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A Middleburg woman’s short-lived escape from a traffic arrest ended with her toppling over a headstone in a graveyard Wednesday in Jacksonville Beach.

An officer reported spotting a red Chevrolet Cruze speeding west on Beach Boulevard just before 2 a.m., then stopped it nearby in the 1400 block, according to her arrest report. A passenger was in the front seat but ran away before the officer could speak to them.

The driver’s clothing appeared “disorderly,” with her pant’s zipper down and bra exposed, the report said. The officer also smelled marijuana.

As the woman was being questioned, she kept trying to get back to her car, refusing the officer’s orders to stay put, the report said. She was handcuffed on a DUI charge and placed in back of the police car.

When she complained the cuffs were too tight and she couldn’t breathe, the officer loosened them, according to the report. When she was put back in the cruiser, the officer lowered the back windows “to get some fresh air” before going to search her car.

As the officer inventoried marijuana and some pills found in the car, the wrecker driver yelled that the suspect was running, the report said. The officer gave chase as the woman jumped over a fence and ran into the H. Warren Smith Cemetery at Penman Road. The officer caught her when she tripped on a headstone.

Jacqueline Valenzuela Byrne, 22, was charged with escape, driving under the influence, resisting an officer, possession of marijuana and speeding, according to police.
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I was expecting the mugshot to look much worse

http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2015-10-08/story/middleburg-woman-escapes-jacksonville-police-cruiser-headstone-stops

 
http://www.app.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/10/15/wheelchair-dui-charge/73986144/

TAMPA — A 54-year-old Florida man was arrested this week on charges of driving under the influence and obstructing traffic while on his motorized wheelchair.

Police say Ronny Scott Hicks, of Palm Bay, Fla., who was held on $5,000 bond, was riding in his motorized wheelchair when they received a call reporting an intoxicated man obstructing traffic on a bridge.

When Palm Bay Police Department officers arrived late Monday night, they said they smelled an odor coming from Hicks and he was slurring his words.He did not follow police instructions and refused to take a breathalyzer test.

USA TODAYWoman live-streams herself while 'drunk' driving

Hicks was charged with felony DUI, his third violation in three years early Tuesday.Once in custody, he also refused treatment for an open wound.

According to his arrest record, he was released Wednesday on a surety bond.Hicks has two prior convictions for DUI — including in 2013 and 1998, said NBC News, citing court records. According to NBC, it wasn't immediately clear whether those other offenses were committed in a car or in a wheelchair.

According to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office, Hicks was arrested earlier this year on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without the intent to kill.
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Woman live-streams herself while 'drunk' driving
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Not in Florida?

Sounds promising just the same...

ETA: IN Florida, yes

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/10/13/woman-live-streams-herself-while-drunk-driving/73858228/

A Florida woman used a live streaming app on her phone to record herself while drunk driving on Saturday, according to police.

Lakeland police received 911 calls about a possible drunk driver who was using the social media appPeriscope to broadcast her illegal joy ride to the masses on Saturday.

"You hear her saying she's drunk," said Sgt. Gary Gross, Lakeland Police spokesman. "I got to tell you I was a little shocked. After 30 years of law enforcement I hadn't seen anything like this before."

As a result of the video being streamed worldwide, numerous messages on the app and personal text messages were sent to the driver asking her to stop driving before she killed someone or herself.

One 911 caller stated that the female was driving in the north Lakeland, Fla., area, but he could not provide a specific location as he was watching the streaming video live. The female driver, identified as Whitney Beall, 23, repeatedly said she was "drunk," and that she had a flat tire. Beall said several times that she was unaware of where she was.

As the caller was giving police dispatch the details from the video, the video was turned off several times and the caller was unable to provide a vehicle description other than that it was a Toyota.

LPD doesn't provide officers with access to Periscope as an authorized software tool and they didn't have the ability to monitor her actions. One officer took the initiative to download it and open up a personal account in an effort to locate the driver.

"They're like, 'What's periscope?'" Gross said. "Luckily, one of our younger officers was able to figure it out."

Officers were then able to pinpoint landmarks in the area from the streaming video and located Beall. They said she was driving a 2015 Toyota Corolla, 4-door with a flat left front tire.

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Periscope is winning the live streaming video competition


Officers witnessed her hit the curb with the right front tire as they initiated a traffic stop and said they smelled alcohol emanating from Beall.

Beall failed the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and refused the breathalyzer test. She was arrested by Officer Mike Kellner and charged with DUI. She was later transported to the Polk County Jail.

The incident has sparked LPD to train their officers on how to use Periscope and emerging technology, so they'll be ready when something else like this occurs.

"It's probably technology like anything else we'll look at and probably have selected individuals within the police department will be trained to be able to use it," Gross said
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PALATKA, Fla. - A 20-year-old Key Largo woman was arrested early Sunday morning at a mud bogging arena south of Palatka.

Leilani Marina Pile is accused of kicking a deputy in the face, lying to police about her identity and slamming her head against the windows of a patrol vehicle while drunk, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.

Pile, who was arrested about 1 a.m. Sunday after a disturbance at Hog Waller, has been charged with fraudulent impersonation by producing a Florida Identification Card belonging to another person, battery of a law enforcement officer, resisting an officer without violence and disorderly conduct.
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http://www.news4jax.com/news/florida/putnam-county/fight-at-mud-bogging-arena-leads-to-arrest

 
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Dead woman, 2 live monkeys found in Florida hotel room

(CNN) A woman was found dead in a motel in Florida, with two live monkeys and a note in the room, authorities said.

The capuchin monkeys were contained in a crate, the North Port Police Department said in a statement.

Police identified the woman found at the Budget Inn on Friday as Linda Marie Smith, 59, of Arcadia, Florida.

"There was no obvious signs of trauma to Smith's body," police said.

An incoherent man, who was in the room with her, received medical attention and was being questioned, police said.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is taking care of the monkeys.

Police did not release the identity of the man or what the note said.
 
Das Boot said:
Dead woman, 2 live monkeys found in Florida hotel room

(CNN) A woman was found dead in a motel in Florida, with two live monkeys and a note in the room, authorities said.

The capuchin monkeys were contained in a crate, the North Port Police Department said in a statement.

Police identified the woman found at the Budget Inn on Friday as Linda Marie Smith, 59, of Arcadia, Florida.

"There was no obvious signs of trauma to Smith's body," police said.

An incoherent man, who was in the room with her, received medical attention and was being questioned, police said.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is taking care of the monkeys.

Police did not release the identity of the man or what the note said.
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:lmao: Wut?
 
Florida man steals backhoe and leads police on slow-speed chase.

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Attorney Accused of Forging Judges' Signatures -- 114 Times



By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. on February 25, 2016 2:57 PM



An attorney in Florida is facing accusations that he forged judges' signatures -- not once, not twice, but more than a hundred times. Jose Manuel Camacho is facing 14 counts of forgery for allegedly copying seven different judges' John Handcock's a total of 114 times. Camacho wasn't just forging small beans documents, either: these were structured settlement deals which, under Florida law, required judicial approval.

We can't tell what is more shocking: the fact that Camacho had the (alleged) gall to engage in such prolific forgery, or that no one caught on until he had done it so many times.
That Doesn't Look Like My Signature...

Camacho's forgeries were discovered when Broward County Judges Marina Garcia-Wood and Carlos Rodriguez discovered their signatures on legal documents filed with the court and noticed something ... off. Not only had they not approved the settlements, they had not signed the filed documents. The judges complained, opening up an investigation that unearthed the massive amount of forgeries.

It's not just the amount of forgeries that is disturbing, either. Camacho, according to the Sun Sentinel, was forging judges' approval of structured settlement agreements, in which those expecting damages payouts over time would transfer their rights in exchange for a smaller lump sum payment. In Florida, those agreements require judicial approval to make sure that they are fair. Because of Camacho's alleged forgeries, 114 such agreements were never reviewed.

How Did This Go on for so Long?

And if that's not enough, there's the fact that no one noticed the fraud for so long: not the court clerks, not the judges, no one. Given that seven different signatures were forged, Camacho must have been a master of deception, or no one was bothering to examine the settlement documents closely at all.

For their part, the Broward County Courts have taken some small measures to prevent similar problems in the future. Lawyers are no longer allowed to deliver signed orders to the clerk's office, according to the Sun Sentinel. From now on, a clerk's deputy will have to pick up judges' orders directly from their chambers.


- See more at: http://blogs.findlaw.com/greedy_associates/2016/02/attorney-accused-of-forging-judges-signatures----114-times.html?DCMP=CCX-FBLP#sthash.DvVTOUsv.dpuf

 
Florida's 23rd Congressional District brought us Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, a truly repugnant human being. One wonders what kind of awful she was running against that compelled people to pull the lever that put her in office. What's worse, there have to be a significant number of people in that district who are proud to have her as their representative and pleased with the work she's doing. Sadly, there are a lot of people like her here in my part of Maryland...

 
nittanylion said:
Florida's 23rd Congressional District brought us Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, a truly repugnant human being. One wonders what kind of awful she was running against that compelled people to pull the lever that put her in office. What's worse, there have to be a significant number of people in that district who are proud to have her as their representative and pleased with the work she's doing. Sadly, there are a lot of people like her here in my part of Maryland...
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I've tweeted both her and the Democratic party that this card-carrying Republican conservative will donate money to them in exchange for bikini shots of her.

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