Blog Posts in July, 2010
Posted on Jul 29, 2010 By Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer
What to do if you are arrested: 1. Do not resist, argue, or fight back. Once a police officer has decided to arrest you, any kind of resistance will only worsen your situation. In addition to being ...
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Posted on Jul 28, 2010 By Chicago Criminal Defense Attorney
37 year old Yolanda Beck, the grandmother of a 1 year old toddler, was arrested and charged for endangering the life of a child. Endangering the life of a child is a misdemeanor offense, which means ...
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Posted on Jul 26, 2010 By Admin
Recent Case Victories from Acosta, Batovski & Schmiege People v. P.J. The Defendant was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance a Class 4 Felony. If convicted the Defendant was facing ...
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Posted on Jul 22, 2010 By Chicago Criminal Defense Attorney
A local man died on July 7th after being beaten, and two men from his neighborhood are being held for homicide . The victim, Larry Brown, was 46. He lived in West Side near his parents, who witnessed ...
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Posted on Jul 20, 2010 By Chicago Criminal Defense Attorney
A Cook County judge has set a $2 million bail for 5 kidnapping suspects; their bail is complicated by the fact that they are all Mexican nationals, and immigration authorities would take custody of ...
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Posted on Jul 16, 2010 By Chicago Criminal Defense Attorney
33 year old Kuna Winding, a nurse at Cook County Jail's Cermak Hospital, has been arrested for smuggling illicit substances into the prison in order to deliver them to her boyfriend. The drugs in ...
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Posted on Jul 14, 2010 By Chicago Criminal Defense Attorney
Four years ago,Strassburg School's Dean of Discipline, David Cech, was charged with 9 counts of child pornography after a teacher at the school found pictures of a student's genitalia on his camera. ...
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Posted on Jul 12, 2010 By Chicago Criminal Defense Attorney
As of Monday, July 12, 2010, Chicago's 28 year long ban on guns has changed. Residents of Chicago are now allowed to own guns, but are only allowed to possess them within their homes. The change in ...
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Posted on Jul 8, 2010 By Chicago Criminal Defense Attorney
In a series of 12 different shootings last night, 2 people were killed and 12 were wounded. The victims ranged from ages 16 to 34. Some of the injuries were mild enough that the victims refused ...
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