By Nicholas Dorsten, Esq.
Another day, another drug seizure...this one involving five pounds of marijuana (from the bradenton newspaper).
A traffic stop early Wednesday lead to the discovery of more than five pounds of marijuana in the vehicle, according to a report from the Sheriff's Office.
A deputy stopped the suspect, 29, of St. Petersburg in the 600 block of U.S. 301 Boulevard at 12:34 a.m. because a tag light was out. The deputy smelled unburnt marijuana and asked where the marijuana was. The suspect removed a joint from his right front pocket and reportedly apologized to the Deputy.
The deputy search the vehicle and found what was weighed as 5.22 pounds of marijuana, in individual one-pound packages, according to the sheriff's office.
Deputies also found that the man was carrying $869 in cash, according to the report.
The defendant faces charges of possession of marijuana with intent to sell and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to the sheriff's office. He was being held on bonds totaling $3,360.
Have you been arrested on marijuana or possession of drugs with intent to sell charges? Then the Pinellas, Florida based Blake & Dorsten, P.A. Pinellas criminal defense lawyers are at your service.
For more information, or to speak directly with experienced Pinellas County criminal defense attorneys, please contact the law firm of BLAKE AND DORSTEN, P.A. at 727.286.6141 or email the defense lawyers at: info@blakedorstenlaw.com.
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
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.
Have you been arrested on drug trafficking or cocaine charges? Then the Clearwater, Florida based Blake & Dorsten, P.A. Clearwater criminal defense lawyers are at your service.
For more information, or to speak directly with experienced Clearwater criminal defense attorneys, please contact the law firm of BLAKE AND DORSTEN, P.A. at 727.286.6141 or email the defense lawyers at: info@blakedorstenlaw.com
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.
Have you been arrested on drug trafficking or cocaine charges? Then the Clearwater, Florida based Blake & Dorsten, P.A. Clearwater criminal defense lawyers are at your service.
For more information, or to speak directly with experienced Clearwater criminal defense attorneys, please contact the law firm of BLAKE AND DORSTEN, P.A. at 727.286.6141 or email the defense lawyers at: info@blakedorstenlaw.com
Monday, August 8, 2011
Tampa Bay Criminal Defense Lawyer - Cocaine Seizure
By Nicholas Dorsten, Esq.
From the St. Petersburg times site, a short blurb about a rather large cocaine seizure...
U.S. authorities intercepted a submarinelike craft carrying roughly $180 million of cocaine off the Caribbean coast of Honduras, the Coast Guard said Monday.
Semisubmersible vessels are regularly used to smuggle drugs along Central America's Pacific Coast. U.S. and Honduran authorities said last week's cocaine seizure was the first time they had intercepted one of the vessels in Caribbean waters.
With help from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection airplane on patrol, a Coast Guard cutter found the self-propelled sub on July 13 off Honduras' sparsely populated province of Gracias a Dios, near the Nicaraguan border.
The fiberglass craft sank during the interdiction, though U.S. authorities were able to detain its five-member crew and recover some of the drugs on board, Coast Guard officials in Miami were quoted as saying.
The Coast Guard, FBI dive teams and the Honduran navy made multiple searches for the sunken sub, until the crew of a Coast Guard cutter found it July 26, the Coast Guard reported.
An FBI dive team recovered nearly 22,000 pounds of cocaine worth roughly $180 million from the sub, the Coast Guard said.
The drugs and the sub's crew will be turned over to U.S. law enforcement. The case remains under investigation.
Semisubmersible crafts, which partly remain above the surface of the water, are typically built in Colombia and are less than 100 feet in length, U.S. officials said. The vessels can carry four or five crew members and travel distances up to 5,000 miles. They are designed to rapidly sink when detected to make it difficult for law enforcement to recover the illegal drugs aboard.
Have you been arrested on trafficking in cocaine charges? Then the Pinellas, Florida based Blake & Dorsten, P.A. Pinellas criminal defense lawyers are at your service.
For more information, or to speak directly with experienced Pinellas County criminal defense attorneys, please contact the law firm of BLAKE AND DORSTEN, P.A. at 727.286.6141 or email the defense lawyers at: info@blakedorstenlaw.com
From the St. Petersburg times site, a short blurb about a rather large cocaine seizure...
U.S. authorities intercepted a submarinelike craft carrying roughly $180 million of cocaine off the Caribbean coast of Honduras, the Coast Guard said Monday.
Semisubmersible vessels are regularly used to smuggle drugs along Central America's Pacific Coast. U.S. and Honduran authorities said last week's cocaine seizure was the first time they had intercepted one of the vessels in Caribbean waters.
With help from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection airplane on patrol, a Coast Guard cutter found the self-propelled sub on July 13 off Honduras' sparsely populated province of Gracias a Dios, near the Nicaraguan border.
The fiberglass craft sank during the interdiction, though U.S. authorities were able to detain its five-member crew and recover some of the drugs on board, Coast Guard officials in Miami were quoted as saying.
The Coast Guard, FBI dive teams and the Honduran navy made multiple searches for the sunken sub, until the crew of a Coast Guard cutter found it July 26, the Coast Guard reported.
An FBI dive team recovered nearly 22,000 pounds of cocaine worth roughly $180 million from the sub, the Coast Guard said.
The drugs and the sub's crew will be turned over to U.S. law enforcement. The case remains under investigation.
Semisubmersible crafts, which partly remain above the surface of the water, are typically built in Colombia and are less than 100 feet in length, U.S. officials said. The vessels can carry four or five crew members and travel distances up to 5,000 miles. They are designed to rapidly sink when detected to make it difficult for law enforcement to recover the illegal drugs aboard.
Have you been arrested on trafficking in cocaine charges? Then the Pinellas, Florida based Blake & Dorsten, P.A. Pinellas criminal defense lawyers are at your service.
For more information, or to speak directly with experienced Pinellas County criminal defense attorneys, please contact the law firm of BLAKE AND DORSTEN, P.A. at 727.286.6141 or email the defense lawyers at: info@blakedorstenlaw.com
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