Former Disney television star, Orlando Brown, has been arrested for drunk driving in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times reports that the 25-year-old “That’s So Raven” actor was arrested on Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood. He is being held on a $26,000 arrest warrant from a previous DUI arrest. The…
A 29-year-old man has been sentenced to 17 years to life in prison after being convicted of killing a 48-year-old woman in an Orange County DUI incident. According to a CBS Los Angeles news report, the fatal crash occurred on Moulton Parkway in Laguna Niguel in 2011. Officials said the…
Rapper Todd Anthony “Too Short” Shaw was arrested in Los Angeles for driving under the influence and for possessing meth. According to a Fox News report, Los Angeles prosecutors have dropped the possession charges related to the March 20 incident. The Los Angeles District Attorney dropped the meth charge against…
A 28-year-old Los Angeles man has been arrested for allegedly violating the restraining order his ex-wife filed against him. According to a news report in The Santa Monica Mirror, the man was arrested in the 1400 block of Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica. Officers say his ex-wife refused to let…
There are severe penalties for drunk driving in Los Angeles and a recent report by the Automobile Club of Southern California shows that the true cost of a DUI (driving under the influence) conviction can be staggering. As reported by The Los Angeles Times, a first-time misdemeanor DUI conviction can…
When a convicted sex offender is released from prison, he or she may be required to wear an electronic monitoring device at all times. Before October of 2011, the penalty for removing a GPS monitoring device was up to a year in state prison. Now, the maximum penalty for tampering…
Singer Bobby Brown has been sentenced to jail time after he pleaded guilty to his second driving under the influence (DUI) charge. According to a report by The Los Angeles Times, Brown will serve 55 days after entering no-contest pleas to driving under the influence and driving on a suspended…
In a landslide vote on November 7, 2012, 81.1 percent of California voters approved Proposition 35, which increases prison sentences and fines for those convicted of human trafficking. According to a February 21 report by The Daily Titan, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Electronic Frontier Foundation have jointly…
Los Angeles DUI defense attorneys know it can be stressful and scary to be arrested for drunk driving in California. This stress increases considerably when the pending charges including gross vehicular manslaughter. Under California Penal Code Section 191.5, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated is the killing of another without malice…
In 2007, David Hasselhoff was infamously videotaped eating a cheeseburger while intoxicated. For many who have seen the video, he will forever be linked to alcohol consumption. More than five years later, his daughter Hayley has been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) and speeding in connection…