A man who killed a woman and seriously injured her five-year old twins was sentenced to ten years in prison in Kent County Circuit Court in Grand Rapids. This sentence was outside the sentencing guidelines which called for approximately three and a half to seven years in prison for the…
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Detroit Woman Charged with Reckless Driving Causing Death Following Crash at Former Tiger Stadium Grounds
On Saturday, April 2, a woman was speeding along on Michigan Avenue near Trumbull on a stretch of bumpy and deteriorated road when she allegedly stuck another car that in turn struck a man who came to Detroit from Pelkie. His body was thrown over a fence, where he was…
Head-on Crash in California Leaves Driver Facing DUI Charges
On Sunday February 22, five people sustained injuries and had to be hospitalized following a head-on collision in Whittier, CA. One of the five was the driver of a truck, who collided with a Toyota Prius near La Forge Street and Santa Gertrudes Avenue. Following the collision, the man attempted…
California Crash Results in Death of Suspected Drunk Driver’s Passenger
While Michigan DUI defense lawyers realize that drunk driving does not always end in tragedy, all too often it does. On Sunday, July 20, a 22-year-old woman was killed in a rollover crash in Santa Rosa. Sarai Torres-Nunez was riding in a Honda SUV driven by Antonio Moreno-Murillo, when Moreno-Murillo…
Costa Mesa Man Arrested on Suspicion of DUI Following Hit-and-Run Incident
On Monday morning July 14, a 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of DUI after striking a 15-year-old pedestrian and fleeing the scene, according to a news article at CBS Los Angeles. The victim, a female, was transported to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana where she is being treated…
One-Car Accident in Berkeley Results in DUI, Other Charges for Driver
On Friday June 20, 21-year-old Anthony Edward Torpey of Castro Valley was arrested following a one-car crash in which his Corvette slammed into a pole near the Claremont Hotel, according to the Contra Costa Times. The crash, which occurred just before 2:30 a.m. on Tunnel Road, left Torpey’s 24-year-old passenger…
Florida Woman Convicted and Sentenced to 33 Years in Road Rage Incident Gets New Trial
In April of 2010, Andrea Zampatti was involved in a road rage incident that resulted in injury to several individuals. She was convicted in 2013 of 14 felony charges by Judge Edward Hedstrom in a St. Johns County circuit court, and sentenced by the judge to 33 years in prison.…
Detroit Police in Pursuit of Hit-and-Run Driver Who Left 8-year-old Girl Seriously Injured
On Monday May 19, 8-year-old Kamari Smith was struck by a silver Dodge Charger as she was waiting with a group of kids to get ice cream from a truck on Robson Street. The vehicle fled the scene; police have been searching for the driver since the hit-and-run accident, and…
Accident in Lower Providence Township Reveals Woman Driving on Suspended License
On April 20, 22-year-old Amanda Dornheim was involved in an accident which led authorities to discover she was driving on a suspended driver’s license, according to the Alternative Press, a Lower Providence Township, PA online publication. The accident took place in the late afternoon in Lower Providence Township when Dornheim’s…