Failure to Report a DUI Accident in Orlando, Florida

Accidents are never expected which is why people fail to act wisely when they happen. Car accidents happen all the time, including drunk driving accidents, and when they do happen most people are not able to take the proper actions as required of them by law. If you are a resident of Orlando, Florida, you should be familiar with what Florida law requires you to do if you are involved in an auto accident. When to report an Accident in Florida? Florida, located in Orange County, is a “no-fault” state, which means that an accident report is not required for accidents that do not involve an injury. However, this does not mean that you can simply walk away without taking necessary information from the other driver or drivers involved in the accident such as their names, drivers license details and their vehicle make and model etc. This information will be
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DUI Death Cases in Orlando, Florida

Getting arrested for DUI in Orlando carries severe penalties and heavy fines. Drunk driving is a serious offense which can have a long term effect on your life if you are convicted. The penalties and charges against you can increase multiple times if you are involved in an accident causing serious injury or death to another person. According to Florida Statutes FS 316.193, DUI is one offense, proved by impairment of normal faculties or unlawful blood alcohol or breath alcohol level of 0.08 or above. The penalties upon conviction are the same, regardless of the manner in which the offense is proven. Penalties for DUI in Orlando, Florida In the case of a first offense, state law defines it as misdemeanor DUI with fines ranging between $250 to $500, driver license revocation of 6 to 12 months, 10 day vehicle impoundment and jail sentence up to 6 months. Any repeat
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Orlando Seniors Need to Remain Vigilant for Tricky Travelers

Polk County officials nabbed five members of the nomadic thieves who go around the country under the name of “Travelers”.  These members of the Travelers specialized in defrauding area senior citizens.  Their mode of operation is to target senior citizens offering to do free roof or property inspections.  Inevitably they find problems in areas which would be inaccessible to the seniors most commonly the roof. They then give a quote for the repair of the damages and after accepting cash payment proceed to make either no real repairs, or in many situations end up causing more damage to the property.  The group of suspects captured by the police comes from multiple locations around the nation.  The suspects are their origins are listed below: Bartholomew Rafferty – Colorado Springs, Colorado Patrick Rafferty – Hagerstown, Maryland Alexander Parker – Bear, Delaware Charles Evans – Fairwinds, Delaware Name of fifth suspect not released
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Stolen Prescription Pads Used for Trafficking Oxycodone in Orlando

A former nurse from Ormond Beach was arrested by the Florida Department of Law this week.  He is being charged with four counts of oxycodone trafficking in the Orlando area. The story starts several months ago when Jeffery Edwards, the suspect, allegedly stole a prescription pad and began using his company credit card to purchase massive amounts of oxycodone.  According to Orland law enforcement officials Edwards began is purchases in August and continued through October.  During those months he was in possession of up to 30 kilos of oxycodone pills. Suspicious Pharmacist Gives Tip to Law Enforcement He was taking his fraudulent prescriptions to several Volusia County pharmacies.  During his purchasing spree he bought approximately 2,500 pills.  His activities were brought to the attention of law enforcement by a suspicious pharmacist who reported the unusual activity of Edwards.  At the time Edwards was a manager at a local Doctor’s office,
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Florida Hazing May Have Been A Homicide

Most parents worry about their children when they go to college, but very few worry about their children dying.  This is the harsh reality that the parents of Robert Champion are now facing since the death of their son in November 2011. Champion was a drum major at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. He died after traumatic injuries he received during a hazing incident. The family is now prepared to sue the school and the bus company that transported their son during the incident. Florida A & M University is known for its marching band and many are familiar with the hazing that occurs on it. The University has made official statements in the past against hazing, and even has an anti hazing policy, but the practice still continued. Historically, students who wanted to advance in the prestigious marching band would be subjected to painful hazing rituals by upperclassmen, but
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Drunk Driver Goes The Wrong Way

What causes someone to drive the wrong way down a major road? Shaylyn Brady suggests she may have just been a little confused. According to the police report, Brady said she did not know how she ended up on State Road 408 in Orlando, but she did realize she was driving the wrong way. Officer Kristine Rosado, however, thinks it might have been the alcohol she was drinking. Brady was pulled over at around 12:45 in the morning after hitting another car while driving the wrong way down the state road. The car she hit flipped over after hitting a guardrail. Brady was driving from a friend’s house after presumably having some drinks at a local restaurant. The driver of the other car only suffered minor injuries, but their car was seriously damaged. Rosado stated that she could smell alcohol from outside of Brady’s car, and that her eyes were
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Nigerian Mule Sniffed Out By a Dog

There are many ways to transport items on an airplane. Most people use checked luggage or carry on bags. Barrat Eni decided to carry his packages in his digestive system. This might not have been that bad, except that his package was over 800 grams of cocaine. Eni was attempting to board a transatlantic flight to London when a narcotics dog smelled the drugs. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security agents proceeded to search him for drugs. Eni cooperated with the investigators and answered all of their questions. After a pat down and search of his bags they found nothing, but they trusted their dog’s nose, so they asked Eni to do an X-Ray. The X-Ray revealed that Eni had foreign objects inside of his body. When questioned what those objects were, Eni admitted to swallowing 50 pellets of narcotics before he flew into Orlando. Emergency surgery revealed these pellets
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Mother Pays Off Drug Debt But Loses Child

A mother is expected to be the one person a baby can depend on to take care of them. Especially in today’s age of deadbeat fathers and wayward children, mothers have been a dependable backbone of society. That is why the story of Orlando mother Jennifer Jones is so disturbing. Thirty year old Jones is accused of child neglect after abandoning her 1 year old child to have sex. The woman left her child with a security guard at Intown Suites on Lee Road. Jones told the guard she would only be gone for a few minutes, but instead was gone for over six hours. Sheriff reports state that the woman was exchanging sex to pay off a drug debt. Jones is being held on charges of neglect. In Florida, child neglect is defined as the failure to provide a child with the supervision, care or services needed for good
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Christmas Robbery Leads to Double Murder

Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy, but for the families and friends of Loughery Dorceus and Wildet Olizia it was anything but that. These two young men, age 19 and 28, were the victims of a Christmas double homicide in Orlando on December 25, 2011. Although both may have been murdered by the same person or people, the two victims were not murdered together. Olizia’s body was located first outside of the Murchison Terrace apartments near John Young Parkway. Neighbors heard gunshots that alerted authorities of the murder. Dorceus’s body was located after his family had reported him missing. He was found in Olizia’s car further south on John Young Parkway. Orlando police have named at least four suspects in the double murder. Three of the suspects have already been arrested. Mordis Boudet and Artavia Lee Williams are both being charged with murder in connection with this
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Cybercrime increasing at a growing rate

Criminal acts dealing with computers and networks, also known as computer crime or cybercrime is on the rise. Hackers and other criminals often use the internet as a means to deal damage to other individuals, companies or organizations or sometimes, to just have fun. These illegal activities are committed through the use of a computer and Internet and may include hate crimes, telemarketing and internet fraud, computer fraud, identity theft, credit card and debit card account thefts and child pornography among others. Most electronic crime cases happen when a computer system or network fails to use security measures to protect them from becoming a victim to computer crimes. Countries like the US have severe laws against cybercrime, but you will be disappointed to know that electronic fraud cases do take up quite a while to solve. Today, the FBI is handling more electronic crimes investigations than ever before. Sadly, there
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