The 1st District Court of Appeals will be sitting pretty come this winter, in what the St. Petersburg Times calls the “Taj Mahal” of Tallahassee. At a time when court workers are losing jobs and the budget is a mess, people are enraged as the construction that will give each judge a 60 inch flat screen, a kitchen, and a granite bathroom in each personal chamber. [Read more…]
Facebook Friend Request Violates Domestic Violence Injunction
A Florida man was arrested and jailed for sending his wife a friend request on Facebook, in violation of a domestic protection order. [Read more…]
Convicted Sex Offender Trapped Within Residential Restrictions
A forty-four year old Southwest Miami-Dade man is on the verge of homelessness as he is trapped between a foreclosed home and residential restrictions that won’t let him move. He seems, by all accounts, to be a reformed man and doing his part to be a productive member of society. That could all change, however, if he doesn’t find a place to live. [Read more…]
Florida School Teacher’s DUI Goes Awry
A elementary school teacher from South Florida is facing a long list of charges after what would’ve been a simple DUI went wrong. When intoxicated, people can make odd choices and act in ways not typical of their personality. This seems to have potentially been the case with the teacher in question. [Read more…]
Florida “Pill Mills” Draw Thousands and Boost Crime
Florida is one of only a handful of states that does not have a prescription drug control program. Although this is scheduled to change in December, the booming pill mills stand to prescribe thousands if not millions of pills between now and then. [Read more…]
Florida Drug Deaths Up 20%
According to the Miami Herald, experts believe Florida may be entering a “new wave” of addiction that hasn’t been seen in nearly 30 years. Now, instead of cocaine, lethal combinations of opiates and narcotics are killing people and holding them tightly in the grips of addiction. [Read more…]
Jacksonville Diesel Theft Ring Busted
Five people were arrested this week following an investigation by the Fl. Department of Environmental Protection, the U.S. Secret Service, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement—an investigation that spanned two years. All five are charged with organized fraud and the illegal acquisition of diesel fuel, or theft. [Read more…]
Florida Women Face Taser Assault Charges
Two women, allegedly upset about their service at a local fast food joint are now facing aggravated assault charges for taking their frustrations out on a restaurant worker. We’ve all been frustrated with service before but these two women took customer frustration to a whole new level, making national headlines with their alleged acts. [Read more…]
Florida Legislative Session Updates
A number of proposed criminal law reforms didn’t make it through the Florida legislative session that ended on April 30th. [Read more…]
FL Texting Ban Passes Senate, May Stall in House
A new law that would ban texting while driving has passed the Florida State Senate in a 34-4 vote last week. Now, however, it must pass the House where there is expected to be some resistance. [Read more…]
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