Northern Illinois Criminal Defense And Real Estate Law Blog

People all over the world enjoy drinking alcohol because of the pleasant “buzzed” feeling it causes. However, the science behind that buzzed feeling is not well-known.

Most people understand that if they drink the right amount of an alcoholic beverage, they will get drunk. The more they drink in a short period of time, the more drunk they will become. In addition to the buzzed feeling, someone may experience lowered inhibitions, may begin to slur his or her words and may become less coordinated. In extreme circumstances, he or she may even pass out, but what causes these effects?

State laws are not fixed, and Illinois lawmakers regularly implement new laws or update old ones when they think doing so is necessary. Recent updates involve a number of traffic violations, including reckless driving and speeding while in a construction zone. Most of these updates involve increased fines, although lawmakers also clarified how an existing traffic law can be applied.

In addition to reckless driving and construction zone speeding, drivers can also be cited and fined if they pass a stopped school bus or hit a worker in a construction zone. Police could pull over and ticket drivers for these offenses prior to the updates, but the new fines will be much higher. The Illinois Rule of the Road handbook will also include a greater emphasis on zipper merging, which means that it will show up during driver's license testing.

White collar crime is an umbrella term that refers to a number of different criminal offenses. Embezzlement is one such offense, although it may be frequently confused with other white collar crimes like fraud or money laundering. Illinois defendants who are charged with embezzlement may find that having a better understanding of this charge can be helpful when creating a criminal defense plan.

There are three main elements of an embezzlement charge. To be charged with embezzlement, a person must have first had lawful possession of someone else's property. During the period of lawful possession, he or she must have converted or taken the property for personal use. Finally, there must be no intention of returning the property.

Illinois police recently arrested two people during the course of an investigation. The pair are both charged with drug crimes for unlawfully possessing methamphetamine and unlawfully possessing drug paraphernalia. One of the two -- a man -- had one other warrant out for his arrest at the time, and was also taken in for violating his probation.

The situation that police were investigating is not entirely clear, but they were able to secure a court-authorized search warrant for two individuals. The first of these two was a 52-year-old woman. The other was a 35-year-old man. While executing the search warrant, police claim they found drug paraphernalia, methamphetamine and cash. They seized all of these items and arrested both people.