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Prison Security Levels In Florida
The scary images you see of prisons in fictional portrayals are enough to scare anyone into staying on the right side of the law. Inmates work all week to be able to afford a packet of ramen noodles. They walk single file down the cell block, sometimes with chains around their ankles. They spend… Read More »
Coral Springs Couple Face Child Abuse Charges For Allegedly Locking Daughter In Room At Night
Even the most extroverted adults will tell you that, in middle school, it was difficult for them to relate to their peers. Complaining about your parents and their ridiculous rules and their futile efforts to control you is one of the surest ways to form a connection with your classmates. Hyperbolic stories about how… Read More »
Can Illegal Behavior Be A Side Effect Of Legal Medications?
All drugs can have side effects, but most of them are mild and do not add interesting plot twists to your tales of illness and recovery. For example, the painkillers that doctors give you after surgery might put you in a weird mood where you say things that you wouldn’t say in your right… Read More »
Police Arrest Hernando County Man For Possession Of Ketamine-Stuffed Candles
There are plenty of perfectly legal reasons that someone would buy a lot of candles. Perhaps the buyer is in the business of hosting birthday parties for the elderly, who are plentiful in Florida. Maybe the owner of many candles would rather host parties for creatures whose life span is much shorter than that… Read More »
Florida Restaurant Chain Owner Faces Misdemeanor Domestic Battery Charges
The law treats domestic violence as a serious matter. There are far-reaching consequences in civil court, and sometimes in criminal court, if one family member commits an act of violence, however trivial, against another. The relationship between the parties creates more danger. If two strangers get into an argument about a parking space, and… Read More »
Meg’s Law Aims To Restrict Sale Of Nitrous Oxide
Inhalant abuse is nothing new, but as with so many categories of drugs, abuse patterns change according to which substances are easily available. Kids who attended elementary school in the 1980s, at the height of the War on Drugs, remember how good rubber cement smelled, and you could find a jar of it in… Read More »
Criminal Sentences Are Not Set In Stone
When you find out that you are facing a criminal charge, one of the first topics that your criminal defense lawyer will want to discuss with you is the range of sentences for your charge and what this means for your case. If you are facing a criminal charge punishable by one to five… Read More »
Sheriff’s Deputies Seize Pill Presses And MDMA After Executing Search Warrant
From a legal perspective, MDMA is a Schedule I controlled substance, always illegal and never permissible for medical use. By this logic, it is just like heroin. To some people, though, MDMA is a wonder drug. A tiny dose might be able to cure post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or opioid addiction. Cannabis is still… Read More »
Flagler Man Arrested For Illegal Possession Of Sea Turtle Eggs
Florida’s sea turtles are a majestic sight. Few of us have witnessed the hatchlings following their instincts to propel themselves down the beach on their flippers toward the ocean where previous generations of marine turtles have lived, but Florida is one of only a few places in the world where you can see this…. Read More »
Olympian Arrested For Dangerous Excessive Speeding
Florida has always been a popular destination for driving fast. The wide streets laid out on a grid pattern practically invite you to drive at double the speed limit, as does I-95, with all those lanes and no traffic lights. Drivers in their mid-20s and younger are the most likely to succumb to this… Read More »