If you find yourself charged with drunk driving, the penalties can be quite harsh. Once you are pulled over on suspicion of drinking and driving, you will likely be asked to submit to a breath test so that authorities can determine whether you have enough alcohol in...
If you drive southeast of Fort Myers for about two and a half hours, you'll come to South Miami, Florida. That is where a former police detective recently pleaded no contest to four misdemeanor charges for which he will have to serve a year of probation and complete...
You have probably seen mouse glue traps in the hardware store. While the traps might be effective in catching unwanted rodents, the sticky devices are also apparently useful as tools to snag mail from post office collection boxes.The scheme is called "fishing." Nine...
A top automaker executive recently got an unexpected jolt while on a Florida vacation. The director of Volkswagen's regulatory compliance efforts was arrested on white collar crime charges.Oliver Schmidt is suspected of knowing that VW installed software that enabled...
When they read in the newspaper or see a TV report of an arrest, many people assume that the person arrested is guilty as charged. Reality can be quite different, however, as a case not far from Fort Myers demonstrates.A 26-year-old man was accused of armed burglary...
The typical narrative about people who get arrested for drug use often goes something like this: he liked to party, she hung out with the wrong crowd, they were always pushing boundaries. While this can be true of some people, many others end up addicted due to the...
Just a couple of days before the new year was rung in, two men and a mother were taken into custody at a Fort Myers motel. The Lee County Sheriff's Department said the men are each facing a series of weapons and drug charges after their arrests last week, while the...