Tampa Drug Crimes Updates

Oxycodone Drug Charges by the Numbers Annual Statistics 2012: Source: http://www.ussc.gov/Quick_Facts/Quick_Facts_Oxycodone_Trafficking.pdf Fighting for you or a friend. Law Office of W.F. ”Casey” Ebsary Jr 2102 W Cleveland St Tampa, Florida 33606 (813) 222-2220

Drug Crimes Defendant claimed “he did not know the “bath salts” he was distributing were regulated as controlled substance analogues . . . .” Court said “Government [must] establish that the defendant knew he was dealing with a substance regulated under the Controlled Substances Act . . . .” MCFADDEN v. UNITED STATES, No. 14–378…

“the officer lacked reasonable suspicion of criminal activity and probable cause to seize the evidence.” Drug Crime Cop Gone Wild One of Polk county’s finest, a deputy sheriff under the notorious Sheriff Grady Judd pulled over a car for a traffic violation. The Court said there was “initially a stop due to the traffic violation,…

“evidence of a drug-sniffing dog’s satisfactory performance in a certification or training program, the dog’s alert can provide probable cause to search a vehicle.” Drug Dog Search Update – Breaking news that an unwitting dog helped police bust his owner. The cops were chasing a drug suspect who hid in tall grass. The narcs had…

Five Things to Know About the Florida Medical Marijuana Act of 2015 The new law proposed in Florida may be known as “The Florida Medical Marijuana Act.” Yesterday, Florida joined other states in proposed legalization of marijuana / cannabis. Complete text of bill is below, but here are the bullet points: Florida Medical Marijuana –…

Tampa, Florida – $2.00 Worth of Weed, an urban assault vehicle, and a death – Confidential Informant Turns on Tampa Drug Cops- they say, “A C.I. is credible, and their information is verifiable, until they no longer are.” http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/times-exclusive-confidential-informer-blows-whistle-in-jason-westcott-death/2211596 Confidential Informants in Tampa, Florida Very few search warrants we see in drug crimes do not…

An alleged Florida Drug Trafficker Walked on Cocaine charges. Charges were based upon a Cell Phone Search. The Number You Have Tracked is No Longer in Service – He was charged with ” possession of more than 400 grams of cocaine, as well as fleeing and eluding, driving while his license was revoked as a…

There is a knock at the door. It is the police and they have come to take you house away from you. Civil forfeiture is a tool used by drug cops to generate huge revenue for sometimes-minor offenses including cultivation of marijuana. Maitland, Florida tried to take a residential property under the Florida Contraband Forfeiture…

Cops and communities have a new contest – let’s see how much stuff we can take from citizens using civil forfeiture, even though they are not convicted criminals. These cops gone wild seize cash and assets then post “trophy shots” of money. Some police advocate highway interdiction as a way of raising revenue for cash-strapped…