by Paul Petruzzi | May 29, 2014 | Local News
The Broward County Criminal court is a “buzz” with talk of the arrest of a third criminal division judge for suspected DUI. read more here : http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fl-judge-rosenthal-arrest-20140527,0,6720466.story
by Paul Petruzzi | May 29, 2014 | Criminal Defense
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd is doing his best to become the Nation’s biggest self-promoter in the law enforcement. With his latest waste of taxpayer dollars, he’s decided to charge 97 people arrested in a series of “undercover” (pun-intended), sex transactions...
by Paul Petruzzi | May 15, 2014 | Medicare fraud
Any federal criminal lawyer in Miami can tell you that millions of dollars derived from illegal Medicare fraud winds up in Cuba. Given the sheer volume of ex-patriot Cubans living in South Florida that become involved in Medicare fraud, it just seems inevitable that...
by Paul Petruzzi | May 15, 2014 | Local News
Once again, South Florida police officers were caught on video physically abusing hand-cuffed “suspects”. This time, though, the “suspects” were two children who had been thrown off their school bus for not listening to their bus driver. Their absolutely pathetic...
by Paul Petruzzi | May 14, 2014 | Local News
It’s the criminal ingenuity of our locals that makes Miami such a great place to be a criminal defense lawyer. read more here: http://m.miamiherald.com/?cu=spreed%3A%2F16910329%2F34447632
by Paul Petruzzi | May 14, 2014 | Criminal Defense
Oscar Pistorius, who remains in his never-ending trial accused of murdering his girlfriend, must now undergo a 30-day psychiatric evaluation as a result of a “general anxiety disorder.” A forensic psychiatrist testifying for the defense said that Mr. Pistorius...
by Paul Petruzzi | May 14, 2014 | Local News
The highest court in the European Union (European Court of Justice in Luxembourg) ruled this week that Google must let users of its search engine have the right to delete links about themselves in cases where their reputation could be damaged, including links to legal...
by Paul Petruzzi | May 13, 2014 | Local News
Pembroke Pines Police are investigating the shooting death of Miami Police Officer Carl Ronald Patrick, a 25-year Miami police veteran who was found dead in his home, two days after he was shot during a struggle with his girlfriend. The case is being investigated as a...
by Paul Petruzzi | May 13, 2014 | Local News
After being convicted of a large scale marijuana conspiracy, Gilberto Santiesteban Jr. got an unusual prison tattoo. Santiesteban tattooed his sentencing order— naming his judge, attorney, prosecutors and investigators on his back. Read More here :...
by Paul Petruzzi | May 5, 2014 | Marijuana law
The U.S. government has now issued regulations allowing banks to legally provide financial services to state-licensed marijuana businesses. Because marijuana remains illegal under federal law as a schedule controlled substance, officials say this is as far as the...