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When Rick Scott signed CS/CS/HB 49 -- Florida's new statute criminalizing the sale of bongs, even if not used for drug use -- into law, it hardly made local news here. Two weeks later, however, the national news media appears to have noticed our new felony drug charge...
Many residents in Tampa, Florida have probably seen a crime procedural on TV where an informant helps the police with a case. The informant may be a bit disheveled; but he or she is knowledgeable about "the streets" or "the game" and they can get the information the...
When a Tampa resident is arrested on the suspicion of drunk driving, there are a lot of things to consider in the coming days and weeks. First of all, the accused person wants to get out of jail -- so they have to deal with bail. Then they have to get their car back,...
Between the years 2000 and 2010 the number of wiretap warrants issued in the United States increased by nearly 200 percent. Since then, wiretaps have been used more and more often as part of white collar crime investigations. In 1968 Congress passed the Omnibus Crime...
Last week the Florida Department of Law Enforcement released its Annual Uniform Crime Report for 2012. This yearly report tracks different kinds of criminal offenses in Florida, using that data to highlight statewide trends and determine what kinds of crimes are being...
In our last post we discussed the release of a recent report by the advocacy group Human Rights Watch. The report focuses on the severe implications of registering children as sex offenders for offenses committed as children. We introduced one case, where a young...
Last year the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling in Miller v. Alabama, holding that it is unconstitutional to impose mandatory life sentences without parole for juvenile offenders. Across the country state courts and legislators are working out ways to...
Clearwater police arrested 29 individuals for alleged drug and gun possession charges. A search warrant was apparently obtained allowing for a SWAT team to raid an undisclosed location just prior to the drug possession arrests taking place. It was claimed that the...
A proposed bill making its way through the Florida legislature would make the parents or legal guardians of children who commit crimes legally liable for damages incurred as a result of those crimes. For example, if a teenager commits a robbery his or her parents may...
In 2007 and 2008, the financial crisis rocked the American economy, setting off a tidal wave with effects that are still being felt today. Despite widespread acknowledgment that the leaders of America's large banks acted inappropriately - and illegally - before the...
