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Recent Posts in Teens & Young Adult Issues Category
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Posted on Apr 27, 2012 By Brad Koffel
There is an escalation of shake and bake cooks, mobile meth labs, and suburban operations. Current law enforcement investigative techniques require identifying a suspect, building probable cause, ...
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Posted on Mar 1, 2012 By Steve Fox
TECHNICALITY, SCHMECHNICALITY… JUST PROVE THE DAMN CASE! With the recent Ryan Braun vs. MLB decision sparking such debate, I couldn't help but see the parallels between Braun's ...
Continue reading "Professional Athletes, Drug Tests and "Technicalities"" »
Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By Brad Koffel
I just finished 3 days of visiting therapeutic treatment centers in Utah with one of the country's leading educational consultants, Dr. Andy Erkis . We visited 2 Wilderness programs and 2 ...
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Posted on Dec 20, 2011 By Brad Koffel
We are a nation of criminals. We lock up more of our own citizens than any other country in the world except China. A recent study in Pediatrics reports that 1/3 of our kids will be arrested before ...
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Posted on Nov 8, 2011 By Brad Koffel
What is "consent" between two college kids about to engage in sexual activity? Well, in criminal law, at least for now, "consent" may be manifested in any way that it actually ...
Continue reading "Sex on Campus: "Verbal Consent" Part 1" »
Posted on Nov 6, 2011 By Brad Koffel
15,473,00. That's how many women sought out prescription sleep drugs. Just last year. That's just the women, not the men. This number doesn't include women who were prescribed anti-anxiety ...
Continue reading "Moms, Ambien, Xanax & Stress" »
Posted on Oct 31, 2011 By Brad Koffel
Only 6% of criminal prosecutions wind up leading to a trial. 94% of the cases are settled between the prosecution, defense, and judge. That process, plea negotiations, is where the experience, wisdom ...
Continue reading "The Critical Wisdom of an Effective Lawyer" »
Posted on Oct 27, 2011 By Fran Tosi Ward
Teenage boys beware of the girls you choose to have sex with as it can turn around and become your worst nightmare. We handle many date rape type cases in our offices. Recently, we have seen many ...
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Posted on Sep 27, 2011 By Brad Koffel
I just finished reading an excellent article by Columbus, Ohio Psychologist, David Lowenstein, Ph.D., titled "Creating a Strong, Supportive Family". As a father of 4 young children, this ...
Continue reading "The Modern Family: Drugs, Alcohol & Poor Emotional Health" »
Posted on Sep 10, 2011 By Brad Koffel
On September 30, 2011, HB 86 becomes law. In addition to many other major improvements to Ohio's criminal sentencing provisions, HB 86 expands the eligibility for this deferred prosecution ...
Continue reading "HB 86: Intervention in Lieu of Conviction:" »
Posted on Sep 3, 2011 By Brad Koffel
Let's say your son is a 19 year old sophomore in college. They are on their way back to their dorm with a few friends, all of whom have been drinking and all of whom are under 21. Campus police ...
Continue reading "A Right or a Crime: Recording Police Arrests" »
Posted on Jul 11, 2011 By Brad Koffel
I just finished a case where my client was coming back from a festival in Michigan with two of her friends. My client was a backseat passenger and her friends were in the front of the vehicle. The ...
Continue reading "Trunk Searches & Odor of Marijuana" »
Posted on Jun 23, 2011 By Bradley P. Koffel
Ohio law prohibits " sexual contact " with another when: The offender knows that the sexual contact is offensive to the other person . . .or is reckless in that regard. The offender knows ...
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Posted on Jun 20, 2011 By Bradley P. Koffel
Common scenario -- heroin addict rolls into Walmart and rolls out w/ $200 worth of DVD's and games. Loss Prevention waits until he is past the point of purchase and orders him to stop. Addict ...
Continue reading "Shoplifting vs. Robbery" »
Posted on Jun 17, 2011 By Bradley P. Koffel
The Ohio Supreme Court in a unanimous decision on June 8, 2011 struck down the state's statutory rape law in a case involving two boys under the age of 13. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the ...
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Posted on Apr 26, 2011 By Brad Koffel
by Brad Koffel We recently learned that OSU has a new self-disclosure of criminal convictions for employees. Here is the memo: From he Ohio State University Office of Human Resources information: ...
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Posted on Mar 18, 2011 By Columbus Criminal Defense Attorney
Early Thursday, a 19-year-old teenager died hours after officers responded to reports of an apparent drug overdose at a home in Blane, Minnesota, a Minneapolis suburb. According to authorities, 10 ...
Continue reading "1 Teen Dead from Apparent Overdose of Designer Drug" »
Posted on Mar 2, 2011 By Brad Koffel
Ohio drug laws define "Bulk Amounts" in R.C. 2925.01. Specifically, subsection (D) "Bulk amount" of a controlled substance means any of the following: (1) For any compound, ...
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Posted on Dec 13, 2010 By Brad Koffel
Last week, the Franklin County Court of Appeals in Columbus, Ohio issued a decision that highlights how far some prosecutors will go to get a prison term on a person who needs mental health treatment. ...
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Posted on Dec 7, 2010 By Brad Koffel
For our clients struggling with the disease of addiction, we will intervene and introduce them to the best of the best treatment providers in the world. Depending upon a client's budget, we can ...
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Posted on Dec 7, 2010 By Brad Koffel
Over the past decade, our firm has seen an explosion in clients addicted to Vicodin who commit felonies in order to get more of this very addictive drug. Where does it start? How can it end? What do ...
Continue reading "Vicodin Addiction and Deception to Obtain in Ohio" »
Posted on Nov 9, 2010 By Brad Koffel
by Brad Koffel A 2009 study based in San Francisco interviewed 1,000 teens and their parents about habits on social networking sites such as Facebook. The numbers exposed a "Not-My-Child" ...
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Posted on Nov 9, 2010 By Brad Koffel
by Brad Koffel False sex abuse allegations are difficult and time consuming to defend. However, if the defense attorney is willing and able to be aggressive, these cases can be turned on their heads ...
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Posted on Nov 9, 2010 By Brad Koffel
by Brad Koffel Last week I attended a two day national conference of Criminal Defense lawyers who met in Savannah, GA to hear some of the nation's leading experts on the dangers of ...
Continue reading "Alleged Child Victims & "Suggested Evidence" of Abuse" »
Posted on Oct 30, 2010 By Brad Koffel
By Brad Koffel It's legal. It causes hallucinations and increased heart rate. A year ago hospitals had never treated or heard of it. In the past 6 months, ER visits have tripled. It's ...
Continue reading "K2, Spice, Synthetic Marijuana -- Dangerous But Legal (For Now)" »
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