Greenville DUI Law Blog

Concord, North Carolina based RAB Racing was indefinitely suspended NASCAR driver John Wes Townley after he was picked up for driving under the influence in another state. Reports indicate the DUI arrest, which is substantially similar to a North Carolina DWI charge, occurred after a car accident in Georgia.

Police claim that the 22-year-old knocked on a door at a residence near a car accident scene and a person from the home apparently called police. Authorities say that Townley was disoriented when he was found near the residence. However, authorities also claim that the NASCAR driver had recently been in a car accident.

Driving while impaired charges filed against a North Carolina assistant district attorney were recently dropped after his defense argued that the prosecutor had insufficient evidence to support the allegations. The DWI charges followed an investigation of a bicycle accident at a golf course at a hotel. Police found the man injured from the bicycle accident and later grew suspicious that the man was under the influence.

The man suspected of riding a bicycle while impaired refused to submit to a breath test. Officers apparently believed that the man was impaired and a criminal case was brought against the man, apparently based upon the officer's suspicion of impairment.

North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement agents swooped into an establishment that reportedly promotes itself on Facebook as the greatest college bar in Wilmington to conduct a special underage drinking operation last Friday. An ALE special agent says that the agency was aiming to enforce North Carolina underage drinking laws and also to ensure that the ABC-licensed business was following the law as it relates to sales of alcohol.

Agents claim that they found a number of violations and will forward a report to the state ABC commission in relation to the establishment itself. During the operation, a number of college kids were charged with a variety of alcohol offenses, and ALE agents claim that one person was arrested on suspicion of a felony marijuana possession.

The federal government released a study late last year that says nearly one-third of Americans under the age of 23 have been arrested at least once in their lifetime. Many people face criminal charges while attending college for underage alcohol offenses and related issues.

Greenville student offense lawyers know that enforcement of North Carolina underage drinking laws around East Carolina University (ECU) and Pitt Community college can be fierce. Alcohol and drug-related crimes can also often be associated with other charges, such as minor assaults, resisting arrest or fake id crimes in North Carolina. The recent federal survey was conducted was look into what exposure to the criminal justice system America's youth have experienced in recent years.

A 53-year-old Morganton woman apparently lost control of her silver station wagon while changing the music on her CD player Wednesday in Morganton. The woman was driving near an intersection that neighbors say is the site of far too many car accidents. Neighbors apparently have been trying for years to get lights or signs at the intersection to reduce the number of accidents at the location.

The driver reportedly says she does not know what happened next. The woman's silver Volvo apparently meandered down an embankment along the road and slammed into a home. The homeowner says it the second time his home has been hit by a car. The Volvo in Wednesday's accident crashed through a brick wall and wound up in the basement of the home.

The North Carolina Highway Patrol says that the driver, who just crashed through a wall, stumbled from the vehicle and at one point fell down after the crash. She is now facing serious North Carolina driving while impaired charges.

New proposed legislation has been introduced in Congress aimed at increasing the use of ignition interlock devices in drunk driving cases nationwide. North Carolina law added the use of ignition interlocks last year in DWI cases involving alcohol readings of 0.15 percent or greater and for people convicted of DWI within seven years of a previous conviction. States generally define their own DWI laws under the separation of powers doctrine.

Congress is now considering using its purse strings to dictate to the states when to require ignition interlocks in DWI cases. Roughly 15 states already require interlocks in all cases, including first time DWI cases. However, the congressional proposal is not characterizing the measure so much as one to promote safety, but as a federal jobs measure.

Every American is entitled to the protections afforded by the United States Constitution and the constitution of the state they are in. These protections are especially important to people who are suspected of a crime.

The violation of a criminal suspect's constitutional rights can seriously impair the state's ability convict the suspect of a crime. Recently, a North Carolina judge threw out a DWI charge because the suspect was not allowed to have a DWI defense lawyer present when he took his breath test.

Criminal charges continue to flow from allegations of a Raleigh underage drinking party. Three more people have been charged with underage drinking-related charges in the aftermath of the investigation into the recent fatal car accident that occurred after two people allegedly attended the high school party in Raleigh. This blog reported stories of the accident and a subsequent arrest of a Raleigh man on aiding and abetting underage drinking charges.

Wednesday, state officials brought charges against three more people related to the alleged underage drinking party. An 18-year-old Raleigh woman is accused of hosting the alleged party on Jan. 6. She is now facing two counts of aiding and abetting.