From the Tampa Bay Times online, a Clearwater couple were arrested on multiple charges after a video of the crime sparked a city-wide outrage… It started with the video. The video, which shows a couple who appear to encourage a young boy to steal multiple items from an employee breakroom…
A guest post by another criminal defense lawyer, detailing computer crimes and steps one can do to protect themselves from theft or fraud… Computer Crime and You: The Money Mule Epidemic About the Author: Vincent Imhoff is a writer and Los Angeles criminal attorney who acts as a managing partner…
A guest post by Joseph Peterson, writing about computer crimes the potential penalties… Cyber Fraud: An Emerging Trend Over the past few decades, the amount of information that we store in virtual databases has skyrocketed. Now, almost every aspect of a person’s life is available in some form or another…
An article in today’s Tampa Bay Times talks about a former Tampa teacher who has been arrested for drug trafficking after he was accused of stealing over 9000 hydrocodone and 7000 alprazolam pills! The man worked as a technician for CVS pharmacy and took these pills over a period of…
A rather disturbing story was featured in today’s St. Pete Times about a Seminole mother who tried to sell her son for $2,000 because of her addiction to prescription drugs. The 5-year-old boy was excited to start kindergarten Tuesday in Tampa. Jim and Betty Gardner, who have helped raise the…
As reported by BayNews9, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is at it again. In another “cost-cutting” measure, the Polk County Jail will no longer provide free underwear to its inmates.Normally, when an inmate is booked in the jail, they are given an orange shirt, orange pants and underwear. In order…
According to an online story this morning on TampaBay.com
The widely-reported case against former Speaker of the House Ray Sansom came to an abrupt end on Friday when State prosecutors dropped all criminal charges. In a dramatic end to a Jury Trial nearly two (2) years in the making, criminal charges against Sansom were dropped, in Court, Friday after…
According to a recent online story in the Bizarre Florida section of the St. Pete Times, a California adult entertainment company is about to make some south Florida husbands pretty upset with Federal lawsuits seeking up to $150,000 in damages (each) for copyright infringement. As initially reported in the south…
According to an online story on The Street.com, Facebook investment scams are proliferating on the Web and investors should be on the lookout, the securities industry’s main self-policing organization warned on Tuesday.Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) warned in a a statement that con-artists have been pitching fake investments in Facebook…