Blog Posts in 2011
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Posted on Dec 26, 2011 By Richard Lawson
This evening ( the day after Christmas ), I was driving with my family down Peachtree Industrial Blvd. in Gwinnett County and I saw not fewer than 4 law enforcement patrol cars in the few miles ...
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Posted on Dec 11, 2011 By Richard Lawson
On Thursday a Gwinnett County police officer was charged with driving under the influence ( DUI ). A Georgia State Trooper arrested Gwinnett Officer Douglas Mattox following a motor ehcile accident in ...
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Posted on Dec 6, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Gwinnett county law enforcement officers, especially those on the DUI task forces for the county as well as Gwinnett cities like Duluth and Snellville , make thousands of DUI arrests each year. While ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2011 By Richard Lawson
DUI officers in Gwinnett County arrest a lot of drivers. Gwinnett law enforcement officers also charge a lot of young people with drug and alcohol related offenses, particularly popular are Minor in ...
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Posted on Oct 9, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Last week Griffin O'Neal entered a "not guilty" plea to charges of driving under the influence and possession of drugs in a California court. Griffin, age 46, is the brother of troubled ...
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Posted on Sep 26, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Recently, 44 year old former Red Sox pitcher Curtis Leskanic was charged with DUI in Florida. DUI law enforcement officers found the former baseball player asleep behind the wheel of his truck. His ...
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Posted on Sep 25, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Gwinnett County prosecuting attorneys are tough on alleged DUI offenders. Most Gwinnett DUI cases do not begin in the State Court of Gwinnett County. Typically, when you are charged with a DUI, the ...
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Posted on Sep 13, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Orlando Brown, a 23 year old actor and rapper, best known for being a regular on the Disney channel serie, "That's So Raven," was arrested in L.A. recently for driving under the ...
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Posted on Aug 28, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Last week in Santa Monica, actress Jaime Pressly was sentenced on her conviction for DUI charges. Pressly, star of the television series "My Name is Earl," was arrested several months ago on ...
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Posted on Aug 7, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Late last week DJ Samantha Ronson was arrested for DUI in Los Angeles. Ronson is the former love interest of troubled actress Lindsay Lohan and is the sister of music producer Mark Ronson. Mark Ronson ...
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Posted on Aug 7, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Former United States Congressman Tim Mahoney was arrested in Florida on Saturday on DUI charges. Law enforcement officers found Mahoney asleep in his car. No further information was released. If this ...
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Posted on Aug 7, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Nick Masino, who served as the Mayor of Suwanee from 2000 through 2007, was arrested last week in Gwinnett County for driving under the influence ( DUI ) charges. Masino currently serves on the ...
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Posted on Aug 7, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Recently, a Lilburn teenager, William Shaw Hemby (age 18) was charged with driving under the influence ( DUI ), reckless driving, vehicular homicide and serious accident by vehicle charges. The wreck ...
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Posted on Jul 7, 2011 By Richard Lawson
It is summer in Gwinnett County, and in the Buford area, law enforcement seek to get holiday drivers for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol ( DUI ), but also for boating under the ...
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Posted on Jul 7, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Being on Snellville , Georgia or Gwinnett County probation is tough. A common condition is no alcohol. This even includes not being on the premises of bars in many cases. This can be a serious ...
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Posted on Jul 7, 2011 By Richard Lawson
This past 4th of July weekend, new New York Knicks announcer Spero Dedes was reportedly arrested for DUI in the Hamptons. Officers pulled over his 2006 BMW for speeding and suspected the broadcaster ...
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Posted on Jul 7, 2011 By Richard Lawson
A recent decision by an appellate court in Oregon found the Vertical Gaze Nystagmus test unscientific and improperly admitted in a DUI trial. In the underlying case a driver was stopped for speeding ...
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Posted on Jul 7, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Over the holiday weekend, former professional football player, fullback Lorenzo Neal, crashed into a pole. There were no reported injures to any other driver. Mr. Neal was suspected with and allegedly ...
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Posted on Jul 7, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Grayson , GA officers arrest people for DUI all the time and take them to jail. DUI in Gwinnett County Georgia is an arrestable offense. A Gwinnett DUI arrest can be one of the most shocking and ...
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Posted on Jul 7, 2011 By Richard Lawson
Gwinnett judges and prosecuting attorneys are harsh on DUI offenders. Unfortunately, this is intensified when there are young children in the car . If a Rest Haven or Gwinnett County police officer ...
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Posted on Jul 6, 2011 By Richard Lawson
I admit that I did not follow the Casey Anthony trial that closely. However, I was aware of the nearly constant media attention that the case received on the HLN network and the case has been a long ...
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Posted on Jul 6, 2011 By Richard Lawson
One of the worst things about being arrested for DUI in Dacula / Gwinnett County Georgia - maybe even worse than that cozy night spent at the jail - is the stigma associated with being accused of a ...
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Posted on Jul 6, 2011 By Richard Lawson
With explosive growth in the Sugar Hill area of Gwinnett County in recent years comes growth in the amount of crime and in the amount of law enforcement. Gwinnett County officers make lots of arrests ...
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Posted on Jul 6, 2011 By Richard Lawson
A DUI charge is scary and overwhelming, but what happens when you face more than one? Lilburn police officers, Gwinnett County Judges, and prosecuting attorneys are not sympathetic. Gwinnett is a ...
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Posted on Jul 6, 2011 By Richard Lawson
The city of Snellville in Gwinnett County Georgia is not the only place where DUI arrests are frequently made. Throughout the county, DUI arrests have risen dramatically in recent decades. And while a ...
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