Charlotte-Mecklenburg police detectives say an officer is accused of driving his patrol cruiser while impaired. A statement from police said the officer was charged on July 31st with driving while impaired and operating a law enforcement vehicle after consuming alcohol. The accused officer is a 26-year veteran of the department. According to police, the accused officer was […]
Federal officials last week revealed a new technology they claim has the potential to completely eliminate drunk driving. The technology they are using, interestingly, already exists: locks that prevent a vehicle from being started by someone who has a blood alcohol content above the legal limit, and which are commonly required in many states after […]
First of all, asking for a warning is probably not going to work very well in any case. The officer who stops you generally has complete discretion on the disposition of the stop. It goes without saying that everyone wants a warning, but he wouldn’t be doing his job if that’s all he gave. There […]
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that police are not allowed to extend a citizen’s detention, during a normal traffic stop, while officers probe for evidence of crimes unrelated to the offense that prompted the initial stop. In the case before the court, Rodriguez v. U.S., Dennys Rodriguez was given a warning for driving […]
One of the major debates taking place throughout the US is whether police officers should wear body cameras. Some police departments have decided to use cameras. For example, as recently reported in the Charlotte Observer, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers plan to get police body cameras in 2015 after a pilot program. What’s fueling the debate about body […]
A high-speed chase on December 28 was unusual in that the accused is a county sheriff in South Carolina. During the late December chase, speeds allegedly reached 100 mph as the accused allegedly ran a red light while driving a Berkeley County pickup truck. Vehicle Allegedly Rear-ended A police report detailed how the pickup driven by […]
One of the craziest DWI stories occurred over the holidays when one of Santa’s elves was arrested at a Target parking lot near the town of Riverdale, New Jersey, according to NJ.com. The incident began at 3:30 a.m. when Sergeant Pat Harden of the Riverdale Police Department was dispatched to the Target parking lot to […]
With states like Colorado and Washington state legalizing recreational pot, police departments are struggling with the vexing question of how to determine when a motorist is guilty of driving while stoned, according to a recent piece in Jalopnik. Currently, the only ways of determining whether a driver is high on pot is to do a […]
According to a recent article in Arstechnica, a 36 year-old Baltimore woman named Kianga Mwamba claimed that she was tasered and arrested by police for video recording the arrest of another man while she was caught in traffic. She was arrested on the charge of trying to run over two officers, but the charges were […]
The Wisconsin Rapid Tribune recently reported on an unusual DWI story concerning the arrest of a man who blamed the fact that he had alcohol on his breath on the fact that he had just eaten beer-battered fish. His behavior while driving, the initial breathalyzer test, and the fact that it was his 10th DWI […]
A man’s speeding stunt in Manhattan is just the beginning of a bizarre story involving a YouTube video and a flight from justice. As reported in a recent article in the New York Times, a day trader from British Columbia decided to race around Manhattan. He apparently did so in 24 minutes, while going close […]
Have you heard about the latest stroller recall? If not, your child’s safety could be in jeopardy. After reports of injuries to fingers, Graco has recalled close to 5 million strollers, 4.7 of which are in the U.S. If you, or someone you know has a Graco stroller, here is everything you need to know […]
When we think of DWI in the traditional sense, we usually picture someone who was pulled over after having “one too many” at their favorite bar. But, sometimes a DWI case isn’t that simple. When you are in the business of DWI defense you tend to hear about some unusual DWI stories. There was a […]
Since the recent outing of the methods used to catch criminals in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area, local media has successfully sent a motion to the area police department in an effort to unseal documents related to the secret cell phone surveillance. A Judge has since ordered the unsealing of some of the documents related to the […]
Cities strive to make traveling as efficient for their citizens as possible, but making decisions to meet this goal often comes with legal battles. After the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) pitched the Charlotte City Council on the proposed I-77 tollway lanes, tensions have been rising between NCDOT and the Widen I-77 group. The […]
We recently read about the unusual Halloween DWI story involving a woman in Rochester, New York named Catherine. According to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Catherine was arrested while driving down a road in the town of Gates while wearing a zombie costume in the early morning hours of October 25th. She had apparently attended […]
The Australian Daily Telegraph recently recounted the story of a wannabe career criminal named Mark Branden “Chopper” Read, who turned out to be far more successful at self-promotion than he was at actually being a criminal. He became an international celebrity, due to his semi-fictional memoirs that recounted largely made up crimes, which eventually became […]
The Charlotte Observer has recently uncovered a secret surveillance system used by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police that gathers cell-phone data to fight crime. The issue is a hot debate considering the cell tower simulators also gather information from innocent bystanders along with alleged criminal cellular data. The device in the image is one of these cell […]
In the wake of the uproar kindled by the “missing” Ray Rice video, NFL team offices are scrambling to decide to how to deal with players accused of domestic violence. The Carolina Panthers and Minnesota Vikings apparently feel that mere accusations of an offense are enough to remove players from the field. Is this fair? […]
A DWI in North Carolina means that the driver had an alcohol level of .08 if they are 21 years or older. If the driver was a commercial driver, the level is lower at .04. North Carolina has zero tolerance for drivers under 21. So if you have recently been ticketed with a DWI in […]