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| September 27, 2011 |
| Drive-By Shooting |
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Wilkes-Barre Drive-By Shooting.
Cities have been plagued by gun violence for years and have left police and investigators baffled as to the means to prevent and stop the violence. A common form of intimidation and gun violence used by criminals has been drive-by shootings. Drive-by shootings allow the assailant to leave the scene quickly as well as to prevent the identification of the shooter by possible eye witnesses. Investigators only hope of solving crimes linked to drive-by shootings is to identify the vehicle used and to begin questioning persons connected with the vehicle.
The Scranton Times-Tribune reports that Wilkes-Barre police are investigating a drive-by shooting that took place near Sherman Street on Saturday night. The victim is in stable condition and reported that two men driving a green car were the culprits. Police are still looking for the shooters.
Attempted murder, aggravated assault, and felony weapons charges are the most common charges brought against anyone charged with a drive-by shooting. If you have been charged with a serious felony, then you need to contact an experienced criminal defense attorney in order to ensure that your rights are aggressively protected. Whether in Luzerne County, Lackawanna County, Monroe County, Wayne County, Wyoming County, Susquehanna County or Carbon County, an aggressive and experienced criminal defense attorney can navigate you through the complicated criminal system - and will fight for your rights!
Don't risk a long prison sentence by putting your liberty in the hands of the legal system or of an inexperienced or unavailable lawyer. Contact an aggressive and experienced criminal defense lawyer at
Rogan Law today! We are ready to protect you.
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| September 19, 2011 |
| Scranton Bar Stabbing. |
| Posted By Rogan Law |
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Scranton Police Search for Suspect in Bar Stabbing.
Assault is the knowing or intentional infliction of bodily harm upon another. Aggravated assault is more serious than simple assault and usually involves some object used as a weapon and/or an intent to cause serious bodily injury to the other person. The object need not be a knife or gun, but could be any object used to inflict bodily harm upon another. Weapons lead to more severe criminal charges and to increased jail time. There often are defenses or justifications for assaulting another person such as self-defense or defense of a third party. Although the person whom you assaulted may have instigated the encounter or may have thrown the first punch, you may still be charged in the criminal system and fined and imprisoned.
The Scranton Times-Tribune reports that a Scranton man was stabbed outside a bar Friday night. The victim received several stitches from the stab wound inflicted by a 6 inch steak knife. Police have issued a warrant for the arrest of the suspect who is being charged with assault, harassment and disorderly conduct.
If you are charged with a serious felony such as aggravated assault, then you need to an experienced criminal defense attorney in order to ensure that your rights are aggressively protected. Whether in Luzerne County, Lackawanna County, Monroe County, Wayne County, Wyoming County, Susquehanna County or Carbon County, an aggressive and experienced criminal defense attorney will navigate you through the complicated criminal system and will fight for your rights!
Don't risk a long prison sentence by putting your liberty in the hands of the legal system. Contact an aggressive and experienced criminal defense lawyer at
Rogan Law today!
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| September 17, 2011 |
| Weapon Charges. |
| Posted By Rogan Law |
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Weapon Charges.
When a police officer stops a vehicle during a traffic or speeding violation, it is important for the driver to remain calm and respectful to the officer. Suspicious activity and behavior of the driver or passengers inside the car may give the officer probable cause to search the vehicle. Although the Fourth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures, the motor vehicle has been a particular area of concern regarding the constitutionality of the officer's search and the requirements for probable cause.
The Scranton Times-Tribune reports that two men have been charged with felony gun possession and receiving stolen property subsequent to being stopped by Pennsylvania State Police for speeding. Both men were committed to the Monroe County Correctional Facility following their arrest.
If you are pulled over by the police and have reason to believe that the search of your vehicle and personal effects inside the vehicle were without probable cause, whether in Monroe County, Lackawanna County, Luzerne County, Wayne County, or whether in any county of NEPA, then you need to defend your legal rights! The first step in combating an unlawful search, or an illegal search, is to contact an experienced Scranton criminal defense attorney. An
experienced Scranton criminal defense lawyer will defend your individual liberty and will fight to have unlawfully seized evidence deemed inadmissible at a possible criminal trial.
Don't leave your rights and freedom in the hands of the legal system. Contact an experienced Scranton lawyer at
Rogan Law today!
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| January 25, 2010 |
| Old Forge Gunman Arrested |
| Posted By Patrick M. Rogan |
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Times-Tribune reports that Old Forge schools were shut down and several local roads closed this afternoon while police worked to apprehend an alleged gunman roaming in and out of the woods in a residential and business neighborhood near West Oak Street Cemetery.
Thank goodness, Old Forge pizza production appears to have remained unaffected.
In all seriousness, a man with a gun trying to escape police capture in a neighborhood where people are living and working, possibly unaware of the danger, is no laughing matter. This man is going to have a lot of explaining to do. He should not hesitate at all before contacting an
Old Forge criminal defense lawyer.
If you are facing Old Forge weapons charges or any kind of criminal charges in NEPA or the Poconos, then you should immediately contact an
Old Forge criminal defense attorney at Rogan Law. The initial consultation is free, and we can help you to really understand and make good choices about your legal options.
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| January 08, 2010 |
| Thoughts from a Pocono Criminal Defense Lawyer |
| Posted By Patrick M. Rogan |
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| In the 1960s, Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted experiments aimed at measuring everyday people's willingness to perform violent acts against others when told to do so by an authority figure. You may remember the results from psychology class: 65% of participants, obeying the authority figure's orders, inflicted maximum levels of pain on the experimental subject.
Of course, the "subject" was an actor and was never harmed. The participants told to inflict the pain were the real subjects, and their behavior generated a national discussion about obedience, conscience and human conformity.
I bring this up because, as a criminal defense lawyer, I regularly deal with people accused of having made criminal choices. Sometimes my clients are innocent of all wrongdoing; other times, they admit to having done wrong, but want to explain how or why they ended up doing what they did.
How conditions shape our choices remains the object of scientific inquiry, but since the Milgram experiments, we know that most people, under certain conditions, are capable of criminal behavior. An uncomfortable truth, maybe, but a truth nonetheless.
That is why when I look at the case, for example, of the Newfoundland man who recently pled guilty to helping an alleged killer flee, I try to reserve judgment. The man says he didn't know about the crimes at the beginning, and that when he found out he was too scared to stop. Is this the truth? Either way, he deserves to be heard and defended by a competent Pocono criminal defense lawyer.
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| September 27, 2009 |
| Dunmore, Lackawanna County Drug Charges |
| Posted By Patrick M. Rogan |
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| The Times-Tribune reports that when Dunmore police visited an apartment on Veterans Drive on Friday night to investigate a robbery, they did not find the alleged robber they sought, but did find drugs and drug paraphernalia in plain view.
After obtaining a warrant, the police discovered cocaine, heroin, marijuana and assorted drug paraphernalia inside the apartment. They arrested six people, charging them with assorted drug crimes, including possession, conspiracy to deliver, delivery and possessing drug paraphernalia.
One woman arrested at the apartment was Barbara Future, the mother of Tonie and Jeffrey Future, two accused gang members charged with killing a man this past July.
Anyone who is under investigation for a drug crime, or who has already been formally charged with a crime, should seek representation from a Scranton drug crime attorney immediately. A Scranton drug crime lawyer from Rogan Law will do everything in his power to disprove prosecuting arguments, including the investigative methods and arrest procedures used in your case.
Sometimes, glitches in procedure and rights violations can make evidence invalid, leading to a dismissal of your charges. If your Rogan Law Scranton criminal defense attorney finds any window of opportunity to have your drug charges reduced or dismissed, then he will take all necessary legal action to do so.
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| September 04, 2009 |
| Economics, Education and Crime in Northeast Pennsylvania |
| Posted By Patrick M. Rogan |
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Today's Times-Tribune reports that at least ten preschools in Lackawanna, Wayne and Susquehanna counties have either remained closed or are on the verge of closing due to the state budget impasse.
The article also discusses new research which suggests that kids who attend preschool are only half as likely to wind up in prison as kids who do not.
The article then segues back to economics, with the Scranton Police Chief pointing out that, "It costs more today to have somebody in state prison than it costs to send someone to college at Penn State University for one year."
What struck me about this article was the seamlessness of the transition among the three topics: economics, education, crime.
If research showed that preschool made no difference - or worse yet - that former preschoolers inordinately comprised the prison population, then would we value education less? Does education have no inherent value?
Similarly, if the financial cost of imprisoning our young people remained less than the cost of college, then would we be happy to keep sending them to prison?
I fear we are becoming a culture in which the majority would say that education is only as important as the income it generates, and that the value of everything - even freedom - can be measured in dollars and cents.
That, to me, is as scary as the scariest crime statistic out there.
Keeping people who should not be in prison out of prison is a big part of my job. It means something - something more than money - to the people I serve. Check out some of my client testimonials to see what I mean.
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| August 20, 2009 |
| Local Gang Members Charged with Criminal Homicide in Lackawanna County |
| Posted By Patrick M. Rogan |
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| The Times-Tribune reports that police have arrested three members of the Bloods street gang, including two West Scranton High School students, on criminal homicide charges. The three young men - ages 17, 18 and 25 - were sent to Lackawanna County Prison without bail.
West Scranton High School's website states that the school "is a microcosm of the community it serves." This likely is true - and the fact that at least two of its students have become involved with an organization as violent as the Bloods says a great deal about the serious problems facing our cities and schools.
Last spring, the Times-Tribune reported that Scranton officials finally admitted, after years of denial, that gangs were operating in the city. Since 2005, nearly 400 likely or confirmed gang members have entered Lackawanna County Prison; at any time, 8% to 12% of the county's 900 inmates are suspected or confirmed gang members.
Though many local people blame the emergence of gangs on an influx of people from Philadelphia, New York and New Jersey, we must also admit that young people born and bred in our area are becoming involved with gangs and we must ask how we may begin turning things around.
Prevention is key, since once a person becomes involved with a gang and its criminal activities, he or she puts their whole future at risk.
A competent and knowledgeable Scranton criminal defense lawyer can help someone who has been caught up in the criminal justice system because of his or her gang affiliation get back on track.
If you have been charged with a gang-related crime in Lackawanna County, then you need a Scranton criminal defense attorney who can defend your rights and your freedom. If you need help, then you should contact Rogan Law today. |
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