GA DUI News: Sheriff's Son Arrested for DUI - Case Dismissed

The GA DUI Lawyers at Hawkins DUI Law Firm fight vigorously to protect more than just your rights.  At times law enforcement goes outside of its parameters for a lawful search and seizure.  Police are here to protect and serve, they do however, at times, cross the line set forth by such parameters.  Such a case was recently in the news.  A Georgia Sheriff's son was arrested for a DUI after being pulled over for a mismatched BOLO.

Special Prosecutor Todd Hayes of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, who was assigned to the case after Rockdale District Attorney Richard Read recused himself, issued a statement that "insufficient articulable suspicion supported the stop of Wigington’s vehicle."  Hayes said, "The deputies in this case did not in any way engage in any sort of misconduct or act in bad faith, but the unique facts of this case presented a fluid – and at times confusing – description of the vehicle targeted by the lookout."  

The subsequent charges of DUI along with other charges had to be dismissed due to inadmissible evidence.  The sheriff responded to claims that his position may have led to such a dismissal.  "There are people who are implying he got preferential treatment because of me. The only thing I did was say, ‘Son, you need to get you a lawyer.’" 

Though the sheriff does not condone what his son has done,"He’s learned a lot from it. He’s taken many steps to make sure it never happens again." He pointed out his son had gone through various classes and courses, such as DUI class and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, on his own on the advice of his GA DUI attorney Michael Hawkins. 

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GA DUI News: Sheriff's Son Arrested For DUI - Case Dismissed