Blog Posts in September, 2011
Posted on Sep 28, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Not only did a young man cause a multiple-vehicle accident last week in California, but he injured three people as well, including a police officer. According to the California Highway Patrol, the ...
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Posted on Sep 27, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
A man with two DUI convictions and another one pending caused a DUI accident that took the life of his friend this week. According to police officers in Los Angeles, California, the 24-year-old was ...
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Posted on Sep 26, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
What would normally have been an open-and-shut case in the courtroom turned out to be trickier than anticipated. According to a police department, a young man drove the wrong way on a highway in April ...
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Posted on Sep 21, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
After driving off a mountain and falling nearly 500 feet, three people are lucky to be alive. According to police form the California Highway Patrol, a man driving a car lost control of his vehicle ...
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Posted on Sep 20, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Each year several law enforcement agencies in Alameda County work together to crack down on drunk driving. The program created by the county consists of multiple DUI and license checkpoints being set ...
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Posted on Sep 19, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
If 13 years old sounds too young to be drinking alcohol - how about 9 years old? That was the case in one county last week when a teenager was arrested for providing alcohol to a 13-year-old girl and ...
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Posted on Sep 14, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
After spending his life protecting people, a fire department captain will now be spending some time behind bars for a serious DUI accident. On April 1 st of this year, the captain was arrested for ...
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Posted on Sep 13, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
While more DUIs were reported in the Bay Area during this year's Labor Day weekend, less DUI fatalities kept officers busy. According to the law enforcement agents in the state, there were 6more ...
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Posted on Sep 12, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
The legal team investigating the death of a young woman last week in Illinois caught a huge break in the case. Last Wednesday, a judge ruled that a video tape containing surveillance from the gas ...
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Posted on Sep 8, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
One high profile government official received unwanted press this week when the half-brother of his late father was arrested for DUI. According to police reports, the 67-year-old man was traveling ...
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Posted on Sep 7, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
A young man is in serious trouble after causing a DUI accident that involved a police officer. The 23-year-old man was driving east on a local avenue when he lost control of his vehicle. He ran into ...
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Posted on Sep 6, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
The Orange County District Attorney's Office and the Orange County Crime Lab have received grants to expand their capacity to prosecute drug impaired drivers. According to a press release from the ...
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Posted on Sep 5, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
While there are countless reasons not to drink and drive, taking the life of an innocent bystander is at the top of the list. A man from Encino, California was arrested last week after causing the ...
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