TILDEN LAW – Orlando Criminal Attorney

Marion County Deputies pulled over a driver Sunday, March 7, 2010 after they witnessed the driver of the vehicle speeding and weaving in and out of traffic with his son in the car.  Deputies report that Anthony Earl Siple’s Honda Sunday night on suspicion of drunken driving.  Marion County deputies report that Mr. Siple  and followed him at 70 mph in a 55 mph zone for more than a mile with her lights on before he pulled over.

In the vehicle with Mr. Siple was his 12 year old son in the passenger seat.  According to deputies, Siple had a smell of alcohol and red and watery eyes.  Siple failed the walk and turn, one-leg stand and finger to the nose field sobriety tests, the deputy said. During the alphabet test, the man stopped at the letter “H.” 

Siple was arrested on charges of driving under the influence and child abuse and neglect and was taken to the Marion County Jail, where a breathalyzer revealed Siple’s blood-alcohol content to be .292, deputies said. The boy was released to a relative could not finish, the deputy said.

If you have been arrested or charged with a DUI or other criminal offense in Orlando and are facing criminal prosecution in either Orange County, Seminole County, Florida, contact the attorneys at Tilden Law for an initial and confidential consultation, 407-599-1234.

Prosecutors with the Orange County State Attorney’s Office have filed a Motion to Disqualify Orange County Judge Deborah Ansbro from a prostitution sting case.  Orange County prosecutors filed the motion after comments made by Judge Ansbro this week during a hearing which prompted a postponement of the hearing. 

According to the police report, Metropolitan Bureau of Investigations (MBI) agents conducted a undercover sting operation targeting massage parlor prostitution activity.  During one operation at Natural Therapies, it is alleged that an undercover agent touched the breast of a suspect during a prostitution sting.  This prompted the judge to say she already thinks that the officer behaved improperly.

An Orlando criminal defense attorney representing, masseuse Xueyan Zhou, claims his client did not give permission for the undercover agent to touch her breast. She is a victim of battery, he said, and should have her two second-degree misdemeanor prostitution charges dismissed.

MBI Director Phil Williams believes that the agent acted within the scope of his duties. Investigators contend Xueyan, 39, lifted her shirt and bra to expose her breast before offering sexual services for $20, reports show. The agent acknowledged in his report that he grabbed the woman’s breast when she exposed it.

At issue in the State Attorney’s motion is the contention that Judge Ansbro’s comments during a Jan. 29 hearing shows she made up her mind before hearing evidence on why the agent grabbed Xueyan’s breast, according to the motion.

If you have been arrested or charged with a prostitution or other criminal offense in Orlando and are facing criminal prosecution in either Orange County, Seminole County, Florida, contact the attorneys at Tilden Law for an initial and confidential consultation, 407-599-1234.

According to Florida Department of Law enforcement reports, a Walt Disney World employee was placed on administrative leave from the company based on accusations of possession of child pornography.  Patrick McKenzie, 62, a resident of St. Cloud, Florida was arrested after FDLE received a tip from a source indicating that McKenzie was using Limewire software to download child pornography from the internet.

 McKenzie is reported to be employed by Walt Disney World in their janitorial division.  He is being held on a $40,000 bond in Osceola County, Florida.

Former Alabama police officer, Todd Spikes, who was arrested during a “Dateline NBC: To Catch a Predator” sting in Flagler Beach (Florida) has reached a plea deal on Thursday, March 4, 2010, that would put him on sex offender probation for 10 years but spare him prison time. Spikes was facing up to 20 years prison if convicted on the both Felony charges of Lewd and lascivious exhibition and computer pornography and child exploitation, a third-degree felony.

It was alleged that Spikes, 44, who currently lives near DeFuniak Springs, not far from the Alabama border, drove to Flagler Beach in December 2006 to have sex with a 13-year-old girl named “Lindsay,” but the victim was actually a 46-year-old decoy.

But Spikes drove away from the “Dateline” decoy house without getting out of his SUV, and police stopped him a few blocks away. Flagler Beach police said they found a shotgun, an assault rifle and handguns, all loaded, in Spikes’ vehicle.

Prosecutors agreed to drop a second count of lewd and lascivious exhibition as well as a charge of attempted lewd or lascivious battery as part of the deal. Spikes could apply for early termination of probation after five years if he meets other conditions.

University of Central Florida police arrested a driver accused of being intoxicated on campus Sunday.  UCF police allege the driver had more than 70 pills of controlled muscle relaxants in his car.

UCF police arrested Thomas Clyde Mastin Jr., 34, of Orlando, on allegation s of DUI.  According to UCF police, Mastin  admitted to the officer that he  had oxycodone, carisoprodol and alprazolam — three powerful muscle relaxants — in his car because he had “2 dislocated discs in his back,” the arrest report shows.  The police reports also shows Mastin explained he was on his way home after having “just a little bit” of alcohol at his mother’s bar in Casselberry where he works as a bartender.

Police found multiple prescription bottles for the medications under his name littering the vehicle. They also recovered a bottle of a prescription in another person’s name. All the pills had been mixed and divided among the different prescription bottles, police said.

Mastin  faces multiple counts of possession of carisoprodol, possession of controlled substance in unapproved manner, sale or delivery of oxycodone, possession of alprazolam with intent to sell, unlawful possession of a prescription, trafficking in oxycodone and driving under the influence and is being held at the Orange County Jail on a bond of $57,200.

Reports show police found his car parked in a grassy area on the side of Gemini Boulevard at about 6:21 a.m. Mastin was sleeping in the driver’s seat and appeared intoxicated, according to the arresting officer’s report.

Mastin failed the sobriety tests; however, a breath test measured his blood-alcohol content at 0.000. He told police he had a little alcohol before he left his mother’s bar, but also said he had taken some oxycodone before he started working.

If you have been arrested or charged with a DUI or other criminal offense in Orlando and are facing criminal prosecution in either Orange County, Seminole County, Florida, contact the attorneys at Tilden Law for an initial and confidential consultation, 407-599-1234.

Beginning Friday, March 12, 2010, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, the Orange County Community Safety Task Force, the Ocoee Police Department will be hosting a DUI checkpoint that night, from 9 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Saturday, March 13^th.

Information released by law enforcement agencies indicate that eastbound and westbound drivers will be stopped near 11953 West Colonial Drive. Ocoee and Orlando police, deputies and Florida Highway Patrol troopers will stop drivers in an attempt to remove suspected DUI offenders and other criminal traffic violators from the roadways.

Anyone stopped by police will be subject to a driver license check and possible arrest for suspended license offenses and outstanding warrants.

If you have been arrested or charged with a Orange County DUI or other criminal offense in Orlando and are facing criminal prosecution in either Orange County, Seminole County, Florida, contact the attorneys at Tilden Law for an initial and confidential consultation, 407-599-1234.

Former Celebration High School teacher’s aide, Dellys Serrano, has been charged with having sex with a 16 year old Osceola County student. Kissimmee police records indicate that teacher’s aide may have had sex with another student several years ago. That student has been interviewed by law enforcement and denied the allegation.

Serrano was arrested March 2^nd after court-ordered photography confirmed intimate details of her body, including a mole covered by her underclothing. On Wednesday, the 36-year-old educator made her first court appearance and was ordered held without bond. Her next court date has not been set.  Kissimmee police began their investigation last week when the 16-year-old’s guardian contacted New Beginnings School and complained about Serrano’s relationship with the boy. The school’s principal notified police, a school district investigator and the state Department of Children and Families, records show.

The teen told investigators he began having sex with Serrano over Christmas vacation and first told investigators it happened inside her van at Chisholm Park on East Lake Tohopekaliga so that his mother would not know he brought her to their home, the report stated. After their initial encounter, Serrano instructed the boy not to tell anyone because she is married and she feared she would lose custody of her child if anyone found out.

Suspicions of impropriety began last fall when another New Beginnings student confided in an adult that his best friend was having sex with one of their teachers, according to a police report released Wednesday.

Sometime in February, the teen tried to end the relationship. According to the teen, Serranodid not take his news very well and allegedly sent text messages saying she loved him and wanted to have birthday sex with him the report stated.

Sanford, FL – 14 search warrants were executed by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office and several other agencies resulting in the seizure of 216 pounds of packaged marijuana and multiple arrests. Included in those arrested were the homes residents were Victor Mungia, Eduardo Mungia and Milton Soto-Morales, who were booked into the Lake County Jail. All three were arrested on charges of armed trafficking in marijuana, possession of marijuana with intent to sell and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Witnesses said U.S. Marshals arrived at a home at the corner of Sabal Palm Drive and Summit Ridge Place in Longwood on Thursday morning in full riot gear. Deputies were also at the home to arrest at least one suspect in the wide-reaching drug ring, which authorities said stretches beyond Longwood and throughout Central Florida.

If you have been arrested or charged with a criminal offense in Orlando and are facing criminal prosecution in either Orange County, Seminole County, Florida, contact the attorneys at Tilden Law for an initial and confidential consultation, 407-599-1234.

A 17 year old Central Florida girl was arrested on an allegation of felony cyberstalking.  Marion County Sheriff’s detectives state that Shannon Marie Mitchell (17), of Ocala obtained photographs of a 15 year old girl from a social media Web site and posting them on a porn site.   Along with the teen’s photos, Mitchell also posted the 15 year old victim’s name, age, phone number and explicit comments on the pornography site.  The 17-year-old girl was arrested and transported to the Juvenile Assessment Center in Marion County.

Detectives say the 15-year-old girl then received multiple sexually explicit text messages and phone calls from unknown men who requested sexual favors and nude pictures.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, during an interview with detectives, Mitchell said, “I did it,” and added that the victim would not stop harassing her. Detectives said Mitchell did not think it was that big of a deal when she admitted to posting the pictures until she ended up in a juvenile corrections facility.

Investigators said Mitchell had a grudge against the girl, who was her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend, so she went online and set out to ruin the other teen’s reputation.

“We get more and more reports of teens harassing each other over the Internet or with cell phones. We take this crime very seriously,” said Lt. Chris Vorisek, supervisor in the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit. “People, especially teenagers, really need to know, if their actions rise to the level of a criminal offense, they will likely be arrested.”

Mitchell he has since been released from the Marion County Juvenile Assessment Center to her parents.

If you have been arrested or charged with a criminal offense in Orlando and are facing criminal prosecution in either Orange County, Seminole County, Florida, contact the attorneys at Tilden Law for an initial and confidential consultation, 407-599-1234.

Domestic Violence Lawyer

An Orange County deputy sheriff was before an Orange County Circuit court judge on Tuesday after an allegation of domestic violence.  Bryan Villella, a 25 year member of the sheriff’s office appeared before Orange Circuit Judge Sally D.M. Kest after an injunction for protection against domestic violence was petitioned for by the deputy’s ex-boyfriend. 

In her ruling after the injunction hearing, Judge Kest also prohibited the deputy from contacting his ex-boyfriend in a hostile manner as well as prohibiting the deputy from carrying a weapon during non-working hours.

Although Villella’s attorney, Tim Berry, asked Kest if his client could be allowed to carry his weapon during off-duty security assignments, she said the court “will not be making any special exceptions in this case.”

Deputy Villella’s alleged boyfriend, Angel Joel Carrion on Feb. 18 filed a petition for a domestic-violence injunction for protection. But Kest instead granted a less restrictive “no-hostile contact injunction,” which means Villella can contact Carrion and show up at his house or place of business, but not act in a hostile way.

Carol Wick, chief executive officer of Harbor House, Orange County’s only shelter for victims of domestic abuse, said the order is limited and doesn’t offer the same protections as a order for protection against domestic violence.

“Domestic violence isn’t about hostility. It’s about power, control and fear,” Wick said. “However, I have a good deal of faith in the Sheriff’s Office. I know Sheriff Jerry Demings will not tolerate anything happening.”

Carrion in 2009 had complained to Sheriff’s Office investigators that Villella repeatedly beat him during their four-year relationship.  The Sheriff’s Office launched an investigation into Villella after Carrion accused the deputy of making him clean up his own blood after one incident, court documents show. The investigation is pending.  Villella, a 25-year veteran of the Sheriff’s Office whose current yearly salary is $56,908, has faced previous allegations of domestic violence.

The first allegation of domestic abuse came to light in 2001. His ex-wife, Helen Mackenzie, served him with a temporary domestic-violence injunction, alleging physical abuse during their five-year marriage.  Sheriff’s Office investigators could not confirm her accusations, but said “it is clear Villella and Ms. Mackenzie have a history of domestic disturbances.”

Villella’s most recent discipline came in October when Sheriff’s officials docked 150 hours from Villella’s pay and placed him on one year of disciplinary probation for having sex with a male guest in a Royal Plaza Resort conference room while working off-duty security during Gay Days.