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US ATTORNEY JEFF SESSIONS TO TALK OPIOID CRISIS IN TAMPA
Each day, 175 Americans tragically lose their lives to opioid overdoses and thousands more struggle with opioid dependency. The growing epidemic crosses virtually all demographics, and with more than half a million related deaths recorded in the U.S. between 2000 and 2015, the crisis has officially been declared a public health emergency. The Matassini… Read More »
Large Truck Crash Kills Plant City Boy
A 12-year-old passenger was killed almost instantly when his mother’s BMW collided with an oncoming semi truck. The wreck occurred on State Highway 60 at the Bailey Road intersection in Mulberry. Police and witnesses state that 38-year-old Carlos Colchado, of Fort Meade, collided with 29-year-old Maricela Resendiz, of Plant City, as she attempted to… Read More »
Is A Car A Deadly Weapon In Florida?
The state Supreme Court may soon decide if a car is a deadly weapon in manslaughter cases that involve an unintentional or reckless death. The dispute has already been to the state’s highest court once, and in 2004, the Justices ruled that an “automobile is not commonly understood to be an instrument for combat… Read More »
Fatal Motorcycle Crash In Tampa
Police are still investigating a serious collision between a motorcycle and a passenger vehicle that left the rider dead. The crash occurred near one of the turn lanes on East Busch Boulevard. According to witnesses, 26-year-old Salmane Benjelloun was westbound on East Busch when he collided with 21-year-old Remi Calderoni’s Ford Fusion; the vehicle… Read More »
Possible Hit-And-Run Kills 83-Year-Old Pedestrian
Investigators have lots of questions after a car crash in St. Petersburg killed a man who was resting at a bus stop. Santiago Carcamo, who was recovering from surgery, sat down near the intersection of 49th Street North and Disston Plaza. At about that same time, 78-year-old Louise Pequeno approached the area in a… Read More »
Sexual Misconduct brings Senator Latvala under active investigation by FDLE
The Matassini Law Firm, P.A. has learned that former state Sen. Jack Latvala of Clearwater, who resigned last month in a sexual harassment scandal, is the subject of an active investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the agency publicly announced recently. FDLE’s announcement is the latest major development stemming from a bombshell… Read More »
Clearwater Woman Looks After Kids Following Car Crash
Megan Andrews helped local officers care for two small children for over an hour after their mother crashed the family car in an alcohol-related vehicle collision. Authorities took the children’s mother, Kimberly Marvin, into custody on suspicion of DUI and child endangerment. While the kids waited for their grandmother, Ms. Andrews, who was not… Read More »
Massage Envy Sexual Assault Case Has Links To Clearwater, Florida
In recent days, the Massage Envy sexual assault case has made major national headlines. On November 26th, 2017, Buzzfeed News posted a bombshell report, releasing the results of a lengthy investigation in which they found that at 180 women from all around the United States have filed sexual assault complaints against Massage Envy in… Read More »
Disgraced USA Gymnastics team doctor gets life in prison
The disgraced former doctor for the American gymnastics team, Dr. Lawrence G. Nassar, was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison on Wednesday for multiple sex crimes, capping an extraordinary seven-day hearing that drew more than 150 young women to publicly confront him and speak of their abuse. Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, who had… Read More »
Police Misconduct
A New York City jury on Wednesday convicted a seasoned detective of lying under oath in a trial that raised troubling questions about the prevalence of false statements by police officers in routine cases. Such cases of outrageous police misconduct are not as rare as some in the public may think. Many, many innocent… Read More »