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24, May 2012 - Miami-dade, FL North Miami Mayor's Nephew Arrested Again - msnbc.com
Ricardo Brutus, 32, turned himself in to Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents Monday at the Miami-Dade County jail after a warrant was issued for his arrest, FDLE spokeswoman Gretl Plessinger said. Brutus faces two counts of unlicensed ...
24, May 2012 - Monroe, FL Prosecutor: Plea deals set in Fla. A&M hazing case - 13 WHAM
(AP) — A prosecutor says two defendants accused of hazing a Florida A&M University band member are expected to plead guilty to lesser charges. Assistant State Attorney Stefanie Walters says they'll be appearing in court Thursday with a third defendant ...
24, May 2012 - O Brien, FL Details of abuse emerge in disabled woman case - Pensacola News Journal
“Please don’t wait,” O’Brien said. “Ask for help.” • Call United Way 211 of Northwest Florida. By calling 211 ... when rescued by deputies three weeks ago goes to court today. During an arraignment hearing in Escambia Circuit ...
24, May 2012 - Key West, FL NJ 'fat defense' appeal impacts wiretapping rules - KNOE TV8
tells the newspaper he plans to appeal Thursday's ruling to the state Supreme Court. Ates was convicted in 2009 of fatally shooting his former son-in-law. An investigation by Bergen County prosecutors included wiretapping calls Ates made from Florida to ...
24, May 2012 - West Palm Beach, FL John Goodman released from jail - msnbc.com
Polo mogul John Goodman left the Palm Beach County Jail and returned home Friday for the first time since being convicted of DUI manslaughter ... Arrested In South Florida? Since his conviction two months ago, Goodman's attorneys worked several ...
24, May 2012 - Polk, FL Former fugitive sentenced in 2000 sex crime
WINCHESTER -- A Florida man accused of fleeing the country to avoid trial on a sex crime more than 10 years ago then found while starring in a reality TV show in 2010 pleaded guilty Friday to a lesser crime.
24, May 2012 - Vero Beach police union blasts proposed cuts, forgery suggestions - Jupiter Courier
VERO BEACH — The city police union Tuesday rallied against a proposal ... "Forgery is a legal term. It connotes criminal behavior," Pam Stern, attorney for the Coastal Florida Police Benevolent Association, told the council.
24, May 2012 - Logan Law Firm - Hernando Today
And the building's front identifies its next legacy, in big bold letters, as the Lowman Law Firm. Joe and Stephanie Lowman, two practicing Hernando County attorneys ... on cases throughout the State of Florida, not just in Hernando County.
24, May 2012 - Brooksville woman charged with DUI manslaughter - Hernando Today
He was working at a construction site near the corner of Spring Park Way when he was struck by a pickup driven by Karen Macchione, according to the Florida ... with DUI manslaughter. Her bond was set at $50,000. The state attorney's office ...
24, May 2012 - Lake Worth, FL SEC charges 2 Fort Lauderdale business partners with civil fraud linked to Rothstein’s investment
Rothstein’s investment scam, which he ran out of his law firm on Las Olas Boulevard, was among the largest in Florida ... attorneys, William Richey and Robert Josefsberg, issued a joint statement Tuesday, saying they were “disappointed” in the SEC ...
24, May 2012 - Hillsborough, FL For Pam Bondi and Mark Ober, one case never ends
By Steve Bousquet, Times Columnist Tuesday, May 8, 2012 Pam Bondi left the Hillsborough County prosecutor's office to become attorney general, but she and her former boss have some unfinished business that both say is a matter of life and death — for them. Bondi and Hillsborough State Attorney Mark Ober are lobbying against the release of a Florida inmate that Ober helped lock away more than ...
24, May 2012 - Terror Suspect Has Previous Run-Ins With Law - msnbc.com
One of the men brought up on terrorism charges Saturday was arrested last year and charged with vandalism in Florida ... in Miami-Dade County, Fla., but the case has been dismissed, according to online court records. The National Lawyers ...
24, May 2012 - Recent Case Victories for Tampa Criminal Lawyers
On Monday, the distinguished firm of Thomas & Paulk, P.A. secured favorable verdicts on the behalf of two clients who had been charged with an underage DUI and a second DUI in Tampa, Florida.Tampa, FL (PRWEB) May 08, 2012 Per Attorney Jeff Council Paulk of Thomas & Paulk, a Tampa man was recently charged with a second DUI and with leaving the scene of the accident after he crashed his car and ...
24, May 2012 - Bartow, FL Florida Supreme Court OKs State Senate Map
The Florida Supreme Court ruled Friday that the new version of state Senate districts are constitutional, setting the final stage for the 2012 elections and a lot of work by the 67 Supervisors of Elections offices.
24, May 2012 - Monroe, FL Police dogs from around the nation compete in Fla. - News-Democrat
For three days, the United States Police Canine Association is meeting at Florida Southern University and holding ... when the team's evidence is presented during a criminal court case. "You've got to have training records, you've got to prove ...
24, May 2012 - AP-FL--Preview,Advisory, - WJTV.com
But no one not pundits, attorneys or the public is saying we're ... be able to participate in a domestic partnership registry in Volusia County. HAZING DEATH The president of Florida A&M is speaking to an alumni group in Charlotte just days ...
24, May 2012 - Florida's stand-your-ground law put to test in Marissa Alexander conviction - The Guardian
It took 45 days for police to arrest George Zimmerman, who invoked Florida's controversial stand-your-ground law when he shot an unarmed teenager, Trayvon Martin ... the guiding hand of state attorney Angela Corey. Corey was brought in to ...
24, May 2012 - Bartow, FL Florida high court: Counties may set term limits for constitutional officers - Daytona Beach News-J
The Florida ... state Senate, while Persis is running to replace him as chair.) Stetson University political science professor T. Wayne Bailey, part of the group that drafted Volusia's charter, said he was "not surprised, but pleased" with the ...
24, May 2012 - Sarasota, FL Felons still on Florida voter rolls
Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain was found guilty of four criminal charges in Decatur Municipal Court on Thursday and sentenced to 180 days in jail. However, McClain's lawyer filed an appeal that said the verdict was "meaningless," according to ...
24, May 2012 - Orange, FL Sheriff: Gang started prison riot in Mississippi - Florida Today
died Sunday of blunt force trauma to the head, Adams County Coroner James Lee said. He was on the roof of one of buildings of the 2,567-bed private prison, owned and operated by Nashville, Tenn.-based Corrections Corporation of America, when the assault occurred.
24, May 2012 - Palatka, FL 1 of 3 siblings gets 32 years for Colo. shootout
One of three Florida siblings wanted in a multistate crime spree was sentenced Monday to 32 years in prison for a shootout in Colorado.
24, May 2012 - Judge orders two Holiday Inn hotels to pay $27,500 to Smith Advertising - Fayetteville Observer
A lawyer for the hotels argued last week in ... Todd - are the subject of a criminal investigation as well as multiple lawsuits in North Carolina and Florida that claim investors were scammed out of millions of dollars. Investors loaned Smith ...
24, May 2012 - Jacksonville, FL City general counsel: Duval court clerk can't run again because of court decision - Florida Ti
Duval County's longtime clerk of court, Jim Fuller, can't run for re-election this year because of a recent Florida Supreme Court ruling, Jacksonville's head lawyer said Monday. "It is my advice ... he does not qualify, and therefore cannot be ...
24, May 2012 - Inside Leonard Sossamon - Hernando Today
Leonard Sossamon spent the past week moving from North Carolina to his new home in Hernando ... Florida and North Carolina. The Florida (Government-in-the-Sunshine Law) is probably more rigid, more strict, and I'm sure the county attorney ...
24, May 2012 - Immigrants want Fla. justices to toss guilty pleas because lawyers didn't warn of deportation
Attorneys for three immigrants urged the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday to throw out their guilty pleas to felony charges because defense lawyers failed to warn them the result would be almost certain deportation.
24, May 2012 - Palatka, FL Law & Disorder: 1-year-old boy dies in care of teenager; suffocation possible - Florida Times-U
Stills has a lengthy criminal record. The State Attorney's Office dropped a sexual ... A 40-year-old East Palatka man was arrested early Sunday after Putnam County deputies responding to gunshots at a home on West Louis Broer Road found a ...
24, May 2012 - Two men charged with brutal killing of Florida teenagers whose bodies were 'burned beyond all
Davis, who has a speckled history with the law, was arrested last month on unrelated charges. Rodriguez was arrested on Friday. The latter has been convicted with felony theft, as well as misdemeanour theft and drug ... the Orange-Osceola State Attorney's ...
24, May 2012 - Merritt Island, FL Recent cases bring Stand Your Ground into focus - Florida Today
Professor Bob Dekle of the University of Florida College of Law, who has 30 years experience as a prosecutor, and Chuck Hobbs, a criminal defense attorney and former legal advisor to the Florida NAACP.
24, May 2012 - Winter Park, FL A month after gruesome deaths, suspects in Cady Way slayings behind bars - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sent
A felon, Florida Department of Law Enforcement records link him to numerous ... Nick's father, Bernie Presha, is a retired sheriff's captain who now works at the Orange-Osceola State Attorney's Office. Demings, at the press conference Friday ...
24, May 2012 - 2 plead no contest in Florida A&M hazing case - Consumer Electronics Net
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) ' Two defendants have pleaded no contest to lesser charges of misdemeanor hazing in the beating of a fellow Florida A&M University band member. Aaron Golson and Sean Hobson then were sentenced Thursday in Tallahassee to 30 days in ...
24, May 2012 - Longwood, FL Judge accepts Zimmerman's not guilty plea, sets August court date - myfoxny.com
Zimmerman, his attorney ... Florida. Also Tuesday, court officials unsealed documents revealing Zimmerman has waived his right to a speedy trial. Zimmerman's attorney, Mark O'Mara, filed the waiver Monday while also submitting a second motion asking ...
24, May 2012 - Appeals court upholds key voting rights provision - myrtlebeachonline.com
WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Voting ... Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. It also covers certain counties in California, Florida, New York, North Carolina and South ...
24, May 2012 - Merritt Island, FL Detained NATO protesters accused of Chicago terror plot - Florida Today
Defense attorneys alleged that the arrests were an effort to scare ... Police identified the suspects as Brian Church, 20, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Jared Chase, 24, of Keene, New Hampshire; and Brent Vincent Betterly, 24. A police spokesman gave ...
24, May 2012 - Clay, FL Law & Disorder: Pedestrian hit by car, taken to hospital - Florida Times-Union
Hager is being held in the Clay County jail Tuesday in lieu of $50,000 bail. Authorities said Hagar has past arrests on similar charges. They ask that any potential victims call the Sheriff's Office at (904) 264-6512.
24, May 2012 - Deland, FL Volusia schools cutting college-prep program - Daytona Beach News-Journal
DELAND -- Graduating Taylor Middle-High School senior Janet Lopez says she doesn't know where she would be headed without the AVID program. Where she is headed: The University of Florida ... with the Volusia district. Board attorney Ted Doran ...
24, May 2012 - Labelle, FL New report: Racial inequity, other flaws contribute to Michigan's many juveniles lifers - MLiv
A new report released today claims Michigan’s justice system is riddled with disparities in the way it treats teen offenders facing the state ... and Florida is third at 355, the report says. The study comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is ...
24, May 2012 - Marion, FL Man wanted for murder, girlfriend found dead after Gibsonton standoff - St. Petersburg Times
Nemoto also had a criminal history, Florida Department of Law Enforcement records show. She served three months in the Marion County Jail after pleading guilty to a 2009 strong-arm robbery. Thursday's standoff began at noon when deputies ...
24, May 2012 - Orlando, FL Fla. appellate court nixes post-injury insurance - Myfoxorl and O
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida appellate court has reversed a $6.25 million judgment against an insurance company because it was for an injury that occurred four days before coverage was obtained. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal ...
24, May 2012 - State Supreme Court hears 3 immigration cases - St. Augustine Record
TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Attorneys for three immigrants urged the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday to throw ... who pleaded guilty to a 2001 drug charge in exchange for probation in Miami-Dade County when he was 19 years old. He has since earned ...
24, May 2012 - Florida, FL Wrestling star John Cena files for divorce in Florida - Transworld News
Wrestling star John Cena filed for divorce from his wife of three years today in a Florida court, according to celebrity ... Liz has hired a high-power Miami divorce attorney, Raymond Rafool, who represented Linda Hogan. Rafool was able to get a divorce ...
24, May 2012 - Polk, FL NCAA Tennis: Florida Takes 2nd In a Row - The Ledger
Embree and Alex Cercone had little trouble winning their singles matches on Tuesday, helping Florida earn its second straight ... Our team is supporting each other on each court. It's difficult not to play well here." Cercone knocked off ...
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