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Assault and Battery

Assault and battery are very serious crimes that are perpetrated by at least one individual against at least one other individual. Although they a...

Burglary

Burglary is generally defined as the intrusion or the trespassing into someone else’s property. The act of burglary is generally a statutory offens...

Car Jacking

With the increase in the number of carjackings, the federal government stepped in and passed a law in 1992 which states if a death occurs during the...

Check Fraud

Writing a bad check with fraudulent purposes can be a serious offense. Check fraud specifically may involve signing another person’s name to a c...

Embezzlement

What is embezzlement? This is an act of dishonestly appropriating or secreting assets and a term usually heard in the corporate world. An embezzle...

Forging Documents

Forgery is commonly thought of as the act of signing another person’s name to a document, like forging another’s signature on a check, for insta...

Grand Theft Auto

Grand theft auto is a specific type of felony involving the theft of motor vehicles. The illegal act may also be charged as “motor vehicle theft....

Kidnapping

The number of people who are taken against their will is increasing especially when it comes to children. Kidnapping may occur for any number of rea...

Assault and Battery
Assault and battery are very serious crimes that are perpetrated by at least one individual against at least one other individual. Although they are often lumped together as charges, assault and battery occur through different methods. The first, assault, is committed when one actor acts in such a way as to create an atmosphere of imminent apprehension for another actor that there is the likelihood of being harmed. This creation of apprehension must be accompanied by the present physically ability of the first actor to actually cause harm to befall the second actor. In other w
Burglary
Burglary is generally defined as the intrusion or the trespassing into someone else’s property. The act of burglary is generally a statutory offense and is sometimes referred to as breaking and entering...
Car Jacking
With the increase in the number of carjackings, the federal government stepped in and passed a law in 1992 which states if a death occurs during the commission of this crime it is to be considered a capital crime. Due to the high incidence of the use of weapons when these crimes were committed, the government felt some action had to be taken to protect the citizens. Almost 90 percent of carjacking attempts involved the use of some type of weapon.
Check Fraud
Writing a bad check with fraudulent purposes can be a serious offense. Check fraud specifically may involve signing another person’s name to a check, forging a signed endorsement or signature on a check, altering the writing on a check, constructing a fake check, or purposely writing bad checks to merchants. Depending on the severity of the crime, the law may consider the forger guilty of a misdemeanor or felony.
Embezzlement
What is embezzlement? This is an act of dishonestly appropriating or secreting assets and a term usually heard in the corporate world. An embezzlement charge may be given against an individual or by a group of individuals who have allegedly mishandled assets for personal gain. Literally speaking, the act of embezzlement is not limited to the corporate world.

Forging Documents
Forgery is commonly thought of as the act of signing another person’s name to a document, like forging another’s signature on a check, for instance. But the actual definition of forgery is much
Grand Theft Auto
Grand theft auto is a specific type of felony involving the theft of motor vehicles. The illegal act may also be charged as “motor vehicle theft.” The term “grand theft auto” has been popularized by the media and continues to be used by some police departments today. Most states will charge auto theft as a felony, and if the vehicle is deemed to be valuable then the case will be conside
Kidnapping
The number of people who are taken against their will is increasing especially when it comes to children. Kidnapping may occur for any number of reasons from seeking money for the return of the victim to the non-custodial parent taking the child away from the other parent.

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