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Sources have told a New York Criminal Lawyer that a California man was arrested late Thursday following a vehicle crash that left three people injured including the man that officers say caused the crash. At approximately 8:35 p.m. Wednesday evening, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) began receiving reports of a vehicle on northbound 101 driving in the wrong direction. As officers were en route to the location stated in the reports, they began hearing additional reports of a four or five vehicle collision in the vicinity of the location of the previous reports.

During the course of their investigation, CHP officers learned that as the vehicle that had been driving in the wrong direction entered the freeway, it had struck a vehicle and as it traveled the wrong way, it had struck two additional vehicles. It was after this that the driver of the vehicle reportedly lost control, struck the center divider, and rolled over multiple times, witnesses explained to a NY Criminal Attorney.

First responders on the scene used the jaws-of-life to extricate the wrong way driver from his vehicle. The man received a broken leg and multiple facial fractures, but before being transported to Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital for treatment, he was arrested for “suspicion of felony DUI and driving without a license,” officers reported. A person riding in the vehicle was also taken the hospital to be treated for cuts. That person was later released from the hospital.

One of the people responsible for the public safety for citizens in Florida is under arrest. A fireman who works with the Bonita Springs Fire Department was arrested for suspicion of DUI in January. A New York Criminal Lawyer says the man was seen driving erratically on a weeknight, late at night. He was pulled over and administered a sobriety test.

The police man who made the arrest did not comment on the case of the situation, since the police department and the fire department work together often. The Bonita Springs spokeswoman for the district says that the fireman will remain on staff until after his trial. The N York Criminal Lawyer believes that the job of the fireman may be in jeopardy since his job requires the driving ability of the fire trucks and rescue vehicles to get to the scene of many of the accidents. Many other public service agencies have similar rules that make their employees have clean driving records in order to maintain employment.

The fire man was only employed five years ago with the department. He was hired when he was 21 years old and has been employed ever since and in good standing. There is no official word on his upcoming trial or if he will seek a plea to avoid charges of DWI being placed on his record. If charges are not placed on his record he may be able to keep hiS job with the fire department.

The 18th Street Gang, a group with alleged organized crime roots in Greeley Colorado, is five members short following indictments served by a Weld County Grand Jury and their subsequent arrests this past weekend according to a source identified as a NY Criminal Lawyer.

Indictments, arrest warrants and arrests were all made under the provisions of the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act. Authorities made one arrest out of state in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Two suspects were arrested in Greeley, Colorado, while two 18th Street Gang members were already in custody at the time warrants were served.

The suspects were all part of the notorious 18th Street Gang. 18th Street Gang has a national reputation with operations throughout the country. It formed originally in California’s Shatto Park district in Los Angeles and is regarded as one of the most active and violent gangs operating within and across US borders authorities told a NYC Criminal Lawyer.

An Alabama man is finding himself in some pretty hot water after running off with a 16 year old girl from Texas that he met on the Internet, according to a New York Criminal Lawyer. The teen girl was reported missing after she had been seen getting into the man’s truck while she was visiting relatives and friends in the town of Daphne, near where the 20 year old man lived. The girl was found unharmed and it does not appear that she was forced into the truck with the accused.

The two had met online several months before the incident and their Internet relationship quickly became serious. After a short time, they made plans to meet in real life as soon as possible. Once the young girl went missing and authorities were notified, what had started out as an online romance turned into a possible felony conviction for the man she was with. They were found in an apartment in Enterprise a week after the girl was reported as missing.

The N York Criminal Lawyer claimed the El Paso teen is expected to be returned to her mother in Texas. At this time, the man is being charged with interference with child custody. Alabama law recognizes this charge as a Class C felony, for which the accused could receive up to ten years in jail, if convicted. It is not known whether or not the mother of the young girl was aware of this online exchange prior to the girl’s disappearance.

As part of an ongoing journalistic investigation, a New York Criminal Lawyer has learned that a sheriff’s deputy has been arrested and charged as part of a broader conspiracy that has already lead to other arrests within local police departments. It is alleged that each of the arrested men, conspired to sell drugs that were scheduled to be destroyed by the police department, as well as making specified DUI arrests that resulted in cash payments.

There are at least three individuals that have been arrested as part of this ongoing police investigation. One is the sheriff’s deputy, another is a former police commander, and another is a private investigator. Each of them is currently out on bail and awaiting the conclusion of this investigation and possible impending trial.

Apart from the selling of impounded drugs that were scheduled for destruction, one of the groups more dastardly alleged plots was to use DWI stops in order to tarnish an individual’s reputation before a set trial date. While another alleged plot was a DUI stop on the husbands of some of the private investigator’s female clients that were seeking cause for divorce.

A Texas billionaire who is accused of running a Ponzi scheme and milking several investors for an excess of $7 million dollars before he was done has been granted a delay in his trial, stated a New York Criminal Lawyer. But prosecutors are up in arms because the man’s attorneys are asking for a two year delay, which is by all accounts a very long time. 

Perhaps prosecutors are worried that by the time his trial finally gets underway, the intensity of his crime will have diminished and he will get a lesser sentence than if it happened right away. Perhaps that is just what the man’s legal counsel is hoping for. The man’s lawyers are now saying that he is mentally incompetent and is not able to stand trial at this time. Two years will give him enough time to sort out his issues and be able to represent himself in court. 

The NY Criminal Lawyer reports that delaying the trial for two years could backfire if more evidence against the accused is found between now and then. Though it would be nice to be able to postpone the inevitable, as most of us are wont to do, it is really in the best interests of all involved to get this case over with as rapidly as possible. The New York Criminal Lawyer also admitted that it does no good to tie a case up in court for two years that could be effectively settled in less time.

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A man was arrested earlier this month when his wife was found in bed, covered with urine and feces, according to a New York Criminal Lawyer.

The woman, who suffered from an illness that caused her to be bedridden, was supposedly under the care of her husband. However, authorities have determined that he left his wife alone in the bedroom for two to three days at a time.

The room in which the woman was found was reported to be in deplorable condition. Only one EMT, a female worker who was smaller in stature, managed to squeeze through a six inch gap in the doorway.

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The right to legal counsel is one of the basic rights that are guaranteed by the U.S. Bill of Rights. While there are some who may argue that applies only to criminal cases, an attorney for at least six indigent parents who have been incarcerated in various Georgia jails says otherwise, a New York City Criminal Lawyer discovered.

A senior attorney with the civil rights group the Southern Center for Human Rights (SCHR), has filed a class action lawsuit in Fulton County Superior Court on behalf of at least six parents that are currently sitting in a Georgia jail for being too poor to pay their child support payments. The suit further alleges that the State of Georgia has continued to incarcerate these parents in some cases for more than a year and has failed to provide them with the legal counsel they need to prove that they are indigent.

When contacted by a N York City Criminal Attorney, the Georgia Attorney General’s office had little to say other than they had not seen the complaint, nor have they reviewed any of the circumstances of the plaintiffs. Based on these factors, they had no further comments. However, the attorney who is representing those parents who are affected by this had many comments.

Within hours of the killing, the shooting suspect was in police custody, reports a New York City Criminal Lawyer. While the exact cause of the shooting is still unclear and the investigation is continuing, there are some facts of this case that are clear.

At approximately 11:20pm on Tuesday night, the suspect entered into the home where he had previously been staying with his sister and her boyfriend until moving out recently. After some discussion, the suspect was told to leave by the victim. It was at this point that he pulled out a gun and shot his sister’s boyfriend multiple times in front of her and another unidentified person, and then fled the scene. The shooting suspect’s sister frantically called 911 and was at the location when the police arrived and gave police a description of the suspect’s vehicle. The suspect was soon located driving south and was arrested by officers without incident. The New York Criminal Lawyer has confirmed that the shooting suspect is being held without bail and is facing murder charges.

What police still do not have in this case is a motive for the shooting. The suspect’s sister has stated that he just started shooting for no apparent reason after being asked to leave. Although the victim was the grandson of a late, well-known local defense attorney, and there were more than 1,500 marijuana plants discovered at the scene, none of these seem to be contributing factors to the cause of the shooting, reports a NYC Criminal Lawyer.


A man driving an ice cream truck admits to hitting and killing a disabled pedestrian while driving under the influence. The man was driving illegally with a suspended license just after 7pm when he struck a disabled man who had fallen in the road with his walker and was attempting to pull himself up. The driver of the ice cream truck also admits that he did not stop and assist the man he had hit. 

According to the NYC Criminal Lawyer, a witness to the incident alerted police, who then tracked down the driver of the ice cream truck and apprehended him at his home. After investigating the man, police learned that his driver’s license had been suspended until 2030 because of his multiple DWI incidents.

The victim of the crash died at the scene, recounted the New York Criminal Lawyer, and pending the investigation more information would be released. This incident is a clear example of how the laws for driving while intoxicated do not prevent people from continuing to drive drunk. If the man had received a worse penalty for driving with a suspended license the first time perhaps the man would have changed his course of actions. 

Repeat offenders seem to lose any and all respect for the laws that limit their ability to live the life that they know, believes the New York Criminal Lawyer. For some individuals, nothing but incarceration will keep them from getting behind the wheel, and this puts everyone at risk. In this instance, the man driving the ice cream truck is was freed on $250,000 bond and is on the streets again while he is awaiting trial. 



Accidents happen in an instant and cannot be undone. A New York Criminal Attorney can help you make sense of your situation as it stands once an accident has occurred. Call a New York Criminal Attorney for a consultation today.

Stephen Bilkis and Associates can provide support and guidance as well as a free consultation when you call us at 1-800-NY-NY-LAW. We have offices in New York City, including Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island and The Bronx and in Nassau County, Suffolk County and Westchester County. If you have reason to suspect foul play from one of your employees, do not hesitate to call a NYC Criminal Attorney immediately. A reputable New York Criminal Attorney can help you put your business affairs back in order.