Law enforcement has been targeting illicit drug use and sales for a long time now. But actually profiting? An explosive, six-month investigation by the Sun-Sentinel revealed that police agencies are literally making millions of dollars by aggressively pursuing drug arrests in Fort Lauderadale and throughout South Florida. In 2011 and…
A 25-year-old man from Coconut Creek has been arrested for stalking pro-golfer Morgan Pressel – the third time since 2009 that he’s been arrested for the same offense. He’s been arrested on at least four other occasions since 2007 for trespassing and contempt of court. Authorities say the defendant began…
Police in Boynton Beach recently arrested a 14-year-old girl and a 35-year-old man after the two were stopped in a stolen vehicle, which was being driven by the underage, non-licensed girl. Authorities say the girl was invited by the man to drive the vehicle after the two met at a…
With the start of the school year comes a heightened risk of Florida DUI arrests, not just for newly-minted teen drivers, but parents as well. While the summer months can be spent lazily at the beach or grilling out at home by the pool, the school year is packed with…
An alleged case of road rage in Boca Raton has resulted in a Coconut Creek man facing felony charges of aggravated assault after authorities say he pointed a gun at another driver on I-95. Our Fort Lauderdale criminal traffic defense lawyers know that a recently-passed Florida law, which went into…
A criminal traffic defendant in Ohio this month was victorious in her appeal against a trooper who had stopped her and subsequently arrested her for DUI, reckless operation and failure to drive within marked lanes. The grounds for her appeal? The trooper lacked a “reasonable, articulable” suspicion upon which to…
When U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder stood before the world and promised that his office was committed to curbing “draconian” minimum mandatory sentences for lower-tier drug offenders, it sounded awfully familiar to many Floridians. For years, a bi-partisan coalition of activists in the state have been trying without success to…
Not only are arrests for marijuana possession in Florida astronomically high, they also reveal a stark racial bias, according to a recent report issued by the American Civil Liberties Union. Our Fort Lauderdale criminal defense attorneys understand that while the national average revealed that blacks were four times as likely…
Had the 30-year-old driver stopped immediately for the Delray Beach police officer who attempted to pull him over late last month, he would probably have probably been arrested for driving without a valid license. It’s likely he would have also gotten a citation for driving without a seat belt. He…
You may have heard that starting on July 1, a new law went into effect in Florida that aims to ban the sale of certain drug paraphernalia, such as bongs, pipes and rolling papers routinely used to smoke marijuana and other controlled substances. However, our Palm Beach criminal defense lawyers…