As this Los Angeles DUI blog – and practically every other news source on the planet – recently reported, pop icon, Justin Bieber, recently got arrested for driving under the influence in Miami Beach. The 19-year-old allegedly had been drag racing with Def Jam Recording artist, Khalil Sharieff, on a…
In one of the most intense Los Angeles DUI arrests in recent memory, Police Officer Don Thompson — a former bomb squad officer — jumped into a burning Mercedes Benz Station Wagon on the 405 to save a 72-year-old man from certain death. California Highway Patrol authorities say that the…
A teenage girl lost her life – and a man suffered serious injury – during a tragic Los Angeles DUI accident over the holidays. Investigators believe that a 24-year-old driver from Van Nuys had been speeding in his 2009 Ford Focus on Roscoe Boulevard, when he lost control of the…
A Los Angeles DUI charge can be a decidedly unpleasant experience. This is true, whether you’re an ordinary working guy, a big league athlete, or a former child star. Consider, in that context, what’s happened to former child actor, Omar Gooding — the younger brother of Oscar-winning Actor, Cuba Gooding…
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…