The FBI Announced this week that they had rescued 168 children from prostitution in a nationwide sex sting called “Operation Cross Country”. They also announced the arrest of 281 people on prostitution and pimping charges. It appears that there among the minors rescued include children involved in prostitution in Florida, with at least around a […]
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Attorneys Facing Disciplinary Action for DUI Setup of Opposing Counsel
In January 2013, Attorney Charles Campbell, Jr. was arrested for DUI after leaving a bar; driving a car belonging to a woman he just met. Campbell’s DUI charges were far from routine and now the Florida Bar has found there is probable cause to discipline three other attorneys who were working for a different firm. Campbell […]
Tampa Man Arrested After Hitting Cop Car While Driving Drunk in Construction Zone
In the early morning hours of April 18, Freddie Massie, of Tampa, was driving his 2014 Lincoln on I-275 near Busch Boulevard when he crossed barricades blocking traffic from construction on the closed highway. Massie ended up striking a police car at the construction site. The cruiser had its emergency lights on and there was […]
Driver in Second One-Way Crash in Tampa Found to be Drunk. But is There Any Liability?
On February 21, 2014, 25-year-old Chase Leveille made an illegal u-turn on I-275 in Tampa and drove the wrong way down the highway, eventually hitting a delivery truck head on. Unlike the accident that made headlines just a few weeks before, one on the same stretch of highway where 5 people were killed in similar […]
Potential Liability Related to Wrong-Way Crash on I-275 Which Killed Five
In the early morning hours of February 9, 2014, a driver on southbound I-275 near Tampa started filming a white SUV going the wrong way on the northbound lane at a high rate of speed. The video goes on for over 50 seconds, ending in the SUV hitting another car and exploding into a ball […]