While all drug offenses are treated seriously in Florida, those that allege drug trafficking, the possession of firearms in connection with drug sales, or drug crimes committed by people with previous felony convictions are treated even more harshly. These factors are aggravators that can increase the severity level of the charge and the potential sentence...Read More
Help from a Port St Lucie Drug Trafficking Lawyer Florida severely punishes people who are convicted of drug offenses. When people are alleged to have engaged in drug trafficking, the penalties upon a conviction will be even more severe. People who are charged with drug trafficking might also face prosecution in federal court, and federal...Read More
Are You in Need of a Stuart Drug Possession Lawyer? Drug offenses are treated harshly in Florida. When a gun is involved, the charges can be even more serious. Similarly, possessing drugs in amounts above a statutory threshold, possessing prescription drugs without a valid prescription, or possessing multiple different types of drugs and paraphernalia indicating...Read More
Authorities performed a controlled drug buy in Indian River County. The sting operation resulted in the arrest of three people on drug charges. In addition, one person faces charges of animal neglect and cruelty. When a person faces charges in Indian River County, they have the right to representation from an Indian River criminal lawyer....Read More
What started as a routine traffic stop escalated into an arrest in Vero Beach. Police charged a man with possession and sale of guns as well as drug offenses including possession of methamphetamine. The man has a criminal history including serving a prior prison sentence. In addition to the traffic stop, the police also used...Read More
Investigators have seized supplies of drugs including Fentanyl and cannabis from a home where they arrested two men on Vero Beach drug charges. The suspects are due to appear in court on December 4 and will be represented by a Vero Beach criminal lawyer. One 50-year-old man was charged with possession of Fentanyl with intent...Read More
Help from a Vero Beach Fentanyl Arrest Lawyer Yet another Vero Beach fentanyl arrest, this one taking place in the Fort Pierce area. The 33-year-old man was arrested on September 25, 2020 after being pulled over on a traffic violation. When police searched his car, they found a rash of illegal drugs and a handgun....Read More
Legal Help Following an Indian River Guns and Drug Arrest A young man, 20 years old, was arrested by deputies in the Gifford, Florida area during a traffic stop. The arrest took place on Labor Day after the police uncovered cocaine, marijuana and alprazolam in addition to a loaded gun with three magazines of ammunition...Read More
Help from an Indian River Drug Arrest Lawyer In the Indian River County area of Florida, a recent narcotics investigation conducted by police resulted in three people being arrested. One of those individuals was a man who was believed to be selling bath salts. The homeowner reported to the police that he knew that his...Read More
Help from an Indian River County Criminal Lawyer Drug trafficking continues to be one of the most common criminal offenses committed in Vero Beach, Florida. A prime example of this crime recently made headlines in this city. A 58-year old man was arrested for trafficking controlled substances. The arrested individual was subsequently charged with trafficking...Read More
In need of a Indian River Drug Arrest Attorney? Two arrests followed the execution of a drug-related search warrant by Indian River County Sheriff’s investigators at a premises located on 14th Avenue earlier this month. A 40-year-old man with outstanding warrants for a range of drug offenses and 16 existing felony convictions was one of...Read More
Help from a Port St Lucie Heroin Arrest Lawyer A recent incident demonstrates the need for the right legal help when facing felony charges. A 56-year-old man was taken into custody by Port St Lucie undercover agents after allegedly selling heroin to these officers on at least three occasions. A search warrant was executed on...Read More
Help from an Indian River Meth Arrest Lawyer On Wednesday, March 18, 2020, Indian River County Sheriff’s Office deputies in Florida arrested nine people who were suspected meth dealers. They carried out a series of stings on the suspects. After their efforts, which included SWAT teams raiding homes while armed with search warrants, the nine...Read More
Hiring a Martin County Drug Arrest Lawyer On Thursday, February 27, 2020, five men were arrested in the Stuart area of Florida on criminal drug charges related to fentanyl. The arrests came out after there was an investigation performed following the overdose death of two people in the home in Stuart on January 1, 2020....Read More
The Right Legal Representation for Your Okeechobee Music Festival Arrest The Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival was held on the weekend of March 5-8, 2020, and featured some of the hottest acts in the musical world, including Vampire Weekend, Glass Animals, Bass Nectar, Mumford & Sons and Sublime With Rome. It was also viewed as...Read More
Help from a Vero Beach Fentanyl Arrest Lawyer A police officer never knows what to expect when they come up to a traffic incident, and some stops prove to be more serious than others. This was the case when Vero Police pulled up to Janell Smith, age 32 of Fort Pierce Florida who appeared to...Read More
Hiring a Vero Beach Cocaine Arrest Lawyer An Indian River County deputy stopped a man recently who was riding a bicycle at night without a light. The 29-year-old man purportedly consented to a search, and a “white powdery substance” was located in cellophane cigarette packaging material inside the brim of the hat he was wearing....Read More
Vero Beach Drug Arrest Lawyer Jeffrey H. Garland, P.A. Recently, six people in the Sebastian, Florida area were arrested on numerous drug-related and other charges. Police ended up locating and seizing over 20 grams of heroin/fentanyl after they performed a search with a warrant in hand of the 100 block of Englar Drive, according to...Read More
Hiring a Indian River Meth Arrest Lawyer On October 15, Indian River County police stormed a known Vero Beach “drug den” reportedly littered with heroin, prescription pills, methamphetamines, and drug paraphernalia. Ultimately, authorities arrested ten people between the ages of 31 and 66. Alleged violations ranged from probation violations to possession of a legend drug....Read More
Hiring a Qualified Indian River Drug Arrest Attorney We never know what we might do when faced with a particular situation. We like to think we would jump in to help save a life, or stand up for someone in trouble, or even do the right thing when faced with a moral question. Many of...Read More
Indian River Fentanyl Arrest Lawyer Jeffrey H. Garland An investigation that lasted for three months resulted in 12 narcotics arrests by the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office. The investigation was code named “Operation Dark Source,” and it took down a drug dealer who used the “dark web” to purchase fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine. More than...Read More
Hiring a Qualified Indian River Drug Trafficking Attorney Following a months-long investigation, the Indian River County Sheriff’s Office raided the home of an Indian River County man believed to be a major supplier of narcotics. By the end of the day, the man was charged with more than two dozen felonies and remains in jail...Read More
Indian River Marijuana Arrest Lawyer Deputies from the Indian River County Sheriff’s Department paid a visit to the home of a 64-year-old man in Fellsmere earlier in the week to find him in his yard “open burning” a pile of marijuana leaves. Although on fire, the marijuana was identified by its odor. Remains of what...Read More
One of South Florida’s up and coming rapper’s, YNW Melly, was arrested on two counts of misdemeanor drug charges. Jail records indicate that Melly, whose legal name is James Maurice Demons, was charged with one count of possession of marijuana not more than 20 grams and possession and/or use of drug equipment. He was booked...Read More
An Indian River Sheriff’s Office sting operation resulted in the arrest of a Vero Beach couple on drug trafficking charges. The duo was arrested after a confidential informant ordered 60 Oxycodone pills and 2 ounces of cocaine. The man and woman were stopped in their vehicle by a K-9 Unit en route to Vero Beach...Read More
When on routine patrol at about 2:00 a.m., an Indian River County sheriff’s deputy discovered a pickup truck parked in a dark parking lot outside of a business named Estate Treasures in Vero Beach. The business had been closed for the day for several hours. The deputy spoke with the driver who said he was...Read More
As patrons enjoyed a meal in a Vero Beach, Florida restaurant, they witnessed a woman outside the venue stumbling and exhibiting a general lack of coordination as she made her way to a van parked in a nearby lot. Law enforcement officers were contacted. When a deputy sheriff arrived on the scene, he found that...Read More
On July 30, members of Indian River County law enforcement made 18 felony arrests of individuals who ranged in ages from 19 to 59. The scope of the crimes saw 11 of the 18 arrested for drug-related offenses and four others brought in on charges connected to battery of an individual. With the drug offenses,...Read More
Two men in the Indian River County area of Florida, who were suspected of being cocaine dealers, were arrested over the weekend. According to the arrest records, the two were nabbed by police during separate events during the weekend of Friday, July 13, 2018. The first man was arrested during a traffic stop that Friday....Read More
Twin brothers from Vero Beach are facing an assortment of drug charges pursuant to police raids on their apartments late last week. Arrest records indicate that police discovered cocaine and at least a dozen marijuana plants. The brothers lived next door to each other on the 2200 block of 11th Avenue. Following this arrest, they...Read More
A 32-year-old man has been charged with at least five felony drug charges after an encounter with Vero Beach Police earlier this week. A police department spokesman reports that a K9 officer and a bicycle officer were on patrol near 1900 9th Avenue around 9:00 p.m. when they came upon the man. A search of...Read More
After two weeks of undercover work, the Indian County Sheriff’s Office Vice Unit took 21 people into custody recently in a warrant sweep. Of those, 18 were nabbed for selling drugs. A spokesman for the Sheriff’s Office reported that it had been involved in a number of undercover drug purchases, “and it was just time...Read More
A 31-year-old Port St. Lucie man was arrested on charges of selling cocaine out of 3 Olives Liquor and Lounge. John Brown, an “established cocaine dealer” as described by police, was arrested on several cocaine charges, including possession of drug paraphernalia and intent to deliver. He was also charged as a felon in possession of...Read More
Fort Pierce police arrested a man who fled from police in a vehicle and on foot. The man allegedly ran because he was trying to avoid weapons charges and drug charges. It all began when the police noticed the man driving without wearing his seat belt. Law enforcement officials say that they tried to stop...Read More
Over three dozen people in the St. Lucie County, Florida area were recently arrested for dealing drugs in a ring known as “Operation Big Mi-Steak.” The St. Lucie sheriff stated that the bust came after long and arduous work that began several years ago after abuse of OxyContin became a huge problem in the city....Read More
A woman is under arrest in Port St. Lucie after law enforcement said that they found her with drugs in her vehicle. They say the woman also had children in the car. The Florida Highway Patrol conducted the investigation and made the arrest. They say they found an entire block of cocaine in the woman’s...Read More
A 29-year-old Fort Pierce man was arrested recently and taken into custody after failing to come to a complete stop at the corner of North 33rd Street and Angle Road. Upon searching the man, police allegedly came across a small quantity of marijuana and $5,870 in cash. A search of the man’s vehicle reportedly produced...Read More
A teen in Fort Pierce may be in need of a Port Saint Lucie Drug arrest lawyer after being arrested Sunday. The man, who led police on a vehicular chase was arrested on five charges. Among the charges, two drug charges were included. Police reports state that the officer observed the man overshoot the stop...Read More
Two men and one woman are facing a multitude of criminal charges after law enforcement executed a search warrant on a Saint Lucie home. The raid included officials from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and other departments. At approximately 5:45 a.m., law enforcement officials approached the home to enter and look for drugs. Law enforcement...Read More
On Friday, August 4, 2017, a woman from the Port St. Lucie area of Florida was arrested at a hotel room in Boynton Beach. The hotel room was a mess and contained a variety of drugs and drug paraphernalia. In addition, a little girl of only five years of age was found in the room...Read More
It never pays to run from police. It always ends in a disastrous situation such as a death, injury or compounded criminal charges. A recent chase ended with a man receiving multiple charges. He had run from the police in his car and then switched to running on foot after his speeding led to a...Read More
Emergency personnel received a triple surprise when they arrived at the scene of a vehicular accident in Port St. Lucie, Fla., finding inside the damaged car an unconscious couple, an infant and some drug paraphernalia. Facing multiple criminal charges, the couple will certainly require legal representation, the type available from a qualified Port St. Lucie...Read More
The Fort Pierce, Florida area was recently the home of a huge drug operation where enough heroin to cause 6,000 overdoses was confiscated from the streets of St. Lucie County by police in one of the largest drug busts in memory. In fact, the police deputies compared the operation to a fast food drive through...Read More
Vince Jones of Port St. Lucie called the police and reported that some people broke into his home, tied him up and stole several of his possessions. When the officers arrived, they found his door kicked in. Unfortunately for Vince, though, the possessions he identified as stolen were marijuana plants. The police found several more...Read More
A number of St. Lucie County felony arrest were made in the St. Lucie County, Florida area on Thursday, February 9, 2017. These arrests involved a number of people who committed a variety of crimes. A 49 year old man of the Southwest Savona Boulevard area in Port St. Lucie was arrested on charges of...Read More
A 26-year-old convicted felon from Port St. Lucie has been arrested and taken into police custody after investigators intercepted two packages addressed to him containing Ecstasy pills that originated from the Netherlands. He had been indicted by a federal grand jury for attempted importation of a controlled substance and attempted possession with intent to distribute...Read More
Human trafficking that involves both sex and drugs is a growing problem in many American communities. The recent arrest of two men in Fort Pierce brings the issue home to the Treasure Coast. According to the local police, a prostitution ring has been operating on the streets of Sunrise City and preying on women under...Read More
Fort Pierce police arrested a 26-year-old local man on the night of December 14 on a series of charges, including drug possession and weapons possession. The man, who had previously served two years in prison, was taken to the St. Lucie County jail and arraigned on bail of $100,250. The man was first seen on...Read More
A 23-year-old woman found herself in jail last week after the man she was living with died following what appears to be a drug overdose. While no foul play is suspected, the woman was found to possess heroin and may now be facing charges. According to the police, they went to a Port St. Lucie...Read More
Thursday found four people behind bars following a police search on a Port St. Lucie home. The arrest occurred after police went to a home on Southeast Academy Lane with an arrest affidavit. When police knocked on the door, there was no response, so they entered the home with force. After searching through the resident’s...Read More
There have been a number of felony arrests in the Port St. Lucie area of Florida as of Tuesday, October 18, 2016. It is important to have a Port St Lucie Criminal defense attorney to help if you are arrested for a felony. The arrests are as follows, in detail. In Sorrento, a 52 year...Read More
On Wednesday, September 28, 2016, police in Port St. Lucie arrested four people on drug charges. The police acquired drugs, two guns and cash following a raid on a home on Southeast Evergreen Terrace, according to the report. The four individuals who were arrested ranged in ages from 23 to as young as only 14...Read More
The Port St. Lucie Police Department started off the month of September with the arrest of two suspects charged with crimes related to trafficking in controlled substances. According to local news reports, police officers went undercover to meet a man and a woman who were purportedly selling prescription medications such as Clonazepam and Dilaudid. The...Read More
An alleged hit-and-run accident in Port St. Lucie on August 26 in which a 25-year-old Pompano Beach motorcyclist died has resulted in the arrest of a 47-old Port St. Lucie man. The latter individual is facing charges of hit-and-run, driving under the influence (DUI) and causing death. He’s currently in St. Lucie County jail on...Read More
With search warrant in hand, the Port St. Lucie police burst into a home and found 10 guns, 62 marijuana pipes and various drugs. The single male resident was arrested on the spot. He has been charged with with a slew of drug crimes including marijuana production, possession of over 20 grams of marijuana and...Read More
Three arrests were made in a residential neighborhood in Port St. Lucie after a drug sting following an investigation, according to the Port St. Lucie Police Department. A concerned citizen first reported the drug activity and reported a 29-year-old who was selling marijuana out of his home at 1400 block of SE Grapeland Ave. One...Read More
A recent triple arrest in Vero Beach proved just how much the drug game is still alive in the U.S. The authorities served up three arrest warrants in the area, and the people who were arrested are surely going to need help from a Vero Beach criminal attorney to assist in their defense. Cocaine is...Read More
A Port St. Lucie woman is facing several drug charges after being arrested at a home Thursday. Officers using a warrant seized cocaine and prescription drugs at the home. Now the 27-year-old woman is charged with a laundry list of offenses, including possession of cocaine, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, and sale...Read More
In the early morning hours of April 21, a 28-year-old Fort Pierce man was arrested after police stated that had been identified by a witness as the individual seen firing shots out of the sunroof on a white BMW while driving through Port St. Lucie. That individual, allegedly told Port St. Lucie police that he...Read More
30-year-old Fort Pierce man has been released from St. Lucie County Jail on $184,500 bond on April 2, one day after being arrested on five drug-related charges, including three felonies. The latter charges stem from a subsequent search of his vehicle and home that reportedly discovered over three pounds of cocaine. The man was stopped...Read More
Police stopped a drug transaction dead in its tracks the other day in St. Lucie County. They ended up arresting two men who were transporting drugs in a KIA Soul vehicle. The driver’s name was Lawrence David Wilson, and he received a citation for driving on a suspended license. The 25-year-old culprit paid a bail...Read More
On February 9, 2016, Port St. Lucie police arrested a male resident who allegedly sold Xanax and marijuana to an undercover narcotics agent. Per local media report, special investigators and SWAT team members discovered more than 10 grams of marijuana partially bagged for resale along with $166 cash, ammunition and a digital precision scale after...Read More
Fort Pierce man arrested with prescription and street drugs A 23-year-old Fort Pierce man, Martavious Leon King, was arrested just after midnight on February 2 for a series of drug-related offenses following a search of his car by officials from the St. Lucie County sheriff’s office. King, who was being held in the St. Lucie...Read More
During the execution of a police search warrant on the morning of December 11 by members of the St. Lucie County Special Investigation Unit, a pair of Port St. Lucie men were arrested at their home on a variety of drug-related charges. 24-year-old Taylor James Knott and 32-year-old Guillermo Ramos were both charged with possession...Read More
On the morning of December 2, three men were arrested by St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office investigators for allegedly running a marijuana grow house, with officials also seizing 92 pounds of marijuana with a street value of $275,000. Orley Recio and his brother-in-law, Wildo Dumont, both 43 and living in Fort Pierce, were arrested with...Read More
People continue to use creative ways to sell drugs in America. The police recently arrested four individuals who worked in a grocery store in Fort Pierce. The authorities are charging the four culprits with selling drugs out of the “Around the Clark” store in which they worked. Police headquarters received a tip that led them...Read More
After a seven-month investigation into a massive drug ring was conducted by law enforcement, an arrest of 12 individuals was made. 12 people are currently in jail and 13 arrests are pending. The heroin bust is anticipated to be the “tip of the iceberg” with a growing problem that seems to increase in its severity....Read More
The number of cases involving a drug called flakka is on the rise in Fort Pierce. On Thursday, June 18, 2015, police found three men at Chevron gas station in Fort Pierce. Investigators found that the men had flakka, guns and a ski mask. On Tuesday, June 16, 2015, investigators issued a warrant after a...Read More
Officers in Port St. Lucie have stated that a stolen iPad led them to a marijuana grow house. The officers stated that they started the investigation in January after an iPad was stolen from Wal-Mart. They found out that the stolen iPad was activated by a man named Robinson Taverez. Timothy Bordt, who is a...Read More
The recent arrest of a 25-year-old Fort Pierce man on drug and other charges illustrates the ongoing “war on drugs” that this nation has been waging for decades. It also shows the importance of legal assistance for those charged with drug-related offenses. It is this type of service that is provided by a Fort Pierce...Read More
Pot Charges Dropped Magnum Jones (not his real name) was arrested for possession of marijuana under 20 grams on August 27, 2013. Police approached two men who were simply standing next to a van located in a public place. The police officer claimed that there was nothing on the ground when he first engaged both...Read More
State Forced to Drop Trafficking in Cocaine and Oxycodone Charges Fletcher Bowdoin (not his real name) was arrested on 12/20/12 by the Fort Pierce Police Department. The police report states that Bowdoin was found hiding under a bed. The police claimed that 20 grams of “crack cookies” were found in the kitchen trash, together with...Read More
Fluorophenylpiperazine. There is a problem with prosecuting this “designer drug”. Florida Statutes do not list the many alternative chemical formulae for this type of drug. If it is not prohibited, it cannot be prosecuted. Be sure to obtain the laboratory testing results and approved procedure before accepting any claim by prosecutors that the substance in...Read More
Johnny Morris (not his real name) was arrested on 2/16/12, in Okeechobee County for possession of cocaine, possession of cannabis under 20 grams, possession of drug paraphernalia, and misdemeanor driving while license suspended (DWLS). Morris bonded out of jail. The State subsequently filed formal charges (which added a charge of evidence tampering), and provided discovery,...Read More
A Fort Pierce lawyer found a 17 year-old Supreme Court decision that kept his client out of jail. By Susannah A. Nesmith Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Every year, dozens of people traipse through pastures in wester Martin and St. Lucie Counties picking hallucinogenic mushrooms that grow in cow manure.Read More