From the BayNews9 website, a local Saint Petersburg man finds himself in hot water after posting a threat to local police online… Here is how not to do it: 35-year-old Bruce Santee of Saint Petersburg was arrested and charged with a felony after offering $100 to anyone who killed the…
From the Insurance Journal, a North Carolina woman has the unusual distinction of being charged with murder for a texting and driving accident that killed an elderly woman. 45-year-old Belinda Strange Hudspeth was arrested las tweek after Highway Patrol troopers claim Ms. Hudspeth was texting while driving and ran off…
I am sure that this worked. A Massachusetts man did not give a hoot about logic after he led police on a long chase… 37-year-old Troy Prockett was arrested and charged with multiple offenses this week including felony DUI, resisting arrest, leaving the scene of an accident with property damages…
From the Tampa Bay Times, a county wide task force puts a dent in sex crimes in Clearwater with an undercover sting… A large task force from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, St. Petersburg police department, Clearwater police, the FBI and others worked for months in planning the sting. Reminiscent…
This story has broken wide open in the past 24 hours. To the chagrin of tweens everywhere, pop star Justin Bieber has been arrested in Miami on a multitude of charges. Will the defense of “he is too dreamy to be guilty” be enough? It has been a rough few…
We have previously blogged about college players getting arrested for a dui, then a former Bucs’ player for domestic battery. Now a current Tampa Bay player, Akeem Spence, gets his turn via an article in the Tampa Bay Times. The rookie defensive lineman was pulled over on a traffic stop…
The “knockout game”-where one or more people commit an assault or battery against a stranger for no reason- has been all over the news. A series of random attacks in New York, Baltimore, Miami and L.A. among others, has received a large amount of media coverage. Is this a real…
From the TBO online, a case of life imitating art… 28-year-old Ryan Carroll was arrested after a Tuesday morning raid by local police in Fort Myers, Florida. After a tip from a package delivery service, police obtained a search warrant for his home and two others. After the raid, the…
Criminal profiling tells us that it is very unusual for women to become serial killers, but that doesn’t mean there have never been any. In fact there have been quite a few, though they have been spread a little thinner through time. If we choose to go back, we can…
An article in a local Dallas newspaper leads to an interesting question: Can you seal or expunge your Florida DUI? The answer is not good news… Who says money can’t buy happiness? It can at least buy special treatment. At least that is what critics are suggesting really occurred with…