In September, April Morning Edwards plead no contest to a felony charge of operating while intoxicated causing death. The person who lost their life in the accident was none other than her fiance’s brother, James Seibold, who was the passenger in her 1997 Pontiac Sunfire at the time of the crash. Read more ›
Collin Larson, the 22-year-old Wisconsin man accused of driving drunk and killing a Parma woman in a fatal collision, has plead guilty to the charge against him. But this isn’t the first time he has entered a plea in court with regards to this case. Read more ›
While sheriff’s deputies often arrest more than one drunk driver in a shift, they almost never get to arrest both of them in the same spot and roughly the same time. But in this rather unusual situation, which must have been pretty frightening for everyone involved, the deputies were hit by a second drunk driver moments after arresting the first. Thankfully, no one was hurt. Read more ›
Although this isn’t a Michigan-based case, it is a classic example of why we advise our clients to keep any “mistakes” they might make far away from social media. A surprising number of people have been arrested for posting illegal activities to Facebook. And this particular case is no different. Read more ›
Last year Governor Snyder signed into law the eventual phasing out of Michigan’s driver responsibility fees. And on October 1st, stage one finally went into effect. Read more ›
On Sunday, October 4th, shortly after 7 pm, a fatal accident took place on M-66, just north of Four Mile road near Remus. The Mecosta County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating the crash, and suspects that the cause may have been alcohol. Read more ›
This segment will wrap up our three part series on the many factors that affect your blood alcohol content when you are drinking. In the previous two sections we covered the first eight factors. Including a number of obvious ones like age and body type, and a few less commonly known items, like carbonation and diabetes. Moving on, we are going to tackle the last five items on the list. Read more ›
In the previous segment we started out discussing the fact that few people are able to tell when they’ve had too much to drink. However, while we can’t solve that problem for you, we can provide you with a list of factors that affect your BAC. Previously we touched on the first four items, namely age, alcohol tolerance, body type and carbonation. Moving on, we will be looking at the next four items on the list: Read more ›
Very few people carry a Breathalyzer around in their cars with them for those evenings out with friends. So how do you know when you’ve had one too many? How can you make an educated guess as to when you need to stop drinking in order to be safe and legal while driving home? Read more ›
Richard Lee Rish, the Lakeview man accused of causing a fatal driving drunk accident over the Memorial Day weekend, has entered a plea of “no contest” to OWI Causing Death. Court documents show that Rish caused an accident that left three seriously injured and one dead, resulting in a charge of operating while intoxicated causing death. Read more ›
