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Traffic Violations--Reckess Driving and other Serious Traffic Offenses

• Ohio Man Charged with Reckless Driving for Fairfax County Accident
  Mar 14, 2010

  
  Landra Reid, wife of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, was seriously injured Thursday in a traffic accident on I-95 in Fairfax County, Virginia.  Landra was a passenger in a minivan driven by her daughter, 49 year-old Lana, in stop-and-go traffic.  A tractor-trailer rear-ended the minivan.  Mrs. Reid broke her back, neck, and nose, but her injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.
  
  Please click here for another related article.  - 51 - 60

• Fairfax County Traffic - Hit & Run
  Feb 26, 2010

  
  
  An unidentified 49 year-old man died tragically early Wednesday morning in Fairfax County as he tried to cross busy Leesburg Pike in Tysons Corner early Wednesday morning.  The driver of the vehicle did not stop, and police are asking for help in identifying him. - 52 - 60

• Woman Charged with Hit and Run after Finding Body Under Car
  Feb 24, 2010

  
  
  A 40 year-old Woodbridge woman was charged with (felony) hit and run today in connection with a tragic accident that happened on Centreville Road on Monday.  
  
  A 39 year-old homeless man was trying to cross the busy street when a car struck him.  That car stopped, but allegedly another car (driven by the defendant) then ran over the man, who was stuck under her car.  When she finally stopped over a mile later, she reportedly noticed the body and called police, saying she "thought she had run over a 'mannequin' of some sort and continued driving."
  
  Local Fairfax County Attorney Paul McGlone handles Hit and Run cases and other serious traffic charges. - 53 - 60

• Reckless Driving Charge for Iowa Man Learning to Drive
  Jan 21, 2010

  As unlikely as it sounds,  a 22 year-old Iowa man who was learning to drive hit SIX cars in an apartment building parking lot!  He hit two cars as he tried to back out of a parking space, then says he hit the gas instead of the brake and rammed into four others, causing a lot of damage to all of them, as well as to a garage door.
  
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Criminal Defense

• Babysitter Jailed After Intoxicating Baby
  Jun 24, 2010

  
  A 41 year-old Atlanta woman was sentenced to 8 years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated battery stemming from an incident in July 2009.  The woman was babysitting the baby and his four siblings after the mother had to leave town for a family emergency.  The woman apparently gave the baby wine in a sippy cup hoping to make him fall asleep.  The baby was hospitalized with a BAC of 0.33, more than 4 times the legal limit for adults.
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• MD Trooper Killed By Man Who Refused to Pay Restaurant Tab?
  Jun 11, 2010

  
  A young MD State Trooper was tragically killed early this morning, allegedly by a man whom he escorted out of a restaurant about a half an hour before the shooting.  The trooper was working as a part-time security officer at the restaurant, and had intervened when the restaurant customer refused to pay his bill.
  
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• Police Kill 7 Year-Old Girl in Raid
  May 18, 2010

  
  Detroit police raided the two-family home of a 34 year-old murder suspect, during which they shot and killed a sleeping 7 year-old girl.  
  
  The young girl's family has hired high-profile attorney Geoffrey Fieger, who said video footage of the raid contradicts the account given by the police of the shooting.  The police claim they threw a flash grenade through a window, after which an officer had some kind of altercation with the girl's grandmother, causing his weapon to discharge.  Fieger said that is simply not true, that video footage of the raid shows the officer firing into the home immediately after throwing the grenade.
  
  Television network A&E shot the video footage as part of a reality TV project they plan to air.
  
  A CNN news report regarding this story may be found in our video library. - 57 - 60

• Guilty Pleas for JMU Snowball Throwers
  Apr 11, 2010

  
  Two JMU students were facing felony charges for having fun in one of Northern Virginia's record-setting snowstorms of 2010.  The charge was reduced to a misdemeanor:  playing in a roadway.  They pled guilty, and were sentenced to probation and litter pick-up.
  
  I blogged about this story when it first broke.  - 58 - 60

• Charlie Sheen Pleads Not Guilty
  Mar 15, 2010

  
  Charlie Sheen pled not guilty today to domestic violence charges in Aspen, Colorado.  The charges stem from a Christmas Day incident when Sheen's wife called 911, alleging that Sheen threatened and assaulted her.  His trial has been set for July. - 59 - 60

• "East Coast Rapist" Apparently Back in Virginia
  Mar 15, 2010

  
  This Washington Post reports that the so-called East Coast Rapist has returned to Northern Virginia, his most recent attack being on Halloween Night.  The article provides a description of the suspect, and notes that police know a lot about him -- they even have his DNA -- but he has eluded police for over 13 years.  Police believed he started raping women in Prince George's County, then in Virginia, and then in New England.  They believe he returned to Northern Virginia, and is responsible for the Dale City rapes on Halloween Night.
  
  An AP News Report may be found in our video library.  - 60 - 60


Since graduating from George Mason University School of Law in 1988, I have had over 20 years of trial experience, defending citizens accused of a wide variety of misdemeanor and felony offenses in Northern Virginia.   Since 1999, my practice has been almost exclusively focused on the Fairfax County Courts, allowing me to gain an increasing familiarity with the Courts, Prosecutors and Judges here in Fairfax County, Virginia.  


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