Recent Posts in St. Pete DUI Lawyer Category
Posted on May 18, 2013 By Tampa Defense Attorneys
DUI Lawyers are often asked a question by friends and clients – "If I am pulled over for DUI, what happens if I refuse to provide a breath sample?" The debate is often whether or not ...
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Posted on Jan 16, 2013 By Tampa Defense Attorneys
Another big DUI victory for Taracks Gomez & Rickman. Our client was a college student who had a minor fender bender in a parking garage. Police were called and client failed field sobriety ...
Continue reading "DUI Case Result Update: College Student Gets Reduced to Reckless Driving by Asserting Necessity Defense" »
Posted on Jan 2, 2013 By Tampa Defense Attorneys
The 2012 stats are in, and they aren't pretty. Using data of fatalities over a ten-year period, the size and density of the dots show where all traffic accidents happened. The highest density ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2012 By Frank Kerney III, Esq.
Taracks Gomez & Rickman Case Update: C harge: DUI, 6861-XEG, Judge Conrad, Tampa, December 2012 Our client is a 21 year old college student at USF who is getting ready to graduate and apply to ...
Continue reading "Taracks Gomez & Rickman Case Result: DUI Reduced to Reckless Driving with a Withhold of Adjudication; No Conviction on Any Charge" »
Posted on Oct 1, 2012 By St. Petersburg DUI Attorney
Ten people were arrested this weekend when Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputies conducted a DUI checkpoint at in the parking lot of the Lockheed Martin facility located at 3655 Tampa Road in ...
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Posted on Sep 18, 2012 By Tampa Defense Attorneys
Last night, just hours after rushing for over 40 yards and a touchdown in the Atlanta Falcons' win over the Broncos on Monday Night Football, running back Michael Turner was arrested and charged ...
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Posted on Aug 20, 2012 By Tampa Defense Attorneys
The Florida Highway Patrol will participate in the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign beginning Aug. 17 through Sept. 3. The Patrol will join thousands of other law enforcement and ...
Continue reading "FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL JOINS NATIONAL CRACKDOWNTO REMOVE IMPAIRED DRIVERS FROM THE ROADS" »
Posted on Aug 19, 2012 By Frank Kerney III, Esq.
This fall, hundreds of thousands of college students will return to campuses across Tampa Bay. As we know, far too often college students engage in high risk drinking behaviors, including binge ...
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Posted on Aug 10, 2012 By Frank Kerney III, Esq.
Being arrested for DUI can be one of – if not the most – troubling experiences of your life. First, you are scared, as the average person who is arrested for DUI has never been in trouble ...
Continue reading "Tampa DUI Attorney - DUI Process in Florida - Formal Review Hearing, Criminal Case, & DUI Penalties" »
Posted on May 10, 2012 By Tampa Defense Attorneys
Mothers Against Drunk Driving, or MADD, issued a new report claiming that the average drunk driver has driven under the influence 80 times before their first arrest. After that arrest many still get ...
Continue reading "MADD Calling for Tighter DUI Penalties for Repeat Offenders" »
Posted on Apr 20, 2012 By Tampa Defense Attorneys
A Tampa man was sentenced to ten years in Florida State Prison by Circuit Court Judge Kimberly Fernandez on Thursday after being convicted of DUI for a ninth time. Upon release from jail, the man will ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2012 By Tampa Defense Attorneys
A Tampa woman has been arrested three times in Hillsborough County for DUI – in just under three weeks. Kimberly McCarthy, 18, of Tampa, also faces numerous charges of possessing a controlled ...
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Posted on Mar 15, 2012 By Tampa Defense Attorneys
St. Patrick's day is a cause for celebration all over the US. The Tampa Bay area will host hundreds of exciting events, including dying the Hillsborough River green. Unfortunately, every year ...
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Posted on Feb 20, 2012 By Tampa Defense Attorneys
Did you know that in Florida you may be eligible for a hardship license just two (2) years after a court imposed ten (10) year revocation / suspension of your license? At Taracks Gomez & Rickman ...
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Posted on Feb 19, 2012 By Tampa Defense Attorneys
As of Friday, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri reinstituted DUI checkpoints and Wolf Pack patrols throughout Pinellas County. The goal of DUI checkpoints and the so-called "wolf pack ...
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