Timothy D Webb, Criminal and Regulatory Defense Lawyer

Pigeon with m**h filled backpack caught flying into prison yard. (Pigeon lawyers up and says backpack isn’t his)

Pigeon wearing crystal m**h 'like a backpack' caught inside B.C. prison yard | CBC News Drug-smuggling pigeons have persisted over the decades, busted from North America to Europe and Asia. Last week, for the first time in recent memory, one was captured at a correctional facility in B.C.

BREAKING: President Biden is also asking all Governors to consider issuing pardons for all similar ma*****na state charges.

Biden to pardon thousands convicted of ma*****na possession

Kim Kardashian settles with SEC over after promoting Crypto without disclosing payment

SEC.gov | SEC Charges Kim Kardashian for Unlawfully Touting Crypto Security Press Release SEC Charges Kim Kardashian for Unlawfully Touting Crypto Security FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2022-183 Washington D.C., Oct. 3, 2022 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Kim Kardashian for touting on social media a crypto asset security offered and sold ...

Autopilot precedent: California authorities charge a driver with 2 felonies for a 2019 crash where the defendant ran a red light in his Tesla on Autopilot, killing 2 people.

Felony charges are 1st in a fatal crash involving Autopilot DETROIT (AP) — California prosecutors have filed two counts of vehicular manslaughter against the driver of a Tesla on Autopilot who ran a red light, slammed into another car and killed two people in 2019.

Thank you Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita. Other Attorneys General need to follow suit.

Indiana's attorney general sues companies blamed for millions of robocalls across the US Three companies that allegedly helped initiate tens of millions of robocalls in the US -- including to people on Do Not Call registries -- are being sued by the Indiana attorney general.

Making the law fun again ...

Lawyer for the Doobie Brothers Sent an Absolutely Amazing Legal Threat to Bill Murray Lawyers for classic rock group The Doobie Brothers sent a truly epic cease and desist letter to actor Bill Murray Wednesday, calling out the star for using their song without permission. Despite Murray's golf shirt company promising to "keep you Murray chill and dry all day," at least one attorney s...

Minnesota is now criminally charging those violating the stay at home order. Misdemeanor charges with $1,000 fine.

MN law enforcement begin to cite those violating stay at home order Citations for violating Gov. Tiim Walz’ orders to stay at home and halt business operations have started trickling in across the state, including a few in the metro area.

Coronavirus Crimes...

Man Who Licked Products At Walmart Charged With Making Terrorist Threat — HuffPost “Who’s scared of the coronavirus?” Cody Lee Pfister says to the camera before licking a row of deodorant sticks on a Walmart store shelf.

You might want to reconsider your relationship with Google. According to Google, these “Geofence Warrants” have increased fivefold in past two years.

Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect. — NBC News "I was using an app to see how many miles I rode my bike and now it was putting me at the scene of the crime," the man said.

50 people charged in a $25 million college entrance exam cheating scheme

Hollywood actresses among dozens charged in college entrance exam cheating plot — NBC News The scheme involved students who attended or were seeking to attend Georgetown University, Stanford University, Yale and other top colleges.

Thank you Judge Burke!

Minnesota Judge Issues Restraining Order Against Winter, Meteorologists Minnesota’s unrelenting winter has forced a Hennepin County judge to test the limits of his judicial authority.

A good idea that might help to reduce the anxiety and conflict during a traffic stop.

MYSMART Stop App: A smarter traffic stop MY Simple Mobile Assisted Real-Time Stop to improve communication and safety during traffic stops | Check out 'MYSMART Stop App: A smarter traffic stop' on Indiegogo.

Facial recognition glasses are now being used in China.

Chinese police are using facial-recognition glasses to scan travelers The new accessories were unveiled ahead of the Chinese New Year rush, and have already been used to arrest people.

Here is what internal affairs concluded...

Investigators blast Salt Lake City police officers for violent arrest of nurse Detective Jeff Payne and his supervisor could be fired from the department for their treatment of nurse Alex Wubbels.

83 years ago today, on May 23, 1934, famed fugitives Bonnie (Parker) and Clyde (Barrow) were killed in Louisiana. The couple carried out a series of robberies in the 1930s. Barrow and Parker were ambushed on a rural road in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.

According to statements made by the officers involved in the ambush:

"Each of us six officers had a shotgun and an automatic rifle and pistols. We opened fire with the automatic rifles. They were emptied before the car got even with us. Then we used shotguns ... There was smoke coming from the car, and it looked like it was on fire. After shooting the shotguns, we emptied the pistols at the car, which had passed us and ran into a ditch about 50 yards on down the road. It almost turned over. We kept shooting at the car even after it stopped. We weren't taking any chances."

Fitbit turns state's evidence in Connecticut

In Connecticut Murder Case, a Fitbit Is a Silent Witness Richard Dabate was charged in his wife’s 2015 death after investigators say they found a contradiction between his story and her exercise tracker’s data.

A roadside textalyzer? An officer could use the device to tap into a phone's operating system to determine any recent phone activity not compliant with state law.

Texting and Driving? Watch Out for the Textalyzer Policy makers and road safety experts are reaching back to tested strategies: They want to treat distracted driving like drunken driving.

‪Should U.S. Citizens lose their constitutional rights at the border? New bipartisan bill introduced in Congress today would require a search warrant to search your electronic devices.

What if U.S. Border Agents ask for your cellphone? If you say yes, it will take Customs and Border Protection Agents 30 minutes to search your phone. If you say no, you are taking a risk, say experts.

Interesting information on home security from the "experts" ...

We asked 86 burglars how they broke into homes What burglars said were the biggest deterrents, what didn't stop them and how you can protect your home. 

‪"Alexa? Will you be testifying against me?"

Bid for Access to Amazon Echo Audio in Murder Case Raises Privacy Concerns Arkansas investigators are seeking access to what may have been recorded on the electronic personal assistant.

Netflix: Making A Murderer. Once you've watched it, read this article which gets the the heart of the problem with the criminal justice system. Let's refocus on truth; not convictions.

Making a Murderer depicts miscarriages of justice that are not at all rare | Trevor Timm All the cloak-and-dagger undermining that happens to the Netflix series defendant is par for the course in the US criminal justice system

SCOTUS to review MN DWI law ...

U.S. Supreme Court to review constitutionality of Minnesota's DWI test refusal law The state's unique implied consent law makes it a crime for a suspected drunken driver to refuse a warrantless breath test.

A city-by-city overview of the policies in place for body cameras.

Police Body Worn Cameras: A Policy Scorecard In the wake of high-profile incidents in Ferguson, Staten Island, North Charleston, Baltimore, and elsewhere, law enforcement agencies across the country are rapidly adopting body-worn cameras for their officers. One of the main selling points for these cameras is their potential to provide transpar…

First License Plate Readers (LPRs) and now facial recognition readers that can be mounted on police cars to scan and identify pedestrians. Is this the future in which we want to live?

UAE mounts facial recognition cam in police car lights | Planet Biometrics News Article Details

It's time to rethink the lengthy prison sentences given to nonviolent offenders.

Obama Calls for Less Prison in Overhauling Sentencing Laws At a police meeting in Chicago, the president will also announce steps to carrying out the ideas of a task force on tensions between black communities and the police.

The ability to easily capture police misconduct on video is helping to change the paradigm of police behavior in America.

Political Lies About Police Brutality Public scrutiny is being challenged by politicians who want to soft-pedal or even ignore police misconduct.

So criminals are emboldened when citizens are using cell phone video?

F.B.I. Chief Links Scrutiny of Police With Rise in Violent Crime James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, said he had a “strong sense” that scrutiny of the police has made officers less aggressive and emboldened criminals.

Seven inmates received a combined 19.5 years in solitary for making a music video.

These Inmates Got Years In Solitary Confinement For Making A Music Video Seven South Carolina inmates received a combined total of nearly 20 years in solitary confinement after a rap video they created behind bars made its way to WorldStarHipHop.com.

Worth a read if you are following the gun issue.

There's a Way to Stop Mass Shootings, and You Won't Like It. There's a Way to Stop Mass Shootings, and You Won't Like It. That’s right. You’re not going to like it because it’s going to require you to do som**hing personally, as opposed to shouting for the g...

Here we go again ...

Surveillance Court Rules That N.S.A. Can Resume Bulk Data Collection The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ruled that the National Security Agency may temporarily resume collecting records of Americans’ domestic phone calls in bulk.