When an individual has been arrested for DUI in Montgomery County and they have no prior criminal record they are presumably eligible for the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition program, known as ARD. The acceptance into the program, and the successful completion of it, results in a dismissal of the DUI charge and entitles the client to […]
I have spent many years as a Pennsylvania Retail Theft Lawyer and I have seen the retail theft laws grow and change over the years. The retail theft law itself is titled 18 P.C.S.A. 3929. A curious portion of this law provides that a person may be found guilty of retail theft even if the […]
On June 22, 2012, Lansdale Police executed a search warrant for the residence of John Nicholas Gallagher, 45, of Lansdale and found three large bundles of heroin on Gallagher, who was in the home at the time of the search. An additional 36 more bags that were found throughout the residence. Most of the bags […]
Whitpain Twp. police officers are some of the most tenacious law enforcement officials in Montgomery County and maybe the whole State of Pennsylvania. On June 8, 2012, Danielle Leach of Norristown, was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped for a traffic violation as it went to enter Blue Bell Springs on Dekalb Pike.
Former Norristown Police Officer Jack Pennington, a guy who retired from the Norristown Police Department in 1995 after 28 years of service, was arrested at the Plymouth Meeting Mall on June 21 and charged with possession of a controlled substance, criminal conspiracy, and possession with intent to distribute after being found with three ounces of […]
Joseph C. McAndrew, Jr, 25, of Upper Merion, who is accused of killing both his parents on March 5, 2011, has filed papers with the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas indicating that he intends to assert an insanity defense at trial. McAndrews, who allegedly killed both his parents Joseph C. McAndrew and Susan McAndrew […]
On July 6, 2012 a new statute in Pennsylvania will make it a crime to drive DUI while having a person in the car under the age of 18. And the hits keeping coming, you’re probably thinking. Over the years, the Pennsylvania legislature has pulled, twisted, prodded, and changed the law to the point to […]
Police arrested two people, Brandon Braxton,19, of Philadelphia, and Ashley Jones, 23, of Drexel Hill, on May 30, 2012, and charged them with Retail Theft for trying to walk out of the Lord & Taylor in Bala Cynwyd with about $1,559.00 worth of merchandise. According to police, the two were running a scam where Jones […]
I am a PA DUI and Criminal Lawyer. As part and parcel of this area of my practice I have seen the number of young people cited for Underage Drinking steadily rise each and every year. A great many of my cases take me to the “Main Line”, an area starting at Bala Cynwyd, Pa […]
Drinking and Driving in Montgomery County, PA Michael Finn, of Collegeville, PA, was arrested and charged with DUI in Lower Merion Township on June 3, authorities said. According to police reports, a passing driver observed Finn operating his Pontiac minivan in an erratic and reckless manner on Montgomery Avenue. The driver reported it to the […]