http://www.elprime.com/tracker/criminal-law/ID.html Criminal Law Idaho We track thousands of legal websites daily to deliver you prospects actively looking for your legal specialities in Idaho. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:59:59 -0600 en-us http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?485235.001 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:23:00 -0600 Other Crimes – Federal and State I entered the showboat parking structure Atlantic City NJ on 12:30 pm alone. I arrived there to redeem a casino coupon that I had been keeping in my wallet. While I was circling the parking structure looking for a space I noticed a disheveled pile of items on the ground in an empty public area of the parking deck. There was a distance of about 40 yards from this pile of items to the nearest car, making my point that these items could be left behind as someones trash. The area around the items was empty of cars and people that would be concerned at the loss or invasion of privacy of the items laid on the ground open to see inside. I looked for identifying information these bags had no names, addresses, or contact information on them. Having come upon this scene in its entirety I made a assumption that these items were abandoned and left in this area as trash. Upon closer inspection the items were in very worn condition and open with clean and dirty clothing mixed together inside them. They were awkwardly arranged on the ground. All the items were completely unzipped. They were not neatly placed but looked as if they were tossed there and abandoned with some of there contents on the ground. One case was on its side and open. Another case was wide open on the ground and some of it's items were around it on the ground. Upon closer inspection I found that the items in the two suitcases contained mostly soiled clothes. The entire contents of these bags were disheveled and tossed in to them. There were no neat and folded items in the bags at all. There was a third bag that was in total disrepair with some chemicals in it. This item was not involved in this case as it was very dirty and also wide open. I looked at it and noticed the cleaning chemicals were leaking with in the bag and did not give it a second look. I did not detect anything dangerous, but I thought someone might have removed these items cause of one of the cleaning chemicals spilled. This further let me to believe these items were abandoned. I have seen many people leave behind items in these parking deck structures Most of the time these items are clearly broken and trash and should have been placed in a trash receptacle, but just get tossed on the ground because people for whatever reason feel they can. I investigated these items in the showboat parking deck and believing they were trash. I believe my mistake in judgment could have happened to anyone. I know now that my actions were 100% wrong in dealing with this situation. Items left behind even if in the street should not be considered trash but should be considered lost personal property. I made the mistake of believing these items were the same as someone dragging there trash to the end of the driveway. I hope that the owners of the possessions are reunited with there possessions. My worst fear after the aftermath of these events was what if these items were left behind as a part of a crime. I am truly sorry about the events of this day. I hope that these items and owners of them are reunited. No one on the scene was interested in talking to me- and I thought this was a lot of proceedure for 2 items I did not want to make a issue over- Upon my willing consent of search my car - Showboat security guard came over to the car and said to one of the AC Police Officer, “Yes, these are the bags (2 of the three) that were left up there.” Why did the Showboat identify that these items were in fact someones lost luggage and not take these items to some baggage storage or lost found area? After ID’ing the items in the parking structure he left them there? Value on Summons is Less then 200. N.J.S 2C: 20-7A Why were these items left out in the open? Why did the Showboat security have the comment mentioned below? Why was the luggage and contents valued at 200 dollars? These are items left out in the open and unclean- I would not have imagined the items worth more then fifty dollars. I have a court date, the owner of the 2 bages had been contacted via police and pressed charges. I was arrested and my car was impounded. At the court date should I have a layer? Should I fight this for a not guilty? Do I have a case to fight this? http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?485235.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?486180.001 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:18:00 -0600 Arrests, Searches, Warrants & Procedure I'm 20 years old and live in Elmwood Park, NJ. I drove someone, whom I thought was 21, to the liquor store to purchase alchohol. I waited in the car, and he sucessfully used a fake ID to purchase the alcohol. As we were driving back to my apartment, I was pulled over for making a wrong turn onto a one way road. I explained to the cop that we were comming from the liquor store, and he asked to see both of our ID's. The person I was with handed them his fake ID and he was obviously caught. We were both arrested. I recieved 3 traffic tickets: one for "wreckless driving", one for "Careless Driving", and one for "wrong way on a one way street". Also, a court summons that reads "....did: while under legal age to purchase alcoholic beverages , knowingly posess without legal authoity in a motor vehicle, specifically by having a liter bottle of bacardi rum and segrams seven whiskey. A violation 2C:33-15 A disorderly person offense." Being that alcohol was unopened, and that I did not ever use or own a fake ID, and that I didn't purchase any alcohol myself, was the officer correct to charge me with this? My court date is only days away, and I'm wondering how I should plea. My main concern is the traffic tickets I recieved. Because my license is currently on probabtion, meaning that If I get another moving violation, they will revoke my license for several months. Is there any way to work something out that will dismiss these traffic tickets? http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?486180.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?485783.001 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:53:00 -0600 Other Crimes – Federal and State My neighbor's teenage son and his friend have been stealing from our front porch (even while we are home). We set up a surveillance camera and caught them on tape doing it. We know they'll be back to do it again, they come back every other day. We think they might possibly be going through our mail as well, we are getting ready to set up another surveillance camera to watch the mailbox. We want the theft charges to stick and hold up in court. Should we go ahead and turn the tape over to the police and press charges now or should we continue to catch them on tape stealing multiple times? If we catch them multiple times, can we press separate charges for each time (for example, would that be considered multiple counts of the same charge) and would they be prosecuted more severely for doing it multiple times? Could it be considered entrapment and the tapes dismissed from court if we wait to press charges and leave "bait" to catch them stealing on camera multiple times? http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?485783.001 http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?484399.001 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:15:00 -0600 Arrests, Searches, Warrants & Procedure Back in 2006 I had my own side business here at my house doing paint and body repair on motorcycles. A kid I worked with said he had some business for me and that a friend of his wanted his motorcycle painted the same color as his truck. Thats not a odd request. I've paint bikes to match vehicles quite a few times. Well I get the bike all prepped and ready to paint, and detectives stormed the place we worked at. They pulled me to the side and asked if I knew anything about a few bikes being stolen from where we worked. I had no idea what they were talking about. I was the Service Managers right hand man and pretty much ran the shop when he was gone. They asked me if I had a specific bike at my house, and I told them there was a bike like that at my house for paint work, but I didn't know if it was the bike they were looking for. Well it was. I had NO IDEA the bike was stolen. The VIN was still there and everything. I end up getting charged with Receiving Stolen Property over $300 and my attorney made a deal with the judge to amend it down to attempt to receive stolen property but left it at OVER $300 so now I STILL have a felony on my background. What good did it possibly do to amend it to that? I can't get a job ANYWHERE and my wife and I are about to lose our home and everything we own because I can't get a job. I've called about having it expunged, but Im being told it cant be expunged for 5 years. WHAT CAN I DO? Can I take this back to court? http://www.elprime.com/tracker/subscribe.htm?484399.001