A Murrieta high school football player has been charged in connection with allegedly raping two underage girls. The 17-year-old was charged Monday, September 16, by the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office with two counts of forcible rape, two counts of lewd acts with a girl under 14, one count of dissuading a victim/witness from reporting…
Many of my clients are embarrassed and ashamed after receiving a DUI. Most have never been through an arrest before, and many are unsure what to do next. You need to release those feelings as soon as possible and turn your attention to ensuring the best possible outcome from here. As an experienced and proven…
Nic Cocis is a criminal defense attorney at the Law Office of Nic Cocis. The Office represents individuals in Criminal Cases, including DUI and Juvenile Matters, who have been arrested in the cities of Temecula, Murrieta, Wildomar, Menifee, Perris, Hemet, Lake Elsinore, Banning, Corona, Winchester or Riverside, CA. The following case summaries are for educational…
A 27-year-old Wildomar woman was arrested recently on suspicion of breaking into the mailboxes of Murrieta residences over the past month or so. She has now been charged with burglary and fraud. At last report, she remained in Southwest Detention Center in French Valley in lieu of $5,000 bail. Police did not release the total…
Temecula, Murrieta and Hemet Tax Fraud Attorneys As our readers may have heard, Teresa Giudice, the star of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey” and her husband, Joe, were recently charged with 39 counts of financial misconduct. Federal authorities allege that for several years, the two inflated their income so that they could look better…
Felony assault is one of the more serious charges that can be filed against an individual. But the term “assault” is a little broad in terms of the types of charges that can be filed. It can further be defined into two loose categories: Battery is defined as a destructive act of aggressive damage, done…
Lewd Conduct encompasses a myriad of sexually related acts that are usually charged under Penal Code sections 288, 289, 314.1 or 647.6. In fact, the very definition of lewd conduct depends on a variety of factors including the facts of the case itself and the jurisdiction you are in at the time of the event….
Child Molestation is a serious matter in the eyes of the law and in the public’s view. Not only does it come with a certain stigma, the charges can result in prison-time and having lifetime registration as a sex-offender. If you or a loved one is accused of child molestation in Temecula, Murrieta, Wildomar, Menifee,…
A Riverside County judge acquitted two preachers of a misdemeanor criminal charge that was filed against them after their religious efforts at the Hemet DMV in 2011 ended in their arrest on suspicion of holding a demonstration on state property without a permit. Read the entire news article here.
Two former members of a Hemet church arrested for reading Bible passages outside a DMV office were acquitted of demonstrating on government property without a permit. Read entire news article here.
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