On March 2, it was reported that a Florida couple were charged with numerous drug offenses after they allegedly sold cocaine to an undercover operative. The drug deal allegedly took place in a Marathon Walgreens bathroom. The operative reportedly called the...
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Florida game officers get woman arrested for drugs
A 25-year-old woman apparently living in a van in Key West ended up being charged with multiple drug offenses after speaking with officers from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. According to the officers, they approached her at Marathon FWC...
Hotel employee taken into custody on drug charges
A 52-year-old Florida man was taken into custody on Feb. 13 on charges related to selling drugs from the hotel where he worked. There were other individuals in the areas searched when law enforcement arrived to do a search, but they were all released. The search was...
2 FSU football players headed to court for smoking pot
The athletics department at Florida State University in Tallahassee acknowledged that local police cited two student athletes for smoking marijuana. The university intends to address the situation internally and did not provide more details about how the students...
Domestic violence statistics: These numbers may shock you
Domestic violence remains a major problem throughout the United States, with this impacting millions upon millions of people every year. Even when a person does his or her best to avoid this type of trouble, there is no way of knowing what the future will bring. Here...
Undercover police arrest Broward woman
A South Florida woman is facing multiple felony charges after an undercover operation by Hollywood Police. The woman is accused of drug trafficking and mixing heroin with fentanyl. She was charged with trafficking fentanyl, cocaine possession and possession of drug...
DEA alleges that Florida home was used to distribute drugs
Federal authorities have taken steps to seize a Florida home that is alleged to have been the base of a criminal organization that distributed large amounts of cocaine and methamphetamine in Gadsden, Leon, Jefferson, Wakulla and Franklin counties. The 57-year-old...
Alleged Florida drug dealer detained by cops
On the morning of Jan. 19, Miami Beach Police took a man into custody on numerous charges, some of which were possession of cocaine with intent to deliver, possession with intent to sell within 1,000 feet of a school and possession for the purpose of trafficking. The...
Florida lawmaker continues to pursue marijuana decriminalization
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...
Why are eyewitnesses wrong so often?
Eyewitness testimony is often thought of as one of the backbones of the American justice system. When someone comes forward and says he or she saw the defendant at the scene of the crime, it's hard not to imagine the jury gasping as they all realize that person must...

