Tampa Drug Crimes Updates

Drug Dogs and Traffic Stops Drug Defense Attorney, Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer, W.F. ”Casey” Ebsary, Jr. has been researching drug dogs, drug dog sniffs, and traffic stops. One court recently made an interesting ruling that threw out cocaine seized after an extended traffic stop and subsequent drug dog sniff. Let’s take a look at…

Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Drug Defense Attorney and Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer, W.F. “Casey” Ebsary, Jr., has just reviewed a report on a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Database in Florida. According to a published report, pharmacists must enter drug purchases into the system within 15 days of a sale. The loophole is that there…

Possession Open Container If you have been charged with TPOR0064 POSSESSION OF OPEN CONTAINER you can call a Defense Attorney Tampa at 1-877-793-9290 and tell me your story. Form Code: TPOR0064City of Tampa Municipal Code: 003.40.BLevel: Municipal/LocalDescription: POSSESSION OF OPEN CONTAINER TPOR0064 POSSESSION OF OPEN CONTAINER one of the most commonly charged offenses in Hillsborough…

Possession of Paraphernalia If you have been charged with DRUG8100 POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA call a Tampa Criminal Defense Lawyer at 1-877-793-9290 and tell me your story. Form Code: DRUG8100 Florida Statute: 893.147Level: Misd (Misdemeanor)Degree: 1st Description: POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA DRUG1101 is one of the most commonly charged offenses in Hillsborough County, Florida. Florida…

GPS Tracking Needs Warrant Tampa Drug Charge Defense Attorney, Lawyer W.F. “Casey” Ebsary has obtained an interesting appeals court decision where cops put a GPS Tracking Device on a defendant’s car and followed him for weeks. The defendant was busted for Federal cocaine charges. Specifically, “conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute…

Prescription Drug Charges Tampa Criminal Defense Attorney notes that Prescription Drugs were the alleged reason 26 people from Florida in the Clearwater and Spring Hill areas were nabbed. Operation Spring Hill was the code name. According to law enforcement, Beginning in June 2009, a local pharmacist received a fake prescription for oxycodone from someone in…

Tampa Criminal Defense Attorney notes a recent ruling on Prescription records. A trial court had tossed the records and the State appealed. The appeals court ruled it was error to grant motion to suppress records. The records were obtained from a pharmacy by an investigating law enforcement officer. The court discusses Florida Statutes section 893.07(4).…

Board Certified Tampa Federal Criminal Defense Attorney, W.F. ”Casey” Ebsary, reports a recent decision where The United States Supreme Court ruled: law enforcement can search passenger compartment of vehicle incident to recent occupant’s arrest. But, only if it is reasonable to believe that arrestee might access the vehicle at the time of the search or…