Recent Posts in DUI: Hit and Run Category

Katrina Darrell, the woman who auditioned for American Idol back in 2009 with a bikini, was arrested on Friday March 30, 2012 for allegedly driving under the influence.

Darrell ran a red light and crashed into another vehicle. She tried to allegedly flee the scene but a nearby officer heard the crash and pulled her over.

Her mom was in the passenger seat and Darrell claimed that she was driving her mom to the hospital because she had fallen down.

The officer smelled alcohol on Darrell and performed a field sobriety test. She failed. She was arrested for DUI and taken to the police station to receive a breathalyzer test where she blew a 0.15 and 0.17 (legal limit is 0.08).

Darrell not only faces a driving under the influence charge but may also face hit and run charges.

Our Los Angeles DUI Attorneys have 75 years combined experience and we handle DUI cases on a daily basis.  As your DUI Lawyer in LA we handle both the criminal proceeding and the DMV hearing doing everything we can to get you the best possible results.

If you are facing a DUI charge and any charge associated with a DUI such as hit and run, do not waste any valuable time and contact our drunk driving lawyers in LA and  set up a free face to face consultation.

Andrew Vargas, 22, has been sentenced to one year in jail for a hit-and-run crash that severely injured a young boy who was visiting with his family from Pennsylvania.

Vargas pleaded guilty to one felony count of driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury and an enhancement of causing great bodily injury under a plea agreement.

Ryan White, nine years old at the time, was walking with his family in a crosswalk as they headed back to their hotel after attending a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Philadelphia Phillies when he was hit by a pickup truck driven by Vargas.

Ryan suffered a broken pelvis, leg, ankle and a lacerated liver.

Vargas, in addition to the one year jail sentence, will be on probation for five years after he's released from jail.

He was also ordered to take nine months of DUI classes and serve 100 hours of community service

Driving under the influence charges can be serious and result in penalties such as jail times, excessive fines, drug and alcohol abuse programs, probation, license suspension or revocation.

Our Los Angeles DUI Defense Attorneys have a combined 75 years of experience and handle DUI cases on a daily basis. Our drunk driving lawyers are the DUI Kings of Los Angeles and we are very confident in our skill and strategy in approaching driving under the influence cases.

If you are facing a DUI charge, whether it's your first, second, third or whether an injury or death is involved, contact our DUI Lawyers in L.A. and set up a free face to face consultation.

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Angel Alberto Cruz Perez, 23, a Santa Ana man, after having 24 bottles of beer with a friend was involved a hit-and-run accident that resulted in the death of a two year old boy.

Perez is charged with striking a mother who was carrying her 1-year-old daughter and holding the hand of her 2-year-old son last week as they crossed a street. The mother sustained scrapes on her knees; the 1 year old was unharmed; the 2 year old was killed.

Perez is charged with vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence while intoxicated, driving under the influence causing bodily injury and hit-and-run with permanent injury or death. He is also charged with a misdemeanor count of driving without a license.

Perez is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail.

If convicted on all counts, he faces up to 16 years in state prison

Driving under the influence charges can become overwhelming and stressful. That stress is intensified when an injury or death results due to the drunk driving. The charges are serious and the penalties as a result of a conviction life altering.

Our DUI Defense Attorneys in Los Angeles have dealt with thousands of DUI cases involving injury, gross negligence, and even death. We formulate a defense and argument to try and get you the best possible results.

If you are facing hit and run charges resulting from drunk driving or vehicular manslaughter charges resulting from a DUI, contact our drunk driving lawyers immediately for a free face to face consultation.

If you or someone you know is being charged with a DUI, contact our office today to set up a free face-to-face consultation with one of our DUI attorneys. The penalties involved with a DUI can be very serious and it is important to have an experienced DUI attorney on your side. At the Hedding law firm we have a combined 75 years of experience and have been successful in dozens of cases like these.