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VARGAS v. STATE

No. 2D00-1799.

787 So.2d 93 (2001)

Javier VARGAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

March 23, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Clark E. Green, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ronald Napolitano, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

ALTENBERND, Judge.

Javier Vargas appeals an order awarding $49.58 as investigative costs to the Arcadia Police Department following the resolution of his criminal case. We affirm, but write to highlight the fact that such orders frequently cost taxpayers more money than they recoup.

On December 1, 1999, an Arcadia police officer arrested Mr. Vargas for the third-degree felony of carrying a concealed firearm. On that day, the police department received a report...

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