Month: May 2011

Tampa Florida Seat Belt Ticket

Florida’s Click-It-Or-Ticket campaign begins again today. Each year, Florida law enforcement agencies crack down on motorists who are not wearing their seat belts during the month of May. These tickets carry a $116 fine. The Campaign runs through June 5, 2011 this year. With the economy being down, experts predict local law enforcement agencies […]

Theft of Utility Services

Did you know Florida has codified the crime of Theft of Utility Services? Under Florida Statute 812.14, a person who willfully alters or tampers with a meter/pipe/wire/line/cable/transformer/amplifier/other apparatus or device belonging to a utility service in order to obtain services fradulently is guilty of a first degree misdemeanor punishable by one year in jail and […]

Warrantless Cell Phone Search

Password protect your smartphone, ladies and gentlemen: the First District Court of Appeals in Florida has held that police can search your cell phone for information after arresting you. The case, Smallwood v. State, involved a robbery suspect who had his phone detained by officers at the time of arrest. Police had no […]

Florida Saggy Pants Law

Florida lawmakers have passed a bill requiring school dress codes to ban clothing that exposes underwear or body parts in an indecent manner. A student caught violating this policy would receive a verbal warning for a first offense; a second offense would result in a possible five day suspension from extra curricular activities. […]

What is Doctor Shopping in Florida?

As many Americans already know, “pill mills” are becoming a growing trend in America today. Doctors are prescribing addictive drugs at an alarming rate, resulting in many people becoming addicted to the very drugs they were once given to improve their health and quality of life. Unfortunately for those who become addicted, and even the […]

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