Captain’s License – Court Convictions – When applying for a deck license you will be required to answer a series of questions on various forms. The topics will include issues that relate to your use of any dangerous drugs or convictions by any court for offenses other than minor traffic violations. Many first time offenders have their records expunged after a court set period of good behavior. Having a past conviction on your record may not be reason for a license not being issued. The Coast Guard is very specific with its definition of a conviction: Conviction means the applicant for a merchant mariner’s document has been found guilty by judgment or plea by a court of record of the United States, the District of Columbia, any State, territory, or possession of the United States, a foreign country, or any military court, of a criminal felony or misdemeanor or of an offense described in section 205 of the National Driver Register Act of 1982, as amended (49 USC 30304). If an applicant pleads guilty or no contest, is granted deferred adjudication, or is required by the court to attend classes, make contributions of time or money, receive treatment, submit to any manner of probation or supervision, or forgo appeal of a trial court’s conviction, then the Coast Guard will consider the applicant to have received a conviction. A later expungement of the conviction will not negate a conviction unless the Coast Guard is satisfied that the expungement is based upon a showing that the court’s earlier conviction was in …

Torture an animal, lose your property

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Commissioners voted Wednesday to make Hillsborough the first county in the state of Florida to go after felony convicted animal abusers under an existing contraband and forfeiture statute that would allow law enforcement to seize their assets. It's a …
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Law officers tell Congressman mental health issues more important than gun ban

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It's kind of hard for us to know if somebody moves in here from the state of Florida if they've been under a doctor's care for mental issues in the past, and that's a huge concern of mine,” Davis says. Ottumwa Chief of Police Jim Clark … If we could …
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Fugitive, second suspect arrested after chase

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WALKER — Police arrested two felons following a 12-mile high-speed chase Wednesday, one a fugitive from Alabama and Mississippi, the Walker Police Department reported Friday. … After a report that two men in a blue Ford F-150 pickup truck were …
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