TAMPA TOWING COMPANY CLEARED OF ACCUSATIONS OF ILLEGALLY SCRAPPING CARS!!

TAMPA, FL.

On August 8, 2008 Detectives from the Tampa Police Department called a press conference celebrating the arrests of several Elite Tow Company owners. The Tampa Police detectives accused AMZ Towing owner Oswaldo Viera (44 years old with no prior arrests) of illegally purchasing inoperative vehicles and selling them for scrap.

After several months of thorough discovery and inquiries into the baseless accusations, the undercover officer used in the investigation admitted that he told Mr. Viera that he had permission from the owner to sell the vehicle. Despite the lead detective's initial characterization of the case to attract media attention, the truth was that no crime was committed.

All charges against Mr. Viera were dismissed in Circuit Court. Mr. Viera was represented by board certified criminal attorney Joe Caimano.

Three Miami Officers Indicted for Lying in Federal Court

MIAMI (AP) -- Three Miami-Dade police officers have been charged with lying in federal court.

Two of the officers -- 37-year-old Alkibiades Dodge and 33-year-old Waell Majed Farraj -- were released from custody on bail Friday. The third officer -- 27-year-ol Jorge Luis Gonzalez -- was in Cuba visiting family and was expected to turn himself in on Tuesday.

Federal authorities say the officers lied about conducting surveillance of a car in which a convicted felon with a gun was a passenger, prompting them to pull over the vehicle for running a stop sign. Authorities say the officers actually pulled over the car after being tipped by a confidential informant.

All three have been charged with conspiring to make false statements, to commit perjury and to obstruct justice.

Judge Vacates Tampa Man's Life Sentence

On March 11, 2005 Jamar J. Green was sentenced to serve LIFE in prison for a drug trafficking charge. After years of appeals and post-conviction motions, an appeals court ruled that the jury's verdict of guilty as to "Armed Trafficking in Cocaine" was not supported by the evidence and that Mr. Green should be resentenced on the lesser included offense of Trafficking in Cocaine. The resentencing was scheduled for October 22, 2009, so Mr. Green and his new attorney Joe Caimano aggressively prepared for what would be Mr. Green's best shot at obtaining a fair sentence. In preparation for the resentencing, Mr. Caimano discovered that the original prosecutor, in his effort to obtain an excessively harsh sentence, misrepresented Mr. Green's prior record to the Judge. In addition, Mr. Caimano found that Mr. Green's court-appointed attorney had done nothing to prepare for the sentencing and did not know that Mr. Green lacked the prior record being presented by the prosecutor. At the conlusion of the hearing, the judge, after considering all the arguments, facts, and circumstances of the case, vacated the LIFE sentence and resentenced Mr. Green to time served. In the end, Mr. Green's family was not bitter that the prosecutor acted improperly in 2005, but was more excited and humbled that justice was served and a proper sentence rendered. See more information at www.yourtampalawyer.com.