In 2010, the United States had to spend approximately $80 billion on the system of its prisons and jails which means the nation spent around $260 for each of its citizens. As per the statistics, 2.2 million Americans were in prison or jail in 2012, which is a bigger percentage…
From a CBS affiliate, lucky number nine was anything but for Dale Gufoil… A simple stop at a nearby yard sale turned out to be his undoing. 51-year-old Gufoil was arrested on a multitude of charges including his ninth DUI! Last Sunday, police responded to a yard sale after reports…
Last time we wrote about soccer star Hope Solo, it was as a victim of domestic violence. Now it is her turn to be a criminal suspect. From CBS news online, Olympic soccer star Hope Solo was arrested for assault and domestic violence this week against her 17-year-old nephew and…
From your local news station wtsp, a local man was arrested for his improvised BBQ at the beach… Instead of a cookout on father’s day that included hamburgers and hotdogs, one local man decided to add a bit more punch to his grill. PCSO deputies arrested 24-year-old Charles Tapp after…
From the Tampa Bay Times, a recent round up of alleged crooks who did not think through their criminal plans… Over the past month, a higher number than usual “dumb criminal” arrests have occurred in Saint Petersburg. It started in May. 58-year-old Michael Reese got drunk and decided to call…
A local interest story from an Alabama newspaper where a judge had no choice but to release a man arrested for his 12th DUI! Would a Florida judge have to make the same ruling? An Alabama man, after being arrested for DUI posted a $1,000 bond and walked out of…
If bad news comes in threes, then one more Florida judge needs to be on the lookout. From the Miami NBC affiliate, two south Florida judges were arrested for DUI just a few months apart… In Broward County, Judge Lynn Rosenthal became the second County judge to be arrested for…
A local Tampa station has reported that the Florida Bar has released their report and is recommending severe discipline for some Tampa lawyers involved in the Bubba the Love Sponge defamation trial from last year. The news story can be watched here. The full Florida Bar report is available here.…
A brief blurb from CBS news about a modern day “Scarface” who had a drug empire online and how it unraveled… Cornelis Jan “SuperTrips” Slomp, a 23-year-old Dutchman, almost had it all. Great wealth, easy job and travels around the world. Then came his arrest in Miami, Florida. Young and…
From the BayNews 9 website, 10 men were arrested for operating a synthetic marijuana ring… An almost year-long investigation involving nine states culminated with the arrests of 10 people in what police called “Operation Spice King”. The suspects were arrested in Pinellas County. Police claimed that the suspects were manufacturing…