If you were arrested for a drug DUI in Los Angeles last year, you were in pretty rare company. Only 598 drug DUI cases came before the city attorney’s office in 2013. By comparison, during the 2012 winter holiday alone, there were nearly 600 DUI arrests. Those numbers may soon…
Your recent Glendale DUI arrest is one of the few topics you feel uncomfortable even thinking about. When close friends and family members – who are totally on your side – ask you about it, you flinch and even snap at them. The very fact that you’ve been self aware…
For most people, the idea of getting a DUI in Glendale (or anywhere, for that matter) is less than appealing. It’s something to avoid. And for good reason. Getting arrested and charged can wreak havoc on your life: • Your license can be suspended. • You may have to serve…
A Pasadena DUI arrest can land you behind bars. No one wants to pay big fines or pay to have an encumbering interlock ignition device installed on her car. But JAIL holds a special place in the pantheon of scary punishments. Just thinking about jail may dredge up scary scenes…
Burbank DUI news has taken a back seat recently in the papers, thanks to the bizarre antics and astounding confabulations of Toronto Mayor, Rob Ford. In a recent post, we detailed Mayor Ford’s litany of legal and political troubles, including sexual harassment claims and, of course, claims that he knocked…
As someone who has been charged with DUI in Burbank (or elsewhere in Southern California), you’re probably feeling pretty nervous about your future. • Will you lose your license or your job? • Will you go to jail? • Will you need to spend months attending classes or doing community…
A political move could have powerful implications for your Los Angeles DUI or drug crime offense. Governor Jerry Brown recently vetoed legislation that would have reduced penalties for people arrested for possessing heroin or cocaine. The proposed legislation would have transformed those charges from felonies to misdemeanors. The current law…
As someone who was arrested recently for Glendale DUI, you’re worried about the profound possible impact of the charges. Will you go to jail? Will the state confiscate your license… and for how long? Even if you were involved in a non-injury scenario – for instance, if you just got…
Most Burbank DUI checkpoint arrests are rather pedestrian. A driver maybe has too much to drink at a pool hall in Burbank Town Center and gets stopped on Victory Boulevard by a patrol and tagged for Burbank DUI. Or an entertainment industry executive has a little too much to drink…
If you’re getting tired of reading Pasadena DUI sports stories about NFL players arrested for driving under the influence, causing accidents, etc., don’t expect a break in the action any time soon. Case in point, Erin Henderson, a middle linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings, was just arrested for DUI in…