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A 38-year-old Rochester man appeared in court April 9 on single felony counts of fifth-degree drug crime and fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle.

The man led police on a two-county wide chase starting at Oakland Avenue West around 11 p.m. April 7 after fleeing from an officer who recognized him as being the target of several outstanding warrants. During the chase the defendant threw a white substance, later determined to be meth, out of his window. The meth struck the windshield of the pursuing officer, disrupting visibility.

He will return to court April 22 for further trial. The man has a long list of prior drug convictions and was on supervised release since leaving prison in October 2009.

If you are facing criminal charges or need legal advice regarding criminal defense law, contact Austin criminal defense attorney Ian Inglis today by calling 512-472-1950.

A man in Austin is wanted for allegedly assaulting and choking a woman at an apartment before driving away in her vehicle Sunday morning.

According to officials with the Austin Police Department, 42 year-old William Marshall Johnson is charged in Mower District Court with single felony counts of domestic assault, motor-vehicle theft, and domestic assault by strangulation. An arrest warrant was issued for Johnson on Monday.

According to the criminal complaint, Austin police responded shortly after 8:00 a.m. to Western Manor Apartments, where a 26 year-old woman had been assaulted. Police found the woman crying and distraught, saying that Johnson punched her about thirty times, and choked her. Police say she had physical signs that she’d been assaulted.

The woman was transported to Austin Medical Center for treatment.

If you or someone you know is facing criminal charges in Texas, finding an experienced and trustworthy defense attorney, who will passionately fight to protect the rights of a client, is vitally important in securing a satisfactory outcome in your case. Contact the Austin criminal defense lawyer Ian Inglis to learn more about the legal options available to you as a defendant. Please call 512-472-1950.

A man has been sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for his role in operating a drug-trafficking operation based out of Mexico.

Sentencing in the case of 38 year-old Oscar Alonso Escajeda-Candelaria was announced Thursday in Dallas Superior Court. Escajeda-Candelaria pleaded guilty in October 2009 to one count of conspiracy to possess more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana with intent to distribute, and conspiracy to posses more than five kilograms of cocaine with intent to distribute.

According to court documents, Escajeda-Candelaria admitted that, between 2002 and the end of 2005, he was responsible for importing almost 3,000 pounds of marijuana per month into the United States from Mexico. Federal officials say Escajeda-Candelaria was also involved in a border incursion at Neely’s Crossing, Texas, in January 2006.

If you or someone you know is facing criminal charges in Texas, finding an experienced and trustworthy defense attorney, who will passionately fight to protect the rights of a client, is vitally important in securing a satisfactory outcome in your case. Contact the Austin criminal defense lawyer Ian Inglis to learn more about the legal options available to you as a defendant. Please call 512-472-1950.

Austin police arrested 14 people downtown from Thursday through Saturday during last weeks South by Southwest music festival.

A police spokeswoman said that the majority of the arrests were made for fighting or public intoxication. Five people were arrested in connection with one fight that broke out on Thursday night, while one person was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon. On Friday night, two people were arrested for fighting.

If you have been arrested or charged with a crime, you need an experienced Austin criminal defense lawyer on your side to help you fight for a fair trial. To learn more, contact the Law Offices of Ian Inglis by calling 512-472-1950.

A man and woman in Texas were arrested Monday and police seized more than 300 pills and drug paraphernalia.

According to officials with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and the Ocala Police Department, officers observed a 1999 Dodge sport utility vehicle sitting with its engine running in a parking lot in the 900 block of Southeast 17th street. Upon approaching the vehicle, officers say the driver, 22 year-old Amanda Blanchard, looked dazed. Before performing a field sobriety test, authorities say Blanchard was unsteady on her feet and her speech was slurred.

Blanchard failed the field sobriety test and was arrested. While searching other passengers, police say they found a needle, syringe, spoon, piece of string and small bag containing four Xanax pills in the pockets of 26 year-old Matthew Vealey. He was arrested and a search of the vehicle uncovered 323 1/2 pills.

Vealey could not provide officers with a prescription for the pills.

If you or someone you know is facing criminal charges in Texas, finding an experienced and trustworthy defense attorney, who will passionately fight to protect the rights of a client, is vitally important in securing a satisfactory outcome in your case. Contact the Austin criminal defense lawyer Ian Inglis to learn more about the legal options available to you as a defendant. Please call 512-472-1950.