Martin County deputies arrest multiple sex offenders altering their driver’s licenses
Well this isn’t good… How about the other 99% of the times someone needs to show their drivers licenses, like when cashing a check or using a credit card?
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remember people, keep your mouth shut and don’t talk to the police!!! im not sure how the statute reads but i suspect the state would have to prove the person arrested was the one that actually altered this said lic.
No, the statute requires sexual offenders and sexual predators to possess a driver’s license with the required markings. Even if it somehow miraculously got erased off, we would be legally required to get a new one right away, based on how the statute is written. The crime is not actually defacing the card; it’s not having one with the required markings.
In other words, if you’re on the registry, it’s a felony to lose or have your license/ID stolen, be too broke to afford one, OR even allow it to expire. 🤦♂️
Keep your stuff updated and set a reminder well in advance to renew, folks.
Martin County is full of boat loving, yacht owning people. There’s a lot of snobs down there thinking they’re the same as West Palm Beach. I live in Saint Lucie County and I have to go down there pretty often to drop jobs off and on the surface it is nice but they’re pretty rude there overall. I thought about concealing my license somehow but I realized that it’s not worth it. It’s not pleasant to have to show your license but if you have to do it then you have to do it. It’s better to get an evil look then to be arrested for altering something like a license. I definitely agree that adding the designations to a license is a form of punishment especially since I have the Predator one on there. I don’t know how they can say it’s just for information and not harming the person that has the license. Why don’t they have one on their license for a week or two and see how it goes? I understand it’s my fault for the wrongs I’ve done but after 23 years since I’ve been in trouble I think it’s a bit Overkill all this that they’re doing. I could understand if a person was on probation and they had the registry and the license designation but once you’re done with probation or parole all that should be be taken off. They still have your record they still know who you are
My thoughts are, if I was going to alter mine, it would be a sticker the same color as the background of the license. Show it to hotel or who ever then take it off the rest of the time in case you are pulled over.
But burning it is illegal even if not on the registry. It plainly states in the law that alter a state issued ID is a crime. Temporaily protecting your safety with a pull off sticker to me is not altering it. NOT saying to do that but was a better idea that burning off the designation.
Luckily mine just has a small statue # that even most cops do not pay attention to ( Know that from experience during traffic stop.)
Question: my florida dl cracked at the bottom and broke where the statute is. I used clear tape to fix it until I can get a replacement. Is this a violation of law since I didn’t actually modify the dl but actually fixed it?
Curious
Even though I am not an attorney, I believe if it was clear tape and were just repairing it without blocking the info, you are good until you get it replaced. That is not really altering or covering any information. I do think if you got pulled over, the officer would tell you to get it replaced. So I would do so as soon as you can.
Judge: What evidence do you have that sex offenders are prevented from working?
File it! More evidence for us! Keep it comin Florida!
(That’s my neck of the woods, btw. Don’t let the location fool you, they are as conservative and ignorant as they come. They
pride themselves in keeping the “evils” of South Florida at bay. Just look at what I-95 does in Martin County – that pretty much explains the politics there. )
Still not punishment though right? I cant believe that no attorney out there with all the evidence of things that are against us has not made a case strong enough to get a state or federal supreme court to abolish the registry. It is clearly Double jeopardy we are being punished for the same crime over and over. the gentleman clearly said in the video if he or someone else hires any offender/predator and they commit a crime again they are liable. After seeing that how many people out there do you think will hire anyone on the registry? barred from getting some state licenses to work like nursing barred from living in a large part of the state and now barred from being hired in almost any field and that’s just the tip of the iceberg