Criminal Defense
During a recent governmental meeting, the Acting Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) spoke of the importance of collision reduction. He also discussed the need for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to be able to continue their work, and, most notably, to end or reduce the prevalence of driver drowsiness, a…
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The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) of Syracuse Universityroutinely researches numerous facets of the US government and publishes the data it finds. The nonpartisan group is part of the university’s Whitman School of Management and it does not profit from any published works. Through the years, their reports have covered everything fromfederal enforcement, to spending…
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Earlier, we discussed a document released by North Carolina, which indicated that the number of criminal charges being pressed were declining statewide. Raleigh is following suit with the rest of the state, and overall, there has been a 5% annual reduction locally. Although it’s not as good as the 7% reduction statewide, Raleigh fared better…
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Overall, crime in North Carolina has reduced in the past year, according to a recent report released by the state. Despite the decline,criminal charges in Raleigh are a common occurrence, and are very serious if you face them. Theft There were 198,893 cases of larceny, which was down 5% from the prior year’s 209,567 incidents.…
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According to a WNCN News report, there were 2,843 Raleigh DWI arrests between January 1, 2014 and the end of November. For comparison, there were only 1,781 arrests during the same timeframe during the prior year. This makes for a 60% increase in drunk-driving arrests in a single year. At the same time, Wake County…
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According to a New York Times article, Terry Loewen’s criminal defense attorneys are arguing he was entrapped by law enforcement officials. The former avionics technician was arrested back in 2013 after a sting operation reportedly resulted in him attempting to bring a van full of inert explosives onto the Mid-Continent Airport’s tarmac in Kansas. When…
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In a story almost too crazy to be true, a man in Queens, New York collided with a police car this week while drunk driving and got away with it. According to The New York Post, Langford Banda lost control of his vehicle just after midnight on February 9 and hit a parked NYPD van,…
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Despite the fact that it was outlawed statewide in 2009, texting and driving in Raleighremains a major issue. During the 2010-2011 fiscal year, North Carolina reported 879 cases of the distracted driving habit, but it actually increased to 2,018 annual cases recently. Wake County was responsible for a whopping 257 of them, while neighboring Cumberland…
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If you’ve recently received a citation for speeding in Raleigh, you’re probably already aware of what it costs to pay it and be done. When the cost of a basic ticket can be as little as around $50, it’s incredibly easy to click the mouse a few times, key in a credit card number, and…
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The authorities want you to think that they’re gathering evidence so they can locate another suspect or they’ll tell you that you’re only a name on a list that they need to rule out, but nothing could be farther than the truth. If you don’t contact a criminal defense attorney the moment you get so…
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