Monthly Archives: March 2022
Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced To 19 Years After Police Chase Across Indian River County
Those social media posts about people needing to be revived with naloxone after accidentally touching a grain of fentanyl powder are not factual, but it is true that fentanyl is so powerful that ingesting a tiny dose can be fatal. Fentanyl is approximately 100 times as strong as morphine, making it much more potent… Read More »
Tampa Man Gets Prison Sentence For Selling Cocaine And Firearms To Confidential Informant
Movies about the criminal underworld make confidential informants look like cool antiheroes, but acting as an informant in a drug investigation is a delicate balancing act. The ideal plea deal would be one that enables you to serve your probation or your relatively brief prison sentence and then move on with your life. Being… Read More »
How Prior Convictions Can Affect Your Current Drug Case
If you plead not guilty in a criminal case, you have the right to a fair trial with twelve unbiased jurors. One way that the courts protect against juror bias is by letting your lawyer and the prosecution speak up if they think that a prospective juror has already made up their mind, before… Read More »
Flagler County Woman Investigated For Selling Drugs Out Of Animal Rescue Facility
Medications for humans and animals are not interchangeable. You may have heard about experimental treatments where doctors give veterinary drugs for humans, but these are the exception, rather than the rule. Your dog’s vet might even have given you the okay to share an over-the-counter topical or oral medication with your furry friend from… Read More »
Kissimmee Man Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy
Although public opinion has largely shifted toward the belief that sentencing someone to life in prison for drug crimes is cruel and unusual punishment, long prison sentences, including life sentences, remain a possibility for people who are convicted of trafficking or distribution of large quantities of illegal drugs, especially if the defendant has prior… Read More »
