State Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith of Orlando has once again filed legislation to end criminal penalties for possession of personal use amounts of marijuana. His House Bill 1203 defines the acceptable amounts as no more than 20 grams of marijuana or no more than 5...
A 31-year-old woman is facing drug-related charges after the Florida Highway Patrol stopped her for a window tint violation and found drugs in her car. The woman also had her 4-year-old and 11-month-old with her. The trooper noticed the smell of marijuana. The woman...
Florida police took a 26-year-old Key West woman into custody on Dec. 19, 2017, for selling drugs. She faces three counts of using a two-way device to facilitate a felony and three felony counts of dealing opium. A 32-year-old man was also arrested in connection with...
Police in Florida have reported that a 32-year-old man and 37-year-old woman were taken into custody on a raft of drug charges on Dec. 15 after significant quantities of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and prescription medications were discovered during the search of a...
On Dec. 20, it was reported that an up-and-coming country music artist was taken into custody in Florida after he was accused of drunk driving and being in possession of drugs. The singer, known as Michael Ray, reportedly got into a minor car accident in the...
A Florida woman who was a substitute teacher at a middle school was taken into custody on Dec. 8 after she was accused of selling marijuana to two students. Authorities said that the two students admitted to buying and smoking the drugs from the teacher. The...
It was devastating to find out that you were being accused of child abuse. You love your children, and the thought that you'd be abusive to them or to another adult is beyond your comprehension. You know your spouse is making allegations of domestic violence and child...
In the state of Florida, theft laws cover a range of offenses such as larceny or stealing. Theft occurs when an individual intentionally takes or uses property that belongs to another person. An accused person must intend to deprive the owner of that property to be...
Two Florida lawmakers want to overhaul the state's legal system so that it shows more leniency to certain drug offenders. The moves are being advertised as a way to save taxpayers money. According to the lawmakers, the state's jails are being overrun with low-level,...
The pace of search and seizure operations across the Sunshine State continued in November with the arrest of two men and a woman in Fort Walton Beach. According to a press release issued by the Fort Walton Beach Police Department, a search warrant executed by...
