Tampa Drug Crimes Updates

A Bay Area narcotics task force has been rewarded for Prescription Drug Busts .The awarded cited the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office for “curbing prescription drug abuse.” Operation Pill Poppers was an operation that nabbed people for doctor-shopping, obtaining controlled substances by fraud, and conspiracy to traffic in various pain medications.“narcotics diversion task force has been…

Firearms and Growhouses What happens when you Bring a Taser to a Gunfight? You lose. Two guys from South Florida planned on breaking into a Tampa grow house using a couple of tasers. The would-be grow house invaders thought they would sneak around to the back and kick in the back door. Bad move: the…

How are Judges in new Drug Crimes cases are assigned in Hillsborough County and Tampa, Florida? Felony and Misdemeanor drug charges are assigned to the various divisions of the court. According to Court rules Misdemeanor Drug Crimes and criminal traffic offenses in which the offense occurred are assigned to a county criminal drug divisions according…

Here are the facts of the most recent dog sniff case we have seen in Florida. Officer patrolling with his drug detection dog when driver spotted in a truck with no seatbelt. Driver stopped for seatbelt violation. Cop asked driver to step out of the vehicle. Cops asked for consent to search the truck –…

St. Petersburg officials have toyed with the idea of decriminalization of cannabis. However, we just received notice of at least one arrest and St. Petersburg Police Department officers are taking a hard line on possession of weed at the Van’s Warped Tour. #Warped St. Petersburg PD will arrest and send to Pinellas County Jail they…

Polk County, Florida has one less growhouse after today’s bust in Winter Haven, Florida. Forfeiture of the residence is possible. Here is some video from inside the otherwise unremarkable suburban home, a map of 124 Elliott Ln, Winter Haven, FL 33884 and here is the haul according to the media darling, Grady Judd: Video Inside…

What happens when a suspect throws down drugs and the cops later find them? Where drug crime defendants / suspects throw drugs under their vehicles while being removed from the vehicle after a valid traffic stop, a court can rule that the suspect has “voluntarily abandoned” the drugs. A Florida Court has just ruled there…

Here is the text of the proposed city of Orlando marijuana ordinance. It appears that Orlando will be joining Tampa and St. Petersburg in the drive to decriminalize marijuana in Florida. The Orlando marijuana law makes a third offense have a mandatory court appearance. “Violations are a civil infraction, rather than a crime, and are…

Pinellas County Marijuana Defense Attorneys may soon be out of work. St Petersburg, Florida reviewed the current status of Pinellas County efforts to move towards a diversion program as opposed to an ordinance and recommended the proposed Marijuana Civil Citation Program Ordinance move to a First Reading after review and discussion. Meanwhile, Pinellas County Commissioners…