How is it possible for two sisters – riding in the same car – to both end up charged with DUI? Well that is just what happened in the Florida Keys this week. An officer followed the vehicle, driven by one sister, for a few miles before stopping the driver for a traffic infraction. Upon […]
The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has announced a huge sting operation that ended yesterday resulting in 41 arrests for the crime of traveling to meet a minor. This is a serious sex crime in Florida that carries harsh penalties, including prison time, fines, and life time sex offender status. If you were charged in this […]
This coming Thursday, June 20, 2013, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a DUI Checkpoint at the intersection of Highway 60 and Parsons Ave. in Brandon starting at approximately 10 PM. Typically, every driver passing through this intersection is stopped and a HCSO Deputy speaks to the driver and checks for signs of impairment, […]
Former NFL star Chad “Ocho Cinco” Johnson was sentenced to 30 days in jail today after a Broward County Judge rejected the plea deal he made with the State. The Judge’s decision came after she asked Johnson, former wide receiver, if he was satisfied with his attorney in Court. Johnson responded by slapping his attorney […]
In Florida, the crime of rape is known as “sexual battery” and is governed under Florida Statute 794.011. For purposes of this law, sexual battery (rape) is defined as: “oral, anal, or vaginal penetration by, or union with, the sexual organ of another or the anal or vaginal penetration of another by any other object; […]
The US Supreme Court has ruled that the police can take the DNA of anyone they arrest, just as they can take their fingerprints and photograph. Some justices sharply dissented in the 5-4 ruling, with conservative Antonin Scalia oddly joining three liberal justices in dissent. Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote, “Taking and […]
