Blog Posts in March, 2011
Posted on Mar 30, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Police in Palm Beach are turning to Skype to make arrests in DUI cases. Curious why? To ensure that their DUI arrests turn into concrete DUI convictions, police are using Skype to accurately capture ...
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Posted on Mar 29, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
When officials with the California traffic safety division declared 2010 the "year of the checkpoint," they delivered on their promise. During 2010 agencies across the state held a combined 1,050 ...
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Posted on Mar 28, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Now that there seems to be an app for everything, politicians across the country are becoming increasingly concerned with apps that seem to make drunk driving acceptable. There are some apps that ...
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Posted on Mar 23, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
After police witnessed him driving 60 mph in a 35 mph zone in Niles, Ill., police detained Kenneth Perera on multiple charges. The 34-year-old appeared confused and smelled of alcohol when police ...
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Posted on Mar 22, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
After driving the wrong way on Highway 101 and injuring himself and two others, a young man has been arrested for the DUI accident he caused. Alfonson Robles-Contreras, 26, was arrested by the ...
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Posted on Mar 21, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Although she is just one of many stars who have been arrested for DUI recently, Jaime Pressley seems to be very concerned about her image post-lockup. The "My Name is Earl" star is too ashamed to ...
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Posted on Mar 16, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Immigration groups are excited about the change to legislation at DUI checkpoints across the state but they argue that more still needs to be done. Chief Charlie Beck met with members of the Southern ...
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Posted on Mar 15, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Two teens were lucky not to lose their lives in a DUI accident , although they do remain seriously injured. The two were riding a small Honda motorcycle when they collided with a Nissan Z in Live Oak ...
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Posted on Mar 14, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Knowing just how rowdy and intoxicated St. Patrick's Day revelers can get, a special DUI strike team of police will be patrolling downtown Cotati. Other officers will be stations in areas around ...
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Posted on Mar 9, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
The man responsible for killing six Immokalee men back in September 2008 has finally seen his day in court. Ewing Saunders, 68, was given 60 years in jail today for six counts of DUI manslaughter. The ...
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Posted on Mar 8, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Police in Vail are investigating a crash that occurred on South Frontage Road that killed a man from California and brought vehicular charges against a local man. A call was placed around 1:50 a.m. ...
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Posted on Mar 7, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Local celebrity Harry Teinowitz was arrested on DUI charges last week in Skokie, IL. The host on ESPN Radio in Chicago was pulled over around 11:50 p.m. last Friday when officers observed his impaired ...
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Posted on Mar 2, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
It only took six minutes for a jury in Glenn County to find a man guilty of felony DUI . Of course, it didn't help that the defendant, Reginald Dennis Scott, 63, supposedly showed up to court drunk ...
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Posted on Mar 1, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
In an effort to cut down on DUI cases in their city, the Palm Springs Police Department will be conducting a driver's license/DUI checkpoint on Friday night. It will be in operation from 8 p.m. to 3 ...
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