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Out-of-State DUI Stop Leads to Extradition Warrant for Florida Crimes
An out-of-state traffic stop for drunk driving has a Florida man in big trouble after his August 2017 arrest for DUI led police to discover an outstanding felony warrant dating back over a year. The accused, hailing from Gibsonton, FL, was charged by the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office in July 2016 for an… Read More »
Man Faces Multiple Florida Charges After Stalking South Beach Woman
Police have charged a man with multiple crimes after he stalked a woman on a scooter, followed her to her South Beach home, and then tried to rape her in the living room. According to an August 8, 2017 report in the Miami Herald, that the man was caught on video surveillance cameras at… Read More »
Florida Family Facing Drug Charges for $1 Million Marijuana Grow Operation
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Department has charged a mother, father and son in connection with a marijuana grow operation that spanned four houses in Tampa’s Citrus Park neighborhood. An August 3, 2017 report in the Tampa Bay Times stated that investigators found and confiscated 370 marijuana plants, which weigh almost 550 pounds and have… Read More »
Search Still on for Leader of Operation Shady Lane Heroin Trafficking Ring
The primary suspect in the Operation Shady Lane heroin trafficking ring remains at-large and police are asking for the public’s assistance in finding him, according to an August 24, 2017 report in the Northwest Florida Daily News. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office placed the man on the wanted list and issued a warrant for… Read More »
Hit & Run Among Multiple Charges In Citrus County, FL Police Chase
The charges are adding up in the case of an Ocala man who led police officers on a high-speed chase through Sumter County, Florida, which ended in the death of a woman struck by the offender’s vehicle. An August 24, 2017, Citrus County Chronicle report states that the man was fleeing officers in a… Read More »
OJ Simpson to be Released: Florida Law on Parole
After serving more than eight years on charges related to an armed robbery attempt in Las Vegas, celebrity-athlete O.J. Simpson received word that he would be released by the Nevada parole board. According to a July 20, 2017 report in the Miami Herald, Simpson will be paroled from Lovelock Correctional Center in Pershing County,… Read More »
Social Media Helps Capture Two Teens Captured in Florida Crime Spree
Two teens found out the hard way that crime and posting on social media don’t mix, as the pair was arrested by police after a two-day spree of hit-and-run incidents, multiple burglaries and theft. Walton County, Florida’s ABC News Channel 3 WEARTV reported that the two, both 18 years old and from Texas, are… Read More »
Florida Gators Players Suspended, May Face Drug Charges
A top offensive player for the Florida Gators football team was one of seven members suspended for the first game of the season to take place on September 2, 2017 against University of Michigan. The Tampa Bay Times reports that none of the players has been charged with a crime, but there both rumor… Read More »
Florida Shoplifting Suspect Faces Grand Theft Charges
A Jacksonville woman will face criminal charges after police allege that she used two children to assist with shoplifting from a Dillard’s department store at an area mall, News 4 JAX reports. Officers made the arrest after the woman was caught on video surveillance as she entered the store and headed straight to the… Read More »
On Appeal, Florida’s 10-20-Life Sentencing Stands
A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal regretfully upheld a sentence handed down under Florida’s 10-20-Life statute in a case that many are calling an injustice. According to an article appearing in US News & World Report on August 1, 2017, one of the judges even wrote an opinion on the… Read More »