St. Petersburg Police are looking for 26-year-old Teico Atkins following an incident where he allegedly rammed his car into another vehicle that contained his ex-girlfriend and their three children. He is being charged with domestic battery and child abuse according to a story published on the St. Petersburg Times website.
According to police Atkins rammed his vehicle into the car of ex-girlfriend Sheneka Arnold. Inside the car were four children, three of whom were Atkins’. He then chased her car for several blocks before Arnold saw a police car and began to honk to get the officer’s attention. At that point Atkins fled the scene. Atkins has 21 prior arrests for various crimes including trafficking and fleeing and eluding.
If you have been charged with a crime in Pinellas County please do not hesitate to contact St. Petersburg Criminal Defense Attorney Stephen Higgins at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website www.fightyourpinellasarrest.com. Also you can contact Stephen via email or by stopping in our Clearwater office located at 4500 140th Ave. North #203.

A burglary at the Honeysuckle Bar in Ybor City Thursday morning led to a police chase and the use of a helicopter to track down the alleged suspects. The police chase lasted 10-15 minutes according to a report on the Tampa Tribune’s website and took police through the Sulphur Springs and College Hill neighborhoods to the north of Ybor City.
The helicopter was used to track the fleeing car which followed the suspects to a house where a man and woman exited the car and then ran into the home. The report does say police then entered the house and arrested two men who surrendered peacefully. Whether the robbery suspects are two men or a man and a woman still remains to be seen as details emerge.
If you have been charged with a crime in Hillsborough County please do not hesitate to contact Tampa Criminal Defense Attorney Stephen Higgins at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website www.fightyourcase.com. Also you can contact Stephen via email or by stopping in our Tampa office located at 3426 W. Kennedy Blvd.

For three days the Polk County Sheriff’s Office ran a sting called “Operation Hot Date” and their target was prostitutes and pimps who were using Craig’s List to set up meetings. The operation resulted in 28 prostitutes and four pimps being arrested. Those arrested came from Tampa, Pinellas, Orlando, West Palm Beach and Riverview. Undercover officers contacted the woman via Craig’s List and negotiated prices for sexual acts between $125 and $800 according to a story at www.tbo.com.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd put some of the blame squarely on the doorstep of California based Craig’s List for the problem and despite the lack of customers arrested, Judd said that may change shortly. He claimed to have the cell phones and contact books from the prostitutes arrested and their customers may be hearing from Polk County Sheriff’s shortly.
If you have been charged with a crime in Tampa and are in need of a qualified lawyer, please do not hesitate to contact Tampa Defense Attorney Stephen Higgins at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) or online at fightyourcase.com to discuss the matter. Also you can contact Stephen via email or by stopping by our new Tampa office located at 3426 W. Kennedy Blvd.

A Tampa couple was shot early Sunday morning in what is being labeled a domestic dispute as the alleged shooter is the woman’s ex-boyfriend according to a story in today’s St. Petersburg Times. Eric Brewer has died from injuries suffered due to the gunshot while his girlfriend Shirley Sexton is in critical condition at Tampa General Hospital. The suspected shooter is William Privett who surrendered to his attorney who informed the Sheriff’s office.
The couple were sitting in a Chevy Blazer in Hillsborough County Sunday morning when Privett pulled up to them in his 2005 Dodge. He fired shots into the couple’s car and then fled the scene. He has been charged with first-degree murder. The article also reports that Privett has been charged before. In 2007 he was charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
If you have been charged with a crime in Tampaand are in need of a qualified lawyer, please do not hesitate to contact Tampa Defense Attorney Darren FInebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT or online at fightyourcase.com to discuss the matter. Also you can contact our lawyers via email or by stopping by our new Tampa office located at 3426 W. Kennedy Blvd.

Three St. Petersburg officers who were off duty at a Tampa Bay Rays game at Tropicana Field in May have been cleared of charges they used unnecessary force following a Taser incident with one unruly fan. The officers were cleared of any wrong-doing by the chain of command board.
The incident took place in section 141-145 of the Trop. Security personnel called the off duty officers to help them take Tyler Strangman into custody for fighting according to reports and a story published on the Tampa Tribune website. Strangman’s cousin Daniel Weightman became agitated about the way his cousin was being treated by stadium security. He was eventually escorted from his seat and allegedly threw an elbow at one of the officers. When Weightman was told to stop resisting he did not comply and was shocked.
Weightman was listed as a juvenile in the police report and his mother and other family, who were at the game as well, claimed the officers used excessive force on the teen, used profanity and that the officers were apparently celebrating the Taser incident back at the police station.
If you have been charged with a crime in Pinellas County, please do not hesitate to contact St. Petersburg Criminal Defense Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) or online at fightyourpinellasarrest.com to discuss the matter. Also you can contact Darrenn via email or by stopping in our Clearwater office located at 4500 140th Ave. North #203.

Lindsey Sermon was supposed to be heading to court for a trial on charges of sexual battery and robbery this morning. Thanks to a DNA test that won’t be happening as Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney’s Office has dropped the charges against Sermon according to today’s Tampa Tribune. The Pinellas man was charged after being accused of raping a woman in October.
The case against Sermon was based on the accusations of a woman who had previously been convicted of making false allegations. It probably didn’t help that Sermon was an ex-con who was allegedly selling marijuana to his accuser. The Public Defender for Sermon fought the $700,000 bail and now has been successful in getting all the charges dropped.
If you have been charged with a felony in Pinellas County, please do not hesitate to contact St. Petersburg Criminal Defense Attorney David Haenel at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) or online at fightyourpinellasarrest.com to discuss the matter. Also you can contact David via email or by stopping in our Clearwater office located at 1400 140th Ave. North #203