Chicago DUI Lawyer Blog

Alia Bernard, 25, of Aurora is facing charges from an accident last year in which she allegedly rear ended a vehicle in the left turn lane at a stoplight causing a chain reaction which killed a St. Charles couple on their motorcycle and injured others. Bernard is charged with two felony counts of reckless homicide…

Edward Cook was found guilty of reckless homicide and aggravated DUI instead of murder after losing control of his car while driving at a high rate of speed, skidding onto the sidewalk and striking a man, David Long, and his dog. Both Long, 54-years-old, and his dog were killed in the crash. Citing other cases…

A Chicago man, James Cox, 39, was sentenced to ten years in prison by a Cook County judge for aggravated DUI resulting in the death of Kim Brown, 27, and her premature baby. The accident occurred October 21, 2009 when Brown was between six and seven months pregnant. The premature baby boy was delivered by…

The mother of the 5-year-old boy who died in a tragic alleged DUI-related car crash, discussed previously, has sued the city of Chicago Heights and her boyfriend, Cecil Connor, for wrongful death. Kathie LaFond alleges in the lawsuit that the Chicago Heights Police Department failed to take sufficient steps to determine if the driver, Connor,…

A driver was charged with DUI after running into a Chicago Police officer and a woman that the officer had pulled over for a traffic violation. The incident took place at about 3:20 a.m. in the 5600 block of West Foster Avenue in Chicago. Steve Ortiz, 21, was charged with misdemeanor DUI, negligent driving, driving…

The alleged carjacking of a cab in Lake County led police on a chase ending in Wisconsin. Carl J. Blahnik, 53, of Nevada is facing felony charges in the incident. Specifically, Blahnik is charged with fleeing an officer, operating a vehicle without consent, and DUI. Additionally, he was cited for multiple traffic offenses, including driving…

A Cook County Judge ruled yesterday that key evidence couldn’t be used in the case against a Chicago police officer involved in a fatal alleged DUI crash. The Chicago officer was filmed drinking substantial amounts of alcohol minutes prior to a car crash that resulted in the deaths of Miguel Flores and Erick Lagunas. The…

James V. Lobianco, a Chicago deputy commissioner, has resigned after getting into an alleged DUI-related accident in Lakeview while driving a city-issued car. On April 15, Lobianco was driving a Toyota Prius registered to the city when he allegedly hit the car in front of him at a red light, causing a chain-reaction. No one…

Peter A. Tsangaris, 24, of Naperville has been charged with false impersonation of an attorney in connection with a friend’s DUI-related traffic stop. Tsangaris is a pre-law student at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Tsangaris was a passenger in the vehicle of a friend, Phillip D. Hamiti, who was pulled over by Naperville police…

A Palatine man was charged with two counts of aggravated DUI after allegedly rear-ending a cab on the Kennedy. According to the Illinois State Police, the crash occurred at approximately 3:45 a.m. The cab was pulled over on the right side of the northbound Kennedy because a passenger was feeling ill. As a second-time DUI…