DWI and Prescription Drug Impairment

Prescription Drug Impairment A DWI charge is not always related to alcohol. You can be charged due to being under the influence of drugs, legal or illegal. The statute states that a person can be arrested for a DWI while operating a vehicle on a public road when under...

Do Police Have DWI Arrest Quotas | Charlotte DWI

Arrest Quotas for DWI  With all of the press lately about DWI arrests and increase in DWI checkpoints around Charlotte, it is little wonder that people might get the idea that police have mandatory quotas for arrests. Fortunately, there are no quotas. However, police...

Mecklenburg DA recuses himself from DWI cases

The District Attorney’s office in Mecklenburg County is going to bring in two outside prosecutors to handle two DWI cases that are pending in Charlotte. The reason is to avoid a conflict of interest in the handling of the cases. The two people charged with DWI are...

Intoxicated driver hits power pole

A man from Florida was arrested in Charlotte for DWI early last month. Police found the man after responding to the scene of a single vehicle accident. The man apparently crashed his vehicle into a power pole around 2:30 in the morning. The incident occurred on South...