Recent comments by a New Jersey appeals court could shift the thinking behind English-only instructions provided by state and local police during DWI stops. As a New Jersey drunk driving defense lawyer, I have represented my share of non-native-English-speaking clients over the years, and I can tell you that many…
Two drivers were arrested last week for driving under the influence of alcohol in the Bridgeton, New Jersey. The first arrestee was an 18-year-old man from Upper Deerfield Township who was stopped by police for driving while intoxicated while underage, as well as reckless driving. The second arrest was that…
Lyndhurst — a 52-year-old driver was picked up for driving under the influence of alcohol during the evening of May 14. The Rutherford, New Jersey, resident was arrested for DWI, possessing an open alcoholic beverage container in his car, careless driving, as well as improper parking. The incident occurred in…
The recent DWI case involving a New Jersey police officer arrested for driving drunk at break-neck speeds in a 25-mph zone is difficult to imagine, but it did happen. The intoxicated cop, Jersey City Police Officer Kevin Cieslak, has only been on the force for two years. Regardless of the…
With Memorial Day weekend upon us, we have one observation for New Jersey motorists: The Garden State is no paradise when it comes to drunk drivers, speeders and other hapless recipients of tickets and summonses from our traffic enforcement community. Intoxicated drivers in particular beware, according to the National Motorists…
East Rutherford — A 29-year-old local man was picked up for drunk driving in the late evening of Wednesday, May 6, following a minor accident on Patterson Avenue. The allegedly intoxicated driver was arrested for DWI, as well as for not maintaining a vehicle in safe condition, failure to produce a…
Whether it’s a charge of driving while intoxicated, drug DUI or any number of other offenses, once in the courtroom, DWI defendants have an obligation to themselves to play by the rules, even if they think technology is one step ahead of the legal process. I’m speaking most recently of the Fort Lee…
Drunk driving, driving under the influence, or DWI. In New Jersey, and anywhere else for that matter, these simple words represent a range of possible scenarios too numerous to list here. As a New Jersey DWI attorney, my office has represented hundreds of drunk driving cases — many of which…
Hackettstown — In what initially could have been a DWI drug arrest on Saturday, April 25, a K-9 police unit from Washington Township found 34 bags of heroin in a vehicle occupied by a young woman and a 22-year-old man from Fairfield, NJ. The man was eventually charged with possession…
Downtown Hoboken, New Jersey, was the scene of a DWI arrest this past Sunday following what could have easily been a deadly car chase between police and an allegedly intoxicated 23-year-old Bayonne man. Police reported that the suspect refused to pull over and then led them on a chase, which almost…