Any Florida resident who is currently suffering (or died from) a smoking related illness must register for their share of the $600 Million dollar trust fund by June 16th, 2008. In order to qualify you must have been a regular smoker prior to November 21st, 1996 and of course a Florida resident.
Please contact my office at (888) 524-2426 if you have any questions or would like us to handle your claim.
Check out this interactive map of Southwest Floirda Marijuana Growhouse busts provided courtesy of the Naples Daily News.
http://www.naplesnews.com/growhouse/
Are there any in your neighborhood? Click on the pushpins for a brief description of the Arrest.
Click the link below for a video of what Sheriff Mike Scott is calling the biggest bust in Lee County’s history. Doesn’t look like all that much if you ask me.
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080522/VIDEO/80522074/1085/RSS0110
ST. PETERSBURG – Bailiffs shot and killed a man who had recently returned from an Air Force deployment after authorities say he opened fire in the lobby of a downtown courthouse Wednesday afternoon.Glen Lee Powell, 30, entered the courthouse shortly after 1 p.m. and approached a security checkpoint wearing a backpack. A deputy ordered him to remove the backpack and place it on a conveyer belt, but he instead threw it on the ground and opened fire with a semiautomatic handgun in the lobby in front of at least four others, Pinellas County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jim Bordner said.Deputies B.J. Lyons and Deputy Marvin Glover returned fire, seriously wounding Powell, who later died at a St. Petersburg hospital. Lyons, a 58-year-old firearms instructor, was treated at a hospital for a shoulder wound and released later that day. No one else was injured, Bordner said.A representative speaking for Powell’s family said he was returning divorce papers due at the courthouse Wednesday. Full Story: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/sfl-0507bailiffshooting,0,4744266.story
PLANTATION – Jeremy Thomas, a 16-year-old from Coral Springs, was busted for underage smoking at the mall a few months ago.On Friday, Broward County Court Judge Steven Shutter ruled those few puffs would cost Thomas 7 1/2 hours of community service or a $53 fine or a pint of blood.Without hesitation, he walked to a van outside the West Regional Courthouse in Plantation and prepared to be stuck with a needle.”I didn’t want to pay the fine,” Thomas said. Defendants who appear before Shutter can lop off as much as $75 from their fines or receive credit for community service if they donate blood. The option is available to traffic offenders whose violations range from expired vehicle tags to unintentionally killing someone in a car accident. Also eligible are some defendants charged with criminal misdemeanors and alcohol violations. Click here for full story: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbblood0503sbmay04,0,4487754.story