You worked hard all day. All you want to do is get home. You get on the subway. You think “must be my lucky day, I even get a seat”. The train starts and right across from you is a guy masturbating. Such is the scene for Deana Carter. Well Ms. Carter did not take too kindly to the...
Continue ReadingLove. Soulmate. Companionship. At some point we all want to experience it. We search high and low for someone who we can call our own and when we find him or her, most of us try to hold on tight. With the increase of technology and different paths available to find love, such as online dating, meeting people has...
Continue ReadingYou meet someone, you like them, you flirt with them, you exchange numbers, and your relationship begin to sail. Along with the flirtations, in today’s society, you text one another “cute” little nothings. Soon, pictures are exchanged, some involving little to no clothing. Most people never wonder whether sending an “innocent,” flirtatious picture is a crime; however, in some...
Continue ReadingRecently, federal law enforcement arrested a 26 year old man for possession of child pornography. He was arrested after officials discovered a video which contained images of children being exploited on his laptop. Police allege in reports that the video showed the exploitation of two young girls between the ages of 6 and 10. Law enforcement learned about the...
Continue ReadingYou’re out one night at the bar looking for “friend”. You buy a girl a drink but she’s not interested. Strike one. You try Tinder, same result. Strike two. Not wanting to strike out that night, you decide to look for a “sure thing”. Maybe you decide to drive in the seedier part of town, or check out the...
Continue ReadingA jury has decided to acquit a Boynton Beach cop who allegedly threatened to kill a woman’s family if she did not perform a sexual act. Had the policeman been convicted of the sex crime, he would have faced up to life in prison. Throughout the proceedings the policeman insisted that he was innocent because the sex on the...
Continue ReadingFlorida Governor Rick Scott began October by signing twenty-seven new laws for citizens of the state of Florida to abide by. Florida has joined over a dozen other states in the United States by making it illegal to post what many call revenge porn. A person can be charged with revenge porn if they post sexually explicit images without...
Continue ReadingWe live in an age of technology where most of our communication now occurs electronically through social media and messaging applications. It can be hard to know who people really are beyond the online persona that they have created. When online, a person can be whoever they want to be, and people often misrepresent their true identities and ages....
Continue ReadingBeing a registered sex offender has a tremendous impact on a person’s social, personal, emotional, and professional life. Conviction of most, if not all, sex-related crimes, will require a person charged with the crime to register as a sex offender in the State of Florida within a specific time period after the charge. Being on the sex offender list...
Continue ReadingFlorida laws regarding sex offenders and predators is very strict. Every citizen residing in the state of Florida who is convicted of a sexual offense, as defined in the Florida statutes, must register as a sex offender with the local sheriff’s office in the county of their residence. The information is then made public record. Offenders who move are...
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