According to a story on ESPN.com, a Florida International University (FIU) baseball player with a record-setting 56-game hitting streak has been charged with Rape in the Bahamas, court officials in the islands’ capital said Monday. Garrett Wittels is accused of raping a 17-year-old teenage tourist on December 20th while on…
As we enter another Holiday Season, the Blake & Dorsten, P.A. would like to wish you and yours a Happy and Safe Holiday weekend.With the support of all of our friends, family and clients, 2010 was another excellent year for the Blake & Dorsten, P.A.. And for that, we have…
BayNews9.com was first to break this major news: Inmates at the Polk County Jail will have to find a new way to pass the time while behind bars.Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is taking out the jail’s basketball goals and posts and donating them to local churches. “Going to jail…
Earlier this week, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals (a Federal appeals Court) issued a landmark opinion in the criminal case of United States v. Warshak, finding that individuals have “a reasonable expectation of privacy in their email” and that the Fourth Amendment protects email held by an Internet Service…
According to a story published on TampaBay.com this afternoon, Pinellas County Court Judge Henry Andringa refused to lower the $500,000 Bail for former Clearwater Fire Chief Jamie Geer, who was arrested Monday and accused of Capital Sexual Battery (which requires a mandatory LIFE in prison sentence).The request to lower the…
Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Geno Hayes was arrested early Monday morning on charges of Disorderly Conduct and Trespassing, according to Hillsborough County jail records.Hayes, 23, was jailed shortly after his 2:00 a.m. arrest at the Blue Martini, 2223 North Westshore Boulevard in the International Plaza mall. The alleged incident happened…
St. Petersburg police say a woman stabbed a man after an argument over which TV program to watch Monday night.According to the police department, Delois Holley went to David Richard Marion’s apartment to watch The Closer, but he wanted to watch Monday Night Football. In retrospect, I would have killed…
According to a BayNews9.com story this morning, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested Tuesday in London on a Swedish warrant, London’s Metropolitan Police said. Assange was arrested at a London police station at 9:30 a.m. (4:30 a.m. EST) and will appear at the City of Westminster Magistrate’s Court later in…
According to an online St. Pete Times story, Clearwater Police Department (CWPD) detectives seized more than eighty (80) computerized gaming machines and a new car last week after executing a search warrant at what authorities called an illegal gambling operation on U.S. Highway 19 North in Clearwater. The search and…
One after another, people came before the City Council to forcefully denounce red light cameras. They said the devices cause rear-end crashes and are really just a “money grab” by the government. They complained about a “1984 Orwellian police state.” They warned, We’ll remember this at election time. This was…