Tampa Bay Criminal Defense Lawyer - Clearwater Sting Operation

By Nicholas Dorsten, Esq.

Like previous undercover drug stings, this short blurb (from the times website)shows that the drug scourge in Pinellas may be getting worse...

CLEARWATER — Police have arrested 11 people this week on various drug charges during a round-up of suspects, authorities said.

One of those arrested was also charged with a prostitution offense, the Clearwater police said.

The department's vice and narcotics unit, along with the anti-crime team, arrested the following:

• A man, 35, of Drew St., two counts of sale and possession of cocaine, a violation of probation.

• A man, 46, of Fort Harrison Ave., sale and possession of cocaine.

• A man, 24, of Applewood Drive., three counts sale and possession of cocaine.

• A man, 38, of Clearwater-Largo Road, Largo, two counts trafficking in hydrocodone.

• A woman, 62, of Lincoln Ave., sale and possession of Oxycodone.

The same units also conducted an undercover detail focusing on narcotics activity and prostitution in various areas throughout Clearwater, including East Gateway and the downtown corridor. The following were arrested during that operation:

• A man, 19, of Palm Harbor, sale and possession of cocaine.

• A man, 48, of 14th Ave., sale and possession of cocaine.

• A man, 42, transient of Clearwater, sale and possession of cocaine, resisting an officer without violence.

• A woman, 31, transient, sale of cocaine, soliciting prostitution.

• A man, 24, of Homestead, sale of cocaine.

• A woman, 40, of sale and possession of cocaine.

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Tampa Bay Criminal Defense Lawyer - St. Petersburg hotel drug busts

By Nicholas Dorsten, Esq.

From the Times online site,two local hotels are in trouble...

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — A pair of troubled U.S. 19 motels were targeted in a three-month drug sting that resulted Thursday in arrest warrants for 18 people, police said.

The arrests took place at the Mosley Motel, 401 34th St. N, and the Economy Inn Stadium Motel, also located in St. Petersburg. The police said the suspects sold crack cocaine, marijuana and prescription pills there, and that after many neighborhood complaints they began the investigation.

Police said both motels will now be reviewed by the city's nuisance abatement board, a legal arm of the police department, to determine if the motel owners face penalties because of the drug activity. Two years ago, the nearby Economy Inn Express, whose owner also runs the Mosley, came under the abatement board's review.

Arrested in Thursday's bust and charged with various sale and possession drug charges were the following St. Petersburg residents: A woman, 54; a man, 20; a juvenile Defendant, 16; a woman, 33; a man, 39; and another male, 31.

Have you or a loved one been arrested for a possession of controlled substance or drug trafficking? Then contact the St. Petersburg criminal defense attorneys of Blake & Dorsten, P.A. for a free consultation!

For more information, or to speak directly with experienced St. Petersburg criminal defense lawyers please contact BLAKE & DORSTEN, P.A. at 727.286.6141 or email the lawyers your questions at: info@blakedorstenlaw.com. We are located at 4707 140th Ave N, Suite 104 in Clearwater, across from the criminal courthouse in the airport business center, minutes from Tampa and St. Petersburg.