The U.S. Department of Justice under the Obama administration has indicated an opposition to the current disparities between sentences in crack cocaine cases versus powder cocaine cases in the federal criminal system. Currently, as a result of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, mandatory sentences in federal criminal cases are…
When police in Jacksonville, Florida and other areas of Florida stop a vehicle and find drugs such as marijuana, crack cocaine or methamphetamine somewhere in the vehicle, they will try and attribute those drugs to one or more individuals in the vehicle and make drug arrests accordingly. Police claim that…
It is not uncommon in Jacksonville, Florida or other areas in Florida for police to make a drug arrest based on a tip from someone commonly referred to as a Confidential Informant (CI). These tips can come from a variety of different people and can be anywhere from very general…
Jacksonville police raided a home off of Ivey Road in the Southside area of Jacksonville, FL and ultimately made eleven drug arrests allegedly related to fraudulent prescriptions, according to an article on News4Jax.com. The article indicates that the owner of the home was arrested and accused of printing false prescriptions…
As the number of people laid off and otherwise unemployed in Florida grows, one Florida legislator has proposed to require people to pass a drug test before they can receive unemployment benefits, according to an article at Rawstory.com. The Florida legislator claimed that he is concerned that the unemployment compensation…
When the police in Jacksonville, Florida and other cities throughout the country find what they suspect to be illegal drugs, whether it is marijuana, cocaine, GHB or the many other narcotics, they will often use what is referred to as a field test kit to quickly test whether the substance…
All residents of Florida, and the United States as a whole, are protected by the Fourth Amendment which protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by police. One aspect of the law on searches and seizures generally requires police to obtain a search warrant before entering someone’s home to look…
Eleven people were arrested and approximately $24 million worth of cocaine and marijuana were seized as a result of a recent drug investigation in Palatka, Putnam County, Florida (which is about an hour south of Jacksonville, Florida), according to an article on Firstcoastnews.com. The cocaine and marijuana drug investigation involved…
Fourteen suspected cocaine dealers in Fernandina Beach (Nassau County), Florida were arrested this week, according to an article at www.Jacksonville.com. According to the article, the arrests and charges were the result of a six month investigation into drug dealing in the Fernandina Beach and Amelia Island areas. Apparently the investigation…
Two individuals were arrested this week for allegedly trying to buy $100,000 worth of cocaine from federal undercover agents, according to an article on News4Jax.com. Apparently, federal law enforcement authorities and local St. Johns County, Florida police were working together on the case over the last few months. Both men…