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Charges in ’sexting’ cases are sweeping across the nation and several states are trying to figure out exactly how to prosecute these criminals.

The problem is that men are found with pictures of naked or barely clothed underage girls on cell phones. Normally those men would be charged with ‘possession of child pornography’ as well as other serious felony charges. However, if convicted the defendants would not only have a felony record for the rest of their lives, they would also have to register as sex offenders.

Although it’s a serious problem, the difference in juvenile girls taking and sending out pictures of their own bodies to individuals cell phones and the other ways that child porn is normally obtained and distributed is vast.

California is not the only state struggling with a new crime that law books have not caught up with yet. New laws will likely be written to cover the dangerous and damaging ’sexting’.

Los Angeles Defense Attorney Robert Michael Helfend is ready to take on cases like these. No one believes it is right to lump together a 25 year old ‘man’ with pictures of a high school girl on his phone in the same category as rapist and pedophiles. It’s simply wrong.

However, if  those men are convicted and forced to register as sex offenders that is exactly what the public will think. Contact the law offices of Ventura County Defense Attorney Robert Helfend to see that he will put together a logical and aggressive defense plan that will keep your name off of the sex registry. He will fight for your charges to be dropped altogether or at the very least, fit the crime.

The growing trend to ‘run for the border’ is nothing new. Fugitives in the states, especially California, are running to Mexico to escape prosecution here. However, Mexican authorities are starting to focus on these criminals and make a concentrated effort to get the dangerous people back to the US to face thier charges.

Just like the husband of Monica Beresford-Redman, a Los Angeles man wanted in suspicion of responsibility for her death, many think that they can get lost in the vastness of Mexico itself and that the chaotic crime climate will aid in hiding them.

Recently though Mexican officials have created a task force specifically for dealing with these would be runaways. They are being dubbed ‘Fugitive Hunting Squads’ and this year they have returned approximatly 299 men and women to answer for their crimes. This is more than triple the number of people sent back over the border in 2003.

Both Mexican officials and US law enforcement agencies are extremely happy with the progress thus far.

Once you are sent across and arrested, contact the law offices of Los Angeles Defense Attorney Robert Michael Helfend:

“At the criminal defense law office of Robert Michael Helfend, Attorney at Law, I don’t believe that having a prior felony conviction or being a repeat offender means that you are worthless and deserve a lifetime behind bars. I am criminal defense lawyer Robert Helfend. After more than twenty years of practice, I have seen too many good people face serious incarceration that would destroy their lives and families. I am recognized throughout Los Angeles and Southern California for my hard work and tough defense tactics to help my clients avoid a conviction that carries a three strike penalty. Whether my clients are facing their first felony conviction, or their third, I approach every three-strike felony case with an understanding of how important it is to my client.” – Robert Helfend

This past week in Los Angeles a man left his home to go to store leaving his fiance at home, when he returned his nightmare began.

Adam Culvey came home to find a man in his home, he argued and struggled with the 20 something Latino man who ended up getting out of the house. Mr. Culvey chased him down the street and when he lost the perpetrator Adam went back to his house only to find it ablaze.

Authorities found his fiance’s burned body inside. Her cause of death is still being determined. Police do not think that Culvey is involved in the crime and are not currently looking at him as a suspect.

The man who ran from the home is described as a latin man in his twenties around 5 foot 8 inches tall.

Anyone facing charges of any kind, especially murder, should contact the law offices of Los Angeles Defense Attorney Robert Michael Helfend. He will make an aggressive defense plan in an effort to fight these charges.

‘My reputation for integrity among prosecutors and judges is extremely important. When we file a motion to suppress evidence, it is taken seriously. When we argue for a reduced charge based on legal and personal grounds, our arguments will be respected. If your case goes to court for trial, I promise that the judge and jury will clearly understand how serious we are about an acquittal of the charges.

There are many criminal law attorneys in Los Angeles. Some will promise you the world. I won’t. I will promise to work hard and work directly with you throughout your entire defense process.” – Robert Helfend

The Lohan family seems to attract unwanted attention by law officials. This week Lindsay has been all over the news for her many antics in the courtroom and her eventual surrender to jail. However, her father, Michael Lohan is now also facing charges of his own.

Allegedly Michael Lohan and his fiancé, 27 year old Kate Major, got in a fight because she didn’t answer her cell phone. The fight escalated and now the model is saying that he threatened to kill her.

“My fiance, Michael Lohan, started a verbal argument with me because I didn’t answer my cell phone when he called,” Major’s statement said. “Then he flipped the sofa chair over while I was sitting in it causing me to bump my head into the wall and my body to the floor.” Major goes on to say that he stated he would go back to jail soon due to the fact he was going to kill her.

If you are facing charges of spousal abuse and or domestic violence you must realize the importance of a lawyer who truly knows what he is doing. Los Angeles Defense Attorney Robert Michael Helfend has seen it all in his two decades of experience and will take your case and handle it with the utmost respect.

No one knows better than Ventura County Defense Attorney Robert Michael Helfend what it is like to look into the eyes of a client and feel the need to fight for their rights. He won’t promise you the world, but he’ll personally stand beside you while you both work to find a way to keep you in it.

A group of mostly peaceful protesters were gathered in the downtown Oakland area after the verdict in the killing of Oscar Grant by a BART police officer case. However, when police showed up and declared the group to be excessive and told them to desperse, a riot broke out.

At one point there were as many as a hundred people in the area and at least fifty of them were arrested.

Protestors were angry that the police officer was declared guilty of only involuntary manslaughter when he shot and killed Grant who was lying on his stomach in handcuffs.

The huge group of people did plenty of damage to show their anger. Breaking into businesses in the area and even spray painting on a local building the words “You can’t shoot us all”.

In Ventura County one of the best lawyers you can hire is Los Angeles Defense Attorney Robert Micahel Helfend. In this type of a case Robert Helfend would be happy to stand beside any of the protestors who were arrested and fight for their rights.

Don’t worry about your attorney’s dedication to your case, contact the law offices of Ventura County Defense Attorney Robert Helfend and know that you have the most honest and hard working man beside you each step of your legal journey.

On New Year’s Day 2009 a BART police officer shot and killed a man who he said was part of a disturbance on the platform. Johannes Mehserle, the officer, was found guilty on Thursday of involuntary manslaughter.

The family of the deseased, Oscar Grant, says that he was murdered. They feel this way because two officers had Grant on the ground, where they say he was resisting aresst, until Mehserle pulled out his gun and shot the young man in the back. Grant was pronounced dead on scene.

”My son was murdered,” Wanda Johnson, Grant’s mother, said. “He was murdered and the law has not held the officer accountable.”

There has been speculation that Mehsele meant to pull his taser and made a horrific mistake. The entire ordeal was caught on video by several bystander cell phones.

Ventura County Defense Attorney Robert Michael Helfend has tried cases such as these in the Los Angeles area with similar results due to his exceptional grasp of the law and judicial system. Mr. Helfend puts his all into each case he tries because he believes in each clients’ right to a fair trial.

Contacting his law offices will mean that you get an intricately outlined aggressive defense plan aimed to make sure that you get your best chance at a favorable outcome. He will also arrange to meet with you personally for a free initial consultation where he’ll explain what you are up against as well.

Alfredo Montez Valenzuela is currently standing trial for the murders of an elderly couple who were stabbed to death in 2003. The prosecution is pushing hard for the death penalty and the outlook doesn’t seem great. 

The choice to pursue the death penalty over life in prison is technically decided by the office of the district attorney, but that really means that one man, current chairman Curt Hazell, makes the call. He and his office never explain their decision to go one way or the other.

“We don’t talk about individual cases or why decisions were made,” said Sandi Gibbons, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

This case, and whomever is guilty of it, is especially gruesome. The perpetrator climbed through the window and stabbed first the wife, more than forty times, and then the husband, a total of 113 times. The scene has been described by detectives as ‘one of the bloodiest crimes scenes’ they have ever seen.

If you or a loved one is charged in a crime such as this it is imperative to get proper representation. A lawyer who honestly cares about his clients and shows it by personally handling each case and putting his all into it. Los Angeles Defense Attorney Robert Michael Helfend is known for his honesty and trustworthiness.

Important decisions like who dies and who lives is left up to one man, the defense of the accused also depends on one man, Ventura County Defense Attorney Robert Helfend is the man who has seen great success in positive outcomes. Contact his office the minute you are charged with any crime is the Los Angeles area.

In July of 2008 Pamela Goudie Fayed, 44 of Camarillo, was stabbed to death in a parking garage. Almost a full year later two more men have been arrested in conjunction with the crime.

Steven Vicente Simmons, 21, and Gabriel Jay Marquez, 45, have been taken into custody and are facing felony charges of murder. Marquez was already doing time for other crimes and has been in jail since April. If convicted these charges will be added to his time.

Also already behind bars is the husband of the deceased, James Fayed who detectives believe hired the men to kill his wife. He was arrested soon after the crime but has not been convicted yet.

In Los Angeles murder charges are extrememly serious. Because of the availability of the death penalty in the state of California, it’s even more important to hire a truly great attorney with the experience to get your charges reduced or even dropped altogether. Although he will never promise these results, Ventura County Defense Attorney Robert Michael Helfend is the lawyer who has been able to see them time and again during his twenty years defending the residents of Los Angeles.

Contact the law offices of Defense Attorney Robert Helfend for a free initial consultation where he will explain what exactly you are being charged with and how best to go about fighting those charges. He will then personally stand beside you throughout the entire case so that you are able to get the best and most aggressive defense possible.

Understanding how the justice system works and the importance of each aspect within the court systems is something that comes with experience and time working as a great attorney. Los Angeles Defense Attorney Robert Helfend has that experience and understands why defending his clients, now matter their crime, is essential to our country’s survival.

Reynald Duchene, 38, was attending a concert in the park on his finance’s birthday when a group of teenagers starting hassling their group. The boys were obviously looking for a fight so Duchene walked away from his family to deal with them.

Minutes later he was found by his family with a stab wound that he later died of. Apparently there were also two men involved in the scuffle and police suspect them of being the people responsible for Duchene’s death.

The boys taken into custody have been released after investigation into the crime. We all know that police can make mistakes and don’t always get the whole story, so just being arrested does not mean you are going to jail.

If you or anyone you know has been accused of murder in the Los Angeles area contact the law offices of Robert Michael Helfend for a great aggressive defense plan that will aim to keep you alive and possibly even out of jail. He will meet with you for a free initial consultation to outline what you are being charged with and your options of fighting them.

In a video on YouTube taken this past Sunday morning around 2am, two officers of the Los Angeles Police Department can be seen using what appears to be excessive force on a drunk man in downtown LA.

In the three minute video taken by a woman with a cell phone, the officers can be seen arguing with the combative man who is yelling profanity’s and racial slurs for approximately two and a half minutes until they tase him in the chest. While his muscles are seized and his body is slowly falling over, one of the officers whacks him with a night stick.

The man then hits the ground with an audible snap on the pavement, at which time the video taping bystander can be heard saying, ”Oh his head just split open!” before both policeman kneel beside and on his back to cuff him. The man doesn’t move even slightly during the last few seconds before the video ends.

Authorities have reported that they then called for an ambulance and the man was taken to Cedar Sinai Hospital where he is currently is serious but stable condition.

In this type of case it is common for the police force to claim they acted within the confines of the law and continue to prosecute the victim for public drunkenness and resisting arrest. If you or someone you love is the accused in a case like this you will need to contact Los Angeles Defense Attorney Robert Michael Helfend for your best chance at a positive outcome.