Recent Posts in Felony DUI Category
Posted on Aug 17, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
A small country road was shut down for several hours after a drunk driver drove into another vehicle, causing a serious DUI accident . According to the California Highway Patrol, the 24-year-old male ...
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Posted on Jun 8, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
A teenage girl was killed last week as she and her friends returned from a birthday party; the man responsible now faces a murder charge for the felony DUI . According to prosecutors, 26-year-old ...
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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 Apr 20, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Last week a serious traffic collision on US-101 led to serious injuries and one man receiving a felony DUI arrest. According to the California Highway Patrol, Ronald G. Hernandez was traveling ...
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Posted on Apr 12, 2011 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
After causing the head-on wreck that killed a high school senior and injured several more students, the driver has been denied bail on the felony DUI charges. According to the South Carolina Highway ...
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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 Dec 29, 2010 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Proving that you should not allow passengers to ride in the open bed of your truck, 32-year-old Share Rubi Ann Martinez was arrested on Thursday for the death of her passenger. The young man, Enrique ...
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Posted on Dec 20, 2010 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
Now that the holidays are in full swing more people are hitting the road drunk like a man in Antioch, California who now faces charges of felony DUI . The 18-year-old, Robert Kilcourse, crashed into a ...
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Posted on Dec 7, 2010 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
A new unit has been created in Kern County to focus on felony drunken driving cases and homicides caused by drunken driving. The state Office of Traffic Safety has teamed up with the Kern County ...
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Posted on Nov 9, 2010 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
In Salinas, a man was released from police custody after posting $30,000 bail. He was held by police because he was accused of driving under the influence after he crashed his truck into a tree and ...
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Posted on Jul 20, 2010 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
This past Tuesday night, it is reported that a Santa Maria police officer sustained a minor head injury after being hit by a drunk driver. Reports indicate that at the time of the accident, the ...
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Posted on Jul 19, 2010 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
This week, a 35 year old woman has been charged with murder after driving under the influence and hitting another car head-on. During the DUI accident , Tiffany Ann Holmes of Stockton managed to kill ...
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Posted on Jun 16, 2010 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
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 ...
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Posted on Jun 9, 2010 By Law Offices of Virginia L. Landry
In San Diego , police say that a drunk driver was recently arrested for driving under the influence this past Friday morning. While driving under the influence (DUI), the driver managed to crash his ...
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Posted on Jan 12, 2010 By Virginia Landry
A Huntington Beach man faces multiple charges, including felony DUI , after crashing his car into a tree, killing his 22-year-old passenger. Around 1:45 a.m. Sunday morning, Vicente Ramirez-Garcia, ...
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Posted on Jan 4, 2010 By Virginia Landry
A woman initially pulled over for a hit & run faces additional charges for stealing an ambulance. The incident took place last month when the woman was arrested for a hit & run crash. She was ...
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Posted on Dec 24, 2009 By Virginia Landry
DUI is typically classified as a misdemeanor offense. However, there are circumstances in which the prosecutor may have grounds to charge you with a felony count of DUI. If you have been arrested and ...
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Posted on Dec 9, 2009 By Virginia Landry
While many people know it's a crime to drive under the influence of drugs , even more people are surprised to learn that it is also a crime to drive under the influence of a non-illegal prescription ...
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