Recent Posts in DUI of Drugs Category

Today, it has been announced that singer George Michael is facing charges of marijuana possession and driving under the influence. Michael was arrested last month after he crashed his Range Rover into a store on the side of a road in London.

In 2007, Michael pled guilty to driving under the influence of drugs. As a result, he was banned from driving for two years and was released on bail.

Footage obtained of the crash showed the singer's car going over the curb and crashing into a store or by the name of Snappy Snaps.  Michael then climbed out of his vehicle and when police came he told them he had not been drinking.  He was not administered a breath test, but later he was tested for drugs.

In 2006, Michael was arrested twice and charged with possession of marijuana after police found him slumped over the wheel of his car on roads in England.  After his arrests, he told news sources that he was once addicted to prescription drugs and that he smokes marijuana regularly.

In 2008, George Michael was arrested in a public bathroom and charged with the possession of drugs, which included crack cocaine. He was released on a warning.

Charged with DUI of drugs? Contact the Law offices of Virginia L. Landry to discuss your case with an Orange County DUI lawyer.

In San Diego, a driver was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Monday.  The driver, 45 Becky Anderson, was prosecuted after she drove under the influence of prescription drugs and hit and killed a mother of two who was walking to work. 

Last month, Anderson pled guilty to one count of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and DUI causing great bodily injury.  Charges were brought against Anderson after she hit and killed 36 year old Kristen Bedard in November 2009.

After the accident, Anderson admitted to police that she had taken Valium the night before and a dose of Methadone at a clinic in during morning hours.  She said that while she was driving, she reached down to grab a piece of paper and lost control of her car, which served into the road's bicycle lane and hit Bedard.

Police report that Anderson has two prior DUI convictions.

Have you been charged with DUI or related offenses?  If so, now is the time to get help from an Orange County DUI attorney.  Contact the Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry now!

This week, it is reported that an off-duty Orange County Sherriff's deputy was arrested after he caused an auto accident and hit an elderly female driver.  After the accident, 36 year old Allan James Waters was charged with one felony count of DUI causing bodily injury and two counts of selling a substance in lieu of cocaine.

Police say that Waters caused the collision with the 78 year old woman on June 9^th.  She was taken to the hospital and treated for minor injuries.

Waters was supposedly under the influence of prescription drugs and was accused of using fake cocaine to purchase the prescription medication.  Prior to the major accident, officers report that Waters was involved in a minor accident on Gold Lantern Street in Dana Point.

If he is convicted of his charges, he will face up to seven years in prison.  He is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail.

If you have been charged with felony DUI, know that an Orange County DUI attorney from the Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry can help you.  Simply contact us today!