The Atlantic City Task Force is a group comprised of state and city police, as well as members of the county prosecutor’s office and the attorney general’s office. One of the main goals of this task force is to arrest those in the area with believed connections to drug activity. Recently, a 36-year-old reached a […]

It does not happen often, but sometimes even those in what would seem like the best position to know better fall victim to the temptation to drive while intoxicated. Cape May readers have probably taken note of the number of reports over the past few years involving police officers and even members of the State […]

The United States Supreme Court recently heard arguments in a case involving an alleged drunk driver that may have far reaching implications for constitutional law. Cape May readers may recall last October’s discussion about the Supreme Court’s decision to hear arguments about whether or not a warrantless blood draw following a DWI arrest violates a […]

Under New Jersey law, as Cape May readers may be aware, a drunk driving charge depends in large part upon a person’s blood alcohol level at the time of operating a motor vehicle. Police typically take breath test results at the scene of an arrest and again after transporting an arrested person to the police […]

As Cape May readers may know, New Jersey law requires any person arrested under suspicion of drunk driving to submit to a breath test for blood alcohol level. Many people, however, do not realize that a breath test refusal can result in penalties just as severe as those attached to a conviction for drunk driving. […]