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Janet Goodson, president of Goodson Farms, was sentenced three months in prison for filing false tax returns from 2001 to 2004. Goodson Farms is one of Hillsborough County’s largest strawberry farms and the site of a popular produce market. Court... [Read More]
Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges: White Collar CrimesChristopher Powell was sentenced this week to life in prison after being convicted in the Tampa federal court of felony drug charges relating to the possession and distribution of marijuana and cocaine. Powell, from Pinellas County, was also convicted of... [Read More]
Maybe it’s just a sign of the nation’s current economic woes but it seems that the Tampa Bay newspapers report more government fraud cases every week. This week, a Clearwater convenience store clerk pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in... [Read More]
Locations: Clearwater, Florida, Pinellas County
Criminal Charges: White Collar CrimesThe national media spotlight has shone brightly recently on the problem of over-prescribing pain medications. A California court has charged three people, including two physicians, with conspiring to over-medicate celebrity Anna Nicole Smith before her death several years ago. A... [Read More]
Yosdan Castellanos of Orlando was sentenced earlier this month in Tampa federal court for running a Medicare fraud scheme. Castellanos was sentenced to more than five years in prison and must pay $738,000 in restitution to the U.S. government. Castellanos... [Read More]
Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges: White Collar CrimesA public insurance adjuster in Hernando County, north of Tampa, was sentenced to four months in jail and nine years probation last week for forging his client’s name on a settlement check, giving her a bad check in return and... [Read More]
Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges: White Collar CrimesHillsborough County FL prosecutors dropped DUI-manslaughter charges this week in a case that killed a Gibsonton, FL motorcyclist in November 2007. Jeffrey Freson of Deltona, FL had been facing up to 15 years in prison if convicted. Freson was charged... [Read More]
Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges: Vehicular CrimesJoshua Altersberger pleaded guilty to first degree murder at the Polk County Courthouse in Bartow, FL late last week. Prosecutors had previously filed notice of intent to seek the death penalty and the case was set for trial later this... [Read More]
A rare federal death penalty case was tried in Tampa this month. The case involved an execution-style murder in a Bartow drug house. Bartow is the county seat of Polk County, just east of Tampa and Hillsborough County. The U.S... [Read More]
The Adam Walsh Act was signed into law in 2006 and was largely concerned with the expansion of the National Sex Offender Registry and the grant of additional resources for Internet Crimes Against Children Task Forces. One minor piece of... [Read More]
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