Recent Posts in Drug Crimes Category
Posted on Nov 13, 2011 By Jeffrey Vallens
A three judge panel in the 4th District (Riverside) Court of Appeal of the State of California just ruled that cities and counties are free to ban medical marijuana dispensaries in their ...
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Posted on Nov 11, 2011 By Jeffrey Vallens
Ventura County law enforcement busted seven people and confiscated an estimated 130 pounds of marijuana in a farm-like setup near Pyramid Lake in the Los Padres national forest. Sheriff's ...
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Posted on Sep 11, 2011 By Jeffrey Vallens
Many years after the voters in California passed an initiative to allow legal use and possession of marijuana, the federal government still does not see it our way. The Compassionate Use Act allows ...
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Posted on Aug 20, 2011 By Jeffrey Vallens
Orange County Judge David Chaffee just ruled that Anaheim is within the law when it bans all medical marijuana dispensaries in it's city. In a hotly contested ruling, a Superior Court judge in ...
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Posted on Dec 25, 2010 By Jeffrey Vallens
Here in Los Angeles people have long had a liberal view of illegal drug use. In recent years we have seen our state's marijuana laws become more and more liberal as well. Not all other states take the ...
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Posted on Dec 18, 2010 By Jeffrey Vallens
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Anthony Mohr issued a temporary injuction allowing dozens of Los Angeles medical marijuana dispensaries to stay open pending new City Laws or further court action. The ...
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Posted on Aug 28, 2010 By Jeffrey Vallens
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently reported that the top reason for "removing" or deporting immigrants is based upon their being detained for crimes involving "dangerous drugs". these ...
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Posted on Aug 9, 2010 By Jeffrey Vallens
Former Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Peter Paul Felix was just sentenced to four years in state prison for bringing drugs into the very jails that he was charged with protecting. He must have ...
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Posted on Jul 10, 2010 By Jeffrey Vallens
Proposition 19, California's initiative to legalize the possession, growth and use of marijuana by people over 21 is losing ground according to the latest Field Poll. The latest poll shows that more ...
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Posted on Jun 16, 2010 By Jeffrey Vallens
Beverly Hills attorney Michael Inman was arrested yesterday after he allegedly brought heroin and methamphetamine into a courthouse lockup facility in downtown Los Angeles. Inman was held for felony ...
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Posted on May 3, 2010 By Jeffrey Vallens
Earlier today a Federal Judge dimissed a lawsuit by three Orange County, California residents who contended that a total ban on marijuana dispensaries in certain cities in Orange County violated the ...
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Posted on Apr 21, 2010 By Jeffrey Vallens
Four men were arrested yesterday after they broke into a marijuana dispensary located in Laguna Hills. I suppose the high costs of medication caused them to become desperate. In their desperation they ...
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Posted on Apr 20, 2010 By Jeffrey Vallens
April 4 has long been a day that has been celebrated by marijuana smokers and 2010 seems to be no exception. I recommend that the day be celebrated by a visit to one's doctor who can provide the 4/20 ...
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Posted on Dec 10, 2009 By Jeffrey Vallens
I just came from court in Burbank where I achieved a fantastic settelement for JC. JC was pulled over and found to have several thousand dollars in cash and 26 baggies of cocaine in his car. There ...
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Posted on Nov 12, 2009 By Jeffrey Vallens
If you have been arrested for a DUI or Drug arrest, contact our Law Offices today and we will fight for you to get the charges thrown out entirely or reduced to minimal penalties. Call Jeffrey S. ...
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