On behalf of The Law Offices of Anthony N. Palumbo | Oct 29, 2014 | Drunk Driving
Last year, many people in our region made it a long weekend, with Halloween falling on a Thursday. This year, All Hallows Eve falls on a Friday. With the weekend starting that evening, it is likely that law enforcement will be out in force to look for drunk drivers....
On behalf of The Law Offices of Anthony N. Palumbo | Oct 28, 2014 | Drunk Driving
A 24-year-old New Jersey man is facing charges of driving while intoxicated and death by auto following an Oct. 19 accident that killed a 25-year-old man. The accident happened around 4 a.m. in Woodbridge, according to authorities. The 24-year-old man was heading...
On behalf of The Law Offices of Anthony N. Palumbo | Oct 20, 2014 | Drunk Driving
Police in New Jersey believe that a 56-year-old woman was drunk when she drove in the wrong direction on the Garden State Parkway in the early morning hours of Oct. 9. A state police representative said that the Egg Harbor resident entered the wrong way of the parkway...
On behalf of The Law Offices of Anthony N. Palumbo | Oct 19, 2014 | Criminal Defense
It appears that the clemency push initiated by the Obama Administration last year is expected to continue. Beginning with Attorney General Eric Holder’s comments to the American Bar Association last summer about changing the way federal prosecutors handle...
On behalf of The Law Offices of Anthony N. Palumbo | Oct 16, 2014 | Drunk Driving
Many New Jersey drivers may not be fully aware of the penalties that can accompany a DWI conviction. While all DWI-related penalties are serious on their own, the severity of these penalties may increase depending on the offender’s blood alcohol content and...
On behalf of The Law Offices of Anthony N. Palumbo | Oct 13, 2014 | Drunk Driving
Officers will almost always indicate that they smelled an “odor of alcohol” coming from the vehicle (or the driver) when setting out facts to justify a DUI arrest. But it is interesting to know what such an odor actually smells like. This is because...
On behalf of The Law Offices of Anthony N. Palumbo | Oct 10, 2014 | Drunk Driving
New Jersey State Police report that a man was taken into custody for allegedly driving drunk and causing a multi-vehicle wreck in Bernards Township on Oct. 3. The 49-year-old man’s SUV reportedly collided with a semi-trailer on Route 78, causing the semi-trailer...
On behalf of The Law Offices of Anthony N. Palumbo | Oct 8, 2014 | Drunk Driving
U.S. Olympic swimming great Michael Phelps won’t be getting into the pool anytime soon. The 18 time medal winner announced that he would be checking into an in-patient treatment program following his arrest last week for drunk driving. According to a USA Today...
On behalf of The Law Offices of Anthony N. Palumbo | Oct 6, 2014 | Criminal Defense
We try to refrain from highlighting “stupid criminal” stories on this blog. After all, we tend to make our living defending good people who have made questionable choices in their lives. But sometimes there are stories that even make us shake our heads. A...