Deputy Lee Harrington is facing disciplinary actions following his wrongful arrest of a former state representative. Harrington has been suspended and demoted due to his arrest of Mark Flanagan who reportedly obstructed a hit-and-run case. In a Bradenton Herald story Sheriff Brad Steube said Harrington had no grounds to arrest Flanagan.
According to the story Flanagan was trying to protect his son who was a witness to a hit-and-run case. For non-traffic misdemeanors there is usually a notice to appear in court issued, not an arrest. Harrington will lose 240 hours without pay for his mistake and will return to work as a dispatcher, which comes with a pay decrease of more than $10,000.
If you have been cited in a traffic accident and need qualified legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact experienced Traffic Attorney Stephen Higgins at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourTickets.com. Also you can contact Stephen via email or by stopping in our Sarasota office located at 200 N. Washington Blvd.

Hit-and-Run or Leaving The Scene of an Accident is a serious charge in a fender bender but when the driver kills a pedestrian it elevates to a serious crime and that is why the Florida Highway Patrol is asking for the help of the public in Pinellas County. According to a story on the St. Petersburg Times website, the FHP is seeking anyone with information on a Thursday night hit and run crash.
Tony Sorenson was killed walking across Ulmerton around 8:00 p.m. The 41-year-old resident of Ft. Meyers was hit by a silver Ford F-150. Sorenson was pronounced dead at the Largo Medical Center and the driver of the Ford truck is unknown. If you have information on the traffic accident, please call (813) 631-4020.
If you have been involved in a traffic-related felony in St. Petersburg or Pinellas County and you are in need of qualified legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact experienced Defense Attorney David Haenel at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourPinellasArrest.com. Also you can contact David via email or by stopping in our Clearwater office located at 4500 140 Ave. North #203.

The Sarasota County Sheriff is cracking down on driver’s who are getting behind the wheel despite the fact they have a suspended license. On Thursday Sheriff’s deputies were in court monitoring DWLS cases and followed driver’s out into the courthouse parking lot. If a driver with a suspended license got behind the wheel, they got nabbed according to Todd Ruger of the Sarasota Herald-Tribune in today’s paper. Only two driver’s who were followed out of court got into a car to drive and both were arrested.
The officer’s thought they may have had a third arrest when a man with a history of DUI charges left court and headed to a liquor store but officer’s lost him when he slipped out a back door. Today the sting, called ‘Operation Gotcha’ moves to South County where half of the county’s 6,000 suspended drivers reside. This was the first sting at the Sarasota County Courthouse but Sheriff’s deputies said to expect more.
If your license has been suspended and that led to your arrest in Sarasota or Mantaee County and you are in need of qualified legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact experienced Criminal Defense Attorney David Haenel at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourSuspension.com. Also you can contact David via email or by stopping in our Sarasota office located at 200 N. Washington Blvd.

A Sarasota County woman was pulled over at 2:00 a.m. because she was allegedly driving while her license was suspended. The traffic stop and subsequent arrest of Crystal Haas seemed to be going fairly normally until the woman started complaining she felt ‘closed in’ while handcuffed in the back of the North Port police car. At that point the officer rolled down the window of the cruiser and Haas slipped out of her handcuffs and bailed out the window according to police reports chronicled in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
Haas took off on foot with an officer in chase. The officer reportedly Tasered the woman twice but she continued to flee the police and jumped into a near-by canal. The officer finally caught up to Haas and pulled her out of the canal and at that point the woman is alleged to have tried to strike the officer and then kicked him once he put a second set of cuffs on the woman. Haas has been charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, escape and resisting arrest with violence. She was released from the Sarasota County jail on $11,500 bond.
If you have been cited for a traffic violation that led to your arrest in Sarasota or Mantaee County and you are in need of qualified legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact experienced Criminal Defense Attorney David Haenel at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourCase.com. Also you can contact David via email or by stopping in our Sarasota office located at 200 N. Washington Blvd.

A Clearwater man who is accused of ramming a Pinellas County Sheriff Deputy’s cruiser was located hiding under the water, below a dock in nothing but his underwear. According to a story on TampaBay.com, 38-year-old Dana Shepard was arrested after police dogs helped sheriffs locate the man who is accused of ramming a stolen car into the deputy who stopped him for an expired tag.
According to the police Shepard backed his car into the cruiser and then drove off. At one point he abandoned the stolen vehicle and fled on foot. Deputies not only used police dogs but helicopters as well to locate the suspect. He has been charged with driving with an expired license, tag not assigned, fleeing and eluding, leaving the scene of an accident, grand theft auto and aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer.
If you have been cited for a traffic violation that led to an arrest in Pinellas County and you are in need of qualified legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact experienced Defense Attorney David Haenel at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourPinellasArrest.com. Also you can contact David via email or by stopping in our Clearwater office located at 4500 140 Ave. North #203.

Tampa man Eric Bentley was arrested for the 13th time in Hillsborough County Tuesday night following a high speed chase. The 36-year-old was reportedly driving 75 M.P.H. in a residential area with his 12-year-old son in the car according to a story on tampabay.com. Police ran the man’s plates and found he was driving with a suspended license for failure to pay child support. At that point two officers attempted to stop Bentley but he fled and was eventually boxed in by a combination of marked and unmarked police cars. Following the stop Bentley tried to flee on foot but he was apprehended and arrested.
Bentley was taken to the Hillsborough County Jail where he was being held on $15,500 bail. He has been charged with numerous counts including child neglect, reckless driving, fleeing to allude arrest at a high speed and driving without a license. According to the report Bentley has previously been charged with offenses involving cocaine, marijuana and alcohol, trespassing, leaving the scene of a crash, aggravated battery and false imprisonment among others.
If you have been involved in a traffic incident in Tampa that has led to your arrest in Hillsborough County and need qualified legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact Criminal Defense Attorney Stephen Higgins at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourCase.com. Also you can contact Stephen via email or by stopping in our new Tampa office located at 3426 W. Kennedy Blvd.