Safrany suffered broken ribs in the accident and was released from jail of $55,000 bail. Friends threw him a party before his trial and then he vanished, living for more than a year under the identity of a dead man. He eventually turned himself in after he was shown on the TV show “America’s Most Wanted”.
He was offered a plea deal that included DUI penalties of 15 years in prison for the manslaughter charge and another five years for being a fugitive. He turned that deal down. This time around his attorney was asking for the same 20 years Safrany was offered in a plea deal years ago. The offer was no longer extended to him by prosecutors and now he will most likely spend the rest of his life in prison.

Between 1998 and 2007 Stevens was involved in six police incidents. Included in those incidents was a 2000 arrest for sexual assault. Charges were never filed in that case due to a lack of evidence. Stevens was convicted of three counts of DUI in Arizona in 2007.
Police have filed charges of possession of drug paraphernalia, marijuana possession and possession of marijuana with intent to sell against Stevens. He posted $4,500 bail and was released from jail in Tampa. Stevens was not active to play against St. Louis Sunday. The next day the Buccaneers announced that Stevens has been released from the team. The tight end will most certainly be in line for league punishment if he is claimed by any other NFL squad, which seems unlikely at this point in time. Considering his legal problems and lack of production, Stevens most likely may have played his last NFL game.

TBO.com is reporting officers not only recovered a suspect from the water but also a bag of money and a weapon. Three men were arrested at the scene on charges that include robbery, aggravated battery, false imprisonment and aggravated assault. One of the men who was arrested in connection with the Tampa restaurant robbery worked as a fry cook in the steak house. Another one of the suspects is a registered sex offender who was in prison for almost four years for a conviction on charges of lewd and lascivious behavior with a child between the ages of 12-15.
The police were alerted to the robbery when a steak house employee called in the robbery report while hiding inside the restaurant’s dining room. Police were unsure at the time of the report which of the men was responsible for the robbery and which was the getaway car driver.

According to TBO.com he was also wanted on a Polk County arrest warrant for two violations. The first was failure to appear on charges of driving with a revoked or suspended driver’s license. The second was a failure to appear on charges of possession of a firearm.
Impersonating a police officer was one of the charges the suspect was convicted of in South Carolina in 1992. Along with that charge he was convicted of criminal sexual conduct, kidnapping and unlawful possession of a firearm. The pattern was enough to raise suspicion in his recent arrest, which seemed to mirror what he was convicted of almost 20 years ago. Detective Grubb was off-duty at the time he spotted the man in Publix.
There was no further information on which county jail the convicted sex offender was being held or if he was able to post bail or bond. The only information contained in the on-line story about the arrestee was that he lives in a Clearwater apartment

The drug bust was the result of an undercover sting involving detectives calling the pharmacy and asking to buy 180 oxycodone tablets, which the agent referred to as “blues”. A pharmacy employee allegedly told the undercover agent that the oxycodone would be available at the Spring Hill pharmacy. The agent brought a fake prescription with no DEA number and left with oxycodone. He also allegedly left with an offer for better prices on the drug if he brought in more customers. According to detectives, the agents bought a total of 179 pills of oxycodone from the pharmacy paying $720 in cash.
The pharmacy owner and one employee were both being held on $500,000 bail, while the pharmacist was being held on $1,000 bond. Sheriffs told TampaBay.com that they do not believe that filling illegal prescriptions is a common practice at Florida pharmacies. That statement was issued despite the fact that there has been a huge increase in illegal prescription drug activity in Florida. There have been new laws passed in cities across the state barring further pain management clinics being opened and existing pain clinics have been raided all over Tampa Bay.

The 25-year-old man who fought with police officers was arrested on charges of resisting an officer without violence, obstructing extinguishment of a fire and four counts of aggravated assault on a firefighter. The second suspect was also charged with aggravated assault on a firefighter, unauthorized fire and obstructing extinguishment of a fire as well. Both men were taken to Hillsborough County Jail and are facing criminal charges. Bail was set at $32,500 for each man.
There was no mention as to why the men were so adamant about not allowing firefighters to enter the backyard. There is nothing mentioned in the TBO.com story about police discovering anything illegal in the backyard at the time of the pair’s Hillsborough County arrest. There was also no mention of what was on fire in the Plymouth Street home, which also may have provided some insight as to why the arrestees would risk going to jail to stop firefighters from extinguishing the blaze.

Ruiz took off in his car and his friends gave chase in their own vehicle in hopes of somehow getting their drunk friend off the road. Sheriffs’ reports show the pair did get the drunk driver to pull over on 14th Street West in a parking lot. They may have wished they were unable to stop Ruiz considering what happened next. Ruiz put his car in reverse and ran into his male friend. The car knocked the man to the ground. Ruiz not only ran over his friend causing a head laceration, he decided to get out of the car and start to beat his friend up. He got back in his truck and began to drive towards both his male and female friend. He ran into a building and drove off before police arrived on the scene.
Ruiz was arrested and charged with numerous Manatee County battery charges. He was taken to Manatee County jail on charges of aggravated assault with a vehicle, simple battery and aggravated battery with a vehicle. His bond was set at $47,000.

As one would expect, the parents of the students that were interviewed did not have nearly as big of a problem with the form or the breath testing. With underage drinking and the dangers that come along with that like DUI accidents, parents seems to feel like whatever the school wants to do to protect their children, they are OK with it.
The legal analyst consulted for the Bay News 9 report stated he believed the form was completely legal. Joe Episcopo said students don’t have full constitutional rights while on school property so in his opinion the request by the school made in these forms does not cross the line. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) slightly disagreed. The ACLU voiced concern over the vagueness of the form and the way it would be implemented. Their spokesperson hopes the form won’t give way to mass breath tests without reasonable suspicion that a student has been drinking.
This is not the first time this form has been used according to the Pinellas County School Board. Their spokesperson said the same form was used for the prom earlier this year.

Maxwell made no secret he had been drinking prior to the accident according to the police report. According to the story he claimed to have drunk two shots of Wild Turkey and six beers at a local restaurant. Maxwell was allegedly in his full firefighter uniform at the scene of the accident. Two Sarasota County fire chiefs showed up on the scene of the crash to reportedly pick up department belongings from the scene. The officials said that the young firefighter was in the midst of wild mood swings while they were on the scene. He went from shouting to banging his head on a patrol car window to crying.
The Florida Highway Patrol noticed that Maxwell had urinated in his pants after he removed his firefighter uniform. They also reported an odor of alcohol that was so strong they described the smell as nauseating. Maxwell freely admitted to the officers that he had planned on blaming the Sarasota Sheriff’s office for framing him to avoid the DUI arrest. There was no mention of the amount of bail in the case or if and when Maxwell was released from Sarasota County Jail. The Sarasota County Fire Department was not quoted in the story either concerning Maxwell’s job status following the arrest.

Wagner allegedly admitted to owning and operating the grow house. He also apparently told arresting officers that he learned how to operate the grow house from the Internet. According to the article and police reports, it is not believed that Wagner sold marijuana to any of the high school students attending school near his home. Sheriff’s spokesperson Mr. Doug Tobin confirmed the suspicions telling the TBO.com reporter that it didn’t appear Wagner had any students from Gulf High School as clients.
Following the Pasco drug bust Wagner is facing numerous Florida drug charges. According to the story he has been charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana with intent to sell, cultivation of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance. Wagner was booked into the Land O’ Lakes jail. He returned home after posting bail of $12,150. He was reached by TBO.com but declined to comment about the drug arrest or charges he is facing. He did however make a point of saying the marijuana operation had nothing to do with the high school located near his home. Depending on how close Wagner’s home is to the school, there could be stiffer penalties and charges involved with dealing drugs too close to a school.