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Criminal defendants will want to do everything they can to avoid conviction and/or reduce the severity of their punishments during their trial proceedings. The same is true for DUI defendants. If you are facing DUI charges, you’ll need to fully understand the facts of your case — and your charges — in order to…

When you’re in the market for a criminal defense lawyer, you’ll want to review your options carefully. Ultimately, you’ll want to find a lawyer who you can enjoy working with, who you can trust and who has the level of expertise you require for the most favorable result possible. Since you’re the one who’s…

Police arrested and accused a 33-year-old woman of drunk driving after she was involved in a multi-vehicle car crash last week. According to authorities, she struck two cars, fled the accident scene in her vehicle and continued driving home. Later, police caught up to the woman at her apartment complex and arrested her. Police…

We don’t know how things are done in Minnesota or Alabama, but in North Carolina, these allegations don’t get you a pat on the back or a promotion. The troubled Al Franken of Minnesota, whose star originally rose as a writer and comedian on Saturday Night Live in the 70s and 80s, has announced the end…

The Nash County Sheriff’s office arrested and accused three people of possessing hundreds of baggies of heroin that they were allegedly in the process of selling and distributing. According to the Sheriff’s office, the men were arrested after a two-month investigation of suspected heroin trading activity at a home in Rocky Mount. A search…

The problem of opioid and heroin addiction is getting worse every day in North Carolina. Also, as many readers of this blog are already aware, fentanyl is a dangerous synthetic opioid that’s taking the black market by storm. Numerous people have died from overdosing on fentanyl, heroin and other opioids in North Carolina —…

A Porsche belonging to Hollywood actor Christopher McDonald veered off the road in Lake Arrowhead Village late last month. The vehicle crashed into a gas valve, causing a natural gas leak in the area. The leak continued for an hour before it could be repaired. In the interim, community members said that they were…

Blood alcohol concentration is a measure of the amount of alcohol in your body. Generally, the higher the BAC, the more impaired your body is by alcohol, which is why law enforcement uses BAC as a means to determine if someone is driving under the influence. Alcohol interacts with each person’s body in a…

The Wake County Sheriff’s Office arrested two men on a recent Thursday afternoon, alleging that they were in possession of 85 pounds of marijuana. The men, aged 24 and 21, were taken into custody at 3:20 p.m., in a neighborhood close to Interstate 40 and Lake Wheeler Road at the southern end of Raleigh….

A lot of boating enthusiasts do not realize that a North Carolina police officer can arrest them for intoxicated boating, or boating under the influence (BUI), just like an officer can arrest them for intoxicated driving. In fact, the charges and potential penalties are essentially the same for intoxicated boating as they are for…