The coming holiday season is well known for its parties and family gatherings, and despite the poor economy drunk driving arrests are sure to surge during the next few weeks. In response, New Jersey DWI enforcement units are taking to the streets in an effort to reduce the instance of…
According to a recent news report, drivers in Middlesex County will see more drunk driving checkpoints, sometimes referred to as sobriety roadblocks, at all times of the year. The state of New Jersey has funded the operation of additional checkpoints with a $43,000 grant. Normally, the county would have sobriety…
As a New Jersey DWI defense attorney and former municipal prosecutor, I use my vast background in drunk driving law to help motorists accused of driving under the influence of alcohol. I always maintain that individuals charged with drunk driving, prescription drug DUI or breath test refusal to retain a…
Drivers across the New Jersey area, including Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Atlantic counties, may see an increase in police presence on the state’s highways and surface streets during this coming Saturday, October 10. In a nationwide campaign known as “Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day,” law enforcement agencies will be…
A Woodbridge, NJ, man was sentenced to eight years in prison recently for a fatal drunk driving accident that killed a Perth Amboy patrolman. Sean McGuirk, 25, received his sentence in a New Brunswick courtroom on September 17 for the August 2008 crash that killed 31-year-old Thomas Raji and injured…
The drunk driving defense lawyers from The Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall defend New Jersey Motorists against DWI, breath test refusal and drug DUI charges. The following police reports for communities in Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset counties reflect the types of cases my firm typically handles on a regular…
Representing motorists charged with DWI, my staff of drunk driving defense lawyers cover much of the New Jersey area including Middlesex County. Recently, I noticed a news article that stated East Brunswick police would be working undercover in local liquor stores as part of a federally-funded effort to catch underage…
If there is one thing I remind people arrested for DWI and other drunk driving violations, don’t make things worse by pulling another person in on your mistake. Of course, an adult is fully capable of deciding if he wants to ride with someone who is obviously intoxicated, but a…
West Windsor Township — In a potential marijuana DWI traffic stop a 17-year-old Hamilton, New Jersey, resident was stopped on a Saturday night along Route 1 by police for a routine traffic offense. The teenager was found to have a small amount of the controlled substance, or weed, in his…
People drink for all sorts of reasons, many times because they are unhappy with life or feel that they are in a situation from which there is no escape. As a New Jersey drunk driving defense lawyer, I know that many people accused of DWI are not necessarily thinking clearly,…