The Tampa Bay Times had a brief story about DUI arrests in Pinellas over the Memorial Day weekend. 15 people were arrested for driving under the influence and one person was arrested for DUI manslaughter by Pinellas County law enforcement. This took place during a DUI “wolf pack” operation that…
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Ex-NFL player arrested for “extreme DUI”
While you don’t often think of TMZ as a sports news source, they brought attention to a former player and his “extreme arrest”. Ex-Michigan star and high first round draft pick Braylon Edwards was arrested and charged with an “extreme DUI” in Arizona. The third overall draft pick in the…
Policeman uses his patrol car to ram man who had gun
CBS News has another case where a suspect is alleging police misconduct. Is this just another in a flurry of police brutality cases or was the cop a hero who saved innocent lives by his action? It was like a scene from an action movie. The suspect is walking down…
Florida woman texting before fatal DUI crash
The local CBS station produced a heartbreaking story about a woman that was texting seconds before her car accident that cost her friend her life…and potentially the woman’s freedom. “I’ll be dead thanks to you”…”Driving Drunk- woo”…These were just a few of the messages that 22-year-old Mila Dago sent her…
Cop gets charged with assault after traffic stop
It seems like every day there is a new report about police misconduct against civilians. What makes this case different is how quick the prosecutors filed criminal charges against. the suspect officer… For 57-year-old Floyd Dent, what was supposed to be just another day, turned into something much worse. A…
Commercial Driver’s License? A new case may change things for the better.
In Florida, a brand new legal case just came out that concerns those who have a commercial driver’s license (“CDL”). CDL are driver’s licenses that are needed for many jobs. Commercial truck drivers, beer trucks and even some furniture movers need to have this license. The big problem for these…
Epic Fail: Man steals car to drive to court
From the “Not the brightest idea” file comes a CBS news report about a man who was late to his own courtdate. He did the logical thing in his mind, stealing his friend’s car to get there! 21-year-old Jorge Ramirez-Sierra, of New Jersey, stole his friend’s car so he could…
Florida woman busted for DUI in a McDonald’s drive through
The New York Daily News chips in on a local Florida woman who got in trouble after a night out. 23-year-old Lydia Kelm, a nurse, was arrested at a McDonald’s drive-through early Monday after causing a scene. She might also have been allergic to clothes as she was found clad…
Tampa man caught in bed with young boy
This one will be hard to explain… a Tampa man has been arrested on multiple charges after being found in bed with a 10-year-old boy by the boy’s mother! The importance of being Ernest…just not with a child. 25-year-old Ernest Johnson of Tampa was arrested Monday on multiple charges including…
Lawyers in the “Bubba” DUI setup case get their day in court
While it happened almost two years ago, the Bubba the Love Sponge vs. MK defamation trial is still talked about today. Besides the nature of the case itself, the big sideshow was the setting up of MJ’s attorney by Bubba’s lawyers. The set up resulted in MJ’s lawyer getting arrested…