Recent Posts in Drug Crimes Category
Posted on Oct 9, 2012 By Hopper Law Firm
There is nothing as horrible as being sentenced for a crime you didn’t commit. When a group of teens in Illinois were suspended from school and faced the prospect of juvenile court for allegedly ...
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Posted on Sep 5, 2012 By Hopper Law Firm
In Smithfield, North Carolina, a teacher’s assistant at the Johnson County School system was discovered dealing heroin to students at the school. The high school students would visit Winston ...
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Posted on Aug 29, 2012 By Hopper Law Firm
Labor Day is next Monday, which means that there will most likely be an abundance of drinking and driving. As well, people can get reckless during holiday season, and even without the influence of ...
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Posted on Apr 28, 2012 By Raleigh Criminal Defense Lawyer
The illegal drug trade is kept alive by people around the country of all ages and demographics. This fact is proven true by a recent story in the news. An elderly woman was detained last week in Craig ...
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Posted on Apr 21, 2012 By Raleigh Criminal Defense Lawyer
A teacher in Gaston County faces multiple drug crime charges after she tried to sell prescription drugs at the school where she worked. To make matters worse, she enlisted the help of a student to ...
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Posted on Apr 7, 2012 By Raleigh Criminal Defense Lawyer
A physics professor traveling in Argentina has been detained on suspicion of drug smuggling. Although he adamantly denies knowledge of the drugs found in his luggage, it seems as though the case ...
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Posted on Mar 24, 2012 By Raleigh Criminal Defense Lawyer
A simple traffic violation foiled the plans of a would-be drug trafficker last week. The young man was pulled over for failing to use his signal but was detained drug crime charges instead. The police ...
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Posted on Dec 29, 2011 By Raleigh Criminal Defense Lawyer
Three young men now face the possibility of years behind bars for drug crimes. This came as a surprise to those that had followed their promising careers as football players. Based on a tip, police in ...
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Posted on Dec 15, 2011 By Raleigh Criminal Defense Lawyer
What appeared to be a regular residential property turned out to be the hub for a drug distribution network that snapped the East Coast. After conducting a months-long investigation, police in ...
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Posted on Nov 19, 2011 By Raleigh Criminal Defense Lawyer
Once a star of the racing circuit, one man has taken a serious plunge from fame to notoriety. The 42-year-old man was arrested last week in North Carolina after police searched his home and located ...
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Posted on Jun 26, 2011 By Raleigh Criminal Defense Lawyer
If a new bill is passed in North Carolina, the sale of pseudoephedrine would be heavily regulated. The bill was passed this month in the state Senate and now awaits Gov. Bev Purdue's signature. Under ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2011 By Raleigh Criminal Defense Attorney
A DWI checkpoint set up by Raleigh police reportedly yielded more than 50 criminal charges for several DWIs, some weapon charges, and various other traffic violations. Raleigh police reported that the ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2011 By Raleigh Criminal Defense Attorney
Robert Harrell Bass Jr., a former student at N.C. State, has been charged with drug trafficking after admitting to police officers that he sold more than $250,000 worth of marijuana to students at the ...
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Posted on Jan 12, 2011 By Raleigh Criminal Defense Attorney
Paula Harrison, the daughter of Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison, was charged with felony drug trafficking last May. She has been given a "prayer for judgment continued" in lieu of a prison ...
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