Recent Blog Posts in February 2011

Another athlete found himself behind bars last week for drunken driving. Jarrett Jack, a New Orleans' backup point guard, was arrested on Sunday for driving while intoxicated in Georgia.

According to an email sent out by Snellville Police Chief Roy Whitehead, the former Georgia Tech star was pulled over by an officer who clocked him as going 66 mph in a 45 mph zone. They also observed his Mercedes weaving across the road, prompting them to give him a series of field sobriety tests.

Jack failed these tests and was then taken to the Gwinnett County Jail where he was given a blood-alcohol test. While he did register under the legal limit of .08 the test was administered more than an hour after he was pulled over.

In addition to driving while intoxicated Jack was also charged with failure to maintain a lane.

He was released later that evening and was not returning phone calls at his number in Atlanta.

If you have recently been arrested on DUI charges, take the time to protect yourself by hiring a criminal defense lawyer.

Travelers on a commuter bus in Los Angeles had a frightening ride last week when a man shot another man on Wednesday.

According to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt. Jenny Bethune the two men got into an argument on the parked Metropolitan Transportation Authority bus around 10:30 a.m. One of the men pulled out a gun and shot the other man before running off the bus. However, the wounded man was quickly taken to the hospital and is reported to be in stable condition.

Based on witness descriptions of the shooter sheriff's deputies were able to arrest the suspect on weapon crimes a few hours later. Luckily there were only a few passengers on board the bus that was waiting to change drivers. At this time passengers are not aware of what caused the argument in the first place.

If you have been arrested for felonies, you are facing some serious charges and need to take the time to obtain help from a criminal defense lawyer.

Police have pinned three more counts of rape on a man that already has four counts of rape on his record. Bernard Jackson, 53, now faces more prison time if found guilty of the 22-count indictment that was filed against him in Kansas City last week. 

According to Jackson County prosecutor Jim Kanatzar Jackson has been accused by two more women of rapes that occurred in their homes between 2009 and 2010 in Kansas City. In addition to these rape charges Jackson also faces felony counts of burglary, kidnapping, forcible sodomy, sexual abuse and felonious restraint. 

Since Jackson has been in custody since May 2010 there is no threat of him harming any more women at this time. The additional rape charges date back to the 1980s in and around the Waldo neighborhood, charges that he has plead not guilty to. Jackson's trial is set for July 18. 

If you're facing sex crime charges, now is the time to speak with a criminal defense lawyer near you!

If you currently have something on your record that you would like expunged, there are several things you should know about the process.

You may have heard two terms that hold similar meanings - "expungement" and "sealing" - yet they are slightly different. If your record is sealed that means it is hidden from the public record; expungement means that the criminal record is destroyed forever, as if it had never existed in the first place.

Yet you need to check with your state laws to see what their exact definition of expungement is. Some states have different legal terms that they use for expungement, like removal, destruction or expunction. In some states the term "expungement" may not mean a complete removal of your record, meaning that some law enforcement agencies would still have access to it.

Need assistance with expungement?  Hire a criminal defense attorney who can offer assistance.

Police hit the jackpot in Redondo Beach when they happened upon a man who had over 600 marijuana plants at his home.

Police were serving warrants in the neighborhood when they discovered that Jeffrey Henderson, 33, was growing pot in his house thanks to an anonymous tip. In addition to the 600 plants police uncovered an extensive collection of drug paraphernalia.

Henderson had actually called the police a few days earlier to report that he had been the victim of road rage. When the California Highway Patrol officers arrived at his home to follow up on the phone call they were able to smell marijuana from his vehicle and were able to take him into custody after discovering 3 pounds of marijuana as well as $2,000 in cash.

The damage to the house where he was growing the weed is estimated to be worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Have you been arrested for drug crimes recently? If so, you need a criminal defense attorney on your side.

One man was found not guilty of a rape charge while his teammate will face serious charges for his guilty rape charge. Chris Parker, 21, was found guilty on Monday for the raping of a female student during a party held at his apartment in September 2009.

According to the prosecution partygoers left the intoxicated female in a bedroom where she was later raped by Parker and fellow teammate Ramar Weldon. However, a jury found Weldon not guilty of the rape charge as well as a related charge; they did deadlock on two other accounts for Weldon.

The two men played for the San Joaquin Delta College basketball team from 2008-2009, while Parker went with the team to the Northern California regional finals. He could now face as much as eight years in prison for his rape conviction.

Have you been charged with rape? If so, don't wait to hire a criminal defense attorney who can help you prove your innocence.