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Therefore, they found probable cause to subject his vehicle to forfeiture under the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act. Two months later, White was arrested on unrelated charges, where officers seized his car without a warrant. A later inventory of the vehicle revealed two pieces of crack cocaine in the ashtray.
As of 2025, it may become harder to take videos of law enforcement in Florida, even if they're breaking the law themselves. A new law going into effect on Jan. 1 requires people to move back 25 ...
Police officers also focused their attention on Sampson, whose only criminal conviction was for marijuana possession. During the five-year period from 2008 to 2013, Sampson was "unlawfully stopped-and-frisked, searched, seized, and/or arrested 288 times," for a total of 63 arrests, 33 of which resulted in court action. [ 2 ]
Dewitte is from central Florida [3] [4] and was the owner-operator of Metro State Vehicle Protection Services which provided vehicle escorts to funeral processions.. Dewitte claimed to have served in the United States Army Special Forces, to have participated in the Second Battle of Fallujah, and to have had an early medical discharge due to injuries sustained in a parachute jump, while, in ...
Florida v. J. L., 529 U.S. 266 (2000), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court determined that a police officer may not legally stop and frisk someone based solely on an anonymous tip that describes a person's location and appearance, but does not furnish information as to any illegal conduct.
In 1967, the Florida Legislature merged the duties and responsibilities of several state criminal justice organizations to create the Bureau of Law Enforcement. Bringing together the resources of the Florida Sheriffs Bureau, the State Narcotics Bureau, and the law enforcement activities of the Anti-Bookie Squad of the Florida Attorney General's Office, the original Bureau of Law Enforcement ...
The Florida Supreme Court issued an opinion November 30 saying Marsy's Law does not grant police officers anonymity when they use deadly force.
A run-of-the-mill traffic stop quickly escalated when a Florida driver claiming to be a sovereign citizen was pulled over.. Volusia Deputies pulled over a blue Ford truck on 11 November after ...