New legislation has been introduced – the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act (H.R. 1815 and S. 845) – to limit ICE from making arrests at or near many sensitive locations. Ask your members of Congress to support H.R. 1815 and S. 845 today!! Head to CQRC Engage to send a message to your legislatures now
A call regarding a home invasion in the Hill ‘n Dale subdivision of Brooksville resulted in drug charges against three. A deputy responding to the call at 2:40 a.m. brought Hernando County Sheriffs to the home where they smelled marijuana and saw other drugs in the home. A search revealed 27 grams of marijuana, 34 grams of…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled governments must show how money or easements for land development permits are related to the damages that they might cause. The case started nearly twenty years ago when Florida landowner Coy Koontz Sr. wanted to develop 3 acres of a 15-acre parcel of land near Orlando, donating the remaining 12 acres to…
The Department of Financial Services Division of Insurance Fraud alleges the owner of a staffing agency misled consumers into believing that his company was licensed and could perform workers’ comp services for client companies. The owner then billed $130,000 for services that were not provided. Five people were arrested in total and fave up to 30 years…
A six-person panel will review the DUI cases of Sgt. Ray Fernandez and Officer Tim McGinnis after they were involved in the arrest of attorney C. Philip Campbell on a DUI charge which prosecutors concluded was a setup. Another case Fernandez was involved with included a DUI charge against a 69 year old man who had a…
A 21-year-old Tennessee man released a video on YouTube that has gone viral (and has since been made private) showing him trying to navigate a DUI checkpoint. In the video one can see officers discussing how the man had done nothing wrong while they were searching his vehicle. CBS12 discusses the rights of citizens when confronted with…
Third Amendment violations are fortunately ones you don’t see every day. The lesser known of the first three amendments prohibits quartering soldiers in a private home. A Las Vegas family filed a lawsuit based on a July 2011 domestic violence call, unrelated to the family, where police wanted to use the complainant’s home for surveillance. When denied…
Brian Tannebaum, a criminal defense lawyer in Miami, on some of the comments seen surrounding the George Zimmerman trial. Law is a complex subject with intricacies that vary by region. Of course the media should do a better job of finding and quoting pundits and guests, and each person who do well to know more about…
In a case that defines why you should never talk to the police without council, Salinas, the petitioner was questioned when not in custody or Mirandized. After answering some of the officer’s questions about a murder, Genovevo Salinas stopped answering questions about whether ballistics testing would match his firearm. This silence was used at trial as…
Sennett Devermont is a SDSU grad who is known as “MrCheckpoint” for using Twitter to alert drivers to DUI checkpoints throughout Southern California. Using the social media tools of Twitter, Facebook, SMS messaging, and his own website, Devermont has warned tens of thousands of followers. Devermont is planning a smart phone app for the service…