Recent Posts in Drug Offenses Category
Posted on May 16, 2013 By Attorney Robert M. Bernstein
Former "Days of Our Lives" actor Dylan Patton was arrested at his parents' Agoura Hills home and booked on suspicion of selling cocaine. About 1.5 ounces of the drug were seized at an ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2013 By Attorney Robert Bernstein
The former owner of G3 Holistics Inc. was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for distributing hundreds of pounds of marijuana through a commercial cannabis business that claimed to be legitimate ...
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Posted on May 23, 2012 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
A jailer at the Seal Beach City Jail was sentenced to prison for taking bribes in exchange for allowing visitors into the jail to see inmates without being searched. The jailer, Jose Alday, accepted ...
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Posted on Dec 13, 2011 By Los Angeles Defense Lawyer
A Los Angeles City Fire Captain, Matthew Phillipsen, was one of several people recently arrested in a sting operation for allegedly attempting to purchase heroin. The sting operation was conducted by ...
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Posted on Dec 6, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Lawyer
Retroactive changes in the sentencing law for Drug Crimes involving crack cocaine are now occurring as a result of the Fair Sentencing Act which was passed by Congress in 2010. This law lessened the ...
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Posted on Oct 28, 2011 By Los Angeles Defense Attorney
TSA agents discovered five pounds of Methamphetamine hidden inside potato chip bags in a passenger's suitcase. The passenger, a 21-year-old Los Angeles resident, is now facing a federal felony ...
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Posted on Sep 26, 2011 By Robert Bernstein
The son of actor Ryan O'Neal and the late Farrah Fawcett, Redmond O'Neal, has been in trouble with the law before. He has been battling drug addiction since he was a teen and has been in and ...
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Posted on Aug 1, 2011 By Robert M. Bernstein
Gary Dourdan, former star of "CSI" was arrested in Los Angeles for alleged drug possession after he crashed into two parked cars. Authorities were investigating the scene of the accident ...
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Posted on Jul 25, 2011 By Robert M. Bernstein
In June 2010, Beverly Hills socialite Lisette Lee was arrested by DEA agents in Columbus, Ohio after landing in a private jet chartered from Van Nuys Airport with three friends and over 500 pounds of ...
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Posted on Mar 18, 2011 By Criminal Defense Lawyer
A Los Angeles couple was arrested after detectives serving a search warrant at their apartment discovered seven rifles and shotguns, three handguns, thousands of rounds of ammunition, several ...
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Posted on Mar 1, 2011 By Los Angeles Defense Lawyer
An Orange County man, Thomas George Hogue, has recently been charged with setting up a methamphetamine lab in the home where he lived with his bedridden, 87-year-old aunt as her caretaker. Police ...
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Posted on Feb 24, 2011 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
Michael H. Inman, a Beverly Hills attorney who tried to smuggle heroin into a secure area of the downtown L.A. criminal courts building, plead no contest to a single count of bringing drugs into jail. ...
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Posted on Feb 20, 2011 By Los Angeles Defense Lawyer
Esteban Galtes, 23, was arrested in December at LAX after federal agents searched his luggage and discovered more than 14 pounds of cocaine, much of it hidden in pastel-colored, egg-shaped candy. ...
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Posted on Dec 20, 2010 By Attorney Robert Bernstein
Possession of Less Than an Ounce of Marijuana is Now an Infraction: Under current California law, the possession of any amount of marijuana is charged as a criminal misdemeanor. As of January 1, 2011, ...
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Posted on Nov 18, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
For the first time in 35 years, the penalties for the use of non-medical marijuana have been reduced. On September 30 th, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill that downgrades the possession of ...
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Posted on Oct 21, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
Last month, Paris Hilton was riding in her boyfriend's Cadillac Escalade when he was pulled over by Las Vegas police. While waiting, Hilton opened her purse to retrieve lip balm, inadvertently ...
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Posted on Sep 30, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
In California, the laws concerning marijuana possession and cultivation can be confusing. Even with a prescription for medical marijuana, one can be arrested and charged with a crime. Recently, the ...
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Posted on Jul 16, 2010 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
A 15 year old girl died last weekend at the Electric Daisy Festival, a two-day music festival and rave at the LA Memorial Coliseum. Sasha Rodriguez, the victim, was apparently on ecstasy, an illegal ...
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Posted on Apr 16, 2010 By Robert Bernstein
Attorney Robert M. Bernstein was hired to defend Danny Delgadillo. Delgadillo was charged with several drug offenses, including possession of cocaine for sale, possession of methamphetamine for sale, ...
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Posted on Mar 31, 2010 By Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney
Pop star, Natalie Mejia, of the girl band called Girlicious, was arrested and charged with a felony count of possession of cocaine with intent to sell. Her driver was pulled over for speeding and ...
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Posted on Aug 15, 2009 By Robert Bernstein
There has been a dramatic rise in theft crimes and robberies occurring at medical marijuana dispensaries in the Los Angeles area. A team of gunmen allegedly enter the dispensaries posing as customers, ...
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Posted on Jul 24, 2009 By Robert Bernstein
California, particularly Southern California, is a hot spot for drug importation and trafficking. International and interstate drug import and export leads to an increase in drug crime altogether, ...
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Posted on Mar 1, 2009 By Robert Bernstein
Although California law authorizes the legal use of medical marijuana, it is illegal under Federal law. Over the last several years Federal Agents have regularly raided California marijuana ...
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Posted on Feb 7, 2009 By Robert Bernstein
Robert M. Bernstein, Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney discusses Medical Marijuana, is it legal to possess or grow Marijuana in California for medicinal purposes? In 1996, California voters passed ...
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