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A man was charged with four counts of the drug crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance, four counts of the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third and seventh degree.

The charges contained pertaining to four sales and cocaine possession allegedly made by the man to two undercover police officers. The incident took place in a public school, a junior high school, where the man was employed as a security guard.

At the trial, the case against the man is consisted of the testimony of a detective and a police officer. The detective testified that he was assigned to the narcotics unit of the police department as an undercover police officer and he was instructed to conduct an investigation inside the public school. The investigation was done with the knowledge of the board of education which provided him with bogus credentials. The detective was identified as another person and a staff analyst for the board. According to the detective’s testimony, during the first few days at the school he became acquainted with staff members, initiated conversations about the subject of drugs with some staff members, who were under age forty, since persons of that age were more likely to be involved in drugs. The investigator first spoke to the man, who the witness knew to be a security guard. Another conversation with the security guard was done by the investigator and followed again by another person but neither one of those occasions did they discuss the subject of drugs.

A man and his girlfriend double-dated with another couple. They all went to a nightclub where they imbibed alcohol. The man got upset because he lost his stash of drugs. He went to the parking lot and searched the trunk of his car. A New York Sex Crimes Lawyer said when his girlfriend asked what he was doing, he lost his temper and they began arguing.

Soon after, witnesses around the parking lot heard gunshots. Thereafter, the man asked the other couple to bring his girlfriend home. He drove off from the parking lot. The police came just a few minutes after the man drove off and in the parking space his car occupied there were empty 9 millimeter shell casings.

The man drove on the wrong side of the road for about five miles and radar readings showed he was driving at 75 miles per hour. The vehicles on the road moved away from the man’s car to avoid colliding with him.

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On August 15, 1985, a police officer on patrol, at about 2:40 in the morning, made note of the description of a car used in a robbery and gun crime. A New York Criminal Lawyer said the vehicle, that was described as a shiny, 1970s Chevrolet with chrome wheels. The suspects wanted for the robbery were only described as three black males. About ten minutes later, as the officer patrolled the area adjacent to where the robbery occurred, he observed a vehicle matching that description occupied by three black males near Fulton Avenue and North Franklin Street in Hempstead. The robbery had taken place in the Blimpie’s parking lot on Fulton Avenue just a short distance from that location. The officer watched the vehicle and the occupants for a few minutes and then he notified the radio operator that he would be stopping the car. When he stopped the car, the officer executed a full felony traffic stop and approached the car with his gun drawn. He ordered the occupants to show their hands. One of the men who was seated in the back seat, later filed a motion to suppress evidence.

Four other police officers arrived, and the scene was secured. The occupants of the car were directed to exit and keep their hands in view. The man in the back seat, exited the vehicle and was directed to one of the backup officers. A New York Criminal Lawyer said he made a spontaneous statement to that officer that he had two bags of marijuana in his pocket and that he had been selling the drugs. The officer immediately searched the man’s pockets, located $160, and five “nickel” bags of marihuana.

While the officers waited for the victims of the robbery to be brought to the scene to identify the subjects, other officers began the inventory of the vehicle prior to impound by noting the objects that were located in plain view. As the officer looked into the car, he noticed a gold chain in the car behind the front passenger seat. The item was removed and logged. The victims arrived and identified the man who had been in the backseat as the person who robbed them. The officer who had recovered the gold chain asked if one had been taken in the robbery. The victim stated that it was and upon seeing the gold chain that the officer had recovered from the car, he identified it as belonging to him.

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A parishioner who hosted a party and the Parish Church where the party was held was summoned by a party guest who was hurt after he was attacked by an underage guests intoxicated with alcohol and marijuana, a controlled substance. A New York Drug Crime Lawyer said hough the Church, as owner of the premises where the injured plaintiff was attacked, owed him a duty to keep its premises free of known dangerous conditions, which may include intoxicated guests, the Church did not host the party at which such drinking took place, but merely permitted a 20-year-old parishioner, to use its hall in exchange for a donation. Under the circumstances, the Church was not under a duty to supervise the said party or otherwise retain control of its premises. Nor can the Diocese, the hostess’ parents, who were present at the party, or another guest who allegedly was one of the few, if not the only adult at the party after the hostess’ parents left, be held liable on a common-law theory of failure to supervise intoxicated underage persons, since they were not the owners of the premises, and do not fall under any of the recognized exceptions to the common-law rule that a defendant generally has no duty to control the conduct of third persons so as to prevent them from harming others. The claims against the adult guests for negligent provision of alcohol should have been dismissed since no such cause of action exists at common law.

A New York Drug Possession Lawyer said that with regard to the plaintiffs’ statutory claims, the adults present at the party’s motions to dismiss the claims based on General Obligations Law should have been granted since it is undisputed that the guests were not charged for the beer served at the party. The said law states that any person who shall be injured in person, property, means of support or otherwise, by reason of the intoxication or impairment of ability of any person under the age of twenty-one years, whether resulting in his death or not, shall have a right of action to recover actual damages against any person who knowingly causes such intoxication or impairment of ability by unlawfully furnishing to or unlawfully assisting in procuring alcoholic beverages for such person with knowledge or reasonable cause to believe that such person was under the age of twenty-one years .

The claim based on General Obligations Law was properly dismissed since it did not sell alcohol to the persons who assaulted the plaintiff. As against the Church, the claim would not be viable even if it knew that there would be beer at the party, and was properly dismissed upon a record establishing that the Church did not play an indispensable role in making the beer available to the underage persons on its premises. Similarly, the claim was properly dismissed as against the Diocese, whose alleged liability appears to be wholly derivative of the Church’s, and as against the hostess’ parents upon a record establishing they were passive participants who merely knew of the underage drinking and did nothing else to encourage it. However, the claim was properly sustained as against the party hostess since she both procured and furnished the beer and as against the adult guest in view of the conflicting deposition testimony as to whether he assisted in procuring the beer. A Nassau Drug Possession Lawyer said that the claim against him based on General Obligations Law should have been dismissed because alcohol is not a controlled substance, and there is no evidence that he sold or assisted in procuring the marijuana consumed by the defendant who confessed to the criminal assault.

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James Barbour, an established Broadway actor, was charged with the sexual assault on a a 15-year-old girl in 2001. His attorney, Ronald P. Fischetti, filed a petition on his behalf challenging an order from the Supreme Court which prohibited the defense from publishing the victim’s name in order to investigate her credibility.

A New York Sex Crime Lawyer said that the complaint was first filed against Barbour on April 4, 2006. On October 30, 2006, he was indicted on charges of third degree sexual abuse and committing a criminal sexual act in the third degree. His arraignment hearing was scheduled for December 6, 2006. The day before the arraignment, the District Attorney’s office gave information about the case to the New York Post and the New York Daily News. The news coverage that followed painted Barbour in a negative light and described the alleged sex crimes involved. Both newspaper articles included a telephone number and encouraged anyone with similar complaints about Barbour to call. The day after the articles were published, the New York Post reported that another girl had come forward to claim that Barbour had engaged in improper sexual conduct with her when she was 13.

A New York Sex Crime Lawyer said that on December 20, 2006, the Assistant District Attorney asked the court to direct all parties involved to refrain from making comments to the media about the case. Barbour’s criminal defense lawyer proposed setting up another telephone number for men who had been falsely accused by the most recent victim. The court granted the prosecution’s motion and directed the defense to avoid publishing the victim’s name in order to identify other men she may have made false claims against.

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A former sheriff’s deputy from King County, Washington, was arrested in Arkansas. The arrest came as part of an investigation that was prompted when the former deputy applied for a job with an Arkansas Sheriff’s Office narcotics task force.

The former deputy had resigned from his post in Washington in order to move closer to his family in Arkansas. However, prior to his resignation, he was already under investigation in Washington State for first-degree theft, which stipulated that he had kept drugs that were assigned to him as a training tool for his K-9 partner. After the former deputy had applied for the Arkansas position, the U.S. Marshals were then notified to assist in the investigation due to the Washington State charges there were pending.

The King County Sheriff’s Office told NY City Criminal Lawyers that they take their position of trust seriously, and once it was learned that the narcotics was unaccounted for that they began an investigation immediately. The Sheriff’s Office spokesperson went on to add that the public trust means everything to them.

Two men were arrested in Bishopville, MD, on Saturday, sources revealed. The police report indicates that neither the passenger nor the driver of the vehicle would give their names to the police after they stopped the vehicle. Maryland State Police troopers stopped the vehicle after it was allegedly observed at about 11:18 a.m. Saturday morning going 80 mph in a 55 zone.

As troopers began their investigation following the traffic stop, they soon discovered that the driver did not have a legal driving license and nether of the men had any form of identification on their person. Officers were also unable to discover any form of vehicle registration or proof of insurance.

Further exasperating the situation, both men gave troopers fake names, and the driver had actually provided troopers with a second fake name as well. A NY Criminal Lawyer was also made aware that the driver was arrested for DWI after he failed field sobriety tests. Troopers have probable cause to perform these tests due to the odor of an alcoholic beverage as the driver exhaled. The passenger had also thrown beer cans out of the window as officers approached. After a brief foot chase, the passenger was taken into custody.

In the Las Vegas corridor of Nevada, a husband and wife have been found guilty of a primary charge of involuntary manslaughter of their young son, as well as secondary charged of child abuse and neglect.

According to court documents, the man and woman charged in this case were highly negligent of their son, which resulted in a fatal episode that occurred around 2.5 years ago. In June 2008 following the attendance of a church gathering in the community, the couple returned home with their five children and proceeded into their home. Unfortunately, one of their sons was left in the vehicle. A New York Criminal Lawyer notes that the young boy, who at the time was 4 years old, suffered from muscular dystrophy and lacked the physical strength to open the car door and escape.

Approximately 17 hours later, the trapped young boy was found deceased in the family’s vehicle; the cause of death being heat exposure, apparently. The father and mother were taken into custody on March 01 following the result of the trial, which was conclusive in its evidential circumstances and sentencing. Upon being taken into custody the couple was held at $500,000 bail and $250,000 bail, respectively. Charges of child abuse, domestic violence and neglect were also attributed to the couple, in addition to the primary of charge of involuntary manslaughter, according to a New York City Criminal Lawyer.

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In times of stress or threatening situations, it is amazing how many people try to place blame on something external for their faults. According to a New York Criminal Lawyer, people will say just about anything to get out from between the rock and the hard place that they have found themselves in. Though no one will argue for a moment that the founding fathers of our country were honest and forthright in all of their dealings, explained the N York Criminal Lawyer, it is at least fair to say that they were, at least in some sense, looking out for the greater good of the nation that they were trying to build. 

Not so for some people. Take, for instance, the case of an Ohio man who tried to blame his DUI on iconic rock singer Ozzy Osbourne. According to the man charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, the heavy metal music that the driver was playing led him to drive illegally after drinking. This example is a blatant attempt to circumvent the personal responsibility that each of us has to keep both ourselves and our fellow humans safe from harm. 

The NYC Criminal Lawyer went on to suggest that the lies and blame that people resort to in situations where they feel threatened, whether or not what they did was wrong, back logs our already strained legal system as the truth is being searched for. What this boils down to is a system that is filled to overflowing with bogus stories, which is a huge waste of time and money for all of us. Essentially, what needs to happen is that people need to be responsible for their failures and mistakes as well as take credit for their successes and strengths. In doing so, our nation will become a better place. 



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A 23-year-old medical receptionist was placed on probation for two and a half years after she was found guilty of driving to endanger and of six counts of assault by means of a dangerous weapon. Her drunken driving charge was continued without finding for two years probation. She must also participate in a first-offenders alcohol driver education program, and was ordered to refrain from drinking alcohol, said a New York Criminal Lawyer.

Leading up to her arrest, the 23-year-old left a Providence RI nightclub after having an argument with someone. She then drove drunk from Providence to Massachusetts on Interstate 95, and had a collision with a car containing six occupants on I-495. She also nearly forced a state trooper off the road, states a New York City Criminal Lawyer.

The other driver at the Providence nightclub supposedly sparked the incident, leading to the chase. However, the medical receptionist accepted responsibility for her actions. The accident took place around 3 a.m. when she repeatedly crashed into the rear of the victim’s car as it drove down the highway. A State Trooper had to take evasive action to avoid a collision as he pursued them down I-495.

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