by Bickerton Law | Jun 29, 2022 | Blog, DUI, In the News, News
The Greensburg and Meadville barracks of the Pennsylvania State Police are planning sobriety checkpoints in July. DUI checkpoints and roving patrols are scheduled for the July 4th weekend In a press release, the Meadville unit announced that it would be using sobriety...
by Bickerton Law | Jun 28, 2022 | Blog, In the News, News
On Monday, YouTuber Christopher Gunn was charged on allegations that he threatened to “storm” the offices of the federal prosecutors who tried the federal case against the artist known as R. Kelly. Image of R. Kelly | Andrew Steinmetz Wiki Creative Commons...
by Bickerton Law | Jun 24, 2022 | Blog, In the News, News, Proposed Laws
On June 24th, 2022, the US Supreme Court overruled Roe vs. Wade and concluded that there is no federal constitutional right to abortion. With this decision, laws that criminalize or otherwise ban abortion are no longer considered invalid under the United States...
by Bickerton Law | Jun 24, 2022 | Blog, Blog Posts, In the News, News
Pittsburgh’s city council is working on an initiative that would place formerly incarcerated people in jobs. The city council is looking to act on the measure this month. This proposed measure follows the Biden White House’s report on increasing...
by Bickerton Law | Jun 22, 2022 | Blog, Gun Laws, In the News, News
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that it seized its 12th firearm at a security checkpoint at Pittsburgh for 2022. Of those 12 guns, one was a handgun that was found in the bag of a Pittsburgh International Airport employee. In the first week...
by Bickerton Law | Jun 21, 2022 | Blog, Drug Crimes, In the News, New Laws, News, News Update
On June 20th, the Pennsylvania House passed a bill decriminalizing the possession of fentanyl test strips and other drug testing kits. Test tubes in laboratory Under the current law, possession of the test trips is an ungraded misdemeanor that is punishable by up to a...
