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 the Possession of Alcohol charges - commonly referred to as MIP - as well as underage consumption ...

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 actress Tatum O'Neal. In August 2011, Griffin allegedly veered head on into an opposite lane and struck a vehic...

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 young daughter was in the vehicle. According to reports, Leskanic's blood alcohol content was over ...

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 Gwinnett County DUI officer will issue you citations. Those citations will have a court date. This ...

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 influence charges. According to reports, Brown was pulled over by law enforcement for not having a valid license plate....

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 suspicion of DUI after failing several field sobriety tests. She entered a plea of Nolo to the DUI charges...

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 was the producer of the late singer Amy Winehouse and produced Winehouse's award winning "Back i...

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 Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce as Vice President of economic development. Masino was allegedly sw...

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 incident had happened in Gwinnett County, prosecuting attorneys would have to prove that Mahoney...

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 occured in a subdivision in Johns Creek. The vehicle operated by Mr. Hemby struck another vehicle...

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 stops your car and suspects DUI, and this leads to a DUI arrest, you can be charged with a DUI pl...

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 horrible things that can happen to a Grayson resident.  It is often the only time a person is ever ar...

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 charged with drunk driving for being over California's legal limit for blood alcohol content. ...

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 and displayed no other signs of reckless driving.  He was given the standard field sobriety tests...

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 of being under the influence of alcohol.  Gwinnett County law enforcement officers were busy crac...

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 hindrance to a probationers social (and even professional) life.  Sometimes, after awhile on probation...

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 influence ( BUI ).  Under Gwinnett law, BUI is a serious offense with potentially harsh consequences.  A...

Officers for the City of Duluth Georgia and for  Gwinnett County charge offenders under the age of 21 with the offenses of underage consumption /  minor in the possession of alcohol and  under 21 DUI offenses everyday.  While all of these crimes are misdemeanors, they carry with them some serious...

More and more Gwinnett County and Suwanee, GA police officers are busting drivers for driving under the influence of marijuana.  These are cases when alcohol is not usually involved, but the Suwanee makes a stop of a car for some type of traffic infraction and then notices the smell of marijuana....

If you are convicted of a DUI in Suwanee Municipal Court or in any court in Gwinnett County, GA, particulary if you have prior DUI convictions, you are facing  probation and a lengthy suspension of your Georgia drivers license.  One condition that you may face on the way to having your license re...

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 first DUI offense is misdemeanor in Snellville / Gwinnett, it carries some tough penalties.  T...

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 tough jurisdiction in which to face a DUI offense. Certain Gwinnett judges are known to give substan...

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 in and around the Sugar Hill area for drug related crimes.  Simple  possession of marijuana is o...

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 crime.  In this country, we are innocent until proven guilty.  The prosecuting lawyers for  Gwinnet...

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 time passion of former Georgia prosecuting attorney Nancy Grace.  Nancy seemed to convict Casey A...