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Published on: January 31, 2012

Mother Charged in Crash with DWI

by Stephen Bilkis

A Sag Harbor woman was charged with driving while intoxicated after she ran her car into a utility pole, according to reports from a New York Criminal Lawyer. The driver and her two small children sustained injuries in the crash.

The 34-year-old mother was charged with an aggravated felony, DWI, and a misdemeanor, endangering the welfare of a child, following the accident, a New York Personal Injury Lawyer was told. In Southampton Town Justice Court, her plea was not guilty, sources told New York Car Accident Lawyers. She was released on $5,000 bail.

The woman lost control of her vehicle while driving in Bridgehampton. She swerved into the northbound lane and knocked over several poles, dropping live wires over the road. Authorities had to close the street for several hours.

Published on: January 30, 2012

Man with stupidity defense faces jury

by Stephen Bilkis

A man accused of stealing a high dollar purse tells a Manhattan jury that he is too stupid to be a burglar, especially since he was not even aware that he was in a hotel where the crime occurred, according to a New York Criminal Lawyer. The Defendant is a convicted gun carrying car thief and shoplifter but claims to not have the intelligence to also be a burglar.

He was accused of sneaking into the Soho Grand Hotel in 2007 during a movie shoot and stealing a Balenciaga purse worth $2000. The purse belonged to Kirsten Dunst. He was arrested and went to trial on the burglary charge. His defense at the trial was that he was a drunk and was not even aware that he was in a hotel. He also used the defense that he is a myopic mongoloid who was incapable of the theft.

The Defendant then claimed to have been invited into the hotel by a friend who was involved in a drug deal at the time. His friend was allegedly going to the hotel to deliver drugs to an actor on the set and the delivery spot was the penthouse green room. The penthouse green room was being used by the British actor Simon Pegg and by the purse owner Dunst at the time.

Published on: January 30, 2012

A Noisy Car Might Get You Arrested

by Stephen Bilkis

Don’t plan on driving around in your tricked out car with the radio at full blast. New laws could make you a criminal in Florida if you have a car that is too noisy and police catch you, according to a New York Criminal Lawyer. Police are handing out fines and writing people up for laws that went in to affect that were meant to protect people’s hearing and privacy. Now, those laws are being challenged by people with tickets because they say the noise laws are too strict.

The “offenders” say they are not criminals and playing music within their car is not a crime. The law states that if someone – namely a police officer – can hear the music and they are at least 25 feet away, they can write you a ticket for the offense. People within the cars may have the music on and if the wind carries it the right way, police 25 feet away can come after you. The people riding in those cars believe that is not fair and that the distance by which a person can hear a radio or CD should be farther away.

Other cities besides the ones in Florida are also looking at tougher noise laws. Officials believe that if by making noise laws stricter and making them criminal offenses, people will pay attention to the law a bit more. The noise laws were created because citizens who didn’t have loud radios were tired of their cars shaking while sitting at a red light or a stop sign next to someone who had it up way too loud.

Published on: January 30, 2012

Bus Driver Gets Probation for DWI

by Stephen Bilkis

A bus driver in Mount Prospect is counting her lucky stars recently, claims a New York Criminal Lawyer. A judge granted the bus driver 2 ½ years of probation instead of a jail sentence for her crimes in a DWI case. The DWI occurred last March when the driver failed a field sobriety test. Her blood alcohol limit tested to be .226, which is more than three times the legal limit allowed for anyone to be behind the wheel.

The bus driver was driving under the influence as she dropped off approximately 45 students to their houses after school one day. She admitted to drinking two vodka tonic drinks during her lunch hour, before driving the students home from school. The bus driver was then fired from her position as driver. The driver’s supervisor was also fired for failure to report an incident.

There was a call made to the school district that alerted the supervisor that drinking might have been taking place during the lunch hour. The supervisor did not notify police, which the school says violated their policy. According to the New York Criminal Lawyer, the supervisor and the bus driver were fired for their conduct. The bus driver was charged with a DWI, and ordered 2 ½ years of probation, along with 480 hours of community service, attend alcohol counseling and pay a fine to the city. There is no word on if the supervisor faced any charges related to the incident besides losing their job.

Published on: January 29, 2012

NYPD accused of Sodomy

by Stephen Bilkis

Officers of the New York Police Department have been accused of allegedly sodomizing a man during an arrest and claims to have proof, according to a New York Criminal Lawyer. The Brooklyn man, 27, claims to have information that the police officers altered the underwear he was wearing at the time of the event.

The attorneys for the man had called for a press conference to announce the new accusation but cancelled the event when the lawyers for the police officers demanded an emergency hearing and a gag order. The police attorneys succeeded in obtaining the gag order and a federal judge requested that the Plaintiffís attorneys not release the pictures demonstrating the proof of the altered underwear.

The man claims that the police baton used at the time of his arrest would not have produced the tear that was in his underwear. If the tear was from the baton, there should be a flap of cloth in the same area but the flap is no longer present. The Plaintiffís attorneys have concluded that the underwear was altered following the arrest suggesting tampering with evidence.

Published on: January 29, 2012

Police Arrest Stepmother for Murder

by Stephen Bilkis

Even though the body of a 10-year old disabled girl has been found, authorities have not had any luck finding the girl’s severed head. The girl’s stepmother has been charged with killing the girl and dismembering her body, reports a New York Criminal Lawyer. Law enforcement officials were able to locate the girl’s body with assistance from the stepmother, who has been charged with the murder.

The stepmother, who has also been accused of abusing the girl prior to her death, appears to show little remorse for her actions. The girl, born in Australia, developed bone cancer when she was young and lost one of her legs and much of her hearing. She lived with her father and stepmother in the United States. Her biological mother still lives in Australia. Neighbors, friends and others report having seen bruises on the girl and also witnessed verbal and emotional abuse. The stepmother was apparently married to another man when she married the girl’s father. The man lived across the street from the girl and her family and pretended to be the stepmother’s brother.

Even though she was reported missing on October 9th of last year, law enforcement officials believe the girl went missing earlier than that. At the end of October, law enforcement found the girl’s prosthetic leg and were able to identify it as hers using the manufacturer’s serial number. Skeletal remains were found on November 3 and in the days that followed.

Published on: January 29, 2012

Landlord Running Over Tenant Recounts New York Criminal Lawyer

by Stephen Bilkis

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 has become an issue, contact a New York Criminal Lawyer. If this landlord had simply waited to see what was going to happen, perhaps this would not have escalated into assault.

Though the case has been forwarded to prosecutors, no charges have been filled as of yet. The 73 year old owner of the duplex in which the tenant lived ran over a man he said was standing behind his vehicle and refusing to move. West Fargo police state that Cass County prosecutors may charge the vehicle driver with aggravated assault. The tenant remains hospitalized and has been unable to speak to detectives following his injuries. In fact it is likely that the hospitalized man will not be able to speak to detectives for several more days.

The landlord told reporters that he felt threatened and scared by some man standing in the road who would not move. The landlord then states he saw another person coming up behind his vehicle and the fear was magnified. This all took place around 7:15 P.M. in the 600th block of Second Avenue West while the landlord sat in his Hummer.

Published on: January 29, 2012

Police are getting serious about seat belts an DWIs

by Stephen Bilkis

Those not wearing seat belts and driving under the influence of alcohol are now being targeted by police officers of both Iowa and Illinois. They now have more officers in those areas patrolling the streets looking for these violations, according to a New York Criminal Lawyer. Click It or Ticket and You Drink and Drive are two long time campaigns that are now linked together according to the Illinois Department of Transportation.

The extra patrolling being done in Iowa is know as the special Traffic Enforcement Program, or TEP. This will include 2,000 extra seat belt enforcement zones and much more patrolling at night to enforce these laws. This also includes 68 roadside safety checks.

Illinois has had a decline in deadly traffic accidents at a time of the year when numbers are usually on the rise due to increased travel with the holidays. Last years drop in fatalities was the first time since 1921 that there have been less than 1,000 people killed on the road. The state is also on track to be below 1,000 again this year.

Published on: January 28, 2012

Woman Gets Death Penalty in Arizona

by Stephen Bilkis

A woman in Arizona was found guilty of participating in the deaths of a father and his daughter. The killings took place in 2009. The woman, an anti-illegal immigration activist, and two men forced their way into the family’s home, claims a New York Criminal Lawyer. The two men shot and killed the man and his daughter and wounded the man’s wife. The wife survived and called the police to report the killings. She says that she misses her family and blames the woman for destroying her life.

The woman, who is the head of an anti-illegal immigration watchdog group called the Minutemen American Defense, claims she is innocent and did show any remorse for her actions during the trial. This lack of remorse may have prompted the jury to sentence her to death, reports a New York Criminal Lawyer. In addition to being convicted of first-degree murder, the woman is the third woman in Arizona currently on death row. According to the district attorney, even though the woman may not have actually shot the man and his daughter, she planned the attack and got the two men to follow through with her plans.

It is suspected that the woman suffers from emotional problems and may have been abused as a child. She claims she targeted the man because he was a suspected drug dealer. She told news reporters when asked about what she had done that no one with children should sell drugs. No drugs or other illegal substances were found at the home when police arrived on the scene. The apparent motivation for invading the man’s home was to steal jewelry, money, drugs and other items to help fund the Minutemen American Defense, says a New York City Criminal Lawyer. Jewelry belonging to the family was found by police at the woman’s home. After finding the jewelry, the woman was arrested and taken into police custody.

Published on: January 28, 2012

Drunk driver kills 5-year old boy

by Stephen Bilkis

This is a disturbing case in which a man under the influence of alcohol started to drive his car after his girlfriend had been arrested. He was taking over and trying to drive as there was no one else around to drive him. Sadly, the man drove his car into a tree and killed the woman’s 5-year-old boy, reported the New York Criminal Lawyer.

The ultimate result in this case was that the man was found guilty of aggravated driving under the influence and will do three to fourteen years in prison. This crash was particularly horrific in that it happened at high-speed and the little boy had no chance.

The facts of the case appear to be that the man driving the car stated that the police ordered him to drive after his girlfriend was arrested. He claims he argued with them that she was his designated ride. However, that argument didn’t go over with the police, as the girlfriend was driving with a suspended license.