Posts Tagged ‘ drunk driving ’

Minnetonka man arrested in Minneapolis for DWI after PBT showed five times Minnesota’s legal limit

August 17, 2011 1:26 am - Posted by Conor in Criminal Defense, DUI / DWI, Traffic Violation, Your Rights

A Minnetonka man was arrested by Minneapolis police over the weekend for driving under the influence, WCCO reported today.  The man was driving a Jaguar XJ8 when he ran a red light and struck another vehicle. Two preliminary breath tests showed he had a blood alcohol content of .40 and .391—five times the legal limit [...]

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Prosecutor’s reduce charges against Roseville woman in aiding/abetting case for deadly hit-and-run

August 16, 2011 4:19 am - Posted by Conor in DUI / DWI

Back in April 2011, there was a fatal hit-and-run in dinky town in Minneapolis.  At that time, the Star Tribune reported that a Roseville man had been arrested after witnesses had described the vehicle that had struck and killed a young man from Appleton, WI.  He was charged with three counts of First Degree Murder [...]

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International Court of Justice Case Review

June 16, 2011 5:11 pm - Posted by Conor in Criminal Defense, International Law, Murder, Your Rights

We don’t often think of a state’s criminal laws as having potential international repercussions.  If, for example, someone is charged with drunken driving in Minnesota or if someone is even charged with murder here in Minnesota, we don’t think it would have sweeping that might affect American diplomacy. Nonetheless, a case in Texas has drawn [...]

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Minnesota DWI Warrants

May 13, 2011 9:59 pm - Posted by Rachel in Criminal Defense, DUI / DWI

Fox 9 reports that there are thousands of drivers in the metro area that have warrants out for their arrest in connection with DWI/DUI charges. Ramsey County in any given day has 10,000 active arrests. 1,900 of those are in connection with DWI offenses, either they have a parole violation or didn’t show up for [...]

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