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Onyango Obama, uncle of President Barack Obama, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence last week in Framingham, Massachusetts. According to law enforcement, Obama rolled through a stop sign and almost caused a police car to hit an SUV.

When he was stopped, Obama allegedly became argumentative with the police officer when he was told why he was pulled over. He failed a field sobriety test and then blew a 0.14 on his blood-alcohol test.

After he was booked, police asked him whether he wanted to make a call and arrange bail. Obama reportedly said, "I think I will call the White House."

In addition to his DUI, Obama, who is the half-brother of the president's father, is being detained on an immigration violation. He pleaded not guilty last Friday, but is still being held without bail. According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Obama had received a deportation or removal order some time ago.

Obama was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol, failure to yield the right
of way, and negligent operation of a motor vehicle.

In his memoir, Dreams from My Father, a book about retracing his Kenyan roots and a trip made in 1988 to that country, the president references an Uncle Omar, who has the same description and birth date as the 67-year-old Onyango. He is "the uncle who had left for America twenty-five years ago and had never come back," as well as someone who was not seen for a long time and stopped communicating with his family.

A spokesman for the ICE, as well as the White House, has no comment about this.

If you or a family member has been charged with DUI in Orange County or Orlando, Florida, or anywhere else in the state of Florida, please contact the experienced criminal defense attorneys at the Umansky Law Firm today.

State and federal law enforcement agencies allege they have dismantled the nation's largest illegal painkiller distribution network on Tuesday here in Florida.

Authorities say they charged over 30 doctors, owners of pain clinics, and their employees with prescribing more than 20 million pain pills. It is believed the operation raked in $40 million between 2008 and 2010.

The unsealed indictment charges the suspects with racketeering, money laundering, and wire and mail fraud conspiracy. Some of those involved in this group were also allegedly involved in the illegal distribution of anabolic steroids through the internet, kidnapping, extortion, and other violent crimes. Thirteen of those implicated are doctors as old as 76-years-old.

Feds
seized homes and cars worth $9 million and $4.7 million in cash. The indictment also seeks forfeiture of $40 million in cash and other assets.

According to the indictment, people traveled from across the country with false complaints of pain in order to get oxycodone and other pain killers. Authorities claim that demand for prescription drugs continues to rise in Florida and elsewhere. However, the Attorney General's Office alleges that Florida is number one in the country when it comes to illegal consumption and distribution of prescription drugs. Seven people die each day in Florida as a result of drug overdoses.

If you are facing a drug offense in Orange County or Orlando, Florida, or anywhere else in the state of Florida, please contact the experienced criminal defense attorneys at the Umansky Law Firm today.

Orange-Osceola Chief Judge Belvin
Perry has ordered Casey Anthony to serve one year probation for check fraud. She has until August 26 to turn herself in. Anthony has been in hiding the last four weeks following her acquittal of murdering her daughter.

The Florida Department of Corrections allowed Anthony to serve her probation while in Orange County Jail, which was not what the judge had intended. Judge Perry wrote in his order, "To permit the Defendant, whose counsel was well aware that the probation was to begin upon the Defendant's release from jail, to avoid serving probation now, would take a lawfully imposed sentence and make it a mockery of justice."

As with any other person on probation, Anthony must provide her address. However, due to concerns for her safety, Judge Perry told the Department of Corrections it may keep her location confidential, and that her address is not to be shared with the public.

Anthony's rules for probation will include:

• Working a lawful occupation and supporting any dependents she may have to the best of her ability
  
• Her probation officer must be allowed to visit Anthony at home, work, or elsewhere
  
• Must not consume alcohol to the point she is impaired
  
• May not change her residence, employment or leave the county where she resides without first getting consent from her probation officer
  

If you have been charged with a crime in the Orange County or Orlando, Florida area, or anywhere else in the state of Florida, please contact the experienced criminal defense attorneys at the Umansky Law Firm today.

According to an article in the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Florida law enforcement, including the Statewide Drug Enforcement Strike Force, have arrested at least 1000 suspected prescription drug dealers and seized hundreds of thousands of prescription pills since March. As a result, officials allege a large percentage drop in oxycodone purchases by pharmacies and doctors through the month of June.

A large number of those arrested for drug charges in Florida are due to the distribution and abuse of prescription drugs like oxycodone and Xanax. Governor Rick Scott says this has been made possible by targeting "bad doctors at the top of the pill mill supply chain."

The Drug Enforcement Administration has statistics showing an almost 20 percent drop in oxycodone purchases for the first five months of 2011 compared to the same amount of time in 2010.

In 2010, Florida's top five drug killers were:

• Oxycodone – 1516 deaths
  
• Benzodiazepines – 1304 deaths
  
• Methadone – 694 deaths
  
• Alcohol – 572 deaths
  
• Cocaine – 561 deaths
  

Hundreds of thousands of pills were voluntarily surrendered by physicians and then destroyed by law enforcement. In addition, the Florida Department of Health issued nearly 160 emergency suspension orders against doctors. Just about half of the suspensions involve illegal prescription, dispensing, or use of prescription drugs.

If you have been charged with a drug offense in the Orange County or Orlando, Florida area, or anywhere else in the state of Florida, please contact the experienced criminal defense attorneys at the Umansky Law Firm today.

One of the actors (no, not the ones you're thinking of) from the The Twilight Saga was arrested in Arizona for two outstanding warrants in that state. Kiowa Gordon, who played werewolf Embry Call in the movie, was a passenger in a vehicle registered to him when the vehicle was stopped by Tempe police.

During the registration check, police found Gordon was wanted on two outstanding misdemeanor warrants. One was a $1000 bond issued by the Mesa Municipal Court, and the other was a $500 bond issued by the Scottsdale Municipal Court.

The 21-year-old was arrested in September 2010 for driving under the influence of drugs after his vehicle was stopped for swerving into the bike lane. He was given a DUI and told to appear in court in February, but he never showed up. A warrant was then issued for his arrest by the court.

He will be appearing in a horror movie later this year with Mischa Barton, who, alas, is no stranger to trouble with the law. She was arrested in 2007 for DUI and driving without a valid license when she was 21 in Los Angeles.

If you have been charged with DUI or have an outstanding warrant in the Orange County or Orlando, Florida area, please contact the experienced criminal defense attorneys at the Umansky Law Firm today.

Hip-hop artist and member of OutKast, Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, was arrested on Sunday for drug possession. According to law enforcement officers, Patton was getting off a cruise ship at the Port of Miami when a drug sniffing dog led officials to his stash. He had just returned from vacationing in Puerto Rico and Grand Turk Island.

Law enforcement allegedly found 5.7 grams of MDMA powder, three ecstasy pills, and nine Viagra pills, as well as other unnamed items. Patton was then arrested on three counts of narcotics possession and one count of drug paraphernalia possession. He was released late Sunday on a $16,000 bond.

Patton's defense attorney stated that Patton was traveling with a group of friends and the drugs were found in "the collective luggage." He said, "I am confident when the entire facts are aired Big Boi will be completely exonerated."

One of the first things Patton did upon his release from the Pre-Trial Detention Center in Miami was write through Twitter, "Fresh out Baby!"

It's unknown what might happen to Patton if he is convicted on the drug offenses. Ordinary people might plead and get a reduced sentence, which might include a drug treatment program, fine, and probation. If this is not his first time being charged with drug offenses, he may face some jail time.

If you have been charged with drugs in the Orange County or Orlando, Florida area, or anywhere else in the state of Florida, please contact the experienced defense attorneys at the Umansky Law Firm today for a free and confidential case evaluation.

A New Mexican woman has been indicted for allegedly creating fraudulent residency documents for illegal immigrants so they could obtain driver's licenses in that state. The 45-year-old faces over 300 felony counts that she used her Albuquerque business to create the false documents for Mexican nationals.

She had been free on bond from a previous drug offense.

New Mexico, along with Utah and Washington, currently allow undocumented workers to obtain a driver's license if they can prove their identity and place of residency. Residency papers include lease agreements, utility bills, and bank statements. Proof of identity includes passport, birth certificate, or a Mexican identification card issued by the Mexican consulate.

New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez said, "Our driver's licenses have been compromised and we're not only putting our residents at risk, but those living in other states as well." Martinez will apparently ask the state legislature to change the law next month. However, a proposal that would have outlawed foreign nationals obtaining a license was rejected by the New Mexico Senate last March.

The suspect has been accused of signing as both translator and notary on the birth certificates that were translated from Spanish to English. State law requires three separate signatures, and she allegedly used three aliases to sign as the translator and her own name as the notary.

So far, 29 driver's licenses have been canceled by the state that originated from her address.

If you have been charged with fraud in Orange County or Orlando, Florida, or anywhere else in the state of Florida, please contact the experienced criminal defense attorneys at the Umansky Law Firm today.

The son of the late Farrah Fawcett and actor Ryan O'Neal was arrested and charged with drug possession in Southern California on Tuesday.

According to law enforcement officers, Redmond O'Neal was pulled over around 8:30am for failing to stop at a red light in Santa Monica. Police searched his vehicle and found heroin. He was jailed without bail.

The 26-year-old is currently on probation for another drug case and has battled drug addiction for years. He was placed in a drug diversion program, which he completed last year. He was placed on probation after bringing drugs to a jail in Los Angeles County in 2009 when he went to visit a friend.

O'Neal was first treated for addiction to heroin in 2004, but relapsed four years later. He was arrested and convicted of drug possession and drunk driving and then given probation. That same year Redmond and his father were arrested for possession of methamphetamine, which was found in the actor's Malibu home. They were ordered to enter into treatment programs.

Fawcett died of cancer while Redmond was temporarily in jail, but he was granted a temporary release to go to her funeral.

If you have been charged with drug possession in Orange County or Orlando, Florida, or anywhere else in the state of Florida, please contact the experienced criminal defense attorneys at the Umansky Law Firm for a free and confidential case evaluation.