March is distracted driving awareness month, and considering we have seen a significant uptick in the number of distracted driving cases we’ve been asked to take on, we thought it would be a good idea to put distracted driving in the spotlight. According to the Minnesota Department of Traffic Safety, distracted driving is one of […]
Daylight Savings Time and DUIs
Daylight savings time is this weekend, and that means we’ll lose an hour of sleep as our clocks jump forward an hour. It also means if you’re out until bar close on Saturday night, it’s going to quickly get later (or earlier?) than you expect. If you’re shutting down the bars or just having a […]
Perjury Penalties and Defenses in Minnesota
If you lie under oath or give a false statement to police, you can be charged with a crime under Minnesota law. Depending on the specifics, you can be charged with a couple of different crimes, but the most common is perjury. Today, we take a closer look at the crime of perjury, and we […]
Local Man Earns Two DUIs In Seven Hours
A local man clearly didn’t learn his lesson the first time around as police say he was booked for two DUIs within a couple of hours. According to the police, the unnamed man was arrested for failing to signal a lane change on I-494 in Plymouth. During the traffic stop, the officer became suspicious that […]
$10 Million Lawsuit Swings On The Lack Of A Comma
In high school or college, you probably learned about and even debated the necessity of the “Oxford comma.” For those of you who need a refresher on the piece of punctuation, the Oxford comma is a comma that is placed between the last two items in a series of three of more. For example, take […]
