Even if you’ve been arrested for driving under the influence in Burbank, and you’re not a sports fan, you likely are familiar with the Chicago Bears’ legendary old coach Mike Ditka – if not for his football legacy then at least for his appearance in snarky TV ads (or maybe…
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Long Beach DUI Lessons from Scary Injury Crash in Rancho Cucamonga – Three High School Girls Hurt
If you injured someone while driving under the influence in Long Beach or elsewhere in Southern California, you likely feel tremendous regret and panic. Whether the accident was your fault or not – or only partially so – you are probably confused about your legal rights, and you want to…
Nightmare on the 10: Bad News Bears Actress, Sammi Kane Kraft, Killed in a Los Angeles DUI Accident
Fatal Los Angeles DUI accidents are always horrific, but they are somehow more so when they involve young people and children. Last week, Sammi Kane Kraft, one of the stars of the 2005 remake of the movie Bad News Bears (with Billy Bob Thornton as the coach), died when a…
It Should Be Commonsense Not to Allow Your 14-Year-Old Daughter to Drive DUI in Los Angeles…
Just because you’ve recently been arrested for driving under the influence in Los Angeles doesn’t mean that you have no knowledge of right and wrong or no standards. Far from it! In fact, odds are, you probably resent being lumped in with other DUI defendants! Understand that there is an…
Did a “Pink Elephant” Cause Your Long Beach DUI Crash, Too?
Your recent Long Beach DUI accident and arrest was humiliating enough. Hopefully, no one got hurt. And hopefully, you did not compound your woes by offering a preposterous explanation for your behavior, like 31-year-old Samuel Phipps recently did when Delaware State Police stopped him on I-95 and hit him with…
Please Don’t Say That Your Burbank DUI Arrest Involved Speeds over 120 Miles Per Hour and Small Kids in the Back…
Your recent arrest for driving under the influence in Burbank may have been humiliating, scary, and overwhelming. But hopefully you did not behave as carelessly as 25-year-old Derek L. Greene allegedly behaved. The Rhode Island native was arrested last Sunday night, after local police saw him speeding at 120 miles…
Burbank DUI News Blotter: Three Year Jail Sentence for Women Who Caused Three Accidents in Just One Hour
January 10th was not a good day for 23-year old Allison Smolinski. If you’ve been arrested for driving under the influence in Burbank or elsewhere in the Southland, chances are (hopefully) your event was less dramatic and devastating than Ms. Smolinski’s. According to news reports, Smolinski piloted her 1997 Nissan…
Careful What You Say After Your Pasadena DUI: For Instance, Don’t Post “LOL! I Got a DUI!” on Facebook, Like 18-Year-Old Paula Asher Did
Your recent Pasadena DUI arrest was no laughing matter…or at least it shouldn’t have been. Unfortunately, recently arrested defendants have a peculiar way of getting themselves into lots more trouble by doing dumb things after an accident/arrest. Consider the case of Kentucky teenager, Paula Asher, who wound up getting a…
Burbank DUI Dangers: The New iPhone 5 is Great, but it Could Provoke DUI with Distraction Charges
You just bought a new iPhone 5 — you want to immerse yourself in your new toy, not dwell on something somber, like Burbank DUI law. But understand that cell phones and other personal digital devices can not only endanger your life (and the lives of other motorists) but the…
Avoid Long Beach DUI by Using Your New iPhone 5 Safely
No one wants to get charged with Long Beach DUI – or DUI anywhere in Southern California, for that matter. But if you’ve just recently bought a new iPhone 5, and you are drooling over the awesome features and making fun of your friends who still have “dinosaur” iPhones –…