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In our previous post, we began discussing the topic of illegal police behavior, and how this can provide various grounds for challenging DWI charges. We already noted the possibility of challenging such charges based on an improper stop or arrest. DWI challenges can...
Last week, a 27-year-old police officer in Louisiana resigned after being accused of stealing an iPhone from the scene of a DWI crash. According to a police spokesman in Baton Rouge, the phone was not in the car when the driver was released from jail. The tracking...
Conviction on charges of Medicaid fraud have resulted in five years of probation, including two years of home incarceration, for a Shreveport dentist. The dentist was found guilty in January on two counts of Medicaid fraud. In addition to probation and home...
In our last post, we noted that homicides have increased in East Baton Rouge Parish. Although authorities aren't clear what is behind the increase in homicides, some common have pointed to the high number of domestic cases. Detectives are apparently investigating a...
Ten more homicides have reportedly occurred within the first six months of 2012 in East Baton Rouge Parish compared to the same period last year. As of Saturday, the number reached 50. Fourteen of the homicides occurred outside the city limits and are being...
Criminal defense isn't always a matter of denying any and all wrongdoing. In many cases, the goal is ensuring that the defendant is not convicted of crimes beyond those they admit to committing. A Darrow man who had been suspected of rape and armed robbery was...
Police departments across the country are encountering a growing trend in the use of inexpensive synthetic drugs. The drugs are sold under a variety of names, and come in a variety of formulations that are constantly changing. The synthetic drugs come in packages...
Last month, we wrote that a grand jury in East Baton Rouge declined to issue an indictment against two men for murder stemming from a January 14 homicide of a third man who was a relative. According to the prosecutor in the case, the three men had attempted to rob...
Over the past years, fatal crashes in the state of Louisiana have decreased 34 percent. Alcohol-related crash injuries have decreased 17 percent. But with 288 deaths in alcohol-related crashes in 2011, and with Louisiana ranking in the top 10 states for overall...
William Bretherton, the personality on the A&E reality show "Billy the Exterminator" was recently arrested on charges of drug possession in Louisiana, his home state. Those who have seen the show know that Bretherton is a pest control specialist, and frequently...
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