Author Archives: Matt Stiller
Lost Actor Matthew Fox Arrested for DUI
Lost Actor Matthew Fox Arrested for DUI Matthew Fox was arrested in Bend, Oregon on suspicion of DUI. His initial appearance will be in a Deschutes County courtroom on June 17. He was arrested around 3:30 …
A DUI tale (part 1)
A DUI tale (part 1) The week was done and my client, let’s call him Joe, finally made it to his favorite watering hole. You know police are out in force looking for drunk drivers, …
State of Delaware Preparing to Prosecute Drunk Drivers… of Lawn Mowers
State of Delaware Preparing to Prosecute Drunk Drivers… of Lawn Mowers A recent DelawareOnline article details the State’s attempt to expand the Delaware DUI laws to include driving off-highway vehicles while under the influence. Off-highway vehicles are things like off-road four …
How not to get a DUI on St. Patrick’s Day by the Delaware DUI Defender
How not to get a DUI on St. Patrick’s Day by the Delaware DUI Defender The Delaware Office of Highway Safety announced earlier this month that it will be coordinating stepped-up statewide St. Patrick’s Day weekend DUI enforcement March 16 and 17. DUI saturation patrols …
One Delaware DUI Checkpoint planned for this weekend
One Delaware DUI Checkpoint planned for this weekend According to a press release on news.delaware.gov, there is one DUI checkpoint planned for this weekend. It is scheduled for Friday, February 24th. It will be conducted by New …
Unpatriotic Superbowl DUI Checkpoints Net Giant Results
Unpatriotic Superbowl DUI Checkpoints Net Giant Results In Delaware on Superbowl Sunday 2012, we had two very unpatriotic DUI checkpoints. They are unpatriotic because in America, we are supposed to have freedoms guaranteed by the US Constitution. …
Superbowl Sunday 2012 DUI Checkpoint Warnings (UPDATED SATURDAY FEB 4)
Superbowl Sunday 2012 DUI Checkpoint Warnings (UPDATED SATURDAY FEB 4) I published a blog article yesterday stating that there will be one DUI checkpoint in Wilmington on Superbowl Sunday. According to an article on DelawareOnline this morning, there are …
This Superbowl Sunday will see stepped-up DUI enforcement in Delaware
This Superbowl Sunday will see stepped-up DUI enforcement in Delaware The good news is that, according to the press release by the Delaware Office of Highway Safety, there will only be one unconstitutional DUI checkpoint in Wilmington on Sunday. It …
Delaware outlawed bath salts today
Delaware outlawed bath salts today Today, Governor Markell signed into law a bill making bath salts a schedule 1 controlled substance. Now, it is illegal to possess them. The bill, Senate Bill 160, amends 16 …
US Supreme Court invalidates use of warrantless GPS tracking
US Supreme Court invalidates use of warrantless GPS tracking The United States Supreme Court today ruled that warrantless use of GPS tracking devices is a violation of the US Constitution. The ruling was handed down by an unanimous Court, …
Q&A With A Delaware DUI Attorney: Can You Get A DUI While Asleep Behind The Wheel?
Q&A With A Delaware DUI Attorney: Can You Get A DUI While Asleep Behind The Wheel? Question: Dear Delaware DUI Defender, My husband got arrested for DUI even though he wasn’t driving our car. He was asleep in the car on the side of the road. But …
Delaware DUI Defender and his team of attorneys “on call” during New Years Weekend 2012
Delaware DUI Defender and his team of attorneys “on call” during New Years Weekend 2012 Matt Stiller, the "Delaware DUI Defender" and his firm Schwartz & Schwartz, Attorneys at Law are providing on call legal services to anyone arrested and charged with a DUI offense …
Delaware DUI Checkpoints this New Years Weekend
Delaware DUI Checkpoints this New Years Weekend Don't drive drunk. I'm not posting the locations of DUI checkpoints to encourage drinking and driving. I am posting them in an effort to protest the State's encroachment onto the …
What NOT to do when arrested for DUI… make it a felony
What NOT to do when arrested for DUI… make it a felony There are many things to avoid when you are arrested on suspicion of DUI in Delaware. One of those things not to do is turn your misdemeanor DUI arrest into …
Dover man found not guilty on drug charges
Dover man found not guilty on drug charges There is no better feeling that I have had the pleasure to discover in the practice of law than to see the wheels of justice turn out a fair, equitable …
DUI related crash closes I-95 in Wilmington
DUI related crash closes I-95 in Wilmington A one car accident involving a Honda Pilot temporarily closed all lanes of northbound I-95 in Wilmington, Delaware shortly after 7:00 pm yesterday. Police arrested 49 year old Melissa Megee …
DUI Arrest for Miss USA 2010
DUI Arrest for Miss USA 2010 Miss USA 2010 was arrested on DUI charges According to people dot com. Twenty-six year old Rima Fakih was arrested and charged with drunk driving in Highland Park, MI over …
Newark, Delaware DUI Checkpoint Tonight
Newark, Delaware DUI Checkpoint Tonight A DUI checkpoint has been scheduled for today/tonight in Newark, Delaware, according to the News Journal's website Delawareonline. Also scheduled are 113 DUI saturation patrols and 20 aggressive driving saturation …
DUI checkpoints in Delaware this weekend
DUI checkpoints in Delaware this weekend This weekend, Delaware law enforcement will conduct constitutionally questionable checkpoints in the following locations: Friday, November 18th: Newark, Rehoboth and Millsboro. Saturday, November 19th: Glasgow. Don’t drink and drive. Matt
Delaware DUI Attorney: DUI checkpoints in these locations are just wrong
Delaware DUI Attorney: DUI checkpoints in these locations are just wrong There is the Constitution. There is the Fourth Amendment. There is the right of the people to be free from unwanted interference by the government, in absence of some reasonable …