Mar 16, 2011
Court officials and judges alike are concerned about the budget proposals that will be discussed when the legislation meets this month. The reduced funding and budget cuts have already severely aff...
Mar 08, 2011
The Florida legislature will consider two bills aimed at eliminating minimum mandatory sentences on drug trafficking cases. For years, defendants charged with drug trafficking offenses, such as mar...
Mar 01, 2011
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 19 people who are now sitting in federal custody. The sweep targeted illegal immigrants with criminal convictions for drug trafficking, sex crimes...
Feb 24, 2011
Federal agents arrested several doctors from multiple clinics in South Florida. Doctors working out of such counties as Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade County were arrested for
oxycodone traff...
Feb 21, 2011
A local man entered a guilty plea in circuit court to three counts of DUI manslaughter.
DUI manslaughter is a second degree felony punishable up to fifteen years in prison. He was also arrested a...
Feb 10, 2011
The police claim that they have solved a murder and
sexual battery case that was committed in 2000. The cold case was solved through the use of DNA evidence. The defendant, a former Miami-Dade tr...
Feb 09, 2011
The governor of the State of Florida, Rick Scott, made public his desire to repeal the state law that was promulgated in an attempt to reduce the prescription drug trafficking problem facing the st...
Feb 04, 2011
After lengthy deliberation, 8 out of 10 jurors recommended that local man convicted of first degree murder and armed robbery receive the death penalty. Brandon Rolle and his
Miami criminal attorn...
Jan 31, 2011
Thousands of arrest warrants are open and pending and law enforcement does not even have close to the resources necessary to effectuate the arrests. Arrest warrants generally come in two forms. The...
Jan 24, 2011
The recent death of two local police officers has everyone up in arms regarding the individual that shot them while they were attempting to execute an arrest warrant. The criminal justice system's ...
Jan 20, 2011
A local man was arrested and charged with dozens of counts of
credit card fraud and identity theft. He is being accused of being involved with a ring that engages in credit card theft throughout ...
Jan 17, 2011
The Chief Financial Officer for the State of Florida announced six recent arrests involving staged accidents and insurance fraud. Other than
mortgage fraud and Medicare fraud, staged accident ins...
Jan 10, 2011
According to a recent report, the city saw a decrease in crime last year. According to FBI statistics, the number of robbery, burglary,
sexual battery and auto theft cases are on the decline. The...
Jan 05, 2011
A local women entered a guilty plea in criminal court to one count of aggravated
manslaughter. In exchange for her guilty plea, the state offered a five-year probationary plea. The
Miami crimin...
