Embezzlement is a specific form of theft that is defined as the fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom such property has been entrusted, or into whose hands it came lawfully. Under Florida law, the crime of embezzlement is covered u...
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Have you ever had a drink of alcohol and then gotten behind the wheel of a car to drive home? Most people have done so many times but would not consider it to be criminal driving under the influence (DUI). Florida’s criminal law only prohibits driv...
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported that Florida residents reported a loss of $331,282,322 from fraud in 2021. The highest number of complaints were related to identity theft. In the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area alone, there we...
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Former Broward County charter school president, Jimika Williams, has been found guilty of embezzling almost $400,000 of school funds to pay for personal items according to the Department of Justice. Williams was the president of Advancem...
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Florida has strict criminal laws prohibiting the possession, manufacture, and distribution of hundreds of different drugs. Drug laws across the U.S. are the subject of widespread debate between those who think treatment for substance use disorder or ...
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No matter where you live in the United States, a DUI arrest is a very serious matter. Every state has strict laws prohibiting drunk or drugged driving because of the universal sense of tragedy when someone is seriously injured or killed in an alcohol...
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An indictment is a legal document criminally charging a person named as the defendant with committing a crime. The indictment does not prove the defendant’s guilt but is often referred to as “merely a ticket to the courtroom.” The indictment is...
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Expungement of a criminal record means the record is erased, deleted, or destroyed so that it is no longer accessible to the public. The existence and availability of criminal records can mean that someone’s mistake made years earlier can haunt the...
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Protective injunction orders, most commonly referred to as restraining orders, are a serious matter in Florida that is not taken lightly by a judge. They are civil orders from the court that prohibit a respondent (the person who must respond to the p...
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If you’ve been convicted of a criminal offense, the judge may put you on probation. This can be the penalty instead of incarceration, or it may follow a jail or prison sentence. Court-ordered supervision requires you to follow required...
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