October 31, 2009
by
K. McKinney
We just commented here last week on a Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to DUI for driving a lawnmower-turned-motorized-recliner and noted that a similar charge was possible under Florida law. And now, news comes out of Marion County near Ocala...
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Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges:
Vehicular Crimes
October 30, 2009
by
K. McKinney
James Otto Price, III, of Jacksonville was sentenced this month to 30 months in federal prison for willfully preparing false tax returns. The court also entered a money judgment against Price in the amount of $216,454.00, according to the U.S...
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Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges:
White Collar Crimes
October 29, 2009
by
K. McKinney
A Pasco County jury this week acquitted Anthony Boglino of Hudson of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Boglino shot his neighbor one time in the abdomen in May 2008. He faced 25 years to life in prison if convicted...
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Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges:
Felonies,
Violent Crimes
October 28, 2009
by
K. McKinney
The former president of a Tampa mortgage company and his wife were sentenced to federal prison this week for defrauding banks and the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development for a combined $79 million. According to court documents, Corey...
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Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges:
White Collar Crimes
October 23, 2009
by
K. McKinney
Dennis LeRoy Anderson of northern Minnesota has pleaded guilty to driving his motorized La-Z-Boy chair while drunk. Anderson left a bar in Proctor, MN in August 2008 in the recliner – after drinking eight or nine beers, according to police...
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Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges:
Vehicular Crimes
October 20, 2009
by
K. McKinney
Mary Ann DeLazzer of Bradenton was 77 years old when she died last year, the day after Thanksgiving. The manager of the Our Daily Bread soup kitchen, DeLazzer was on her way to work just after 6 a.m. that morning...
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Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges:
Felonies,
Vehicular Crimes
October 17, 2009
by
K. McKinney
Peter James Porcelli II, a Pinellas County telemarketer, was indicted last week by a federal grand jury in Tampa on fraud charges. Porcelli is already serving 13 years in federal prison after pleading guilty in 2007 to wire fraud, mail...
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Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges:
White Collar Crimes
October 16, 2009
by
K. McKinney
Jeffrey Allen Ware of Weeki Wachee was arrested by Hernando County sheriff’s deputies earlier this week and charged in Citrus County with eight counts of trafficking in controlled substances and eight other drug-related charges, including attempting to acquire possession of...
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Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges:
Drug Crimes,
Felonies
October 15, 2009
by
K. McKinney
According to a Hernando County sheriff’s report, a 2006 Toyota slammed head-on into a school bus on County Road 550 earlier this week. The driver, Michelle Sutton, allegedly had a suspended license and may be charged with driving under the...
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Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges:
Vehicular Crimes