Statistically, other than Thanksgiving more people are arrested for DUI on New Year’s Eve than any other holiday. In a city as large as Chicago, several law enforcement agencies will be patrolling the streets and highways looking for drunk drivers. If you are pulled over on suspicion of drunk driving, the investigation begins before…
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Getting arrested for Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol is serious enough but if it’s your second DUI offense the consequences are even more severe. As with every DUI case, there are two parallel concerns: (1) Your driver’s license and (2) The criminal case itself. As a second time offender, you could be subject to…
One would naturally assume that the firing of a gun is necessary in order to be arrested for Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon. After all, the gun has to be “used” in the traditional sense of the term as the title of the offense indicates right? The reality is that a gun does not…
Black Friday sales brought Christmas shoppers out in droves this past weekend to take advantage of great deals. Retailers were prepared for shoppers and had their loss prevention departments on high alert. Many retailers caught people red handed and pressed charges against them. Although most of these cases are misdemeanors, the offense of Retail Theft…
With black Friday around the corner, retailers around Chicago are preparing for a busy holiday season. Many malls such as Woodfield mall in Schaumburg and Old Orchard mall in Skokie increase their security in order to prevent retail theft. The Law Offices of Matt Fakhoury, a criminal defense firm, represents clients charged with theft, retail…
The Law Offices of Matt Fakhoury is a Chicago based criminal defense law firm that represents clients charged with Felony, Misdemeanor, DUI and Traffic offenses. XpungeChicago is a Division of the firm that concentrates on Criminal Record Clearing. We practice in Chicago as well as the suburbs including the Rolling Meadows and Skokie courthouses….
The first question that is usually asked after a retail theft has been committed is “what was stolen?”. If you are charged with retail theft, the question that should be asked is if you are suffering from a substance abuse problem. This question is critical because it could provide a way of not only addressing an addiction,…
Assault is defined as engaging in conduct which places another person in “reasonable apprehension of receiving a battery.” “Conduct” is the most important word in the definition of assault because it implies that words alone do not constitute an Assault. The words have to be coupled with action in order for an assault to occur….
The law indicates that a person is under the influence of alcohol when he/she cannot think and act with ordinary care. Police officers determine whether you are thinking and acting with ordinary care by observing the way you drive, talk, and act. But the most obvious way police make that determination is by administering field…
