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Undercover police officers fired for drinking and hanging out in strip club while on duty

Two undercover Tampa Police Department officers were fired today for hanging out and drinking in a strip club while on duty.  Officer Ortega and Officer Madsen were in a strip club drinking.  When it was time to go to work, the officers logged into work remotely from a computer. The were on the Rapid Offender Control...

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2nd District Court of Appeals rules police holding driver's license is a seizure

Last week, the Second District Court of Appeals overturned a Defendant's conviction for possession of a controlled substance (carisoprodol).  The rulings by the 2nd District Court of Appeal are binding on the county and circuit court's of Polk County.  That means the felony or misdemeanor judge in Polk County must follow the appellate court's rulings...

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Intoxilyzer 8000 seminar Provided by Forensic Alcohol Consulting & Training completed by Polk County DUI Lawyer

On Friday, I attended a seminar specifically dealing with the Intoxilyzer 8000, the official Breath Test machine used in Florida.  Prosecutors like to call the machine a breath test instrument, but we all know it's a machine with many problems and short comings.  By attending these seminars, it allows me to keep up to date...

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Off duty Lakeland Police officer charged with battery after alleged road rage incident

An off duty police officer was charged with battery after an alleged road rage incident today.  Part of the incident was captured on a surveillance camera.  Allegedly, there was an incident on the road where the off-duty Lakeland Police Officer felt that the other driver cut him off.  As with most road rage type incidents,...

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Polk County Criminal Defense Attorney Jury Trial for Improper Exhibition of a Firearm

My client was charged with Improper Exhibition of a Firearm.  We demanded speedy trial in this case and the charge was dismissed by the court at trial.  My client was accused of waving a fireman at an elderly lady arising out of an alleged road rage incident.  This incident was allegedly witnessed by an off-duty...

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Another Polk County Backpage solicitation for lewdness and prostitution sting

Polk County law enforcement agencies ran another prostitution sting this week.  This appears to be similar to the prostitution stings recently done this past January and last August.  The prostitution law increased the "civil penalty" for "johns" from $500.00 to $5,250.00 on January 1, 2013.  I am the only Polk County criminal defense attorney who has challenged the...

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