Several times we have written posts about the shifting priorities of the FBI and federal prosecutors in the Jacksonville, Florida area and throughout Florida, from immigration and terrorism related cases years ago to securities fraud to mortgage fraud. It seems you can follow the latest sensational crime and economic stories…
The current law on federal student aid disqualifies anyone from receiving federal student aid or loans if he/she has a drug conviction, even just a drug possession conviction that is a misdemeanor. For instance, if a student is caught with a small amount of marijuana and gets convicted of drug…
Applications for concealed weapons permits in Florida have increased significantly this year, according to an article on News4Jax.com. It is expected that the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which processes the concealed weapons permit applications and issues the permits, will receive approximately 150,000 applications in 2009. The article…
We see countless criminal cases in the Jacksonville, Florida area where regular people or suspects talk and answer questions when police come to investigate a crime, and the result is the person talks him/herself into getting arrested and/or gives the police officer the evidence he/she needs (and did not have)…
Jacksonville police recently met to address the issue of racing in Jacksonville, particularly involving teenagers in the summer months. Jacksonville police are actually encouraging people to race on racing tracks as opposed to the roads. Illegal racing has increased in Jacksonville, according to an article on News4Jax.com. Jacksonville police noted…
When a person calls us at Lasnetski Gihon Law and asks about getting a prior criminal record sealed or expunged, we are often faced with the situation of a person with multiple arrests. The person wants to know if he/she can have his/her entire criminal record sealed or expunged. The…
We have written before about how people who commit crack cocaine crimes in federal court receive higher sentences than people who commit similar crimes involving powder cocaine. In other words, in order to get a similar sentence in certain situations, it would take the possession of much more powder cocaine…
Federal agents raided dozens of doctors’ offices and homes during investigations into alleged Medicare fraud. As part of the government’s effort to reform health care and save money, the federal government is focusing on Medicare fraud and what they say are millions of dollars that are fraudulently taken from the…
The law office of Lasnetski Gihon Law receives a lot of calls from people who want to get a criminal record sealed or expunged in Jacksonville, Florida and other parts of Florida. The discussion typically starts with whether the person is eligible to have the particular criminal record sealed or…
The Obama administration has promised certain drug law reforms, and it appears that we may soon see some of the results. One of the issues that we have written about before is the disparity between criminal sentences for crack cocaine crimes versus powder cocaine crimes in the federal criminal system.…