{"id":46758,"date":"2019-03-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/duplicate-3504444.findlaw4.flsitebuilder.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/tennessee-cops-facing-dui-and-domestic-violence-charges\/"},"modified":"2020-03-18T10:28:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T15:28:45","slug":"tennessee-cops-facing-dui-and-domestic-violence-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/blog\/2019\/03\/tennessee-cops-facing-dui-and-domestic-violence-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee cops facing DUI and domestic violence charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are tens of thousands of laws about virtually every aspect of life in Chattanooga, Tennessee and the United States. With so many laws, it is not a surprise that so many find themselves facing criminal charges of one type or another.<\/p>\n<p>It is a little surprising that so many law enforcement officers have recently found themselves accused of breaking the laws they&rsquo;re sworn to uphold. Two more Tennessee police officers were arrested a couple of days ago on <a href=\"\/criminal-defense\/dui\/\">charges that include drunk driving<\/a> and domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p>The first Memphis police officer was arrested after he reportedly &ldquo;got into a fight with a woman&rdquo; inside of a restaurant. When a security guard tried to separate the couple, the nine-year-old veteran cop allegedly retrieved an axe from his car and threatened the guard.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/wtvr.com\/2019\/03\/13\/two-memphis-officers-arrested-hours-apart-are-latest-in-string-of-officer-arrests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news report<\/a>, the second officer was arrested less than an hour later after he reportedly lost control of his vehicle and hit a utility pole while driving under the influence.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, a 23-year-old Memphis cop was accused of striking his pregnant girlfriend. Though he was arrested for alleged domestic violence, the charge was later dropped and he was returned to duty.<\/p>\n<p>Also last month: two former cops were sentenced to eight and 10 years, respectively, in a heroin-smuggling operation.<\/p>\n<p>No matter who you are and what you do for a living, allegations of DUI, domestic violence and drug crimes can upend your life. If you or a loved one faces these types of charges, speak to an attorney experienced in criminal defense before you speak with a prosecutor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are tens of thousands of laws about virtually every aspect of life in Chattanooga, Tennessee and the United States. With so many laws, it is not a surprise that so many find themselves facing criminal charges of one type or another. It is a little surprising that so many law enforcement officers have recently [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drunk-driving"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}