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Florida Supreme Court to decide when Polk County probation can terminate early

Debra Lafave the teacher that made headlines for having sex with a student was back in the news recently.  She had asked the criminal court to terminate her probation early.  Originally, she was sentenced to 10 years probation and had completed six years of that probation. Florida Statute 948.05 provides that: A criminal court may...

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Difference Between Adjudicated Guilty and Withhold Adjudication for Sealing and Expunging Arrest

Adjudicated Guilt in Florida Explained General Adjudication of Guilt vs. Withholding Guilt During the sentencing phase of a criminal trial the judge has the option of adjudicating a person guilty or withholding adjudication (withholding guilt).  This translates to whether you were convicted or not.  When adjudication is withheld you are not formally convicted by the...

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Polk County Sheriff Operation conduct sex sting Last Minute with Plant City Police

The Polk County Sheriff’s conducted another criminal sting operation this past weekend in cooperation with the Plant City Police Department.  This Polk sex sting operation was called “Operation Last Minute”.  14 men were arrested in this sting.  The men were arrested for allegedly traveling to meet a minor, in this case the girls they traveled...

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Polk criminal attorney quoted on Polk prostitution sting in Newsweek with Sheriff Grady Judd

This weekend Newsweek’s The Daily Beast did an article on Polk County’s prostitution sting.  Sheriff Grady Judd was quoted in the article giving his views and insight into the Polk Sheriff cybercrimes unit and Polk sex crime investigations.  You can view the full article by Christine Pelisek here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/01/27/florida-s-prostitution-buster.html Sheriff Judd warned anyone inclined to...

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Sexual battery charges dropped in player’s case - Sexual Battery in Polk County, FL

Sex division prosecutors have dropped criminal rape charges against Michael Crabtree of the San Francisco 49ers.  As I have previously blogged about, Crabtree was being investigated by the police regarding allegations of a sexual assault at a hotel.  This is a very serious crime and sex crimes are always taken very seriously in Polk County...

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RADIO DJ’S ATTORNEY GETS ARRESTED FOR SECOND DUI WITHIN 5 YEARS IN THE MIDDLE OF SHOCK JOCK TRIAL

Early this morning, the lawyer for MJ Kelli was arrested for his second DUI within 5 years of his last DUI.  MJ is suing Bubba the Love Sponge for defamation, even though MJ makes his living due to our right to Free Speech and is a public figure.  The attorney refused to submit to the...

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Polk County prostitution attorney seal expunge record civil penalty not paid

Effective January 1, 2013, the "civil penalty" for soliciting for prostitution has been increased from $500.00 to $5,250.00.  Where does the civil fine go?  $500.00 goes to where it went before the prostitution law changed.  $4,500.00 of the solicitation for lewdness fine goes to the Department of Children and Family Services (DCF) to fund safe...

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How I Fought for Reinstatement of Probation for Client Residence Change VOP

My client’s felony probation was violated for allegedly changing their residence  without first procuring the consent and permission from their probation officer.  A second violation of probation was allegedly for failing to comply with the probation officer’s instructions.  Before someone can change their address when on probation, they must first get permission to do so...

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