In February of this year Tiger’s first baseman Miguel Cabrera was arrested on charges of DUI in Florida. Cabrera was in Florida for the Tiger’s annual Spring Training sessions in Lakeland, Florida, just outside of Tampa, FL. According to NBC Sports Hardball Talk, “the 27-year-old player’s car engine was smoking alongside a road late […]
TBO.com is reporting that former Tampa Bay Rays star Elijah Dukes has been arrested on charges of striking a pregnant woman. Dukes played nearly 250 games with the Rays from 2007 to 2009. Dukes recently told the Tampa Tribune that he was blackballed from baseball after allegedly smuggling drugs onto a chartered team flight. If […]
On October 30, 2010, a deadly traffic crash occurred in Tampa. This week the St. Petersburg Times reported that at the time of that tragic accident, the Defendant was allegedly driving nearly 90 miles per hour. The accident resulted in the death of two pedestrians who happened to be walking across the bridge. The […]
According to ABC Action News, the Tampa Police Department arrested almost 350 parade goers this year at the Gasparilla Pirate Festival in Tampa, FL. The majority of these arrests, as usual, were written arrests for open container outside of the “wet zone.” As anyone who attended the parade will tell you, the zoning laws were […]
When you are first placed under arrest, you are taken to the jail where booking is conducted. At this point, the police can issue a standard bond, or, in the alternative, within 24 – 48 hours you will be taken to court for your First Appearance. In Hillsborough County this means an appearance in Division […]
