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A Police Officer told a New York Criminal Lawyer about the DUI incident with celebrity and former teen star, David Cassidy, who was a singer and actor during the 1970s. The Police Officer indicated that the star is assumed to be ready to enter a please of guilty. He also have the option of entering a please of no contest. The sentencing hearing took place a few months after the incident and David Cassidy was charged with a DUI not drug possession.
The Police Officer indicated that on the day of the sentencing, the Judge declared a postponement of the sentencing. However, his lawyer opted to have him enter a plea in written format for the DUI charges against him. The police report indicated that Mr. Cassidy could not stay in his lane and when stopped, the police found open alcohol containers in his vehicle, which was in violation of the law.
The Police Officer explained to the NY Criminal Lawyer, “David Cassidy was allowed to not appear at the hearing because it was a misdemeanor charge and his lawyer would stand on his behalf and enter the plea for him. “
Reporters were anticipating that David Cassidy would have appeared at the sentencing hearing, but they were highly disappointed. David Cassidy lived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and he was driving on the highway on a November evening, when the police pulled him over. His car had veered off the road and he almost caused a crash with the other vehicle behind him. He failed the breathalyzer test. Cases like Cassidy's are common in places like Brooklyn and The Bronx.

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There has been one more arrest in the case of an attempted home invasion that ended with the death of one would-be burglar and the wounding of another, police sources told NY Criminal Lawyers.
Suffolk police investigators found a fourth man involved in the attempted home invasion – a 25-year-old man from Mattituck, who was subsequently arrested. He was charged with first-degree burglary.
NY Criminal Lawyers do not yet know how the police found the latest suspect or how he specifically participated in the attempted burglary. According to police sources, they believed only three men to have been involved in the April 13 incident.
One of the burglars shot a pit bull in the house with a .22-caliber rifle. Then, a resident shot the burglar, killing him. The resident had a permit for the shotgun and no charges have been filed against him. The dog is expected to recover.
The resident also shot another burglar, a 25-year-old man from Mastic. The wounded burglar was taken to Southside Hospital and listed in critical condition. Further details on his condition are unavailable.
The third burglar, a 27-year-old man from Aquebogue, escaped the scene but was soon caught, police sources explained to NY Criminal Lawyers. He was charged with first-degree burglary, and held on $1 million bail after his arraignment. A deputy bureau chief requested that amount due to the third burglar’s previous activities.
Records showed that the third burglar had already been arrested on drug charges, possession of stolen property and criminal mischief. Two of the charges earned him probation and time served. It is not certain what happened with the third charge. In Brooklyn and Queens, Drug Possession would be one of the more serious charges.
The burglar who died in the attempt had already served time in New York and New Jersey and had been arrested for other burglaries in Suffolk County in 2003. He was released in December 2007, police sources indicated to NY Criminal Lawyers, only to be arrested again in 2008 for failing to report to his parole officer. He had been released early, so was force to serve the final two months of his sentence.

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A pair of Brooklyn bandits held up a pizzeria in Williamsburg.
The perpetrators, wearing masks and armed with guns, entered a Papa John’s on Grand Street near Leonard Street at 10 p.m. One of the robbers drew a silver pistol and forced the 18-year-old working the counter to open the register, cops told New York Criminal Lawyers.
The thieves took an undisclosed amount of cash, then ordered the worker to give them what he had, taking his cash and his iPhone, police added.
There are several stories out of Staten Island New York Criminal Lawyers are currently investigating.
The first is of a suspected drug dealer murdered in his car as he drove through Port Richmond. The 26-year-old victim was driving a 2003 Infiniti coup when he was shot through the open window of his car below the left eye at 2:39 a.m. on Harrison Avenue near Castleton Avenue.
The victim had been in trouble with the law before for drug-related issues and was caught in a 2008 prosecution sting. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Drug Possession in Brooklyn and Queens is treated very seriously by law enforcement.
In West Brighton, an ex-con shot up a rival’s car in a drive-by.
The 20-year-old ex-con shot at his enemy’s PT Cruiser as it was parked on Delafield Avenue near Broadway at 8:15 in the evening. The flurry of bullets broke four windows and put a hole in the body of the car.
The shooter was found in his home two hours later, armed with a semi-automatic weapon and listening to an NYPD radio that had been previously reported stolen. He was already on parole after a year in prison for shooting a man in the leg in 2008 at a movie theater.
Finally, a man in Midland Beach was arrested, thanks to a weapon found in his car.
Officers pulled the 36-year-old man for his illegally-tinted windows, when they found the Glock with 34 ammo cartridges in the car. He told the police he was going fishing, but he may actually end up in jail instead, police told New York Criminal Lawyers.

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