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
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Four-day crackdown targeted prostitution and human trafficking
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...
New arrest,Cuban Medicare money laundering
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...
Boynton cops Abuse Handcuffed Child
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...
High-tech thieves siphoning diesel fuel from South Florida gas stations
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
Prosecutor Seeks 30-Day Psychiatric Evaluation for Pistorius
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...
Google Must Honor Requests , E.U. Court Says
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...
Miami Police Officer Shoots Himself During a Stuggle
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...
Miami Inmate gets a Bizarre Tattoo
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 :...
Banks cleared to accept marijuana business
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...