Category: Criminal Defense

DWI Checkpoint Tonight – Lakeview!

April 15, 2011
Bloom Legal Network
NOPD has issued a statement today indicating that it will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint tonight (Friday 4/15) in the Lakeview area from approximately 9pm to 5am. No specific indication as to the location of the...

Cycling While Intoxicated

April 13, 2011
Bloom Legal Network
There are many subtleties in the DWI law code, and almost all of them are designed to take drivers off of the road and put them in a cell. Benjamin Edwards, 23, learned this the hard way when he was charged with a DWI while...

Drugs Coming into Louisiana from out of State

April 11, 2011
Bloom Legal Network
This week has seen a number of drug charges for out of state residents with a Virginia woman’s attempt to transport 81 pounds of marijuana on I-12 and an Alabama man’s hotel room meth lab. The woman, Tasharian Riddick,...

Willie Nelson Avoids Jail Time for a Song

March 30, 2011
Bloom Legal Network
Willie Nelson was up to his old tricks when a Border Patrol agent smelled pot smoke coming from the country legend’s tour bus in November. He was charged with marijuana possession and ordered to appear in a Texas court. To

Narcotics Officer Arrested for DUI after Wreck

March 25, 2011
Bloom Legal Network
Police responded to a traffic accident on Old Spanish Trail to find a fellow officer already at the scene. The driver of one vehicle was an undercover narcotics officer for St. Tammany Parish who could not pass a breathalyzer

825 Alcohol Citations Issued Over Mardi Gras

March 11, 2011
Bloom Legal Network
The office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control was very busy over Mardi Gras cracking down on under age drinking and the sale of alcohol to minors. Throughout the entire state, officials gave over 825 citations, 666 of which were

Mardi Gras Wrap Up

March 9, 2011
Bloom Legal Network
The arrival of Ash Wednesday has signaled the end of this year’s carnival. It was a damp Mardi Gras season, but large crowds have led the krewes to declare 2011 a success. A large number of raucous college students was due