April, 2013 Articles
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Posted on Apr 19, 2013 By De Castroverde Law Group
A major theft ring was busted by the FBI recently when an informant who was part of the group alerted federal agents to a planned armed robbery. Two men were arrested by the FBI in connection with the ...
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Posted on Apr 17, 2013 By De Castroverde Law Group
DUI charges are among the most common heard in Las Vegas and other Nevada courts. Those who have been arrested and charged with a DUI often believe that there is no point trying to fight the charges ...
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Posted on Apr 17, 2013 By The Law Office of Timothy Hessinger
A prominent cardiologist with offices in New York and New Jersey has admitted to carrying out one of the biggest health care fraud schemes ever seen in those states. Federal prosecutors reported that ...
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Posted on Apr 17, 2013 By Prime & O’Brien, LLP
A northern Illinois woman, K.L.S., was given a 50-year prison sentence recently for the death of her newborn daughter. The woman gave birth to the infant in secret at the end of 2004 and then ...
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Posted on Apr 12, 2013 By Knowles Law Firm, PLC
A 33-year-old Phoenix man was arrested recently after walking into a tree and getting the attention of on looking police officers. The arrestee, K.M., was walking on 43 rd Avenue just before 6:00 pm ...
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Posted on Apr 12, 2013 By Law Office of Scott Lawrence, PLLC
In Washington State, domestic violence is defined as "physical harm, bodily injury, assault, the infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, sexual assault, or stalking" against a family ...
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Posted on Apr 12, 2013 By Parks & Braxton, PA
V.S., 85, of Palm Beach was taken into custody recently for charges relating to a suspected road rage incident. Reports state that V.S. was driving east on Boynton Beach Boulevard in his silver ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2013 By Schwartz & Naderi
A new program set up by the Los Angeles Police Department in conjunction with the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Los Angeles Community College District trains high school students who are ...
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Posted on Apr 10, 2013 By Schwartz & Naderi
Los Angeles City Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Police Chief Charlie Beck announced in a news conference last week that crime has yet again dropped in Los Angeles, California in 2013. The 14% drop in ...
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Posted on Apr 10, 2013 By Law Offices of Robert M. Bernstein
The provocative act doctrine means that when an individual does something which provokes another to kill an accomplice or another person, the first individual may be charged with the murder. A recent ...
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Posted on Apr 10, 2013 By Law Office of Scott Lawrence, PLLC
Traffic accidents due to alcohol or drug-impaired driving in the state of Washington have been declining for the last five years, according to the Washington Traffic Safety Commission. The rate of ...
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Posted on Apr 10, 2013 By Parks & Braxton, PA
A 54-year-old woman was arrested on a recent afternoon for suspected prostitution crimes. D.V. was standing outside a Palm Beach market on Broadway Avenue around 1:30 pm when a Mercedes SUV pulled up. ...
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Posted on Apr 9, 2013 By Prime & O’Brien, LLP
A 45 year-old school administrator in southern California was recently arrested for engaging in sexual activity with three boys who attended the school where she worked. The woman, E. H., was an ...
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Posted on Apr 9, 2013 By Law Offices of Robert M. Bernstein
California Penal Code 646.9 covers the criminal offense of stalking, which is generally defined as repeatedly following, harassing, or threatening another which causes that person to fear for his or ...
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Posted on Apr 9, 2013 By Law Offices of Mitch Furman
According to a press release issued on April 2, 2013 by Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, the crime rate in the metropolitan area decreased in the first quarter of this year, January ...
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Posted on Apr 4, 2013 By Hochheiser & Hochheiser LLP
A 33 year-old man from the western part of the state of New York has been charged with the unlawful sale of assault weapons in violation of New York's tough new gun laws. The defendant apparently ...
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Posted on Apr 4, 2013 By Seltzer Law, PA
According to a study conducted by the Pew Center on the States, inmates in all states are serving an average of nine more months of incarceration for all types of criminal offenses now than they did ...
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Posted on Apr 3, 2013 By Hochheiser & Hochheiser LLP
A new Class E felony charge was created in October 2012 in the state of New York called an "aggravated family offense." It applies to those who have been convicted of domestic violence ...
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Posted on Apr 3, 2013 By Garretson, Webb & Toth LLC
Along with other drug laws in the state, the use or the possession with the intent to use drug paraphernalia in Kansas is also illegal. This includes drug paraphernalia used to "manufacture, ...
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Posted on Apr 3, 2013 By Seltzer Law, PA
Under Florida law, you can be convicted of driving while under the influence of alcohol and / or drugs if your blood alcohol level measures.08 percent or more or if you demonstrate an impaired ability ...
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