Blog Posts in May, 2011
Posted on May 31, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Officers in Orange County were kept busy over the Memorial Day weekend, netting 148 DUI arrests. According to Deputy Wayne Howard, saturation patrols and checkpoints were responsible for cleaning up ...
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Posted on May 30, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
After learning that their breathalyzers had been producing tainted results, prosecutors from Santa Clara County have set to the arduous task of re-reviewing hundreds of DUI cases. After reviewing ...
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Posted on May 25, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
To the surprise of her arresting officers, Estella Warren not only broke the law by driving drunk, but also by escaping from police custody. According to criminal defense attorney Troy Slaten (who is ...
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Posted on May 24, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Saturday nights are always busy for California Highway Patrol officers who are busy catching DUI drivers like Darius Jamal Brown. Last weekend Brown, 20, was playing his car stereo too loudly around ...
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Posted on May 23, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Santa Rose Assemblyman Michael Allen is on a mission to change how law enforcement agencies conduct sobriety checkpoints. Under his proposed bill, Allen hopes to prevent the unnecessary targeting of ...
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Posted on May 18, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Neighbors to the woman believed to be responsible for, among other things, dragging a sheriff's deputy with her car, say that they are not surprised. Police reports show that Pasco County Deputy ...
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Posted on May 17, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
California Highway Patrol officers were kept busy last Saturday night when a drunk driver reportedly caused a multi-vehicle car crash. Police reports show that Syed Ali, 37, rear-ended a vehicle ...
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Posted on May 16, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
A new program being offered by the Miami-Dade State's Attorney office will give some first-offender drunk drivers a chance to reduce their charges. Referred to as the "Back on Track" program, will ...
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Posted on May 11, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
A young woman thought she could not only get away with underage drinking, but drinking and driving as well last weekend in California. However, Korinna Outwater, 19, quickly learned the law will soon ...
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Posted on May 10, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Although he was able to avoid jail time by pleading guilty to DUI , Sergio Kindle may face serious repercussions on the football field. Kindle, 23, was given two years probation rather than jail time ...
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Posted on May 9, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Now that Apple and Google have cornered the market on applications, they are now under fire for a certain type of app. Senator Charles Schumer is leading the crusade against apps that tell users the ...
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Posted on May 4, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
It was to the dismay of an Orange County prosecutor that he had to charge a local fire department captain with felony DUI this month. According to police reports, Capt. John Hines of Long Beach was ...
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Posted on May 3, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
A DUI accident turned fatal in El Dorado County last weekend. According to the California Highway Patrol, two men were traveling on El Dorado County Road when the driver lost control of the vehicle ...
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Posted on May 2, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
A man accused of killing three children in a drunk driving accident has finally been sentenced. The fatal accident happened on Jan. 25,2009 when 43-year-old Gabriel Delrisco drove his truck into the ...
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