Many of you have heard about the recent death of TV pitchman Billy Mays. The Hillsborough County, Florida Medical Examiner has preliminarily stated that May’s death was caused by a heart attack and not a result of a strike to his head. Last Saturday, June 27, 2009, Mays was a passenger on a US Airways [...]

A motorcycle accident in Upper Salford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania took the life of Brandon Gilbert on Monday, June 22, 2009. Brandon was two days shy of turning 22 years old. While riding westbound on Route 63 (Sumneytown Pike) in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, investigators believe that Mr. Gilbert fell off of his motorcycle into the eastbound [...]

The New Jersey DWI (driving while intoxicated) Ignition Interlock Bill that we wrote about in January of this year seems to have evolved. “Ricci’s Law” is still a Bill in the New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee which is being recommended for passage to the legislature.   Under this law, all persons convicted of an NJ [...]

Jennifer Harley of Bristol Township was the victim of a fatal hit and run accident in Bucks County, PA in the early hours of Saturday, May 23, 2009. The incident occurred in Croydon, PA just after 3:00 a.m. when Ms. Harley was hit by a red Dodge Durango as she and a friend were attempting [...]

This week, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that an individual’s right against self-incrimination cannot be asserted by a third party. The incident in question involved a traffic stop in Bernards Township, NJ. The police officer observed a vehicle with tinted windows and no inspection sticker. The police officer then pulled the vehicle over and [...]

Route 13, also known as Bristol Pike, is a local Bucks County road that runs from Morrisville, PA through Bristol, PA and Bensalem, PA to Philadelphia. The stretch of Bristol Pike (Route 13) that runs through Bensalem, PA has proven to be an extremely dangerous road for motorists and pedestrians due to many Bucks County [...]

E.N.R.A.D.D. stands for Electronic Non-radar Device. This speed timing device has been approved for use by PennDot and is currently being used by many local Bucks County police departments to curb speeders. Near our law office in Newtown/Langhorne, PA, we know of Middletown Township, Langhorne Borough, Newtown, Southampton police departments using the Enradd device to [...]

On Sunday, May 24, 2009 Jorge Morocho-Lojano was driving West on Street Road in Bensalem, Bucks County, PA. when he was involved in a car accident at the intersection of Knights Road. Morocho-Lojano turned in front of another vehicle, causing the initial car accident, but then his car also collided with another vehicle which was [...]

On Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Philadelphia resident Donald Willis pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle (and other related Bucks County DUI charges) and was sentenced to 6 ½ to 13 years in a Pennsylvania state prison by Bucks County Judge Jeffrey Finley. Mr. Willis has a substantial record of criminal convictions but his most recent [...]