Articles Posted in Drug Crimes in Jacksonville

A woman who was a month away from being released from jail on two St. Johns County misdemeanor charges is now facing felonies after being pegged as the mastermind of a drug smuggling ring inside the St. Johns County jail. Police say Hana Marie Colson, 29, was receiving strips of Suboxone that were hidden behind…

As a Drug Crime Attorney in Jacksonville, I have represented many Duval County criminal clients who were arrested after a drug dog sniffed their vehicle. Whether you are pulled over in Duval, Clay or Nassau County, the police must follow proper procedure before and during a traffic stop when using canines. If you are pulled…

A special task force of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office spent a year going undercover and trying to break apart illegal drug operations, resulting in 47 arrests in Clay County last week. Detectives started looking into a Middleburg neighborhood notorious for drug activity, but then spread through the entire county with help from local police…

Police broke up the second meth lab in six weeks at a Jacksonville motel, the latest in a string of raids cracking down on methamphetamine production in Northeast Florida. Investigators had found a meth lab in the same motel near the Clay County line in May, arresting four people in Jacksonville at that time, according…

As a Jacksonville Drug Crime Attorney, I have represented many clients who have drug problems. If not for their drug addiction, they probably would have not been arrested in Duval County. There are a few drug treatment options for people charged with crimes in Northeast Florida. If the person arrested in Jacksonville has not been…

While practicing as a Drug Attorney in Jacksonville, I constantly review arrests in Duval, Clay and Nassau Counties. These criminal arrests include a large number of drug crimes. According to the Pew Center on the States, the state of Florida has been sentencing drug offenders to almost 200% more time now than nearly 20 years…

A traffic stop on the West side of Jacksonville led the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office to confiscating 45 pounds of marijuana on Wednesday afternoon, according to a report from The Florida Times Union. A man was pulled over for a traffic violation in Jacksonville and the officer said he smelled marijuana smoke emanating from the vehicle.…

Davinian Williams, an unarmed man, was shot and killed by a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Officer during a routine traffic stop in the Arlington area of Jacksonville, according to a report on News4Jax. The officer fired seven shots at Williams, six of which hit their target. Williams was pulled over for what the officer described as erratic…

Florida law allows the state to charge people with murder, even if they were not the direct cause of the death. So, if someone is committing a felony at the time a homicide occurs, that person can be charged with what is called “felony murder.” A prime example surfaced last week in connection with the…

A man and a woman in a car with West Virginia plates are facing drug trafficking charges after police found more than 1,200 pills between them. Police approached the parked car and, when they asked the two to step outside, both were acting nervous, according to a report on First Coast News. Police then saw…