The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard a decision that addressed how far police can go in enforcing laws aimed to reduce drunken driving. The decision will have ramifications concerning DUI arrests in North Carolina and across the country. The case entitled Navarette v. California was a 5-4 decision where the majority ruled that police officers could stop a driver for suspected drunk driving based upon an anonymous call made to a 911 dispatcher. The majority decision was written by Justice … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2014
Executive with the FHFA arrested for alleged threats at workplace
The chief operating officer of the Federal Housing Finance Authority was recently arrested on charges that he threatened to kidnap or injure his supervisor. It is claimed that the person arrested had been making increasingly threatening remarks concerning this supervisor for a significant period of time. The alleged threats were said to have escalated on April 28 when the individual arrested had a conversation with another employee. This employee then reported the conversation onto authorities … [Read more...]