by Law Offices of Paul D. Petruzzi PA | Oct 9, 2014 | Crack Cocaine law, Criminal Defense, Drug Offenses, Drug trafficking, Gun control, Local News
Members alleged to be part of the “Big Money Team,” a Miami street gang, were federally indicted on Wednesday. The federal indictment charges the alleged “BMT” members with robbery, assault, carjacking, extortion, drug possession, drug...
by Paul Petruzzi | Feb 20, 2014 | Gun control, Stand your ground Law
BY DEREK KINNER ASSOCIATED PRESS JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Prosecutors say they may retry a Florida man on first-degree murder charges in the fatal shooting of a teenager after an argument over loud music. A jury convicted Michael Dunn, a 47-year-old software...
by Paul Petruzzi | Jan 22, 2014 | Gun control
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff says a retired Tampa police officer’s praiseworthy career doesn’t offset the severity of the charge that he shot and killed another man after an argument at a movie theater over texting. Curtis Reeves, 71, is...
by Paul Petruzzi | Sep 26, 2013 | Gun control
Marissa Alexander, the African-American woman who was sentenced to 20 years for discharging a firearm in Florida despite pleading Stand Your Ground against her husband, will get a new trial. Alexander, 32, said she fired a bullet at the ceiling because she was afraid...
by Paul Petruzzi | Jul 13, 2013 | Criminal Defense, Gun control
The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also known as ATF, the agency in charge of enforcing the nation’s gun laws, has imprisoned more than 1,000 people by enticing them to rob drug stash houses that do not exist, according to an article titled...
by Paul Petruzzi | Feb 2, 2013 | Gun control
BY SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press NEWTOWN, CONN. — One after another, Newtown residents stepped to the microphone and urged Connecticut lawmakers to stop another tragedy like the deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School and take action, such as banning...
