One of the first pieces of advice that I give to new clients is to take down any social networking profiles that they may have (if they tend to use these accounts, like Facebook or MySpace, to talk about or post evidence of their criminal activity). Another recent story out…
Yesterday, a Safety Harbor man was arrested on various charges stemming from his involvement in a counterfeit money order scam. Raul Francisco Zelaya, 50, was arrested for Scheming to Defraud a financial institution, Communications Fraud and Possession of Counterfeit Checks. For the complete story, check out today’s Tampa Bay Online…
An interesting story in today’s St. Pete Times highlights the life, or lack thereof, of Teddy Braden, the former gang member turned blogger that blogs from the Pinellas County Jail. Braden, who is in the Pinellas County Jail on Drug Charges, blogs with the help of his mother — who…
In what is becoming an all-too-familiar story in Pinellas County (and throughout the entire Tampa Bay region), the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office rounded up 21 suspects in a multitiered Oxycodone Trafficking scheme. For the complete story, check out today’s St. Petersburg Times article.Working under the code name “Operation Oxy-Con,” several…
A recent Bay News 9 story indicates that crime and gun ownership are both up in Manatee County, Florida. Some residents have indicated that it’s the large increase in crime that prompted them to buy a gun. Specifically, Manatee County residents have been fighting back against a recent string of…
Welcome to the odd world of random crime committed in the Tampa Bay area. As they say on “Law & Order,” here’s another story that has been “ripped from the headlines.” You just can’t make this stuff up. Yesterday, the Chief of Tampa General Hospital’s trauma center pleaded “no contest”…
A Pinellas County doctor, Kevin Mark Denny, ot Tierra Verde, pleaded guilty to Federal Charges that he illegally sold and/or distributed pain pill prescriptions. For more info, you can check out the full Tampa Bay Online article. Denny, who also had an office in Tampa on North Dale Mabry Highway,…
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office finished up a three-month undercover investigation into street level drug sales in and around the Largo area of Pinellas County. Named “Operation Mid-County Clean-Up, this street level investigation focused on the Sale of various Controlled Substances including Marijuana, Cocaine and Prescription Drugs. For more information,…
In yet another reminder of how out-of-control our Prescription Drug problem is within the Tampa Bay area, the self-professed “King of Hudson” and 18 others have entered guilty pleas in Federal Court to Federal Drug Distribution Charges. For more information, check out the full St. Petersburg Times article. Run out…
A recent story in the St. Petersburg Times has indicated that crime is on the rise in the City of St. Petersburg, Florida. According to the latest numbers, Burglary and Theft Crimes are rapidly increasing. For the full story, click here: Police Chief Chuck Harmon has suggested that the rapid…