Toms River Dominates Ocean County for DWI Arrests
Ocean County, New Jersey is known for its beaches and nightlife, as well as its heavily patrolled roadways, where drivers are arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI) on a regular basis. In fact, police use a variety of enforcement tactics to identify potential DUI offenders, including sobriety checkpoints, which are held at predetermined locations and require drivers to stop regardless of whether or not they have actually committed a traffic violation. While DWI checkpoints are more ...
DWI Assault by Auto Admitted into Pre-Trial Intervention
Our criminal attorneys recently defended a client who was charged with 3rd degree Assault by Auto for getting into a serious accident while driving under the influence that resulted in serious injuries. In fact one of the injured victims was a minor and had to be air lifted by helicopter to the nearest hospital. Needless to say, this was a serious situation which was made worse by the various aggravating factors and under circumstances like this the charges could easily result in a felony ...
Expect an Increase in Jersey Shore DWI Arrests This Summer
Ocean County shore towns see a big spike in Driving While Intoxicated and Driving Under the Influence charges in the summer months due to the heavy influx of beach and vacation traffic throughout the Jersey Shore. These towns include Toms River, Brick, Seaside, Point Pleasant, and Long Beach Island Towns such as Surf City, Beach Haven, and Ship Bottom.
State and local police more heavily enforce traffic laws in an effort to discover drunk drivers as their quotas often increase during the ...
Lakewood NJ DWI Charges
Lakewood police arrested an alleged drunk driver at gunpoint Saturday night following a hit and run accident, according to reports.
According to The Lakewood Scoop, police responded to the downtown area after a crash occurred involving a suspected drunk driver at around 9:45 p.m. Officers quickly located the suspect driver on Clifton Avenue after reportedly spotting him swerve in and out of oncoming traffic.
Lakewood police attempted to stop the drunk driver by pulling out in front of him ...