A story involving the police, and the lack of a DUI test, has lead to some serious questions being asked about a car accident that took place last month.A teenager in Orange County, FL, may have been driving under the influence when he drove straight into a wall. As...
Month: July 2014
Repeated breath test refusal: A criminal offense in Florida
Learning about implied consent laws may come as a surprise to some readers. After all, giving up breath evidence could be viewed as a search. Generally speaking, police cannot conduct searches and seizures without providing a warrant or receiving expressed consent....
Local Man Arrested For Molesting Teens
Crazy things can happen when you are on vacation or are just looking to kick back and enjoy the summer weather. Two days ago over in Lake Buena Vista,a man swimming in the wave pool at Disney World's Typhoon Lagoon water park was arrested for allegedly molesting four...
DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED
When you are a habitual driving offender, you better have a skilled an experienced attorney by your sided. An average of 23,000 drivers have their Florida drivers license revoked each year as they are considered "Habitual Traffic Offenders". In Florida, it's a...
Daytona Beach Bank Robber ID’ed
When you have been identified by the police as a suspect in a bank robbery, your best option is to hire an attorney and turn yourself in. Begin the process of proving your innocence, sooner rather than later. Even if there wasn't anyone harmed, or that much money...
What the ‘Charlotte’s Web’ law means for marijuana users
When FL Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill last month that legalizes the use of a non-euphoric strain of marijuana to treat serious medical conditions (epilepsy, Lou Gehrig's disease, cancer, etc.), he opened up a new era in the drug war. The bill he signed is nicknamed...
Federal legislation for universal interlock requirement proposed
Quite frequently, legislators will look for ways to make drunk driving laws even more stringent than they already are. Although drunk driving laws are generally regulated on a state-to-state basis, a bill recently introduced in the federal legislature takes a "comply...
Could your driver’s license be suspended without you knowing?
It would be a heart-stopping moment. You open up your mail and find a letter saying you have had your driver's license suspended due to failing to pay for a "red light camera violation". Sadly, in the state of Florida, this is happening far too often. In just Orlando...
Being Arrested For Shoplifting
It's hard to get around the term of "shoplifting" without the basic idea of it being that you took something of value from a store or business. It doesn't matter if you forgot to pay for it, or if suffer from kleptomania. The authorities won't be too forgiving when...
Pain Clinics and Prescription Drugs
Over the past few years, Florida Drug Enforcement has cracked down on prescription drug abuse and the pain clinics who provide illegal drugs. Around four years ago, FL was in the middle of a terrible prescription drug crisis. 90 of the nation's top 100 Oxycodone...