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The number of women arrested for Driving Under the Influence has jumped 36 percent, while arrests of men for the same charge are down 10 percent, research shows. The new stats were compiled by AAA and reported by News4Jax. The study comes on the heels of another report that Jacksonville has the fourth most DUI…

Of the nation’s 20 largest cities, a recent report showed Jacksonville has the fourth-highest percentage of people who’ve been arrested for driving under the influence (DUI). That’s certainly no shocker for our Jacksonville DUI Defense Law Firm. Our criminal defense law firm has represented hundreds of people accused of DUI in Jacksonville. Last year in…

As a Jacksonville DUI Attorney, I have represented hundreds of people arrested for DUI in Duval, Clay and Nassau Counties. Many DUI arrests in Jacksonville occur over the holidays. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office steps up DUI enforcement and the officers look for any reason to pull someone over. To pull you over legally, the police…

The Florida Highway Patrol apparently has one set of rules when government vehicles are involved in crashes and another for all other incidents, according to a First Coast News report. Last week, a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office detective was in an unmarked car when he slammed into a Florida Highway Patrol car. The JSO officer was…

Jacksonville police had some extra help hunting a suspected intoxicated driver last month, and an internal investigation has been launched to see if the dispatcher did too much to help the citizen investigator. A motorist called 911 to report a driver “all over the road,” according to the Florida Times-Union. The dispatcher is supposed to…

A St. Augustine Beach man was arrested last week, charged with two counts of DUI manslaughter after a one-car crash that killed both people riding in his car. The driver was hospitalized in the crash and toxicology results showed the driver had a blood alcohol level more than three times the legal limit, according to…

A recent case out of Iowa showcases why a motion to suppress in a criminal case is so important as well as why it is critical to have a private meeting with your Jacksonville DUI attorney once you’ve been arrested. This case brings up two important points — defendants should never make a statement to…

A man in was arrested for DUI in New Port Richey, Florida recently. Jon Baker was pulled over by the police around 2:00 a.m. after an anonymous tipster called police to report an erratic driver. When asked for his driver’s license, Baker allegedly, after looking for a while, gave the police officer his bank debit…

The Jacksonville mayor’s spokesman and a former Florida Times-Union columnist was recently arrested after attending a University of Florida football game, the newspaper reports. This is just another example of how common this charge is. In fact, it’s the most commonly charged crime in the United States because it happens without sophistication or planning. In…

An officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office who reeked of alcohol after hitting another car was not arrested for DUI in Jacksonville, surprisingly. According to an