Archive for August, 2010

Police Department Posts DUI Arrest Names and Mug Shots on Facebook

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

It isn’t unheard of for law enforcement agencies to use Twitter and Facebook to broadcast their activities, and in California, the Huntington Beach PD is considering naming DUI suspects on its website.  However, a New Jersey police department went one step further by using its Facebook page to post the ...

Did Lou Gehrig have a Brain Injury – Not Lou Gehrig’s Disease?

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

A new study indicates that the death of athletes diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease may actually have been triggered by concussions and brain injuries.  What Los Angeles brain injury lawyers will find even more surprising, is that researchers believe even Gehrig himself might not have had the disease famously named ...

Alabama Man Charged with Lawnmower DUI

Friday, August 13th, 2010

Here’s something that Alabama DUI criminal defense lawyers don't come across every day.  Alabama state troopers this weekend arrested a man in Slocomb for riding a lawnmower under the influence. 41-year-old James Calhoun was riding his Yard Man lawnmower, and it stopped on State Highway 52.  A state trooper on the ...