| March 09, 2010 |
| Sarasota Drug Crime Lawyer Talks About The Legal Process On You Tube |
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| Sarasota criminal defense attorney Darren Finebloom has been practicing law in the Sarasota/Bradenton/Manatee area his entire career. He has been rated a superb lawyer by the independent service Avvo which has rated him a 10 out of 10. He is an ... |
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| March 08, 2010 |
| Man Popping A Wheelie Gets Popped For Trafficking Heroin |
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| If you are driving around with 15 bags of heroin on you, may not be a great idea to call attention to yourself. Seems Wilfredo Velez learned that lesson the hard way. According to reports and the TBO.com, Valez was pulled over for popping a wheelie ... |
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| March 04, 2010 |
| Drug Trafficking Ring In Pinellas, Polk, Orange, Seminole, Lake and Volusia Busted |
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| A high-grade marijuana distribution ring that reached into six central Florida counties was busted by local, state and federal officials on Thursday. According to a story on BayNew9.com investigators estimate the marijuana distribution ring was ... |
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| March 04, 2010 |
| Cocaine At Fort Lauderdale Airport Goes Unclaimed |
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| Officials at the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport are anxiously awaiting someone to claim their three pieces of luggage that happen to contain 171 pounds of cocaine . Any takers? No arrests have been made at this point after U.S. ... |
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| March 03, 2010 |
| Tampa Shooting Linked To Drugs? Investigators Are Looking Into The Connection. |
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| Hillsborough County Sheriff’s are investigating the circumstances surrounding a 22-year-old Tampa man who was shot in his apartment Tuesday evening. According to TBO.com deputies found drug paraphernalia inside the victim’s apartment and are ... |
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| March 02, 2010 |
| Teen Alcohol And Drug Use On The Rise After Decade-Long Decline |
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| After a decade-long decrease in usage, more teens are drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana . In a new report the number of teens that admitted to smoking pot is up from 19% last month to 25% this month. The numbers of teens drinking rose 11%. It ... |
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| March 02, 2010 |
| Charlotte County Meth Lab Discovered In Hotel Room |
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| Three men, two from Florida and one from Alabama, who were allegedly running a meth lab out of a hotel room have been arrested in Charlotte County. The men have been charged with an assortment of crimes including possession of marijuana, possession ... |
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| March 02, 2010 |
| Prescription Drugs Lead To DUI Arrest On UCF Campus In Orlando |
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| Police on the UCF campus in Orlando discovered a man asleep at the wheel of his car at 6:21 a.m. Sunday. Thomas Clyde Mastin, Jr. had more than 70 prescription muscle relaxants in his car at the time. He has been arrested and charged with DUI , ... |
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| March 01, 2010 |
| Prescription Drug Fraud And Abuse In Florida Has Grown While State Figures Out How To Handle The Problem |
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| There has been a noticeable effort to crack down on prescription drug fraud in Tampa Bay but the state of Florida has not helped law enforcement as it has taken a long time for Florida to react to the explosion in the prescription drug trade. ... |
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| March 01, 2010 |
| Failed Drug Test Using A Toddler’s Urine Lands Two Florida Women In Jail |
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| A New Port Richey woman on probation for drug charges is back in jail. Sara Lou Kenny tried to pass a court-ordered drug test using urine supplied by her friend’s four-year-old son. According to the Sarasota Herald Tribune Kenny allegedly had ... |
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| February 25, 2010 |
| Marijuana Grow House Being Run By Ex-Con In The Bathroom At His Mom’s House |
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| Acting on an informant's tip , Charlotte County sheriff’s uncovered 42 marijuana plants growing in the bathroom closet at a Punta Gorda home. Deputies have arrested an ex-con named Allen Milton Hardman on charges of cultivation , possession of ... |
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| February 23, 2010 |
| Oxycodone Sale Behind The DEA’s Arrest Of A Port Richey Cop |
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| Yesterday news came out a Port Richey police officer was arrested by the DEA . Today details surrounding the arrest of James Ruland are starting to emerge. According to TBO.com Ruland was arrested for planning to sell oxycodone pills to a DEA ... |
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| February 22, 2010 |
| Pinellas County Police Officer Involved In Drug Investigation Is Arrested By DEA |
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| On Friday, Port Richey police officer James Ruland was arrested. On Monday a little more information was released about the reasons why. According to TampaBay.com Ruland is involved in a criminal investigation conducted by the Drug Enforcement ... |
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| February 19, 2010 |
| Prescription Fraud Sting In Pinellas County Ends 10-Month Run With Just 20 Arrests So Far |
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| Prescription fraud has gradually became the focus of Florida Law Enforcement over cocaine and marijuana as of late according to a story in the St. Pete Times. A recent 10-month drug investigation involving prescription drug fraud in Pinellas County ... |
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| February 17, 2010 |
| New Port Richey Woman Allegedly Steals Nearly $25,000 From Grandmother To Support Drug Habit |
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| Dawn M. Perry has been arrested on charges of fraudulent use of a credit card, forgery and uttering a forged instrument for allegedly stealing nearly $25,000 from her 81-year-old grandmother. According to TampaBay.com, Perry told deputies she used ... |
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| February 16, 2010 |
| Plant City Couple In Jail For Running Meth Lab Out Of Their Home Where Three Children Live |
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| A couple living in Plant City have been arrested and booked into Hillsborough County jail on charges of possession of marijuana , possession of methamphetamine, child neglect, manufacturing of meth and possession of drug paraphernalia. According to ... |
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| February 15, 2010 |
| Hillsborough Man Jailed After Punching And Kicking Officers And Possession Of Meth |
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| A Plant City man is in jail in Hillsborough County following an incident where he punched and kicked officers after they responded to a call at his Evers St. home. Michael Lewis Sester was arrested on charges of battery on a law enforcement officer ... |
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| February 15, 2010 |
| Pinellas County Law Enforcement Set To Arrest 40 People For Prescription Pill Trafficking |
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| If you are trafficking in prescription drugs in St. Petersburg or anywhere in Pinellas County you better beware. Law enforcement officials have arrest warrants in hand for 40 Pinellas County residents and they are planning on executing those ... |
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| February 12, 2010 |
| Homestead Man Arrested On Cultivation Charges After Police Discover Marijuana Grow House |
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| Police were acting on a tip when they went to the Brooksville home of Joel Cabrera. When Sheriff’s arrived in Homestead on Noddy Tern Road they saw a moving truck that with equipment used while operating a marijuana grow house . Deputies then went ... |
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| February 10, 2010 |
| Tampa Man Arrested For Armed Cocaine Trafficking, Possession Of Marijuana And Gun Charges |
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| Tampa man Joseph Barton was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana , armed trafficking in cocaine , being a felon in possession of a gun and possession of drug paraphernalia. The charges come after sheriff’s deputies executed a search ... |
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| February 08, 2010 |
| UCF Student Arrested In Orlando For Trafficking In Ecstasy And Marijuana |
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| A 21-year-old University of Central Florida student allegedly has admitted to trafficking in marijuana and Ecstasy following an arrest at his off-campus apartment. According to the Orlando Sentinel Darek Dziamalek told investigators he sells Ecstasy ... |
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| February 04, 2010 |
| Tampa Grow House With $1 Million Worth Of Marijuana Busted By Hillsborough County Deputies |
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| Three men with 35 fully grown marijuana plants weighing around 300 pounds gave consent for deputies to search their home Wednesday morning, according to a story on TBO.com. Once inside the Tampa home, Hillsborough County deputies didn’t have much ... |
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| January 28, 2010 |
| Lawyer For Buju Banton Claims Entrapment In Sarasota Drug Case, Wants Paid Informant Revealed |
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| The drug trial of reggae star Buju Banton in a federal courtroom in Tampa hasn’t begun yet but the musician’s criminal defense attorney has already begun to set up his criminal defense strategy. Banton’s lawyer has accused the government of ... |
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| January 26, 2010 |
| Man Charged With Drug Trafficking Has Links To Pain Clinics In Tampa, St. Pete, Orlando, Lakeland and Jacksonville |
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| A pair of men from Dunedin and Tampa have been charged with drug trafficking for supplying oxycodone to drug addicts through their pain management clinics. According to authorities as reported on TBO.com three other people have been charged and two ... |
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| January 26, 2010 |
| Man Snatches Prescription Pills From Manatee Deputy And Then Gets Tasered And Arrested |
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| Manatee County Sheriff’s deputies Tasered and arrested a man Tuesday morning for possession of a controlled substance and resisting arrest. Thomas A. Towson allegedly snatched a pill bottle that was confiscated from him by a deputy and then took off. ... |
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| January 26, 2010 |
| Track Star And Former LSU Football Player Xavier Carter Arrested On Drug Charges In Tampa |
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| The man who became the first runner since Jesse Owens to win four NCAA championships, was arrested on drug charges in Tampa on Monday. Xavier Carter was charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, carrying a concealed weapon and ... |
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| January 25, 2010 |
| Manatee Driver Wakes Up In Car With Drugs Inside To Find Deputies Waiting To Arrest Him |
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| Manatee County Sheriff’s noticed a driver slumped over the steering wheel of a running car at 4:24 a.m. this morning. When they went to investigate they found a narcotics pipe, a baggie with a rocky substance and an open pocket knife. After removing ... |
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| January 13, 2010 |
| Pinellas Drug Operation Nets 40 Arrests For Crack, Powder Cocaine, Marijuana And Prescription Drugs |
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| The Pinellas County Sheriff’s office conducted a drug cleanup operation last night and arrested more than 40 suspects according to the St. Petersburg Times. Narcotics detectives conducted the six-month investigation and set out to arrest 80 suspects ... |
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| January 12, 2010 |
| Hillsborough County Man Arrested For Running A Marijuana Grow House |
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| Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies uncovered a marijuana grow house in Tampa on Sunday. Deputies arrested Jose Saborit on charges of trafficking in marijuana , possession of drug paraphernalia, cultivation of marijuana and possession of a house ... |
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| January 12, 2010 |
| Manatee Sheriffs And Sarasota Police Break-Up Major Cocaine Trafficking Ring With 12 Arrests |
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| Sarasota And Manatee authorities arrested 12 men on federal drug charges as they joined forces to bust up a major cocaine trafficking ring according to a story on the Bradenton Herald’s website. All 12 men have been indicted on federal drug charges ... |
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| January 11, 2010 |
| Major Drug And Weapons Arrest In Clearwater Follows A Police Stop For Tinted Windows |
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| Clearwater police stopped a Cadillac early Monday morning for dark tinted windows and upon the traffic stop they discovered cocaine, marijuana, more than 100 prescription painkillers and semi-automatic firearms. Police report finding the drugs and ... |
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| January 06, 2010 |
| Buju Banton Arrives In Pinellas County Jail As He Awaits Trial On Federal Drug Charges |
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| U.S. Marshalls transported reggae star Buju Banton to a Pinellas County jail this morning where he will wait for a trial on federal drug charges. The singer is charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of ... |
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| January 05, 2010 |
| Florida Deputies Nab Grow House Suspects With Fake Ransom Note |
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| Police officers in a southern Florida town found a unique way to arrest a man who is accused of operating a marijuana grow house . The deputies seized six large marijuana plants and then left a ransom note for the grower saying they had his plants ... |
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| December 16, 2009 |
| Haines City Man Charged With Three Counts Of DUI Manslaughter By Polk County Deputies |
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| William Coe of Haines City has been charged with three counts of DUI manslaughter according to a story on TBO.com. The article cites Polk County deputies who allege Coe was driving under the influence of drugs . The police allege he was high when he ... |
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| December 16, 2009 |
| Tampa Courtroom Will Be Site For Cocaine Distribution Trial Of Raggae Star Buju Banton |
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| Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton will fight charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine in a Tampa courtroom after waiving his bail hearing in a Miami federal court. The charges stem from a cocaine purchase in Sarasota last ... |
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| December 09, 2009 |
| Grow House Operators Who Called Police Over Theft Of Their Drugs Now Face Trafficking Charges |
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| The group of Hernando County men who called on the police when a home invasion resulted in their drugs being stolen are now in even more trouble. TampaBay.com is reporting the group, who were already charged with felony cultivation of marijuana , ... |
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