Sep 13, 2017 | Criminal Defense
Last week, I wrote about the Polk County Sheriff’s announcement that if any person with an outstanding warrant sought shelter from the hurricane they would be arrested: If you go to a shelter for #Irma and you have a warrant, we’ll gladly escort you to the safe and...
Sep 7, 2017 | Criminal Defense
If you have arrest warrants in Conway, Myrtle Beach, or the Horry County area, it is in your best interest to get them resolved as soon as possible. The criminal defense lawyers at Coastal Law, LLC, can help you with this. What happens if the bench warrant is not...
Sep 1, 2017 | Criminal Defense
Safewise.com has published their yearly list of “The 30 Most Dangerous Cities in America,” and Myrtle Beach, S.C. has moved to the nation’s number three spot. The numbers are based on the FBI’s crime statistics on a per capita basis which show that Myrtle Beach has a...
Aug 31, 2017 | Criminal Defense
In the “hot-coffee lawsuit” of 1992, a McDonald’s customer sued the fast-food giant after spilling hot coffee in her lap and suffering third-degree burns. The court ordered the fast-food giant to pay $2.86 million in damages: $640,000 for medical treatment and $2.7...
Aug 30, 2017 | Criminal Defense
Our criminal defense lawyers and office staff at Coastal Law, LLC, have years of experience defending criminal cases in the Myrtle Beach, Conway, Charleston, and Columbia areas and helping our clients to stay out of jail. One key part of every defense is finding and...
Aug 25, 2017 | Criminal Defense, Ethics, Police and Prosecutorial Misconduct
Not all police officers, and not all the time. They lie because they are human, and most humans lie when it is in their self-interest. They lie because they know that courts will accept their lies. They lie because they know there are no consequences, for them, for...