Blog Posts in 2012 Posted By Stepniak & Park 23-Dec-2012 Operation West Side Sleigh Ride Several law enforcement agencies hosted Operation West Side Sleigh Ride in Ocoee this week. Although this event sounds like a fun holiday activity for children, nothing could be farther from the truth. Operation West Side Sleigh Ride is actually a ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 16-Dec-2012 Former Shelter's Director's Sister Found Guilty of Theft The Family Life Center in Flagler County provides no-cost services to families that are experiencing domestic violence by providing emergency shelter and support services for the victims of domestic violence. Unfortunately for the center, an employee ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 2-Dec-2012 Nationally Reported Child Abuse Case Couple Arrested in Orlando Universal Studios in Orlando is a dream vacation destination for many people from the United States and other countries, as well. One favorite activity of many park visitors is Universal’s Super Star parade, which features such popular ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 19-Nov-2012 Nurse's License Suspended Over Prescription Drug Use Rebecca Sanford, a licensed practical nurse (LPN), had her nursing license suspended after she was accused by the state of Florida of trafficking in prescription drugs. Sanford will appear in court on Friday in Volusia to face the charges against ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 5-Nov-2012 Man Recently Release from Prison Indicted on Murder Charge On labor day weekend, Palm Bay residents called police to report hearing gunfire in their neighborhood. When police arrived on the scene, they found 22-year-old Brandon Jones behind a house on Northview Street. Jones, who had been shot, died soon ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 22-Oct-2012 Drug Distributor Gets Six Years and Deportation In August 2011, DEA agents observed two men unloading what appeared to be bricks of cocaine from the back of a tractor trailer truck into duffle bags. After following the suspects to a Pilot truck stop, where the suspects unloaded their cargo into a ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 7-Oct-2012 Victims of Identity Theft Get Little Help from IRS One of the fastest growing white collar crimes today is that of identity theft. Approximately 15 million residents of this country have their identities used fraudulently each year with financial losses of around $50 billion. This means that about 7% ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 17-Sep-2012 Former Daytona Bar Owner Convicted of Grand Theft A Daytona Beach jury did not believe Susan Duncan when she stated over and over again that she did not intend to defraud investors of $200,000 in cash and services. Duncan stated that her “woman friendly” bar went belly up because of the ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 2-Sep-2012 Daytona Man Jailed After Fleeing Fatal Crash One of the most common causes of motor vehicle accidents is making a left turn in front of oncoming traffic. The left hand turn is considered a dangerous maneuver because the left turning vehicle enters the lane of traffic for other vehicles. In most ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 25-Aug-2012 Two Arrested in New Smyrna Beach Motel Meth Lab Bust We have all seen the before and after photos of methamphetamine users as well as hearing the catchy anti-drug slogans, such as “Wasted? So is your life,” or “Get high on life, not on drugs.” Meth is a powerful central nervous ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 18-Aug-2012 Divorcing Parents Should Formulate a Plan for Children For some, a divorce is the end of a road that has been filled with arguments and fights. Unfortunately for some, however, divorce can merely be a step towards a peace that will never be attained, due to custody issues and visitation rights. According ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 11-Aug-2012 Fatal DUI Car Accident Ends in 2-Year Prison Sentence A fatal DUI case that has been in the system for years now, has finally found closure, with a man sentenced to 2 years in prison. The man in question, Ryan C. Kremer, was found to be driving under the influence of alcohol back in 2010 when he was ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 3-Jun-2012 Divorce in the Technological Age Divorce has a new look in this age of technology. We have become a society driven by cell phones, computers, e-mail, and social networking, and those changes are quite apparent in today’s divorces. In an age where everything is visible and ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 26-May-2012 Man Arrested for Stalking and Taping Little Girls Jonathan Davis, a retired chiropractor in Florida, was arrested for stalking and taping little girls. He approached children in Ross and K-Mart in Hollywood and in Burlington Coat Factory in Hialeah. Police say he often made a “pssst” ... Continue Reading Posted By Stepniak & Park 19-May-2012 Tampa Man Pleads Guilty in DUI Manslaughter Case On April 25, 2010, Scott Sciple, a decorated marine, drove his car the wrong way on the I-275 freeway. He hit a Chevrolet Malibu driven by forty-eight-year-old Pedro Rivera. Rivera was killed in the collision and his passenger, fifty-three-year-old ... Continue Reading
