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20 of the biggest cities in the United States were ranked and San Diego came out first in the largest percentage of drivers with alcohol-related driving convictions, according to a New York Criminal Lawyer. Next in line were San Jose, California, and Charlotte, North Carolina.

San Diego police told a New York Criminal Lawyer that the high rank is not due to a higher incidence of drunk driving, but due to the department’s aggressive approach to enforcing laws against drunk driving. They also apply for grants from both state and federal sources to hold DWI checkpoints and saturation patrols several times a year.

California has had a long history, both with driving under the influence and with efforts to put an end to it. A 13-year-old girl was hit by a drunk driver in 1980 as she was walking to a school carnival in Fair Oaks, California. The girl was struck hard enough to knock her out of her shoes and she ended up, dead, 125 feet from the point of impact. The driver fled the scene, only to have his wife turn him in when he tried to hide his damaged car from her, MADD told a New York Criminal Lawyer.

Naturalized U.S. citizen Faisal Shahzad was given a life sentence in prison for driving a vehicle full of bombs into New York’s Time Square, sources told a New York Criminal Lawyer. There is no parole in the federal penal system.

“The defendant has repeated expressed his total lack of remorse and his desire, if given the opportunity, to repeat the crime,” the judge said. “Allahu Akbar,” Shahzad replied in Arabic. The words mean “God is great”. The 31-year-old Shahzad was born in Pakistan.

Shahzad worked with the Taliban in Pakistan and was in a terrorist training camp only months before he became an American citizen, according to New York Criminal Lawyers. When asked by the judge about the oath of allegiance he took to become an American citizen, Shahzad said, “I did swear, but I did not mean it.”

The police used their cars to corner a driver in a Long Island parking lot, but that didn’t stop her from escaping, police sources informed a New York Criminal Lawyer. She merely used her vehicle to ram through the impromptu barricade.

Police sources told a New York Criminal Lawyer that the 41-year-old woman almost ran down a number of officers late one afternoon, setting off a frantic chase that started in Deer Park and continued for 11 minutes until she was arrested, several towns away. “She hit the police cars, pushed them out of the way and kept going,” a Suffolk County police lieutenant told a New York Criminal Lawyer.

The woman was being sought after for a parole violation and arrested in North Lindenhurst. After her arraignment, she was held on an unspecified amount of bail. One of the officers in one of the cars struck by the fleeing suspect’s Ford Taurus sustained a neck injury. The officer was taken to the hospital, where he was deemed to be in stable condition.

A Long Island woman is now recovering from a vicious attack by a man with a hammer in July, reports a New York Criminal Lawyer. Police sources told New York Criminal Lawyers the attacker was a man the victim had hired to work for her as a handyman. She met him at a Home Depot store and brought him to her home on July 24, 2010 to do some work around the house.

The suspect fixed the victim’s toilet, but she said he did not do a satisfactory job. When she complained about it to the handyman, he allegedly grew angry with her and hit her with the hammer, leaving multiple fractures, police sources told a New York Criminal Lawyer.

Nassau County Police told a New York Criminal Lawyer the suspect fled after the attack. Police have been searching for him, but have been unable to arrest him at this time. The suspect may have more charges awaiting him, as well – authorities say his DNA may also link him to a rape case in Texas. The search is still ongoing and there is no further information regarding the case at this time.

Detectives had been watching the man for a while, police sources told a New York Criminal Lawyer. Seeing him carrying marijuana plants was the last straw. It was time to make the arrest.

The 45-year-old suspect was arrested on drug and weapon charges.The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office told a New York Criminal Lawyer the suspect was not only growing marijuana in his yard, but at a business, as well.

When detectives saw him carrying pots bearing the illegal herb, they made the arrest. They also found more plants, along with the materials needed to properly care for them. All told, New York Criminal Lawyers have learned, the suspect had 55 plants between his home and his business, according to the sheriff’s office.

A man carrying a knife in Upper Manhattan was shot and killed by police after ignoring repeated demands to drop the weapon, sources told a New York Criminal Lawyer. He was even tasered to no effect.

The 24-year-old man pulled the Taser’s electric probes from his body, and two officers shot him nine times, police sources told a New York Criminal Lawyer. The man was pronounced dead at New York-Presbyterian/Allen hospital.

Police released a recording and transcript the night after the shooting took place of a 911 call in which the knife-wielding man threatened to kill police officers. When the 911 operator asked the man what his emergency was, he replied, “I want you to call the cops because I’m ready to kill.” “What?” replied the operator. The man continued. “I’m ready to kill some cops right now.”

Two young men who may have witnessed two murder were shot execution style in a parked SUV after a night of clubbing in Manhattan, a New York Criminal Lawyer reports. The two men, 26 and 22 years of age, both of Coney Island, were shot in the head not long after leaving a posh Manhattan hot spot.

New York Criminal Lawyers still do not know the motive behind the shootings. Police had questioned the 26-year-old victim about the death of a Coney Island grandmother who was killed by a stray bullet, while the younger man was asked about his brother’s murder in 2009.

Neither one of them said they would comply with police requests, sources told a New York Criminal Lawyer. Police believe the pair may have gotten into trouble while inside the club. Both of them had a history of criminal activity and a number of people who may have wished them harm.

A 27-year-old man was stabbed in the chest in his hometown of Freeport and died four days later, Nassau County police told a New York Criminal Lawyer. The victim had some sort of altercation with two men on Broadway. Police told a New York Criminal Lawyer one assailant punched and kicked the victim, and the second assailant stabbed the victim with a kitchen knife at 9:40 p.m. on Sunday.

The victim was taken to South Nassau Communities Hospital and at first admitted in critical condition. He lost his struggle for life four days later, despite the best efforts of medical personnel. Police sources told New York Criminal Lawyers that the suspects were last seen fleeing westbound on Broadway. The authorities have yet to disclose any further details on the suspects or leads they have on capturing them.

Fleeing the police is generally the worst course of action to take, even when the suspected crime is murder. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty and it is the job of a New York Criminal Lawyer to protect the rights of the accused.

of Facebook’s European public policy has termed the hacking of accounts as a “major issue” for the social networking site, New York Criminal Lawyers have learned.

Facebook is busy creating new ways to detect when the user accounts have been hacked and adds warnings for when Facebook accounts are accessed in unusual ways or from unusual locations for that account.

“The latest thing you’ll see is that is a major issue is people hacking into accounts. Now, if you’re logging in from an unusual location, you’ll get extra security questions and if you want to login by a new device [Facebook] notifies you by SMS or email,” the public policy head said to a New York Criminal Lawyer.

One of the fastest-rising stars in the world of New York real estate hit the bottom when he was sent to prison for stealing from his colleagues, friends, and relatives to live the wealthy lifestyle to which he had become accustomed, New York Criminal Lawyers have learned.

The 39-year-old real estate executive will have to serve at least two years and eight months, which could end up being as much as eight years. He was also ordered to pay $9.5 million in restitution. The executive made a name for himself during the boom years of commercial real estate, sources tell New York Criminal Lawyers.

He lived a life of luxury, including private jets and a cocaine habit, which led him to spend $35 million dollars in a buyout. This turned out to be money he did not have, his attorney told a New York Criminal Lawyer.