Jul 29, 2013
The conditions in some of the local jails have been called deplorable. The federal government has been monitoring the situation at the jails because of the sub-standard living conditions, and in pa...
Jul 17, 2013
Two hotel employees who happen to be husband and wife were arrested for stealing from a local hotel. The wife, Ivy Evans-Maquilon, was employed by the Miami International Airport Hotel and worked a...
Jul 05, 2013
Budget cuts across the State of Florida have limited local police department's ability to properly train its officers. Money for training partially comes from a law enforcement training trust fund....
Jun 28, 2013
Two South Florida women were arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) at the same time and for driving the same car. As a Monroe County police officer was attempting to stop a vehicle for a t...
Jun 17, 2013
After three days of jury selection, 29 potential jurors were ordered by the judge to return to court this week. After prosecutors and
criminal defense lawyers questioned dozens of potential candi...
Jun 10, 2013
The laws regarding the reporting of crimes in large part do not apply to cruise lines. The delayed reporting of crimes by the cruise industry has come under scrutiny by lawmakers and watchdogs alik...
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...
