Before a police officer can arrest you on a drinking and driving (OVI) charge, they must have probable cause that you committed the crime. Police and sheriff's deputies are trained to gather evidence during a traffic stop to reasonably justify an arrest. You can...
Any action that someone takes in Ohio with the intent to deprive someone else of resources that legally belong to them may constitute a theft offense under state law. There are many different kinds of theft that occur regularly throughout Ohio, including shoplifting...
The police need something called “probable cause,” or actual evidence, that a crime was committed to make an arrest, but they only need “reasonable suspicion” to stop a car to see if a driver is operating the vehicle while impaired (OVI). Reasonable suspicion is a...