Author: Bradley Groene

Holiday Drunk Driving Arrests Down Overall

22.12.2016 in DUI, Legal Blog

As we approach a Christmas holiday where a record number of motorists are expected to be on the road, safety during Christmas travel is a concern for everyone. Some recent statistics provide a bit of good news as it relates to travel safety since it…

Guns May Be Allowed on College Campuses

20.12.2016 in Legal Blog, Weapons

The November 28, 2016, attack at Ohio State University where a man ran a vehicle into a crowd of people and then attacked them with a knife reignited calls for an expansion in the areas where concealed weapons could be carried in Ohio. Those calls…

Can an Underage DUI Affect College Applications?

16.12.2016 in Alcohol, DUI, Legal Blog

As the school year continues to advance, high school seniors will soon find themselves facing deadlines for the submission of admission applications to the colleges of their choice. The focus of college admissions may be on grades, SAT scores, and extracurricular activities, but schools also…

Prescription Drug Monitoring in Ohio

07.12.2016 in Criminal Defense, Drugs, Legal Blog

The abuse of opiates and other prescription drugs presents a different set of policing and enforcement problems than the use of illegal drugs such as cocaine or methamphetamines. When the drug being abused is legally prescribed and obtained the number of potential sources of the…

Heroin and Child Endangerment

25.11.2016 in Child Endangerment, Drugs, Heroin, Legal Blog

In September, a traffic stop in East Liverpool, Ohio ended up making news throughout the United States when one of the officers on the scene took a picture that became a symbol of the damage done by the country’s opiate epidemic. But the picture also…

Thanksgiving Weekend DUI Enforcement

23.11.2016 in DUI, Legal Blog, OVI

As we approach Thanksgiving weekend and the start of the holiday season, it is wise to remember that Thanksgiving also marks the beginning of the holiday drunk driving season. Surprisingly, the increased risk of drunk driving does not start on Thanksgiving Day, rather the spike…