Acting on a tip, Clearwater police discovered 149 marijuana plants growing at the home of John Haring. The Byram Drive resident was charged with cultivation of marijuana following a search of his home, which a story on TampaBay.com says Haring consented to.
The plants were discovered in a large utility shed and upon their discovery Haring was placed under arrest. The story also says that the same man was arrested at this same address for cultivation of marijuana in 2007. There were no further details on what became of Haring after his 2007 arrest.
If you have been charged with a drug crime in St. Petersburg, Clearwater or Pinellas County please do not hesitate to contact Criminal Defense Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourDrugCrime.com. Also you can contact Stephen via email or by stopping in our Clearwater office located at 4500 140th Ave. North #203.
Monthly Archives: October 2009
TAMPA CRIMINAL BLOG: Clerk Of Courts Employee In Hillsborough County Arrested On Drug Charges
A Hillsborough County Clerk of Courts employee was apparently bragging about obtaining illegal prescription drugs from Puerto Rico. Now he is under arrest. A story on TampaBay.com details that Edwin Lopez-Valentin was arrested while on the job Tuesday for illegal possession of a prescription drug.
According to the story a co-worker reported Lopez-Valentin to authorities who then arrested the man when he returned to his office. He had more than five pills of the prescription drug Alprazolam on his possession and he allegedly admitted he did not have a prescription for the pills. He was taken to Hillsborough County Jail where he was later released.
If you have been charged with a drug crime in Tampa or Hillsborough County and need qualified legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact Tampa Criminal Defense Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourDrugCrime.com. Also you can contact Darren via email or by stopping in our Tampa legal office located at 3426 W. Kennedy Blvd.
TAMPA CRIMINAL BLOG: Florida Highway Patrol Asking For Help In Hit-And-Run That Killed A Tampa Teenager
Jessie Driggers was mowed down and killed as the 17-year-old was crossing U.S. Highway 41. Now the Florida Highway Patrol is asking for the public’s help in identifying the driver that killed the Tampa teenager. While there are two witnesses to the hit-and-run, police have very little to go on according to TampaBay.com.
The two witnesses who were with Driggers said it was too dark to identify the car that ran over the 17-year-old. According to reports all they saw were the tail lights as the car drove away. The only evidence left behind was a hubcap off the vehicle. The accident took place just after 11:30 p.m. on October 18.
If you have been charged with a crime in Tampa or Hillsborough County and need qualified legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact Tampa Criminal Defense Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourCase.com. Also you can contact Darren via email or by stopping in our Tampa office located at 3426 W. Kennedy Blvd.
TAMPA CRIMINAL BLOG: Two Arrested And One Escapes In Robbery And Battery At Tampa Motel
Early Saturday morning a 34-year-old man responded to a knock at the door of his Tampa motel room. At that point three men forced their way in and attacked the man demanding jewelry and money. According to TBO.com the victim suffered serious injuries to his face and lesser injuries to his body.
The attack took place at the Hayes Motel on East Hillsborough Ave. The three men allegedly chocked and punched the victim. He was attacked with a metal pipe according to police reports. The victim was able to escape the hotel room and was chased by two of the three alleged assailants and attacked again. Police have arrested two men they believe were involved and are searching for a third. They were charged with aggravated battery and robbery-home invasion.
If you have been charged with a crime in Tampa or Hillsborough County and need qualified legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact Tampa Criminal Defense Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourFelony.com. Also you can contact Darren via email or by stopping in our Tampa office located at 3426 W. Kennedy Blvd.
PINELLAS CRIMINAL BLOG: Orange County Group Home Worker Charged With Sexting Pinellas Teenager
Jerry Foster, a 59-year-old group home employee, is under arrest for allegedly sending inappropriate, sexual messages via email, cell phone and chat rooms to a 15-year-old Pinellas County teenage girl. In a story on TampaBay.com, deputies from Pinellas and Oviedo coordinated the arrest of Foster who posed as a 20-year-old while communicating with the girl.
Foster works in a group home for teen boys called Laurel Hill and he became the target of an investigation after the teen’s mother heard inappropriate voice mails left for her daughter by what sounded to her like an older man. Detectives then discovered explicit chat room logs from Foster to the young girl. At that point they set up a sting and allege they had Foster sending more sexually explicit chat messages to who he thought was the teenager.
If you have been charged with a sex crime in St. Petersburg or Pinellas County please do not hesitate to contact Criminal Defense Attorney Stephen Higgins at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourPinellasArrest.com. Also you can contact Stephen via email or by stopping in our Clearwater office located at 4500 140th Ave. North #203.
TAMPA CRIMINAL BLOG: Tampa Bay Buccaneer Aqib Talib Charged With Battery For Hitting Cab Driver
A few months ago Tampa Bay Buccaneer cornerback Aqib Talib was involved in an altercation in Pinellas County with a cab driver. Now the State Attorney has decided to charge the Buc with battery. The charge is simple battery and is a misdemeanor according to TBO.com. Talib was expected to be with the team Friday morning when they left to play the New England Patriots in London, England.
The incident that led to the charges took place on I-275 and Gandy after 11:00 p.m. when Talib and two of his teammates were taking the cab from a St. Petersburg nightclub to a Tampa hotel. The Buc corner was originally arrested on battery and resisting arrest charges. He will only face charges on the first-degree misdemeanor charge of battery though.
If you have been charged with a crime in Tampa or Hillsborough County and need qualified legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact Tampa Criminal Defense Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourBattery.com. Also you can contact Darren via email or by stopping in our Tampa office located at 3426 W. Kennedy Blvd.
TAMPA CRIMINAL BLOG: Ex-Hillsborough County Deputy Pleads Guilty To Forcing Woman Ito Perform A Sex Act
The attorney for former Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputy Raymond Choy told the St. Petersburg Times that his client will plead guilty to charges that he forced a hit-and-run suspect to perform oral sex in exchange for her release. Choy was facing up to 60 years in jail on charges of kidnapping and sexual battery. Instead he will plead to sexual battery and false imprisonment and most likely serve five years in prison when Circuit Judge Wayne Timmerman sentences him in December.
The charges stem from an incident in April of 2007 when Choy was accused of agreeing to release a suspect from custody if she performed oral sex on him while in his patrol car. DNA tests later linked Choy to the victim leading to the charges. The judge in the case was set to allow a second woman to testify Choy also forced her into oral sex.
If you have been charged with a crime in Tampa or Hillsborough County and need qualified legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact Tampa Criminal Defense Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourCase.com. Also you can contact Darren via email or by stopping in our Tampa office located at 3426 W. Kennedy Blvd.
TAMPA CRIMINAL BLOG: Florida Beach Officer Arrested While On-Duty For Sex Crimes
A Volusia County beach patrol officer was arrested while on-duty for alleged sexual contact with an underage girl as reported by the Bradenton Herald on their website. Robert Tameris, 44-years-old, is accused of beginning a sexual relationship with a girl who he met while she was sunbathing at the beach. The girl’s age was reported to be 16 at the time they met.
According to reports, the two began a sexual relationship in 2007 and the officer is alleged to have recorded the pair having sex without the girl’s knowledge. Investigators set up a call between Tameris and the girl in which he reportedly acknowledges the sexual relationship. He was charged with unlawful sex with a minor.
If you have been charged with a sex crime in central Florida and need qualified legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact Criminal Defense Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourFelony.com. Also you can contact Darren via email or by stopping in any of our four central Florida office locations.
SARASOTA CRIMINAL BLOG: Seat Belt Violation Traffic Stop Leads To Drug Bust For Ecstasy
The passenger of a car that was pulled over for the driver not wearing his seat belt is now facing 15 drug charges. The charges stem from a routine traffic stop when police noticed the driver of the vehicle was not wearing his seat belt. Following the stop, police asked for and were granted permission to search the vehicle according to a story on the Sarasota Herald-Tribune website.
Police reports state that they searched 39-year-old Wendy Martek’s purse and found 13 yellow pills believed to be ecstasy and one morphine pill. The North Port woman has been charged with 13 counts of felony drug possession for each pill, one count for the morphine and a misdemeanor charge for drug paraphernalia due to a syringe police found in her purse as well. She was taken to Sarasota County Jail with bail of more than $30,000.
If you have been charged with a drug crime in Sarasota, Bradenton or Manatee please do not hesitate to contact Criminal Defense Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourDrugCrime.com. Also you can contact Darren via email or by stopping in our Sarasota office located at 200 N. Washington Blvd.
TAMPA CRIMINAL BLOG: Teenager Arrested While Fondling Himself In Public After Breaking Into USF Student’s Dorm Room
A visitor to USF campus is in jail following a bizarre incident early Friday morning according to police reports and a story on TampaBay.com. Coral Springs’ 18-year-old Daniel Boliek was arrested after a disturbing morning in USF’s Beta Hall dorms. Reports say that Boliek was discovered in a dorm room in his boxers at 6:00 a.m. feeling the face of a sleeping girl. He was spotted by the girl’s roommate and then Boliek ran out of the second-floor room.
Things just got weirder at that point as the 18-year-old took off his boxers and made a shooting motion with his fingers towards a female resident assistant. A campus officer tried to approach Boliek and got punched in the face. After which the officer sprayed him with pepper spray with no affect.
At this point Boliek began to fondle himself and ran out of the dorms where he was tackled by officers. He has been charged with a slew of crimes including battery on a law enforcement officer, disorderly conduct, burglary of an occupied dwelling with assault or battery, exposure of a sexual organ and battery on a university official.
If you have been charged with a crime in Tampa or Hillsborough County and need qualified legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact Tampa Criminal Defense Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourCase.com. Also you can contact Darren via email or by stopping in our Tampa office located at 3426 W. Kennedy Blvd.