Little known laws: Florida Statute 794.075 – Sexual predators; erectile dysfunction drugs

Here’s something that’s apparently been on the books for a while but we were not aware of: (1) A person may not possess a prescription drug, as defined in s. 499.003(40), for the purpose of treating erectile dysfunction if the person is designated as a sexual predator under s. 775.21. (2) A person who violates a provision of this section for the

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Trolls and Vigilantes more prevalent on Florida Action Committee Forum

If you’ve been an avid follower of the Florida Action Committee forum, you’ve probably noticed that we’ve been receiving more comments from trolls, vigilantes or people simply posting nasty comments.This is likely the result of some of the public awareness campaigns we have been running over the last month or so. As previously announced, FAC has been airing our short-form

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TN: Detective charged with forging signatures on the Sex Offender Registry forms

Robert Hargis (DOB 2/10/1971) served as the Sex Offender Registry Compliance Officer for the Marion County Sherriff’s office and was responsible for obtaining the required signatures from registered offenders to confirm legal compliance. Through the course of the investigation agents determined several of the signatures on sex offender documents were falsified. On Tuesday, the Marion County Grand Jury returned a

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“Human trafficking enforcement operation” in Polk County, Florida, led to 244 arrests—albeit none for human trafficking.

If this sounds familiar, it’s because Polk County is far from alone in rounding up sex workers and their customers under the auspices of stopping human trafficking. And as is so frequently the case, the federal government had a hand in this operation, which authorities dubbed Fool Around and Find Out. In addition to targeting adults for trying to consensually

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