Parents of minor children and teens can find it difficult to keep up with activities trending among their kids’ generation. But one activity parents need to know about in Florida is “sexting.” The fact that virtually every youngster has access ...
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Anyone who is falsely accused of committing a sex crime in Florida is suffering one of the most outrageous injustices possible. All wrongful allegations put the accused in a terribly painful situation, but to be falsely accused of a sex crime inflict...
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Kids as young as middle school age now have smartphones, tablets, and laptops with them all the time. Using social media platforms is second nature to them. Teens prefer to communicate through texts and other instant messaging media rather than...
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In Florida, the age of consent to participate in sexual activity is 18. But contemporary social mores and cultural norms often mean that younger teenagers engage in sex earlier than their 18th birthday. This makes the unintentional commission of stat...
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Thirteen arrests were made near the end of February 2022, after The Tampa Bay Human Trafficking Task Force became aware of a multi-agency human trafficking operation in the Tampa Bay Area. Six of those involved will face human trafficking charg...
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Florida law treats any crime of a sexual nature as an extremely serious offense. It may surprise some people that juveniles who are accused of committing sexual offenses face extraordinarily harsh consequences even when they believe the alleged sexua...
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Former Pinellas County teacher, 32-year-old Kyle Handfield was arrested Saturday, February 5th, 2022, on three counts of sexual battery by a custodial authority. As of the arrest, he was teaching in Pasco County. The Investigation...
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Sexting is the transmission of sexually explicit images or videos over text messages or via the use of an electronic device. Because we live in a technologically savvy world, sexting is not uncommon. Most of the time it is meant to be an i...
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Sexual assault and rape are major crimes that are often reported directly to the police. However, schools and Universities that receive Federal funding are also subject to a law that requires them to prevent sex-based discriminat...
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The State of Florida is seeking a felony charge based on video surveillance footage of the May 2019 incident. The state of Florida is asserting that “Mr. Kraft’s guilt is a virtual certainty’’ solely based on...
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