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Monday, January 18th, 2010
The California DUI Lawyers Association is the premiere organization for DUI lawyers who are the top in their field. The CDLA offers educational programs on the cutting edge of DUI caselaw, practice, and has an email list, where real world, practicing DUI attorneys, share information from court appearances, and trials, towards gathering information on the tactics of judges and prosecutors, and how to handle situations as they come up. Like the National College of DUI Defense, which puts on the Trial Skills College at Harvard University Law School, Orange County DUI Lawyer Robert Miller has been a member of both the NCDD, and the CDLA, almost since its inception, and continues to work hard to uphold the ideals, and the great value of this organization. Membership is the sign of a DUI attorney dedicated to knowledge and skills defending persons charge with DUI, and shows that the DUI Defense lawyer is dedicated to his craft.
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
Is being nude going to get you out of a DUI arrest? Police say a Wisconsin woman stripped when they tried to haul her in for DUI after shoplifting … under the mistaken belief that a naked person can’t be arrested, according to the Sheboygan Press. Julia E. Laack, 36, is accused of stealing beef jerky and lighters at a convenience store. When police later came to her home to arrest her, she stripped, kicked, bit and even spit into the mouth of the female officer who tried to get her clothes back on… as her three children looked on.
According to police, Laack stole a bag of beef jerky and a lighter from a convenience store Thursday afternoon in clear view of the store’s security cameras. Police followed her home and got more than they bargained for when they tried to arrest her.
Investigators say Laack refused to come to the door when officers knocked to question her. She proceeded to scream and swear at her three children, blaming them for the shoplifting incident.
When police entered the residence to calm Laack down, she reportedly stripped down to her bra and panties in front of her children and police, telling officers that they couldn’t arrest her if she was naked. She was mistaken.
Laack reportedly fought with officers as they attempted to handcuff her, kicking one officer in the groin and spitting in another officers mouth. On the way to the police station, Laack pressed her naked buttocks up against the rear window of the patrol car.
Lack was booked into jail on charges of battery on a peace officer, resisting an officer, shoplifting and two counts of disorderly conduct. Laacks blood alcohol level was tested at 0.112%.
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
The overwhelming popularity of social media sites like Facebook, , Myspace, etc., creates an interesting new direction for law enforcement and changes the face and behavior of some crimes.
In a post published on the popular tech site Mashable.com, it’s described how one criminal had taunted police with rude messages and gestures for seven years before being caught.
 A British man who has spent the four months following his prison break taunting police with clues and rude gestures on Facebook has finally been caught by Scotland yard.
After he disappeared from a minimum-security prison in Suffolk in late September, the man (named Craig Lynch) posted status updates about what kind of steak he was eating, the temperature, and his New Year’s plans, stopping just shy of giving police enough information to find him. He even posted profile pictures with signs mocking his pursuers.
He was caught in southern England last night, but the AP report on the subject doesn’t say whether or not he was caught as a result of his social networking shenanigans. The Mirror reports that he broke out “close to the end” of his seven-year aggravated burglary sentence. Were 40,000 Facebook fans and a few parties worth making his situation worse in the long run? Probably not.
The “About Me” section of his Facebook profile said: “You’ll have a laugh with me but it will end in tears. It always does.”
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
From the popular website Cracked.com:
“Blood alcohol content, or BAC, is a measurement by volume of alcohol in your body. It can be taken with a blood test or with a breathalyzer. Here is a helpful chart for understanding what the numbers mean:…”
http://www.cracked.com/funny-1095-blood-alcohol-content/
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
Note: Our firm practices Orange County DUI defense. As a result, we get press releases from police agencies regarding checkpoints, and present them for your holiday planning.
The OC Sheriff’s Department announced the following DUI checkpoints for tonight, December 18, 2009, only (and others for tomorrow and future dates):
DUI/DL CHECKPOINT 7:00 p.m. – 3:00 a.m., City of Anaheim
DUI/DL CHECKPOINT 7:00 p.m. – 3:00 a.m., City of Buena Park
DUI/DL CHECKPOINT 7:00 p.m. – 3:00 a.m., City of Garden Grove
DUI/DL CHECKPOINT 7:00 p.m. – 3:00 a.m., City of Placentia
DUI/DL CHECKPOINT 7:00 p.m. – 3:00 a.m., City of Westminster
DUI/DL CHECKPOINT 7:00 p.m. – 3:00 a.m., City of Stanton
DUI Saturation Patrols 8:00 p.m. – 3:00 a.m., City of Anaheim
Costa Mesa police also announced that they will be conducting one of two local DUI checkpoints tonight as part of a statewide crackdown on drunk drivers during the holidays.
From 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. tonight, police will be stationed at Newport Boulevard and Flower Street, stopping drivers and checking to see if they’re impaired, have a valid license or are breaking other driving laws.
As part of a California Office of Traffic Safety grant, police agencies statewide will be mounting DUI checkpoints through Jan. 3. State officials plan for 300 checkpoints from today through the beginning of 2010.
Costa Mesa police will mount their second checkpoint of the campaign Dec. 29 at Santa Ana Avenue and 18th Street, from 6 p.m. to midnight. (Source: Costa Mesa PD).
Cypress Police announced a very “Special Holiday DUI Crackdown”. The first of two holiday checkpoints in the city of Cypress will be on December 18, 2009, from 6pm to 2am and will be located on Katella at Cara Way. The second holiday checkpoint will be on December 26, 2009, from 6pm to 2am on Valley View and Lakeshore.
Source: Sergeant Bob Cote, Phone No.: 714-229-6624, E-mail: rcote@ci.cypress.ca.us
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
‘The Hills‘ actress stopped for drunk driving in Hollywood early Sunday morning.
Stephanie Pratt was arrested for driving under the influence in Los Angeles early Sunday morning on October 18. The actress reportedly had tweeted earlier in the evening that she was attending fellow ‘Hills’ star Heidi Montag’s birthday party at ‘Empire’, a Hollywood hotspot. The two left the party around 2:00am and headed to ‘Beso’ for another hour.
Pratt was stopped in Hollywood around 3:45 am and booked for suspicion of California DUI. She posted $5000 bond and was released around 10:00 am Sunday.
The day before her CA DUI arrest, Pratt had told a tabloid website that she was focused on safe driving because a friend had passed away following a car accident. She said that ‘everyone needs to drive safe.’
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
Charges stem from Southern California drunk driving incident.
Robert Avary DUIRoger Avary, screenwriter of ‘Pulp Fiction’, has entered a guilty plea to vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence in California. Avary had been accused of causing the death of a passenger when he hit a telephone pole with his Mercedes in Ojai, California. His wife was injured in the January 13, 2008 accident. He pleaded not guilty to the charges last December though has since apologized for the drunk driving incident.
Avary wrote ‘Pulp Fiction‘ with Quentin Taratino and won an Academy Award for the screenwriting in 1995.
If you need someone that specializes in Orange County DUI cases, call me at 714-568-1560.
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
Reality show husband arrested for drunk driving in Orange County last Saturday.
One of the husbands featured on the cable reality show ‘The Real Housewives of Orange Count’ was arrested last Saturday for allegedly driving under the influence in CA.
Matt Keough reportedly rolled through a stop sign in Coto de Caza and then refused to stop for police officers until he arrived at his home. The 54-year submitted to a breath test and registered a blood-alcohol content three times the legal limit. He was booked for California DUI by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and later released after posting $10,000 bail.
Keough was convicted of felony DUI in California in 2005 after rear-ending another car, rolling into a pedestrian and then wandering away from the accident scene. The pedestrian was hospitalized with a knee injury. Then in January 2008 he was sentenced to 180 days in an Orange County jail for drinking in violation of the terms of his probation.
A former major league baseball pitcher, Keough was drafted by the Oakland A’s right out of high school. He also played for the New York Yankees and the Chicago Cubs. On the reality television show Keough is the husband of cast member Jeana Tomasin.
I handle DUIs in Orange County every day. If you need the best dui lawyer in orange county, call me at 714-568-1560.
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
Jani Lane lead glam-rock band.
Jani Lane, the lead singer and songwriter for the band Warrant, was arrested for driving under the influence in the Los Angeles area. Lane reportedly struck a parked car in the San Fernando valley around 9:30 pm Wednesday. Officers form the Los Angeles Police Department suspected intoxication after Lane failed a field sobriety test and booked him at the Van Nuys Division station for misdemeanor CA DUI. His bail was set at $30,000.
Lane, 45, lead the glam-metal band during the late 80’s and into the 90’s, creating hits like ‘Heaven’ and ‘Cherry Pie‘. He left Warrant in 2002 to start a solo career. Shortly after releasing an album, he entered a rehab program due to exhaustion from alcohol and drug use. He later rejoined Warrant only to again leave the group and be replaced as lead singer.
If you have questions for an Orange County DUI lawyer, call me at (714) 568-1560.
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
Actor Rip Torn was sentenced to probation after pleading not guilty to a charge of driving under the influence in Connecticut. Torn was arrested on December 14, 2008 after police spotted him driving in the break-down lane of a highway in Salisbury. Police reportedly had been alerted to his impaired condition by patrons of the White Hart Inn, where he was seen stumbling to his car.
The judge approved Torn’s admittance to an alcohol education program and required the 78-year old to undergo a driver’s test.
Torn is an Emmy winner and Academy Award nominee who appears on the NBC show ‘30 Rock’. He has two previous DUI offenses. He paid a fine and lost his license for an arrest in April 2007, and was acquitted following a 2004 arrest.
If you have questions for DUI attorneys in Orange County, call our firm at 714-568-1560.
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