A DUI checkpoint put in place on Friday night nabbed almost two dozen arrests in Clearwater, per the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Per the Tampa Bay Times website, 385 cars were diverted along U.S. 19 at the checkpoint. Ironically, out of the almost two dozen arrests, only one was for…
An interesting story in last week’s USA Today poses an interesting an important question to consider this Holiday Season: Should all states ban cell phone use while driving?According to the USA Today article, state governments should prohibit all drivers from using portable electronic devices such as cellphones while behind the…
South Florida rapper Flo Rida has entered into a deal in his DUI arrest on Miami Beach in June that will net him no jail time.According to Flo Rida’s attorney Daniel Lurvey, the rapper was allowed to enroll in the “Back On Track” program for first-time offenders. The program requires…
According to an online story on SunSentinal.com, a Coconut Creek man accused of posing as a doctor and offering free door-to-door “breast exams” has reached a deal with prosecutors, lawyers told a Broward County judge on Tuesday. Phillip Winikoff, 81, was accused in April 2006 of carrying on the ruse…
According to a story in today’s St. Petersburg Times, dozens of suspects have been rounded up (and dozens more are still wanted) in a multi-county prescription drug operation known as “Operation No Appointment Necessary.” The St. Pete Times reports the following: The phony prescriptions were printed out on a home…
Starting September 15, 2011, St. Petersburg drivers at certain stop lights will be able to wave at stop light cameras while red-light runners will get their pictures taken and a warning in the mail. Certain intersections in Pinellas county are getting cameras attached to the signals. Red Light Cameras, as…
A jury in Hernando County Florida finds son Guilty of First Degree Murder for killing his father, in cold blood, over the popular (and deadly) drug Oxycodone. In a Brooksville courtroom, Assistant State Attorney Pete Magrino gripped the Revelation 12-gauge, sawed-off shotgun and pointed it at the courtroom wall, just…
A rather disturbing story was featured in today’s St. Pete Times about a Seminole mother who tried to sell her son for $2,000 because of her addiction to prescription drugs. The 5-year-old boy was excited to start kindergarten Tuesday in Tampa. Jim and Betty Gardner, who have helped raise the…
I’m all for individuality and one’s right to tattoo (almost) anything they want on their body. However, there comes a time when you are just asking for trouble…. Yesterday, an man was arrested under the authority of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) warrant.Ismael Hernandez-Ambrosio, of Clearwater, was booked…
Casey Anthony’s defense team has announced that they will be appealing her four (4) Misdemeanor convictions from her recent First Degree Murder trial. Friday morning, Casey’s defense attorneys filed their Notice of Appeal for the four (4) counts of misleading law enforcement, for which she was convicted by the same…