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Man arrested for alleged child pornography Internet crimes
Jun 18, 2013 | Internet Crimes
Child pornography must be eradicated by finding its creators, stopping all abusive activities, and subjecting the producers to the fullest weight of the criminal law. In Louisiana and elsewhere, however, for those accused of viewing and trading illicit images on the Internet, basic civil liberties…
Police accuse retailer of fraud for selling fake brand items
Jun 12, 2013 | White Collar Crimes
When you buy a Louis Vuitton handbag for your spouse on closeout for $19.00, you better check again before you get embarrassed giving a fake that’s only worth $1.99! This is a serious kind of retail fraud taking place in Louisiana, according to the state’s…
Man charged with a crime for spitting on police officer
Jun 05, 2013 | Criminal Defense
Apparently the police do not mind using a criminal law that has been proved to be outdated and based on faulty medical presumptions. Recently, in a Louisiana case a Lake Charles man was arrested and charged with a crime for spitting on a police officer.…
Personal assistants are arrested for fraud against Medicaid
May 29, 2013 | White Collar Crimes
It’s regrettable that unlicensed personal care assistants who take care of handicapped and elderly persons in their homes sometimes take advantage of the situation and the vulnerability of the disabled patients. A slightly different deviation occurs when these assistants engage in Medicaid fraud by trying…
3 Louisiana men arrested for Internet solicitation of a minor
May 23, 2013 | Internet Crimes
One of the most common stings is the setup of the unwary sex offender looking for underage woman on the internet. These arrests in Louisiana for Internet solicitation of a minor usually involve going to meet an undercover agent who represented herself to be an underage girl…
Law used to have immigrants charged with a crime is ruled invalid
May 14, 2013 | Criminal Defense
Some laws are just too nasty to be overlooked by an independent judiciary. One such law was declared unconstitutional by a Louisiana Circuit Court Judge in a recent decision. The court struck down a Louisiana statute making it a felony for immigrants to drive without…
Conviction on drug charges can be for selling real or fake drugs
May 07, 2013 | Drug Charges
It’s a curious thing that the drug laws penalize a person not only for selling unlawful drugs, but also for selling what is supposed to be a drug but is in actuality a harmless inert powder. A Louisiana woman was recently arrested on so-called drug…
Man charged with a crime of wearing his pants below the waist
May 03, 2013 | Criminal Defense
You may be familiar with a not-so-fashionable fad that some young people shared in recent years – they wore their pants low below the waist and sometimes show a bit of skin while still leaving something to the imagination. Hopefully, that passing trend has passed.…
Boyer v. Louisiana – an unfortunate but predictable decision from the US Supreme Court
Apr 29, 2013 | News
the United States Supreme Court dismissed its earlier writ grant on the issue of whether or not Louisiana’s failure to adequately fund indigent defense, which resulted in a delay of over five years in bringing a capital case to trial, should be weighed against the…
Man is charged with a crime of armed robbery of a bank
Apr 22, 2013 | Criminal Defense
It’s difficult to identify an armed robber who commits a bank robbery while wearing hooded clothing and a covering over his face. Sometimes it’s difficult to see how the police are able to identify and arrest someone who leaves the bank without revealing any facial…
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