Blog Posts in 2011
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Posted on Dec 28, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
While police are used to dealing with multiple DUI offenders, they were surprised to learn just how many times one man had been arrested on similar charges. Both the officers and the prosecutor were ...
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Posted on Dec 27, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
While a life sentence is generally not given for DUI crashes, a judge in California made an exception this week. The death of a young mother of three prompted a California judge to serve the offender ...
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Posted on Dec 26, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Great news for drivers in California: DUI deaths have fallen significantly. According to recent data provided by one leading source, the deaths are at the lowest rate ever since 1952. Although data ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
A baseball player was arrested last month on suspicion of DUI . While this would have been bad enough, he tried to flee the scene of the three-car accident that he caused in Los Angeles, California. ...
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Posted on Dec 20, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
One woman in Mesa, Arizona is lucky to not have sustained more serious injuries after driving her vehicle into a canal last weekend. According to the police report, someone called 911 when they saw a ...
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Posted on Dec 19, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Police in Marion County were kept busy last weekend attending to not just one but seven DUI arrests. While this many DUI arrests normally come with a DUI checkpoint, it was just a regular weekend that ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
A young man was already facing serious charges for causing a car accident when he was arrested again for the same incident. After the 23-year-old man struck the vehicle of the victim head-on, the ...
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Posted on Dec 13, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
There are mixed opinions about the results of a case that was overturned last week in Benton County. Five years ago a deaf man was pulled over on suspicion of DUI . When he went to court, the ...
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Posted on Dec 12, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
A woman known for being a role model has tarnished her fame by being arrested for DUI. The former Miss USA was pulled over last week when officers noticed her erratic driving. When they approached the ...
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Posted on Dec 7, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
One graduating high school senior had his celebrations cut short when he was arrested for underage DUI . According to a police department, the 18-year-old had been drinking when he got behind the ...
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Posted on Dec 6, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Being the son of a celebrity can sometimes get you out of trouble. For one son, however, it was not enough to get him sentenced for a multitude of serious crimes. The 47-year-old man was driving in ...
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Posted on Dec 5, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
There was both good and bad news reported over the Thanksgiving weekend in California. According to the California Highway Patrol, the number of DUI arrests declined when compared to the previous ...
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Posted on Nov 30, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
One man might have gotten away with crashing into a parked car if it had been unoccupied. The 36-year-old suspect was driving last week in California when he steered off the highway and directly into ...
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Posted on Nov 29, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Thanks to a grant, one county in California will be able to resume its efforts to cut down on drunk driving. The $360,000 grant was awarded to the Sacramento County Probation Department specifically ...
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Posted on Nov 28, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Two teenagers lost their lives in California last week and police now believe that alcohol is to blame. According to the California Highway Patrol, a 28-year-old male was driving the vehicle carrying ...
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Posted on Nov 23, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
A B-list actor was pulled over by officers in California last week for what should have been a routine traffic stop. When the officer approached the vehicle, he intended to tell the driver that he had ...
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Posted on Nov 22, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Thanks to a grant from one agency in California, one county will be stepping up efforts to crack down on drunk driving. The grant, worth $174,000, will go mainly to support the DUI enforcement ...
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Posted on Nov 21, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
One woman was so intoxicated that she not only got herself arrested, but set her car on fire in the process. According to police in Louisville, Kentucky, the woman was observed speeding and weaving ...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
While you should never drink and drive, you should definitely not engage in a high-speed police chase while under the influence as it can lead to serious penalties. According to several deputies from ...
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Posted on Nov 15, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
As one of the states with the highest DUI arrest rates in the nation, law enforcement agencies in California are constantly working to reduce figures. One county will be able to continue the fight ...
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Posted on Nov 14, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
One man knew that he should not get behind the wheel but he did anyway. What happened proved to be a fatal mistake that would affect his life forever. Last Easter Sunday, a 44-year-old man was so ...
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Posted on Nov 8, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Known for having a high rate of alcohol-involved accidents, the state of California won a grant last year to conduct a 12 month-long program. The results of that program are in and they were very ...
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Posted on Nov 7, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Officers thought they were arriving at a regular crash site, but they quickly determined that this car accident had been caused by an impaired driver. According to a California Highway Patrol report, ...
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Posted on Nov 3, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
In Garden Grove, a motorcycle officer tried to stop a man for not wearing a seatbelt to issue a citation. Unfortunately, the man decided to struggle and ran over the officer's legs on Wednesday ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
In Frankfort, Kentucky, news sources say that a state instructor has been charged with falsifying public records, which is a white collar offense. Police report that the instructor worked for the ...
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