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Teens Need to be Smart While Partying This Halloween

Teens Need to be Smart While Partying This Halloween

Everyone knows that the best parties happen at Halloween. There’s something about the combination of extreme sugar, spookiness, and the strange cheerful zaniness of the season that makes the parties even more memorable. It’s why so many teens spend days learning about what Halloween parties are taking place and deciding which they’ll attend skip. While […]

Driving Drunk On Halloween in California

Driving Drunk On Halloween in California

It’s Halloween which means Halloween parties. The high volume of parties means that the police will be out and they will be specifically looking for drivers who are under the influence and behind the wheel. If you are caught driving drunk on Halloween, the consequences will be severe. Getting pulled over for drunk driving on […]

How to Confirm that Candy is Safe After a Fun Night of Trick-or-Treating

How to Confirm that Candy is Safe After a Fun Night of Trick-or-Treating

Ever since 1974 when Ronald Clarke O’Brian gave his son Halloween candy that was laced with a fatal dos of poison, everyone has been worried about the possibility of their own child ingesting fatal candy. It’s easy to understand why parents are fearful. Kids are going door to door and stocking up. Some of the […]

What Happens When You’ve Been Arrested: The Booking Process

Prank Calls Aren’t Just Fun and Games

It doesn’t matter if you’ve been caught shoplifting, where driving while intoxicated, or have been arrested because evidence suggests that you’ve committed a crime, the entire arrest process starts with you being booked. The reason for being booked is to create a formal record of your arrest. It’s called booking, because back in the day […]

Parental Kidnapping

Parental Kidnapping

Most people worry about the possibility of their child being kidnapped from the park or shopping mall. While these things do happen, most kidnapping cases don’t involve strangers but are actually parental kidnappings. According to Safe, at Last, more than 90% of all reported kidnappings are the result of parental kidnapping. The U.S. Department of […]

Driving Without Auto Insurance in California

Driving Without Auto Insurance in California

It’s expected that if you’re going to own and operate a vehicle in California, it’s properly insured. The amount of insurance you have that covers your own car is usually left up to you, but the state requires that you at least carry limited liability insurance so anyone else who is involved in the accident […]

What Happens if You Ignore a California PPO?

What Happens if You Ignore a California PPO?

Personal protection orders (PPO) are issued when one person approaches the court and shows a judge why they are afraid of someone else. If a PPO is issued against you, you aren’t allowed to have any contact with the person who arranged for the PPO. The order will also restrict you from getting within a […]

Attempted Crimes in California

Bail and White-Collar Crimes

Most of us assume that a crime is a crime so hearing that California has a law, Penal Code 664 PC, that deals with the topic of attempted crimes is a bit confusing. Basically, what this law does is make it illegal to attempt a crime. The idea is that since you were all set […]

Drug Possession in California

Drug Possession in California

You aren’t allowed to have any drugs that are prohibited in the State of California with you. If you’re caught with illegal drugs, you’ll be charged with drug possession. You can be charged with drug possession if: ✨ You have drugs on your person ✨ If there are drugs in your home ✨ If you […]

Gross Vehicular Manslaughter in California

Gross Vehicular Manslaughter in California

Haven’t heard of gross vehicular manslaughter before? You’re not alone. Many people don’t know that this particular California crime exists until they’ve been charged with it. Everyone knows that driving is dangerous. All it takes is one moment of inattention for a potentially fatal accident to occur. In most cases, the accident is just that. […]