In mid-2008, a relative of A.T. contacted the law office of Lasnetski Gihon Law in Jacksonville, Florida after A.T. was arrested for conspiracy to traffic MDMA (aka ecstasy). This criminal charge of conspiracy to traffic ecstasy is a first degree felony which carried a minimum sentence of 15 years in…
What is the purpose of police giving traffic tickets to drivers? To encourage people to drive safely or to make money for the local government? Many people in Jacksonville, Florida and other cities have suspected that the police are supposed to issue a certain number of traffic tickets a month…
Donte Stallworth, who plays wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns, was involved in an accident last week that resulted in the death of a pedestrian in Miami Beach, Florida. According to articles written after the crash, Stallworth submitted to a field sobriety test and also had his blood drawn to…
A common situation that occurs in Jacksonville, Florida involves a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officer responding to a crime and questioning people in the vicinity of the crime to learn who committed the crime. Let’s assume that the police suspect that a bystander committed the reported crime, approach him and ask…
Consider a person who works at a business in Jacksonville, Florida who carries a handgun that is concealed on his/her person or keeps a gun concealed close by in order to protect the business from robbers. If a police officer comes into that business and finds the employee with the…
The Florida crime of carrying a concealed firearm is committed when a person carries a concealed firearm on his person without a proper license. In Florida, this crime is a third degree felony. When a person who is lawfully licensed to carry a concealed firearm while off-duty such as a…
When a person gets arrested in Jacksonville, or anywhere else in Florida, it can leave a permanent mark on one’s criminal record that future employers and others can see. This is true even if the criminal charge(s) is baseless and ultimately the charge(s) is reduced or dropped. There is a…
With the 2009 spring break period coming up, police in St. Augustine and other areas of St. Johns County, Florida have indicated that they will increase their focus on underage drinking, particularly during the spring break weeks this month, according to an article on News4Jax.com. St. Johns County police have…
Jacksonville Jaguar wide receiver Matt Jones was arrested back in July of 2008 for being in possession of a controlled substance, i.e. cocaine. As is often the case with drug possession cases, he entered into a plea agreement that required him to participate in a drug program and comply with…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) keeps a database of the various business and fraud-related complaints made by people in the U.S. to various entities. In a recent report, the FTC indicated from where those complaints came and the nature of those complaints. There were over 1.2 million complaints documented by…