior Court recently recalled Judge Claude Coleman to the Bench as the court has many cases in the FD dockets that need judges for in addition to Judge Lisboa and Judge Bovino who may ...
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3,500 Arrested for Suspicion of DUI during Holidays

The Associated Press has reported that over 3,500 people were arrested over the holidays in Arizona for suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI). The thousands of arrests took place over the ...
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Albuquerque Subjected to Federal Drug Indictment

An Albuquerque man known for already having multiple arrests just tacked another one on during the holiday season. Kevin Garner, 43, was taken into custody on a federal drug indictment. According to ...
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Drop in Violent Crime, Murder in Big Cities Continues

Crime has largely been removed from the national scene in politics in the past decade because there has been a substantial drop in violent crime in large cities. New York, Los Angeles and Chicago have ...
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Woman Claims Man Fell From Her Truck

Proving that you should not allow passengers to ride in the open bed of your truck, 32-year-old Share Rubi Ann Martinez was arrested on Thursday for the death of her passenger. The young man, Enrique ...
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Joyce, Former Locomotives Player, Shot and Killed in St. Louis

Brandon Joyce, a 26 year old former player for the Los Vegas Locomotives, was fatally shot in St. Louis on Christmas Eve. It is believed that he was killed during a drug deal that was happening ...
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FDLE Reports on Credit Card Scam Investigation

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) reported that its Tampa Bay Regional Operations Center has arrested a Tampa man and charged him with multiple counts of identity theft, possession of ...
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Redskins Player Arrested for Drunk Driving

Although officers with the Sheriff's Department tried to conceal his identity at first, news has finally gotten out that Joe Joseph, defensive tackle for the Redskins, was arrested on suspicion of ...
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DUI Penalties, Private Jail or County Jail.

The penalties for a second or third DUI in California include some county jail time. Jail time on a second offense ranges from 96 hours minimum to one year maximum. On a third offense within a ten ...
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