January, 2013 Articles
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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 ...
Continue reading "Surchargeable Events on Your Massachusetts Driving Record" »
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 ...
Continue reading "Orange County Man Facing Serious Charges for Suspected Hit and Run" »
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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Posted on Jan 21, 2013 By Keegan & Novick
According to the Century Council, 114 individuals died in Massachusetts in 2010 due to alcohol-related traffic accidents. This was a decrease in comparison with the previous year which saw 130 ...
Continue reading "Massachusetts Drunk Driving Fatalities Decrease" »
Posted on Jan 21, 2013 By Law Offices of Jacqueline Goodman
Shoplifting is one of the most common crimes in California as well as in the nation. This criminal offense involves stealing merchandise, goods, or services from others and is generally called petty ...
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Posted on Jan 21, 2013 By Law Offices of Jacqueline Goodman
If you are facing an arrest and charges connected with drug crimes in Orange County or elsewhere in California, you may have legitimate legal defenses which can lead to reduced charges or winning your ...
Continue reading "California Drug Diversion Programs" »
Posted on Jan 18, 2013 By The Samuelson Law Firm
A Colorado Springs psychologist was arrested recently in connection to allegations that she had sex with a client. The young male client had been seeing the psychologist in mid 2011 for counseling ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2013 By The Samuelson Law Firm
According to Colorado Springs police reports, M.P. was arrested recently on several outstanding warrants for a slew of felony and misdemeanor charges. He was wanted on suspicion of felony menacing, ...
Continue reading "Alleged Bail Jumper Arrested after Car Crash" »
Posted on Jan 18, 2013 By Hochheiser & Hochheiser LLP
Arrest Latest In String Of Heroin Busts By New York State Police In the wake of multiple deaths believed to be the result of heroin overdoses in Westchester County, officials with the New York State ...
Continue reading "Routine Traffic Stop Leads To Heroin Bust In Upstate New York" »
Posted on Jan 18, 2013 By Hochheiser & Hochheiser LLP
Homicide Rates At Historic Lows, Bloomberg Claims After the second homicide caused by shoving a victim into the path of an oncoming train in December, Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged the city to keep ...
Continue reading "Mayor Bloomberg Calls For Perspective After Subway Murders" »
Posted on Jan 18, 2013 By Okabe & Haushalter
The crime rate overall is down in Los Angeles for the tenth straight year in a row, as reported by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in a recent press conference. One area of crime that has increased ...
Continue reading "Cell Phone Crime Spikes in Los Angeles" »
Posted on Jan 17, 2013 By H. Benjamin Perez & Associates, P.C.
Authorities Nab Alleged Hate-Crime Murderer After a woman shoved a man onto the tracks to be struck by an oncoming train made headlines throughout the city, police released recording from the ...
Continue reading "Suspect Arrested In Queens Subway Homicide" »
Posted on Jan 17, 2013 By H. Benjamin Perez & Associates, P.C.
Investigators Seek Masked Assailant In 'Wedding Band' Murder While walking home from work in the Park Slope neighborhood in Brooklyn, the victim of an apparent mugging was killed when he ...
Continue reading "Brooklyn Man Slain In Violent Mugging" »
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