Florida Criminal Defense Attorney Blog

A former Tampa Bay Buccaneer had his third-degree felony charge of domestic battery reduced to a misdemeanor battery charge . According to TBO.com Hillsborough County prosecutors made the decision to reduce the charge last week. There was no comment in the story from Jermaine Phillips or his Tampa Criminal Attorney.

The charges stemmed from an incident between Phillips and his wife. Back at the time of his arrest police had reported that the current free agent admitted to pushing his wife in the neck following an argument. He is scheduled to be arraigned April 19.

A routine traffic stop in St. Petersburg turned into a dangerous situation for some St. Pete police officers as a 21-year-old rammed a police cruiser in an attempt to escape arrest. David Solomon Stringer-Woods was unable to bash his way past the St. Pete police and was arrested on charges of possession of cocaine, aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, driving with a suspended license, failing to appear in court on a marijuana charge and aggravated fleeing and alluding.

According to police and a story on TampaBay.com, Stringer-Woods was seen committing a traffic infraction when an officer attempted to pull the man over. The 21-year-old pulled into a parking lot and then reversed his car ramming into a police cruiser. He is now in Pinellas County Jail where his bail was set at $23,663.

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A 50-year-old Wesley Chapel man who apparently missed the toilet while making a late night trip to the bathroom, was assaulted by his wife who was later arrested on domestic battery charges. The incident began just before midnight. David Elsholz woke up and made his way to the family’s bathroom and allegedly his wife heard him missing the toilet and peeing on the floor. That spurned a violent incident between the pair.

Deanne claims her husband slapped her with a towel and she responded by throwing a glass at him. The glass cut her husband’s face. After that Deanne ran into the bathroom and slipped on the wet floor at that point she claims her husband began to kick her and she called 911. David says he went back to bed after urinating and that is when he was attacked by his wife. Deanne was determined to be the aggressor by police and was charged with domestic battery. David has been charged with domestic battery twice in recent years according to Pasco Sheriff’s.

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A redshirt freshman with the Florida Gator football team became the 27th player arrested since coach Urban Meyer took over the program. Defensive tackle Gary Brown was charged with two counts of misdemeanor battery for slapping one woman and scratching another at a Gainesville party Sunday morning. The incident took place at The Crossing at Santa Fe apartment complex and occurred as Brown was trying to kick people out of an off-campus party.

According to the Palm Beach Post story, this is the 27th University of Florida football player arrested since Meyer took over the program. The last Gator arrested was Carlos Dunlap on charges of DUI. A report from the Alachua Sheriff’s office states that Brown’s co-defendant is facing felony charges of larceny grand theft for his role in the incident.

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Manatee County Sheriff’s have arrested a man for domestic battery and damaging a patrol car after a Sunday night incident. Matthew McCluskey had to be pepper sprayed and had a Taser used on him following a fight with his girlfriend. According to the Sarasota Herald Tribune McCluskey kicked his girlfriend and punched holes in the wall of their home.

The incident began with an argument just before midnight Sunday. McCluskey had allegedly been drinking when his girlfriend asked him to leave the house. After that he “donkey” kicked her into a wall. When police arrived at the house McCluskey was outside in his truck. He broke free from deputies who tried to arrest him. He continued to resist and was then apprehended following pepper spray and a Taser. He was arrested and transported to jail.

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A Tampa pair were arrested following an incident where they rammed their car into a police cruiser trying to avoid an arrest, according to a story on TBO.com. John Carnegie, the 21-year-old driver of the car, was allegedly involved in a neighborhood dispute possibly involving a shotgun. When police tried stopping the man he drove straight at the officer’s police car.

After Carnegie hit the police car he and his passenger both abandoned the vehicle and tried to flee on foot. Carnegie was found by a canine unit and suffered minor dog bites. Martavia Haggins was arrested a few blocks away. Both were charged with aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, obstructing or opposing an officer without violence and fleeing to elude.

If you have been charged with a crime in Tampa or Hillsborough County and need aggressive legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact Tampa Criminal Defense Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourBattery.com. Also you can contact Darren via email or by stopping our Tampa office located at 3426 W. Kennedy Blvd.

A Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputy was waiting at a stop light when a car crashed into him from behind. Both the deputy and the driver were injured in the collision, although neither was seriously hurt. According to Bay News 9, police believe the man driving the car rammed the sheriff’s deputy on purpose.

The suspect, whose name was not released at the time, is believed to be a suspect in a domestic violence case. He has been taken into custody. The car crash took place at Anderson Road and Waters Avenue at approximately 3:30 a.m.

If you have been charged with a crime in Tampa or Hillsborough County and need aggressive legal representation, please do not hesitate to contact Tampa Criminal Defense Attorney Darren Finebloom at 1-800-FIGHT-IT (1-800-344-4848) to discuss the matter or visit our website FightYourCase.com. Also you can contact Darren via email or by stopping our Tampa office located at 3426 W. Kennedy Blvd.