Credit card theft/fraud is a crime that is increasing throughout Jacksonville, Florida and the entire country. As people become more proficient with computers and the Internet, those with criminal intentions are finding ways to misappropriate credit card numbers and other financial accounts. As high tech credit card thefts is increasing,…
A person suspected of driving drunk ran a red light and caused an accident that killed a couple who had been married just over a month, according to an article on Foxnews.com. The suspected drunk driver has four prior convictions for DUI, or DWI as they are called in Texas.…
In the federal criminal system, when a person is arrested for a crime, or a corporation is being investigated for criminal conduct, credit for cooperating with the government can be obtained which can translate into a lower sentence. Federal law enforcement officials may ask a corporation’s representatives to cooperate by…
A university professor in Pennsylvania was arrested three separate times on DUI charges in a just over a week, according to an article on Foxnews.com. After the third DUI arrest, the prosecutor made a motion to revoke the professor’s bond, arguing that he was a danger to the community. Clearly,…
A recent trend in criminal prosecutions throughout the country illustrates that police and prosecutors are using GPS device information against criminal suspects and defendants to obtain arrest warrants and convictions. For example, earlier this year, prosecutors in Chicago used a criminal defendant’s GPS device to show that he was in…
How does a person determine if he or she has been drinking to the extent that he/she is above the legal blood alcohol limit of 0.08 in Florida and may be at risk of getting arrested for DUI? There are many factors that determine what one’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC)…
In Jacksonville, Florida when a person is arrested for a crime and taken to jail, he/she will have an opportunity to make a phone call from the Duval County Jail. However, every inmate in the Duval County Jail (as well as other jails and prisons) and everyone having a conversation…
Florida leads the country in the number of boating deaths after that number increased by 10% in the last year. As a result, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) has asked Florida lawmakers to pass a law mandating education courses for all boaters. Currently, only boaters under the age…
Numerous arrests of government officials were made in Miami recently for allegedly obtaining the painkiller OxyContin from pharmacies with fraudulent prescriptions, according to an article on CNN.com. In addition to the Florida government officials, a doctor who was providing the unnecessary OxyContin prescriptions was also arrested. According to the article,…
In a criminal case, when the police or prosecutors indicate that they have a DNA profile match between evidence at the crime scene and the suspect or defendant, they suggest that this evidence conclusively establishes a connection between the suspect or defendant and the crime scene. In a criminal trial,…