This is the 5th part of our Step By Step Guide to a DUI The police will attempt to determine blood alcohol level through the use of a breathalyzer that is kept at the police station or through a blood test that is administered at a hospital. A blood test, in addition to revealing a […]
This is the 4th Step from our DUI Step By Step Guide If a police officer determines, based on the totality of the circumstances, that there is reasonable suspicion to believe that you are driving under the influence, you will likely be taken into custody. While this is usually not an important stage of the […]
As a Pennsylvania Underage Drinking Lawyer, when I talk to parents that have hired me to represent their child who has received an underage drinking citation in Pennsylvania, I usually end up having a somewhat different conversation with them than I do the kids themselves.
West Chester University is a partying school; of this there is no doubt. Parties mean beer and college parties mean beer ingested by underaged persons. A decent amount of these persons will get underaged drinking tickets. They will also have to go to court to fight the ticket because pleading guilty to an underaged […]
Drag Racing has become more prevalent among the youth culture in the Philadelphia area over the past 10 or so years. It is increasingly popular for kids on motorbikes with the fat tires or in tricked out Hondas go careening at high speeds around the Philadelphia bridges, down by the airport, or almost anywhere racers […]
Basil D. Beck Voted Top 15 Criminal Defense Lawyer The Law Offices of Basil D. Beck III is pleased to announce that Main Line Today has selected Mr. Beck as one of the Top 15 Criminal Defense Lawyers for the Main Line Pennsylvania Area for 2012. Mr. Beck is a graduate of Villanova University and […]
Next Steps Following a DUI Arrest in Lower Merion Lower Merion Township, in coordination with the Pennsylvania State Police, ran a DUI Sobriety Checkpoints on Friday, June 20, 2012, on Belmont Avenue in Montgomery County just off of the I-76 ramp. This is a favorite location for the police to set up checkpoints and arrests […]
Nancy Schwartz, of West Chestnut Street in Pottstown, who had been charged with illegally filling prescriptions in Collegeville and New Hanover between January 2010 and January 2011, was sentenced to 5 years of Intermediate Punishment on Friday by Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Judge William R. Carpenter after pleading guilty to Identity Theft, Forgery, […]
Yes, even though its not real marijuana, its still illegal to sell it. This was the message driven home to Rafie Ali, 34, and Mohammed Himed, 25, by District Justice Edward Kropp, Sr. at their preliminary hearings yesterday. Both men are from Pottstown and have been charged with Possession with Intent to Deliver Drugs as […]
Lower Merion Police have charged John Kane, 35, with 20 felony counts arising out of Kane’s alleged posting of naked photos of his ex girlfriend on internet porn sites. Kane, of Jim Thorpe, PA, was arrested when a local Lower Merion woman, whose identity has not been revealed, contacted the police when a co-worker had […]