What to do if you believe your rights have been violated
While police misconduct may occur with a disturbing regularity across the country, there are a number of effective strategies which victims may employ to hold police officers and agencies responsible for any instance of misconduct. Should you ever become the victim of police misconduct, the ACLU outlines a few things you will need to keep in […]
How do police officers determine probable cause?
For an arrest or evidence obtained in a search to be valid, police officers must first establish probable cause upon objective criteria that, in turn, leads them to believe the suspect committed a crime. With that in mind, some police officers do make arrests and perform searches that, at a later date, may be determined […]
Multi-agency narcotics investigation led to several arrests
A seven-month long multi-jurisdictional investigation by different enforcement agencies into street level narcotics trafficking has led to the arrest of 50 individuals in the City of New Rochelle and 33 in the City of White Plains. Arrest warrants are also pending for 20 more individuals, New Rochelle Patch reported on Wednesday, December 3. The operation, code named “City Sweeper […]
10 charged with DWI in Westchester over Thanksgiving weekend
The Westchester County police charged 10 drivers with DWI-related offenses over the holiday weekend at different checkpoints across the county, Port Chester reported on December 2. Eight drivers were charged in Mount Vernon, six of whom were arrested at a sobriety checkpoint located at the Oak Street exit ramp on the Bronx River parkway. The other two […]
Richard Portale Recognized for DUI Defense with NAFDD Membership
Dedicated to identifying the most capable DUI attorneys across the country, the National Advocacy for DUI Defense, LLC, (NAFDD) recently welcomed Richard Portale of the Portale Randazzo LLP, as one of its newest members in the state of New York. In a highly saturated market, NAFDD is designed to help individuals charged with DUI choose from the finest […]
What can a criminal defense attorney do for me?
Regardless of what criminal offense you have been charged with, it is highly advisable that you retain the services of a criminal defense attorney as early on in the legal process as you possibly can. By doing so, an experienced criminal defense attorney will be able to help you protect you rights at each and every point […]
What would you do if police pulled you over on the way home from a party? It’s after midnight. You’ve had 3 tequila shots in 2 hrs or less.
There are so many variables for you to process in this very common DWI scenario, especially now, in the wake of much stiffer penalties and plea policies being implemented in New York State. Here are a few concepts to consider: The majority of District Attorney’s Offices in NY have conjured up stiffer plea policies and […]
27-year-old charged with murder in Westchester
Last month, Yonkers resident Luis Blanco’s body was found stabbed and shot in Ossining, New York. His body was discovered by a jogger on the morning of August 24. The body was not identified until recently. Joaquin Recinos-Garcia was charged with second-degree murder. He owed Blanco a total of $1300, according to Ossining Detective Lt. […]
Woman charged with murdering ex-boyfriend, bond set at $500,000
A New York City woman was charged with shooting her ex-boyfriend in the head from the back seat of his car in August 2014. Cheryl Nisbett allegedly used the gun of Robert Ashbourne, her ex-boyfriend, to shoot him. Her first court appearance on October 7 resulted in a bail set at $500,000 and an order […]
Stamford man charged with DWI over Bear Mountain Bridge Road crash
34-year-old Wuillian Moran of Stamford, Connecticut is facing drunk driving charge after a three-vehicle crash that happened on Bear Mountain Bridge Road at around 9:20 p.m., Sunday, August 2, according to a report by The Journal News. Moran was driving a 2005 Chevrolet Equinox southbound when his car allegedly crossed the double yellow line, struck a […]