Chicago DUI Lawyer Blog

Elisha Clark, 25, of Grayslake was pronounced dead at the scene after a high speed DUI related crash. Donald Mischke, 54, was fleeing police after allegedly breaking into a Target store and stealing a flat screen television set. Mischke allegedly used his vehicle to ram the front door of the Target store just enough to…

Scott Rossow of Palos Hills was convicted on November 29, 2010 of Aggravated DUI in connection with a one-car collision that killed his two passengers in 2006. Rossow was allegedly driving in excess of 100 mph on St Francis Road when he left the roadway and hit a tree in the early morning hours of…

Luis Benito, 17, has been charged with four counts of aggravated DUI and reckless homicide and could face up to 14 years each on the two most serious counts against him. Judge Marzell Richardson set his bond at $1 million dollars. Benito had allegedly been drinking at a nightclub, Rancho Santa Fe. Shortly before the…

Jeremiah Thompson, 36, has been charged with DUI and other violations for a hit-and-run that resulted in the death of a 35-year old woman. Yasha Hicks was allegedly struck and killed as she walked near 73rd and South Racine. Thompson reportedly took off after the accident and left Hicks in the roadway. Hicks was pronounced…

22-year-old, Doreen Cardenas, and a 22-year-old man she was with were rushed to the hospital after being struck by a car in an early morning hit and run in North Aurora. Cardenas was pronounced dead at Provena-Mercy Hospital at 2:35 a.m. The man remained hospitalized but his condition was not made available. The couple were…

Wade Miquelon, Chief Financial Officer for Walgreen Co., appeared in Skokie courthouse to face drunken driving charges after his second DUI in just over a year. Miquelon was pulled over September 25 just after 10 p.m. for having a taillight out. He was allegedly driving on a suspended license. Miquelon was arrested after allegedly failing…

Officer Troy Fields is being credited with the arrest of an allegedly dangerously drunk and unlicensed driver. The officer, who was driving south bound on First Avenue near Cermak Road last Saturday, spotted a car ahead of him “driving all over the road and into oncoming traffic.” Fields flashed his headlights at the oncoming traffic…

Reginald Hearon, 50, could find himself serving up to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to felony DUI and reckless homicide charges stemming from the deadly Kane County crash in 2008. Hearon driving work at the Illinois Youth Center in St. Charles on the day of the crash when his van slammed head-on into…

Kelli and Jessica Uhl were killed in the November 2007 accident cause by former Illinois State Trooper Matt Mitchell. Mitchell, who was responding to another accident, was driving at 126mph through busy traffic on Interstate 64 while sending and receiving emails and talking to his girlfriend on his mobile phone. He crossed the median and…

David A. Lobb, 31, of the 1900 block of North Rose Street plead guilty to driving drunk after he flipped his SUV and hit another vehicle, seriously injuring the other driver. The crashed occurred on November 3, 2005 at Randall Road and McHenry Avenue. Lobb is charged with a Class 4 felony which is punishable…