Sentence reduced for aggravated DUI offender

Twenty-five-year-old Philo, Illinois resident Katie Daly walked out of a Champaign County courtroom on February 20 in relief after Champaign County Judge Tom Difanis sentenced her to 30 months of probation in connection with an aggravated driving under the influence charge, The News-Gazette reported. Difanis reversed an earlier ruling made by Judge Richard Klaus – who...

DUI Defense

October 9th, 2014

Amanda Bynes charged with DUI in Los Angeles

Hollywood actress Amanda Bynes, 28, was taken into police custody on the early morning of Sunday, September 28 on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs, the California Highway Patrol said in a statement released last Monday, September 29. According to the statement, a patrol officer stopped Bynes in the middle of an intersection...

Criminal Defense

September 4th, 2014

Woman charged with DUI denied bail for violating terms of probation

Fifty-nine-year-old Illinois resident Leslie Thurow has been ordered to be held without bail for violating terms of her probation. The probation came from Thurow pleading guilty to an aggravated DUI charge just days prior. According to Cook County records, Thurow struck an unidentified state trooper as she was driving along Interstate 294 in the northbound lanes of the Tri-State Tollway...

Criminal Defense

July 9th, 2014

Constitutionality of Highland Park DUI conviction to be decided on July 10

Lake County, Illinois Court Judge James Booras will make a decision on July 10 regarding whether or not Highland Park teenager Carly Rousso was convicted unconstitutionally on four counts of aggravated DUI, the Daily Herald reported on July 3. According to police authorities, Rousso was driving under the influence after huffing computer dust cleaner when the Lexus she drove hit five-year-old...

Criminal Defense

June 24th, 2014

Illinois woman guilty for killing 5-year-old in intoxicated driving accident

Nineteen-year-old Carly Rousso, the woman responsible for the 2012 Highland Park car accident that resulted in the death of five-year-old Jaclyn Santos Sacramento, was found guilty of four counts of aggravated driving under the influence on May 29, 89 WLS reported. The accident took place on the 700 block of Central Avenue on Labor Day 2012. According to...

DUI Defense

March 23rd, 2012

Champaign man sentenced to 10 years in prison after DUI

A Champaign man has now been charged with a DUI after accident that left a child seriously injured. According to court officials, the accident occurred in 2011 and the man was charged with aggravated drunk driving as well as obstruction of justice for lying to police officials. After the collision, a 1-year-old boy was in...

Criminal Defense

February 17th, 2012

Funeral service for Whitney Houston on Saturday

Champaign criminal defense attorneys of Thomas A Bruno & Associates are deeply saddened to announce the funeral of Whitney Houston. Whitney Houston, 48, died on Saturday afternoon in her hotel suite of the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles shortly before she was supposed to attend a pre-Grammy Awards party hosted by her mentor, Clive Davis....

Criminal Defense

February 2nd, 2012

The most anticipated football game of the year…

Champaign criminal defense attorneys of Bruno Law Offices, P.A. are pleased to announce the 2012 Super Bowl on Sunday. This season’s Super Bowl will take place at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis where the New England Patriots will play the New York Giants for the second time at the Super Bowl in four years. Both...

Criminal Defense

January 27th, 2012

Arcola man sentenced to 5 years in prison for DUI

Heath Baumann, 39, of Arcola, Charleston, and Matoon, was sentenced to five years in prison for aggravated driving under the influence. Baumann was arrested and charged on March 8, 2011 when he crossed the middle line on Prospect Avenue before making an extremely wide turn onto Marketview Drive and drove onto the curb. When he...

DUI Defense

January 13th, 2012

Vermilion County sheriff’s deputy arrested for DUI in Urbana

James “Nick” Beddow, 45, of the Vermilion County sheriff’s department was arrested on Sunday morning for driving under the influence and running a red light. According to police, Beddow was driving and pulled over on the 1500 block of East University Avenue in Urbana after running a red light. He was taken to Champaign County...

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