Carlos Martinelly Montano Sentenced 20 Years for Fatal Drunk Driving Accident | Bristow DWI Attorney

Judge Lon Farris of the Prince William County Circuit Court sentenced Carlos Martinelly Montano to 20 years for causing a car accident on August 1, 2010 in Bristow, Virginia that killed Sister Denise Mosier and injured Sisters Charlotte Lange and Connie Ruth Lupton. Montano was found guilty of felony murder, involuntary manslaughter, two counts of [...]

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Virginia DMV 2 Go brings the DMV to you! | Northern Virginia Traffic Lawyer

We’ve all had the wonderful chore of sitting around a Virginia DMV office for hours to do something simple that cannot be done self-serve on their website or through the mail. After finishing off War and Peace and gone slightly insane, your number might be called. There is some ray of hope for a shorter [...]

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News van dashcam video used to secure DWI conviction | Stafford DWI Lawyer

You never know when a camera may be watching and recording your activity and be held against you in court. This is what exactly happened to 57-year-old Chol Ki Lee when Kurt Brooks a reporter/photographer for 9News spotted him weaving, speeding and randomly braking on I-95 south on March evening. Kurt Brooks was heading home [...]

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4 Injured in Virginia Beach DUI Accident | Accident Injury Attorney James Parrish

4 Injured in Virginia Beach DUI Accident Story Highlights: 4 Injured in Virginia Beach Accident Motor vehicle collision DUI Date: June 28, 2011 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia Type: DUI, Car accident Outcome: 4 Seriously Injured Four teenage girls were seriously injured in a motor vehicle collision caused by a DUI driver in Virginia Beach. Local authorities reported that [...]

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Will that traffic ticket affect my car insurance rates? Yes! | Prince William Traffic Attorney

You just got pulled over and you are thinking – Will that traffic ticket affect my car insurance rates? The simple answer is, yes it will and you may be surprised at how much. Your driving record is as important as your credit report when it comes to saving money on your auto insurance. When [...]

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Checkpoint Strikeforce Taking Place in Virginia | Manassas DUI Lawyer

Checkpoint Strikeforce is a zero-tolerance program designed to arrest individuals driving impaired. Sobriety checkpoints through this program are taking place in 5 states including, Virginia, Washington DC, Delaware, West Virginia, and Maryland. You may have seen some of the advertising campaign for Checkpoint Strikeforce. Their campaign consists of TV commercials with the motto “over the [...]

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Study Shows Alcohol-Related Traffic Risk Increases at Age 21 | Loudoun DUI Attorney

Previous national studies have shown that about 25% of college students admitted to driving while intoxicated, and and even greater percentage admits to riding with a driver they believe to be intoxicated. A new study shows that behaviors change as students age, and the frequency of drinking and driving takes a sharp upturn once students [...]

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Minnesota Town Auctions Off “DWI Chair.”

The police department of Proctor, Minnesota is making its third attempt to auction off a vehicle forfeited after a DWI charge was given to the driver. It wasn’t a car that got Dennis Leroy Anderson charged with a DWI, but rather a motorized chair. The Proctor, MN resident plead guilty to the charge in August [...]

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Drunk driving becomes more common in young women

According to a recent University of California at San Diego study, more and more fatal car accidents in the United States are caused by young women driving while intoxicated. According to colloquial wisdom, young male drivers are most prone to drink and drive in the US. Dr. Virginia W. Tsai and her colleagues decided to [...]

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Charged with DWI? Don’t post drunk pictures on Facebook | Virginia DWI Lawyer

In the early hours of May 30, 2009, in North Tonawanda, New York, 17-year-old Ashley Sullivan lost control of her vehicle and crashed into a brick sign in front of Deerwood Golf Course. As a result of the car crash, her 20-year-old boyfriend, Alex Rozicki, was killed and she was charged with DWI and criminally [...]

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