“Celebrity” lawyer Paul Bergin was sentenced to life in prison today, charged with a variety of federal crimes… The former federal prosecutor and army officer was living the high life. One of the most famous criminal defense lawyers in the state, Bergin had a long list of celebrity clients he…
Motorcycles represent just 3% of registered vehicles in the U.S., but account for 13% of traffic fatalities in 2007, according to Examiner. For example, in California, 80% of all motorcyclists involved in an auto accident resulted in death or serious injury. The statistics here in Florida are almost identical. Personal…
From an online Jacksonville newsite, an infamous burglar, who had stolen from celebrities like Ivana Trump, athletes and politicians was arrested in Florida last month. He had been featured on television shows and an article in the New Yorker. The defendant had a flair for the theatrical, even going so…
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From the Northwest Florida Daily News, a Florida woman’s night goes from bad to worse after her DUI arrest… 24 year-old Sara Kirksey was pulled over for a traffic infraction (running a red light and then turning right on a no turn section) in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. She was…
According to a Lauderhill police department report, a Florida couple find themselves in hot water after they attacked a Dunkin’ Donuts employee over a wrong coffee order… The afternoon battle royale resulted in the arrest of 27-year-old Jeff Wright and his 22-year-old wife Alexis. The husband was arrested for aggravated…
From the Tampa Bay Times online, a Clearwater couple were arrested on multiple charges after a video of the crime sparked a city-wide outrage… It started with the video. The video, which shows a couple who appear to encourage a young boy to steal multiple items from an employee breakroom…
A guest author, a lawyer from Orlando, gives some important information about how a criminal record may affect people in a child custody case… Imagine a world where everything you say, everything you do, and everything that is said about you is carefully recorded, massaged, packaged, and reordered. Then, the…
In the breaking news department from Tampa Bay Times online, a former city council candidate for the city of Seminole was arrested on a domestic violence related charge. 62-year-old Thomas Christy was arrested by the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office in his Pinellas home Wednesday and charged with one count of…
From the Tampa Bay Times, local firefighters respond to a fire. What they find led one man to felony charges… In Saint Petersburg, local firefighters responded to calls of a house on fire. The man inside the house surprised the firemen by refusing to let them in. They soon found…