New York Criminal Lawyer Blog

Reports are indicating that golf pro, Tiger Woods, may have a new girlfriend. What makes this so significant to a New York Criminal Lawyer is that this young lady was arrested on a DWI charge in Orlando, FL, last year. This story was just broke this past Sunday and has been making its way around many of the news outlets this week.

The DWI arrest came after the 22-year old rear-ended a truck and caused it to roll. During her interview with the Orlando police officers who responded to the crash, she stated that she had not had any sleep for about four days and that all she had eaten in two days was an apple. She also admitted that about six hours before the collision that she only had two “tiny” glasses of wine, sources told a NY Criminal Attorney.

As part of the officer’s investigation, he asked the suspect what her level of intoxication was on a scale of zero to 10 with zero being sober, and her response was (expletive) 10. Her blood alcohol concentration measured at almost three times the legal limit at .21. A Bronx Criminal Lawyer was also informed that she was also barefoot during her sobriety tests and had difficulty in maintaining her balance. There was at least one point during the sobriety test that she exclaimed to the officer that she could not do it. She was arrested and charged with DWI with property damage or personal injury. The charges would be downgraded later to reckless driving.

DWI is very serious and unfortunately, the only reason this DWI case is getting much publicity is that the girl has been linked to Tiger Woods. Her stepdad allegedly works for an agency that had once represented the golf pro. She is also reported to have been a key part of his relationship with the agency. This would also be the latest in a series of personal relationships that Tiger Woods has been involved with in recent years that has both made headlines and has caused problems with his career.

Being charged with a DWI is a serious offense, the can alter relationships, affect your employment and leave you with a host of serious consequences. If you have been charged with this offense, it is important to act promptly and seek legal counsel to ensure that your rights are protected.

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A report commented on how a model police detective, a professional with a sterling arrest record and meritorious conduct record, disappointed his community and his co-workers when he was arrested for DWI last week. The detective was arrested after officers noticed his erratic driving while operating an unmarked police vehicle. Charged with drunk driving on Friday night and arrested, the detective was arraigned in Albany court on Monday, but would not comment on his case. The detective is the spokesperson for the local police department and reporters are accustomed to his detailed reports on crimes for which arrests have been made or verdicts been given by the local court.

Residents were not pleased with the conduct of one of their local heroes. Most of their responses had to do with disappointment over the hypocrisy involved in the detective’s behavior. One woman said she was disappointed that the detective had been enforcing laws he couldn't uphold himself. Another resident commented on how telling it was that the detective refused a breathalyzer test at the time he was stopped. "That says a lot," was all that one resident had to say about it.

The head of a local action group against drunk driving found a silver lining in the disappointing arrest made Friday night. The activist said that it was encouraging that local law enforcement was willing to arrest "one of their own" because in other counties it is not the case. She went on to say that she hoped the detective had learned his lesson in all of this, and that "He's lucky he didn't hit anybody."

The detective issued a statement to the press in which he expressed regret for the "negative publicity" the incident had spurred, and how it has impacted his family and his employer, sources close to the incident reported to a newsman. The detective was suspended without pay. His next court appearance is scheduled for May 2011. This would be the procedure in Brooklyn and The Bronx also.

The local department's removal of Detective Miller required the appointment of a replacement for media relations, authorities relayed to a TV station. Deputy Chief Stephen Reilly was given the appointment.

The detective has been serving the local police department for 19 years.

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Law enforcement officials told a New York Criminal Lawyer that a reputable Senator’s son from Illinois pled guilty to driving while intoxicated. The charge was a misdemeanor, but it was enough to embarrass the law maker and cause his son to receive a probation sentence with an order to get treatment for abuse of alcohol. He also received a fine of $1,250. “This was a slap on the wrist,” said one resident to an investigator . Most people think that if the accused was not the son of an Illinois Senator, he would have been charged to the full extent of the law. Many thought that it was a cover up of justice and wished that it would have gone the other way to teach the son a good lesson.
Police indicated that this is not the first time that the Senator’s son has been in trouble with the law. The Police gave the accused a citation that he was changing lanes. It was obviously because he had been drinking and driving while under the influence of alcohol.
All of this happened while he was driving his SUV and coming from a night out in downtown Chicago. It could have been in The Bronx or Brooklyn. When the police tested him, his blood alcohol level was way over the limit allowed legally. The Police told a NY Criminal Lawyer that court records showed that the accused had some run-ins with the law related to the same offense both in 2004 and 2008.
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A Sportscaster for a popular Illinois TV station was arrested for DUI recently. He committed several minor traffic violations which police saw before they tried to pull him over, said a New York Criminal Lawyer. He committed another infraction of a minor offense and he was pulled over and given a field sobriety test, which he failed. Police took him in to custody and there are now criminal charges pending against him.
Once the man was in custody, he acted even stranger. A Lawyer said his behavior was odd enough that he was transported to a hospital where a drug test was administered. The results have not been released on what, if any, drugs were found in his system. If drugs had been found in his system, there may be more criminal charges levied against him. In The Bronx and Suffolk County this is a felony.
For his initial DUI arrest, he will go to court and face the judge as to what his punishment will be. Fines, jail time or both might be handed down at that time if he is convicted of any criminal charges. He is released out on bail for the time being. A criminal history background on him was not available, so it is not known if he is a repeat offender, according to the NY City Criminal Lawyer. There is also no word as to the status of his job with the TV station or if they have a code of conduct that staff need to follow. He may also lose his job if the station executives deem his behavior inappropriate to a staff member who is an on-air personality.

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An attorney, formerly a prosecutor in the Bronx, has been charged with DWI, but now he sees a way to have his case possibly thrown out, according to NY City Criminal Lawyers. The officer who caught him may well be charged herself for ticket fixing. Instead of the attorney being punished, she might end up in trouble herself.
The officer was caught by authorities on wiretap in an attempt to fix tickets for a relative and a friend. Still prosecutors say the officer, a seven-year veteran of NYPD, will not face any criminal charges of her own. That does not mean she won’t suffer punishment from her department, however.
She admitted to fixing the ticket and she’s not the only one under suspicion for the same. This means every ticket they handed out is suspect, which puts an aspect of extreme uncertainty into hundreds of criminal cases throughout New York City, including that of the attorney who was once an assistant DA.
The 29-year-old officer arrested the attorney in 2006 as he drove home from a Christmas party. At that point, he had already left the Bronx DA’s office to pursue his own private practice.
Once it was discovered the attorney’s arresting officer was part of the ticket-fixing scandal, the motion was made to have the case dismissed. As of yet, the outcome of the motion is unknown.
The officer admitted she tried to get assistance from a union delegate so she could erase two citations for speeding. This was the first time in the case that anyone was actually named.
“I asked my PBA delegate… if he could fix a summons that my boyfriend’s cousin had received and another summons that my mom had received,” she said at the hearing, according to NY City Criminal Lawyers.
According to the officer, the tickets, one in Queens and the other in Manhattan, were indeed removed. “She didn’t have to pay,” the officer said, regarding her mother. “That’s how the ticket got fixed.”
It remains to be seen whether the attorney’s motion to have the case dismissed will be accepted by the judge. If it is, other cases may take a similar path.

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A Massachusetts man whose license had been revoked due to previous charges of drunk driving fell asleep while being questioned by police, Springfield Police said to NY Criminal Lawyers.
The 34-year-old Springfield man was arrested in Indian Orchard, Mass., early one morning at around 2 a.m.
A Springfield police sergeant told NY Criminal Lawyers that officers observed the suspect pull a BMW into a plaza and park his vehicle next to a dumpster. The car had heavy damage to the front end.
There had already been a number of break-ins in the area, which prompted officers to investigate, to make sure there was no criminal activity. The suspect spotted the police and ran away to hide in some tall grass before police caught up. He was given a field sobriety test and asked a number of questions, during which the suspect fell asleep.
The suspect was asked at one point why he had run away from the police. According to the police sergeant, the suspect said “because I was drunk.” The sergeant explained to NY Criminal Lawyers that the suspect also admitted to using cocaine.
Inside the car, bottles of beer and liquor had been found, some of them already empty.
The suspect had already been arrested for operating under the influence in 2006 and again in 2009. The sergeant found the suspect’s driver’s license had already been revoked due to OUI.
The suspect has been arrested for charges of DWI (liquor), OUI (drugs), operating a vehicle without a license, resisting arrested, and an open container violation. He will be arraigned in Springfield District Court.
First time, or several strikes, everyone needs a good advocate when it comes to a criminal arrest. There are many attorneys out there who are willing to take on a case, but there are only some that are the best – the ones that ensure any given case will come to its best possible outcome. A trial could affect the entire future of a person and that person’s family, so it’s best not to take chances with substandard representation. DWI in The Bronx and Brooklyn, NY are crimes which are taken very seriously by law enforcement.

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