Clearwater Criminal Lawyer

The jails of Miami-Dade county are under review by federal investigators concerning their treatment of inmates.

 The Department of Justice sent a detailed account of its upcoming review of the Miami-Dade County jails in a letter that was addressed to Mary Carlos Alvarez, U.S. Attorney R. Alex Acosta, and the head of the county’s corrections department.

The investigation will focus on efforts intended to protect inmates from harm. This includes providing adequate suicide prevention measures, medical care, mental healthcare, protection from inmate violence, and sanitation conditions. They will also look into the use of excessive force against inmates.

Mayor Alvarez replied to the letter with a memo outlining the plans to correct the problems at the county’s six main jail facilities.  These include a new mental health facility that will open soon. In addition, officers will now undergo crisis-intervention training.

The investigation is in response to a series of inmate deaths and police confrontations with the mentally ill. These reports led to a grand jury report that cited “the failure to provide effective, long-term treatment and care of the mentally ill who live among us.”

If you have been accused of a crime, contact the Clearwater criminal defense lawyers of the Law Offices of Tragos & Sartes at 727-441-9030 to discuss the details of your case and to determine the best plan for your defense.

Lynn DeJac, 44, was cleared of her second-degree murder conviction after spending 13 years in jail for allegedly strangling her daughter. Although DeJac had been released from jail in November after new evidence placed her former boyfriend, Dennis Donahue, in the room around the time of Crystallynn Girard’s death, it was not until recently that forensic evidence was used to determine Crystallynn’s cause of death as a cocaine overdose.

DeJac, though relieved at her exoneration, disputed the finding that her daughter died from a drug overdose, blaming Donahue for killing Crystallynn. Donahue is currently awaiting trial in the strangulation case of Joan Giambra.

The criminal justice system is not foolproof - sometimes costly mistakes are made and innocent people suffer. If you have been accused of a crime, you deserve a fair trial and legal representation. Call a Clearwater criminal defense lawyer from the Tragos & Sartes law firm at 727-441-9030 right away.

A 20-year-old man was arrested over the weekend for purportedly stealing $81,000 from his parents.

Ryan Lukosavich has been charged with scheming to defraud more than $50,000. The victims in this case are his parents, Gail and Edward Lukosavich, who currently reside in North Naples.

Investigators for Collier County say that Ryan got account and routing number information for his parents’ checking account. He then used that information to make more than 30 transfers of money from his parents’ account to his credit cards between August and December 2007. In addition, he used the same information to get cash from ATMs.

If you have been accused of a crime, theft-related or othersise, the experienced Clearwater criminal defense lawyers of the Law Offices of Tragos & Sartes, P.L. are here to help you.  Call 727-441-9030 today to secure your legal counsel and determine the best plan for your defense.

A drug sweep which took place earlier this week was the largest ever of its kind in Putnam county, said police officials. Code-named Operation Rock Star, the sweep targeted 91 individuals on 122 narcotics-related charged. The operation was the culmination of over a year of undercover investigation by 17 officers from six different agencies. The targeted suspects had, collectively 1,628 prior arrests, with one man racking up 100 priors by himself.

If convicted, the suspects face 15-30 years in state prison, according to State Attorney John Tanner.

Have you been accused of a crime, drug-related or otherwise? If so, an experienced Clearwater criminal defense lawyer from the law firm of Tragos & Sartes is ready to help you. Call 727-441-9030 today.