Another Tampa Bay police department has decided not to adopt the use of body cameras. As the Tampa Bay Times reports, the Clearwater Police Department has cited budget issues and lack of conduct issues in their decision to forgo using the technology. “I definitely see the value of the item, and somewhere down […]
The civil trial between former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan and gossip/news blog giant Gawker media has been postponed. Filed today in the 2nd District Court of Appeals, this trial was postponed because of rules dictating how many days must pass after motions are filed and the trial date itself. In this case, the motions […]
Officials in the states of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi (the states most touched by the BP oil spill) announced a settlement with BP endingyears of litigation over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The settlement will amount to $18.7 billion. After millions of gallons of oil spewed into the Gulf, individual states pursued […]
Clearwater police are investigating an incident from Sunday night that involved an Uber driver alledgedly shooting a passenger after a disagreement. Police claim the shooting happened inside the Uber vehicle that was stopped at Mandalay Avenue around 10 p.m. The driver, 74-year-old Steven Rayow, had picked up the passenger, 60-year-old Marc Mermel, in that location […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided against a Los Angeles law that required hotel operators to make guest registries available to police and authorities. The law was deemed as a violation of the Fourth Amendment’s ban on unreasonable searches and seizures. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. […]
As South Carolina protestors call to remove the Confederate flag flown at the state’s Capitol in light of nine black church members being slain last week, Tampa officials are debating whether or not the same should take place here. “Given what happened in South Carolina, it opens old wounds about the flag flying in Tampa,” […]
As you may already be aware, the carries harsh penalties if you are caught with illegal substances in your possession, with or without an intent to sell or deliver them. This is not a position anyone would want to be in, however there are many facets to these related laws that you may not be […]
Recently, many citizens of Tampa Bay have fallen victim to a scam that could be hard to spot for the untrained eye. Individuals have even come forward to our own attorneys claiming that they have fallen victim. The scam involves a phone call from somebody posing as a law enforcement officer, insisting that the recipient […]
A woman in Florida has admitted to taking selfies as she had sex with her dog, according to police. Eighteen-year-old Ashley Miller was charged with two counts of sexual activities involving animals after Bradenton investigators found the graphic photos on her cell phone. 2-face, her Pitbull, was coerced into licking Miller in […]
Earlier this month, authorities in the state of Florida planned and executed a sting operation to arrest individuals involved with soliciting sex. This operation carried out by Sheriff’s deputies in both Lake and Polk counties was different in nature from other sting operations; this time, the individuals soliciting sex were soliciting not from prostitutes, but […]
