January 31, 2010
by
K. McKinney
A Hillsborough Circuit Judge sentenced Kevin Smith of Oldsmar to a year and a day in state prison this week after Smith pleaded guilty to the drunk driving death of a Tampa woman in 2008. Smith was charged with DUI...
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Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges:
Vehicular Crimes
January 31, 2010
by
K. McKinney
Hernando County Sheriff’s deputies arrested ten people in Brooksville earlier this week on marijuana charges. More than 270 marijuana plants were discovered in two houses by the deputies on Wednesday. The defendants, all of Brooksville, were charged with a variety...
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Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges:
Drug Crimes,
Felonies
January 30, 2010
by
K. McKinney
Fort Myers real estate agent Thomas Daugherty pleaded guilty earlier this month to federal tax evasion charges in U.S. District Court in Fort Myers. Prosecutors alleged that Daugherty, who handled commercial real estate transactions, reported a total of $3,366,733 in...
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Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges:
White Collar Crimes
January 28, 2010
by
K. McKinney
Janusz Suzdorf of Dunedin was arrested this month on a federal complaint charging him with conspiring to traffic in Oxycodone. Suzdorf is the latest in a string of arrests related to the Neurology & Pain Center clinics located in Tampa...
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Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges:
Drug Crimes,
Felonies
January 22, 2010
by
K. McKinney
A federal judge this week found Rogelio Zarco Perez of Dade City guilty of gun charges relating to a large-scale raid last August. Perez previously pleaded guilty to drug charges. Law enforcement seized fifty-two kilograms of cocaine and $2.2 million...
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Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges:
Drug Crimes,
Felonies
January 16, 2010
by
K. McKinney
Troy Wubbena, physician assistant and co-owner of the Neurology & Pain Center clinics located in Tampa, Lakeland, Orlando, Jacksonville, and St. Petersburg, has been indicted again on a charge of conspiracy to traffic in oxycodone. Wubbena, of Tampa, was already...
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Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges:
Drug Crimes,
Felonies
January 15, 2010
by
K. McKinney
On Thursday, a Pinellas County jury convicted Cordaro Hardin of first-degree murder in the 2007 shooting deaths of two St. Petersburg men. The penalty phase of the capital murder trial occurred on Friday. The jury declined to recommend that Hardin...
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Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges:
Felonies,
Violent Crimes
January 9, 2010
by
K. McKinney
Last week, Tampa Bay area criminal defense attorney Bjorn Brunvand was featured in an article in the St. Petersburg Times on juror questioning. In January 2008. the Florida Supreme Court began allowing jurors to take notes during trials and to...
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January 9, 2010
by
K. McKinney
In January 2008, Damian Eagan of Pinellas County was shot in the hand and arm by a man with dreadlocks who was attempting to steal $4,000 in cash. Eagan later identified Mariuntay Murray in a photo lineup as the person...
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Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges:
Felonies,
Violent Crimes
January 6, 2010
by
K. McKinney
Christopher Taylor, a 26-year-old St. Petersburg man, pleaded guilty this week to second-degree murder for the 2007 shooting death of James Lasseter. Taylor was represented by Tampa Bay area criminal defense attorney Bjorn E. Brunvand. Taylor entered a guilty plea...
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Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges:
Felonies,
Violent Crimes