A sixth-grade student at an Osceola Middle School was hit by a car Wednesday afternoon. According to TampaBay.com 69-year-old Taygeti Rigakos illegally passed a stopped school bus and hit Jacqueline M. Jeffery as she got off her bus. The young girl was taken to the hospital. Here injuries do not appear to be life threatening […]
FHP Trooper Arrested For Writing As Many As 200 Fake Tickets To Boost His Numbers
A Florida Highway Patrol Trooper is under arrest on 22 counts of official misconduct, which is a third-degree felony. According to a Miami Herald story trooper Paul C. Lawrence wrote over 200 traffic citations that have now been dismissed because they seemed to have been falsified. The traffic tickets were unsigned and may have been […]
River Club School Speed Zone In East Manatee Back In Business And Speeding Tickets Will Be Handed Out
According to a press release from the Manatee County Sheriff
Nearly 47,000 Traffic Tickets Issued In Florida During The Holiday Season
The Florida Highway Patrol participated in the nationwide
Florida Grandmother Jailed For Two Weeks For Driving With A Suspended License
Gabrielle Shaink Trudeau, a 78-year-old grandmother, spent two weeks behind bars over Thanksgiving due to a ticket for driving with a suspended license. The Hallandale Beach woman was held in the Broward County Jail on a $2000 bond following the traffic citation. The elderly woman was recently convicted of a traffic ticket in Miami for […]
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The company running the red light cameras in Lakeland is coming under fire for misleading residents who have received traffic citations. According to a story on the Sarasota Herald Tribune website American Traffic Solutions (ATS) is telling people caught running a red light that if they don
Traffic Tickets Trending Downward For Third Straight Year In Highlands County
For the third straight year there were fewer traffic tickets issued in Highlands County than the previous year. In 2009, there were just over 14,000 traffic cases filed in Highlands County. That is down nearly 1,800 from 2008 and down more than 6,000 from 2007. The last time there was an increase in traffic citations […]
Hernando County Man Facing Vehicular Homicide Charges Pleads To Retail Grand Theft In Separate Case
Gregory Foster Dellea is awaiting trial on charges of vehicular homicide, manslaughter and reckless driving. In the meantime the Hernando County man has pled no contest to charges of retail grand theft on Thursday. The plea also settled a charge of violation of probation. He was given eight months and credit for the four months […]
Gator Football Players Rack Up 251 Traffic Citations In Alachua County According To Orlando Sentinel
The reigning National Champion Florida Gators have had a few public embarrassments lately, the latest being the DUI arrest of star linebacker Carlos Dunlap. Now there is more bad news coming out of Gainesville. According to a story in the Orlando Sentinel Gator football players have received 251 traffic citations in Alachua County. The traffic […]
