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Ask Doug: Exemptions for sex offenders

Florida law is designed to keep sex offenders away from kids.  But there are exemptions.

Doc heads to NY after FL license revoked

How well do you know your doctor? This story might make you wonder. FOX 13 investigative reporter Doug Smith found out that even if a doctor loses his license

Ask Doug: bus stops & sex offender laws

A sex offender can live at the very house the bus picks up or drops off your child.

Ask Doug: Dram laws

Should a bar or restaurant be responsible for serving alcohol to a drunk driver?

Is your cell phone spying on you?

There's a sneaky way somebody can listen to your cell phone conversations even if you keep your phone pressed to your ear and whisper.

Ask Doug: Ponzi schemes

Bernie Madoff didn't use any new tricks to steal money. In fact, he used a very old con game called a Ponzi scheme, named after Charles Ponzi -- a Boston

Ask Doug: Check out a charity

Our investigative team often gets calls from viewers who are concerned about the way non-profits and charities spend donations. The best way to find this

Avoid drunk drivers

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office keeps close track of the numbers of drunk driving crashes, arrests and their locations. We took a look at when and

Ask Doug: Withholding adjudication

Most people assume when a person goes to court, the judge either finds them guilty or not guilty, but in Florida, there's another option.

Ask Doug: Judges’ vacation

Most people are lucky if they get two or three weeks of paid vacation a year, but if you sit the bench, you could spend a lot of time at the beach.

New tools help name the dead

For years now, DNA evidence has provided the missing puzzle pieces to help solve crimes. But not everyone is taking advantage of this technology.

Ask Doug: Crime statistics

Our country first started tracking and collecting crime statistics back in the '30s. The system is called the uniform crime reporting.

Ask Doug: Who's in prison

When it comes to finding someone in a Florida prison or out on probation for a state crime, Florida’s Department of Corrections makes it pretty easy.

States wonder: Help, or just hope?

Across the country, troubled homeowners are searching for help, desperate to avoid foreclosure. But now investigators in several states are talking a closer

Ask Doug: Freedom of Information Act

The Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, was passed by Congress in 1966 and signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. It was designed to give citizens

Closing time for Bradenton bar?

Police say Club RJ's was a place where people bought drugs, criminals hung out, and violence spilled into the parking lot.  But today, Bradenton police and

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