February, 2013 Articles
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Posted on Feb 13, 2013 By The Law Office of Barney B. Gibbs
According to a report in October 2012 by the Legislative Analyst's Office, a nonpartisan government agency located in Sacramento, Orange County exceeded all other California counties in the number ...
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Posted on Feb 13, 2013 By Martinian & Associates Inc.
A third-grade teacher at an elementary school in Utah faces enhanced drug possession charges when evidence of heroin was found in her vehicle and in her classroom. The woman, who had been teaching at ...
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Posted on Feb 12, 2013 By Parks & Braxton, P.A.
The Miami City Commission unanimously passed a resolution recently concerning gun control. The Commission showed its stance on the issue by requesting that legislation be approved that would prohibit ...
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Posted on Feb 11, 2013 By Law Offices of Robert M. Bernstein
Additional Arrests Suspected In Alleged Cold Case Murder-For-Hire After discovering that his wife sought a divorce that would cost him a significant part of his portion, an Orange County man has been ...
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Posted on Feb 11, 2013 By Law Offices of Robert M. Bernstein
Manhunt For Ex-LAPD Man Accused Of Killing Cops Continues Members of the law enforcement task force charged with hunting down the suspect believed to have been involved in a shooting say they are ...
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Posted on Feb 11, 2013 By The Martinez Law Firm
Domestic violence crimes are common criminal charges in Texas as well as throughout the nation. These types of crimes are very serious legal matters for the accused as they are vigorously prosecuted. ...
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Posted on Feb 11, 2013 By The Martinez Law Firm
In some states, such as Washington and Colorado, the recreational use of marijuana has been decriminalized. In other states, such as California, medical marijuana has been legalized. In Texas, ...
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Posted on Feb 8, 2013 By Okabe & Haushalter
In a very unusual case, a California woman who drowned her 3 year-old daughter three years ago was released from a Patterson jail recently where she had been held. The woman, J.B. had been declared ...
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Posted on Feb 7, 2013 By Law Office of Stephen T. Novick
White collar crimes include various types of fraud; many of these crimes are committed against victims who never see the perpetrators. Payment card fraud is a term which covers several different types ...
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Posted on Feb 7, 2013 By Law Office of Stephen T. Novick
A chemist at the Amherst Drug Laboratory, located on the campus of the University of Massachusetts, has been accused of evidence tampering. The drug laboratory tests controlled substances taken in ...
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Posted on Feb 7, 2013 By Okabe & Haushalter
FBI statistics comparing California crime rates for the first six months of 2012 compared to the first six months of 2011 show an increase in 2012. FBI statistics revealed homicides up in major cities ...
Continue reading "Experts Disagree about California Crime Rise" »
Posted on Feb 6, 2013 By Okabe & Haushalter
Those who have been convicted of certain sex crimes after July 1, 1956 in Nevada are required to register as sex offenders with their local law enforcement agency. How long the individual will be ...
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Posted on Feb 5, 2013 By Okabe & Haushalter
Based on FBI statistics, CityRating.com reports an upward trend in the overall crime rate in the Las Vegas area based on the last ten years of data. The website reports that both violent crime and ...
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Posted on Feb 4, 2013 By Knowles Law Firm, PLC
Those who commit repeat DUI offenses in Arizona may face a number of court-ordered actions besides incarceration, heavy fines, and probation. The Arizona Department of Public Safety lists four ...
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Posted on Feb 4, 2013 By Knowles Law Firm, PLC
A former Arizona Diamondbacks player and well-known broadcaster has received a jail sentence in a DUI case. M.G., the broadcaster, has been sentenced to serve four months in jail and faces two years ...
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Posted on Feb 4, 2013 By The Law Office of Bruce C. Bridgman
A California teenager who was 15 at the time he killed his adoptive parents in Oakland received a 25 year prison sentence last December. The boy had pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death ...
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Posted on Feb 4, 2013 By The Law Office of Bruce C. Bridgman
California's Three Strikes Law was enacted in 1994 under Proposition 184. Under this law, three-time repeat offenders with previous serious or felony offense convictions face harsh prison ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2013 By Keegan & Novick
A federally insured credit union located 30 miles northeast of Cleveland collapsed in 2010 due to fraudulent behavior on the part of its chief operating officer. The St. Paul Croatian Federal Credit ...
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