A twenty year-old man from Macomb faces charges for driving under the influence, marijuana possession, and a possible charge for contempt, as he spit on the floor in the courtroom during his hearing. The Illinois State Police arrested the accused early on Sunday, where he was driving with a suspended/revoked…
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Landlord Running Over Tenant Recounts New York Criminal Lawyer
Taking the law into one’s own hands is never the best way to handle a situation. People tend to get hurt and once the actual legal system gets involved the process may become overwhelming. If you find yourself in a situation in which taking the law into your own hands…
Man Held as Material Witness in Terrorism Trial Sues Former Attorney General
A man held for 14 days in 2003 for alleged ties to a terror suspect has filed a lawsuit against a former Attorney General. The man claims that he was stopped at Dulles International airport in Virginia and taken to various places throughout Virginia, Oklahoma and Idaho for questioning. During…
Barry Bonds on Trial for Allegedly Lying to a Federal Grand Jury
The trial of former major league baseball player, Barry Bonds, is underway in U.S. District Court, a New York Criminal Lawyer has learned. The former San Francisco Giant all-star is accused of “obstructing justice and three counts of making false statements to a grand jury.” During their opening arguments to…
Officers Take Out Meth Lab, Arrest 4 in Lexington County
Acting on a tip, officers from the Lexington County Multi-Agency Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET) raided a home near Lexington, SC, led to the arrests of two men and two women, sources revealed to a reporter. A Lexington County Sheriff’s Department spokesman said that NET officers had received a tip that…
Court Discusses New Program That Evicts Drug Dealers from Real Property
This summary holdover proceeding is brought by the New York County District Attorney’s office under a new program created by the Prosecutor’s office and other governmental agencies designed to evict drug dealers from residential and other real property used for illegal drug trade, business or manufacture pursuant to RPAPL Section…
Proof in Drug Possession Case Must be Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
The Drug Enforcement Task Force initiated an investigation into an organization in Brooklyn that was purportedly selling a brand name of heroin called “Raw”. As a result of that investigation, the defendant was convicted, after trial, of selling narcotics to an undercover police officer. The detective testified that on May…
Murder and DUI Suspect Had Been charged 50 Previously
A man accused of killing a mother and grandmother while being high on crack cocaine had fourteen prior arrests at the time of the fatal crash, claims a police report. The man’s drug abuse was well known to local authorities before the accident in which he struck and killed a…
Federal program uses fingerprints to identify illegal immigrants
In an effort to more easily identify illegal immigrants who have committed crimes, there is a new federal program that uses fingerprinting, using federal databases, to do so, explains a reporter. This program is being adopted by states all across America in an effort to nab illegal immigrants who have…
Supreme Court denies overturned conviction for ex-felon
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal that would have overturned a conviction of a Washington state man. The man is an ex felon who was appealing a law that would send him back to prison for several months. The man was pulled over by police in 2005. They told a…