by Decker Bradburn, Attorneys at Law | May 29, 2018 | Criminal Defense
You were probably taught as a child that honesty is the best policy. A criminal defense attorney’s take might be that you should never lie to the police but you should always exercise your right to remain silent. Being forthcoming with officers about what laws...
by Decker Bradburn, Attorneys at Law | May 23, 2018 | Drunk Driving
When someone is arrested for DUI, one thing a defense attorney might look into is whether the breath test was accurate. These tests can be performed incorrectly, and the machines may be uncalibrated or calibrated improperly. Just as important, the machines are...
by Decker Bradburn, Attorneys at Law | May 15, 2018 | Criminal Defense
Recently, a 61-year-old homeless man decided to scrounge what he could from what seems to have been a vacant, repossessed home in Mapleton. Although breaking into bank-owned properties is certainly inadvisable, it makes a certain sense in the man’s situation....
by Decker Bradburn, Attorneys at Law | May 11, 2018 | Criminal Defense
A preliminary hearing was just held in the Penn State Beta Theta Pi fraternity hazing case. As you may know, a 19-year-old pledge died in 2017 after allegedly undergoing a hazing ritual in which he may have consumed as much as 18 drinks in slightly less than an hour...
by Decker Bradburn, Attorneys at Law | May 11, 2018 | Firm News
A Penn State student recently learned the hard way how police rely on informants. The student was arrested and charged with several different drug violations after allegedly selling cocaine several times to a police informant. Once police found their informant, they...
by Decker Bradburn, Attorneys at Law | May 1, 2018 | Probation and Parole Violations
In 2008, rapper Meek Mill (Robert Rihmeek Williams) was convicted of drug and weapon charges after a Philadelphia narcotics officer testified against him. Meek Mill has always denied the charges, and prosecutors now admit to serious doubts about that officer’s...
