Blog Posts in 2018

DUI Arrests in Virginia Without Ever Driving

Although DUI is an acronym for driving under the influence, it is a bit of a misnomer in Virginia. Driving your vehicle while iunder the influence is not strictly required for you to be arrested for and even convicted of a DUI. Instead, you can be arrested if a law enforcement officer has reason to suspect you operated your vehicle while intoxicated. “Operation” of a vehicle is a vaguer legal ...

Drug Crimes Related to the Opioid Epidemic

The ongoing epidemic seems to show no signs of slowing down. Dozens of people are losing their lives each day due to overdoses, which has health groups and law enforcement agencies understandably frightened. The latter is taking the opportunity to ramp up its efforts to investigate and prosecute certain drug crimes that can be tied to the epidemic. Law enforcement groups around the country have ...

Government Security Clearance Can Be Revoked As a Criminal Penalty

People who hold important roles in governmental positions and agencies rely on their security clearances each and every day. If you hold such employment, you probably cannot get any real work done without your clearance due to the information, records, and data it allows you to access. Losing your government security clearance would be an absolute disaster, but this is exactly what can happen if ...

What to Do When Accused of Domestic Violence Based on False Information

Domestic violence is defined as a violent act, or the threat of violence, carried out between two family members, or two people who share the same residence. As such, domestic violence — or family abuse as it might be called in certain legal texts — only occurs between people who share a history together. When two people who were somewhat close grow apart, they can become spiteful and go to ...