Jun 04, 2013
Two former county employees were arrested on
fraud related charges. Police say the allegations stem from an over-billing scheme that has cost the tax payers of Miami-Dade County millions of dolla...
May 29, 2013
As is the case every year, thousands of vacationers and party goers attend Urban Beach Week. Of the thousands that attend, several hundred will spend one or two days of their vacation behind bars i...
May 15, 2013
Federal authorities arrested nearly 100 individuals across the country for their involvement in Medicare fraud. Twenty-five arrests were made in South Florida alone. Miami-Dade County is often cons...
May 06, 2013
A Palm Beach County Circuit Court judge overturned a DUI manslaughter conviction as a result of juror misconduct. In 2012, Jon Goodman, a well-known multi-millionaire, was convicted after a jury tr...
Apr 23, 2013
Despite the recent ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States denying the retro-activity in Padilla type cases, the high court ruled in favor of immigrants with minor marijuana offenses on th...
Apr 09, 2013
Last Friday, in a federal courtroom packed with spectators and family members, a federal judge handed down lengthy prison sentences to three family members who were previously found guilty for thei...
Apr 02, 2013
The Supreme Court of the United States finally handed down an anxiously awaited opinion regarding canine searches and the 4th Amendment. Most
criminal defense attorneys in Miami, Florida and acro...
Mar 25, 2013
As federal budget cuts occur across the nation, the criminal justice system will not be able to avoid the same fate as other areas of government. Federal public defenders' offices all over the coun...
Mar 19, 2013
Every year, the Ultra Music Festival comes to town. The festival has become so popular that it now extends over two weekends. Tourists and locals alike flock to the festival. Despite the festivitie...
Mar 11, 2013
Federal agents arrested two local police officers for identity theft and tax refund fraud. Both officers are accused of using the State of Florida driver's license data base to obtain names and per...
Mar 04, 2013
Defendants who were previously convicted of sexual motivated criminal offenses are subject to incarceration even after completing their sentences. Civil commitment pursuant to the 1998 Jimmy Ryce A...
Feb 26, 2013
The United States Supreme Court has dashed the hopes of many illegal immigrants who are awaiting deportation or trying to obtain their residency. Miami criminal lawyers who represent clients in pos...
Feb 19, 2013
The stakes went up in the case involving the South Beach bartender who allegedly killed a chef on his way to work. Karlie Tomica was originally arrested for leaving the scene of an accident resulti...
Feb 08, 2013
It is once again tax season, and in an effort to head off the continuing problem of tax fraud, federal authorities have taken legal action against 389 people suspected to some degree of being invol...
