arrest

DUI Checkpoints and Alcohol Enforcement Planned for Cesar Chavez Weekend in Chico.

Chico, CA.  Avoid the Eight DUI checkpoints are planned, and Chico Police will be in force in the downtown and south of campus areas through Sunday on the look out for violations primarily related to alcohol use, according to an article by Chico Enterprise Record reporter Almendra Carpizo. According to the article, last year officers …

DUI Checkpoints and Alcohol Enforcement Planned for Cesar Chavez Weekend in Chico. Read More »

Butte County DUI Lawyer Daniel Ledford Explains the Modified Helmandollar Plea – Resolving California DMV Driver’s License Suspension and Low Blood Alcohol Concentration BAC Driving Under the Influence Cases

CHICO, CA – Low blood alcohol DUI cases lend themselves to plea deals.  You had a couple drinks with dinner.  On the way home you are pulled over by the police because you were speeding or failed to completely stop at a stop sign.  The officer smells beer, wine or liquor.  You admit drinking.  You …

Butte County DUI Lawyer Daniel Ledford Explains the Modified Helmandollar Plea – Resolving California DMV Driver’s License Suspension and Low Blood Alcohol Concentration BAC Driving Under the Influence Cases Read More »

Butte County DUI & Public Intoxication Arrests – Labor Day Weekend Nets Multiple CSU Chico Student Arrests

Chico Enterprise Record Staff Writer Katy Sweeny documents arrests made over Labor Day Weekend in Butte County in her piece entitled Dozens of Arrests Made Over Labor Day Weekend.  DUI and Public Intoxication pursuant to Penal Code section 647(f) are par for the course on the Sacramento River every year during the Labor Day Weekend …

Butte County DUI & Public Intoxication Arrests – Labor Day Weekend Nets Multiple CSU Chico Student Arrests Read More »

‘Tis the Medical Marijuana Season – Compliance Checks, Raids, Pot Busts, Arrests and Prosecutions meet California’s Prop 215 and District Attorney Guidelines

As a criminal defense attorney in Butte County serving clients in Chico, Paradise, Oroville and surrounding communities, people ask me how to comply with Medical Marijuana laws so they can lawfully possess or cultivate marijuana.  It’s a perfectly legitimate question without a simple answer. Let’s start with the easier part – Federal law.  There is …

‘Tis the Medical Marijuana Season – Compliance Checks, Raids, Pot Busts, Arrests and Prosecutions meet California’s Prop 215 and District Attorney Guidelines Read More »

Butte County DUI Checkpoint – Paradise Police Arrest 15 Fourth of July Weekend

According to Chico Enterprise Record Staff Reports dated July 8, 2012, Paradise Police arrested 15 people at a DUI checkpoint through the course of Friday night in Butte County, California.  Only two motorists were arrested under suspicion of drunk driving, said Lt. Steve Rowe. Two were arrested on drug related felony charges and another 10 …

Butte County DUI Checkpoint – Paradise Police Arrest 15 Fourth of July Weekend Read More »