From the Tampa Bay Times online, in 2012 domestic homicide has seen the largest increase in Pinellas in almost two decades. The report, commissioned by the Pinellas County Domestic Violence Task Force, recorded 13 homicides last year. This is the highest number they have counted since they started keeping track!…
We have previously written about Violation of Injunction orders (see here) and the different types of injunctions available. In this blog, we are going to continue the discussion on how to actually file for an injunction… Information on filing an injunction in Pinellas County is not difficult to find. To…
Getting an injunction against repeat or domestic violence is one way that men or women can protect themselves against physical or emotional harm from known suspects. But what is an injunction and how can it protect you? What is a violation of injunction and how can you avoid being charged…
Like a scene out of a bad Hollywood “dark” comedy, a Pasco man was arrested for domestic assault, aggravated assault and tampering with a witness for kidnapping his wife and forcing her to go to dinner with him. per the baynews9 online article, the wife was fortunate, as this could…
A late breaking story on ABC news, former soccer goalie and sex symbol Hope Solo was a victim of domestic violence from her boyfriend/fiance, former NFL bad boy Jerramy Stevens. According to public sources, the former Seattle Seahawk’s tight end was arrested the day before the couples wedding on suspicion…
From the Tampa Bay Times, a courageous young woman speaks out to a high school class about the dangers of domestic violence… Before a crowd of Countryside High school students, Melissa Dohme, 20, just a couple of years older then the kids she was talking to, gave her story. She…
From an article on the New York daily news website, the former member of the 80’s and 90’s hip hop group “Public Enemy” was arrested in Las Vegas on a charge of felony domestic battery. The 53-year-old rapper turned “Flavor of Love” reality TV star, legal name William Drayton Jr.,…
After a domestic battery allegation in Florida, former NFL player and reality show “star” Chad Johnson has finalized his divorce per an article from The Washington Post. The former wide receiver finalized his divorce from fellow reality TV star Evelyn Lozada just a month after his arrest on a domestic…
Recently the Florida Legislators enacted new legislation prohibiting someone from cutting off the airways of another or strangling them. It is a felony charge carrying a maximum penalty of five years in Florida State Prison if a person knowingly and intentionally, against the will of another, impedes the normal breathing…
An article from an Orlando paper dealt with a man arrested and charged with child abuse. The man, Johnny Nguyen, was arrested by police when he put his five year old daughter in his car trunk for over one minute. A witness yelled at Mr. Nguyen to stop and called…