It’s no secret that driving under the influence in Beverly Hills or elsewhere in the Southland is a one-way ticket for disaster, for your license, your pocket book, your reputation, and potentially, your life and the lives of the people on the road. If it’s such a “no brainer” to…
If you got arrested for driving under the influence in Pasadena or elsewhere in the Southland, what would your mug shot look like? Would you be happy and smiling? Would you be giving “two thumbs up” to the photographer who snapped your Pasadena DUI mug shot? Probably not. How, then,…
Last Tuesday, Long Beach DUI checkpoints, patrols, and enforcement got a financial shot in the arm, when the LBPD received a California Office of Traffic Safety grant of $300,000, courtesy of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. According to a special report in the Long Beach Press Telegram, these funds…
Anyone who has sat and pondered the penalties for Long Beach DUI understands, on a visceral level, what fear feels like. It’s not just the potential jail time that scares defendants. It’s all the other logistical, financial, and emotional headaches that come with the conviction. For instance, even if you…
Getting arrested for driving under the influence in Pasadena (or anywhere else) is no laughing matter. However, the things that certain suspects do under pressure can, in retrospect, seem amusing. Case in point, consider what happened to 20-year old Becca Voss, who was arrested last Thursday morning near Louisville on…
In the annals of Beverly Hills DUI arrests (and arrests for similar crimes in surrounding areas, like Pacific Palisades and Malibu), few sordid tales are as well known as Mel Gibson’s July 28, 2006 arrest on the PCH for driving under the influence. As regular readers of this blog (and…
Whether you got arrested on the way home from a birthday party at the Glendale Galleria, or you got tagged for driving under the influence in Glendale on a clogged Southern California freeway during the throes of one of the Southland’s notorious Sig Alerts, chances are, your memories of what…
Over the weekend, Los Angeles DUI Saturation Patrols were on red alert looking for dangerous drivers on California’s freeways and surface streets. A local police chief in Glendora issued a press statement summarizing the intent and purpose of the extra saturation patrols: “there isn’t a Halloween costume clever enough to…
Out of all the celebrities who’ve ever been arrested for driving under the influence in Los Angeles, few if any have generated more riveting legal headlines than Lindsay Lohan. Ms. Lohan’s 2007 arrest for Los Angeles DUI was a relatively staid affair: she did not hurt anyone while driving DUI;…
In 2007, “Freaky Friday” actress Lindsay Lohan was arrested on a relatively routine charge of driving under the influence in Los Angeles. Since then, Lohan has engaged in bizarre behavior, faced probation violations, and generally conducted herself publicly in what one might charitably describe as an “unusual” manner. In a…