2013 Articles
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Posted on Feb 7, 2013 By Law Office of Stephen T. Novick
White collar crimes include various types of fraud; many of these crimes are committed against victims who never see the perpetrators. Payment card fraud is a term which covers several different types ...
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Posted on Feb 7, 2013 By Law Office of Stephen T. Novick
A chemist at the Amherst Drug Laboratory, located on the campus of the University of Massachusetts, has been accused of evidence tampering. The drug laboratory tests controlled substances taken in ...
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Posted on Feb 7, 2013 By Okabe & Haushalter
FBI statistics comparing California crime rates for the first six months of 2012 compared to the first six months of 2011 show an increase in 2012. FBI statistics revealed homicides up in major cities ...
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Posted on Feb 6, 2013 By Okabe & Haushalter
Those who have been convicted of certain sex crimes after July 1, 1956 in Nevada are required to register as sex offenders with their local law enforcement agency. How long the individual will be ...
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Posted on Feb 5, 2013 By Okabe & Haushalter
Based on FBI statistics, CityRating.com reports an upward trend in the overall crime rate in the Las Vegas area based on the last ten years of data. The website reports that both violent crime and ...
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Posted on Feb 4, 2013 By Knowles Law Firm, PLC
Those who commit repeat DUI offenses in Arizona may face a number of court-ordered actions besides incarceration, heavy fines, and probation. The Arizona Department of Public Safety lists four ...
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Posted on Feb 4, 2013 By Knowles Law Firm, PLC
A former Arizona Diamondbacks player and well-known broadcaster has received a jail sentence in a DUI case. M.G., the broadcaster, has been sentenced to serve four months in jail and faces two years ...
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Posted on Feb 4, 2013 By The Law Office of Bruce C. Bridgman
A California teenager who was 15 at the time he killed his adoptive parents in Oakland received a 25 year prison sentence last December. The boy had pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death ...
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Posted on Feb 4, 2013 By The Law Office of Bruce C. Bridgman
California's Three Strikes Law was enacted in 1994 under Proposition 184. Under this law, three-time repeat offenders with previous serious or felony offense convictions face harsh prison ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2013 By Keegan & Novick
A federally insured credit union located 30 miles northeast of Cleveland collapsed in 2010 due to fraudulent behavior on the part of its chief operating officer. The St. Paul Croatian Federal Credit ...
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Posted on Jan 31, 2013 By Law Offices of Jacqueline Goodman
In the wake of the recent incident of violent mass shootings of children and school officials in Newtown, Connecticut, President Obama has announced 23 executive actions geared towards the reduction ...
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Posted on Jan 31, 2013 By Lessem & Newstat, LLP
A recent appeal in federal court concerning the reclassification of marijuana by the Drug Enforcement Administration failed. The Americans for Safe Access petitioned the DEA back in 2011 to get the ...
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Posted on Jan 31, 2013 By The Samuelson Law Firm
A Colorado Springs couple was killed last week when the two were returning to their home one evening. 37-year-old D.D., a U.S. Army soldier out of Fort Carson, and his 35-year-old wife came home that ...
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Posted on Jan 30, 2013 By Keegan & Novick
In the state of Massachusetts, your auto insurance rates are set by the government. The state operates a Safe Driver Insurance Program, a point system which racks up surchargeable points on drivers ...
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Posted on Jan 28, 2013 By Law Offices of Jacqueline Goodman
According to some statistics, identity theft results in $50 billion of financial losses every year. Those who have their identities stolen and used fraudulently number in the range of 15 million in ...
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Posted on Jan 28, 2013 By Lessem & Newstat, LLP
The Dallas Cowboys nose tackle, J.B., whose intoxicated driving resulted in the death of his friend and teammate last December, faces potential penalties of up to 20 years in prison. The 24 year-old ...
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Posted on Jan 28, 2013 By The Samuelson Law Firm
Colorado Springs PD arrested a man in his early 40s on suspicion of robbing a bank earlier that day. A man that had robbed an unspecified sum of cash from a Wells Fargo bank was taken into custody ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2013 By The Law Office of Barney B. Gibbs
A 27-year-old Santa Ana man faces arraignment this week for one felony charge and two misdemeanor charges relating to an incident where a pedestrian was killed. Prosecutors with the Orange County ...
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Posted on Jan 23, 2013 By The Law Office of Barney B. Gibbs
Two women, both in their 60's, that had been working as healthcare administrators at a medical facility in Orange County were handed sentences for their roles in a case involving a multi-million ...
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Posted on Jan 21, 2013 By Keegan & Novick
The FBI receives thousands of complaints every year connected with white collar crimes. In 2010, the FBI reported that white collar internet crime was increasing with approximately 25,000 complaints ...
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