March, 2012 Articles
Posted on Mar 26, 2012 By The Stone Law Firm
A former police officer was recently handed his sentence by a judge in a drunk driving case from 2010. 50-year-old K.N. was a police lieutenant at the time of the incident and was pulled over by a ...
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Posted on Mar 26, 2012 By Law Offices of Trent R. Buckallew
A local Sheriff’s department reported the outcome of the St. Patrick’s Day weekend DUI enforcement campaign. In total, 24 individuals were arrested for a variety of drunk driving or other ...
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Posted on Mar 26, 2012 By Law Offices of Trent R. Buckallew
Mesa Police Sergeant David Miecke discussed recent trends in DUI arrests in the area. He stated that 52% of DUI citations issued last year were for drug-impaired driving. DUI of drugs cases during the ...
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Posted on Mar 26, 2012 By Knowles Law Firm, PLC
If convicted of an Arizona DUI, you may face many harsh penalties, from jail time to license suspension to hefty fines. A recent penalty that has been implemented in DUI cases is the ignition ...
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Posted on Mar 26, 2012 By Knowles Law Firm, PLC
In Arizona, you may be stopped by law enforcement on suspicion of drunk driving in several different scenarios. A police officer may stop you because he or she perceives a traffic violation, such as ...
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Posted on Mar 23, 2012 By Knowles Law Firm, PLC
Being stopped at a sobriety checkpoint is a method used by Arizona law enforcement to find and charge drunk drivers. These checkpoints are often set up on popular holidays, weekends, and late at night ...
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Posted on Mar 23, 2012 By Knowles Law Firm, PLC
Arizona has one of the toughest laws in the country, passed in 2007, in regards to requiring an ignition interlock device (IID) for drivers convicted of DUI. Even on a first conviction, those ...
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Posted on Mar 23, 2012 By Martin & Wallentine
A 40-year-old woman from Ottawa, Kansas had pleaded no contest in December to charges related to a devastating accident. The woman, T.P., had been driving her children while under the influence of ...
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Posted on Mar 23, 2012 By Martin & Wallentine
The deadly accident occurred in Cherokee County after a Kansas man, K.H., was in a high speed chase with local law enforcement. Officers had attempted to pull K.H. over but he sped off on what became ...
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