Aug 31, 2011
Federal authorities arrested 13 doctors that were involved in the operation of illegal pill mills. After completing a three year investigation dubbed "Operation Oxy Alley", 32 people have been indi...
Aug 22, 2011
A long road lies ahead for defendants charged with drug crimes, as well as, for prosecutors who are trying to keep their cases from unraveling. Recent decisions from the federal and state benches h...
Aug 16, 2011
The South Florida criminal justice system is replete with defendants charged with narcotics crimes from simple drug possession to drug trafficking. Criminal attorneys across the state including Mia...
Aug 11, 2011
Local police officials have announced that they apprehended one of the individuals involved in a carjacking that resulted in the death of a young couple. The double murder occurred in Miami Gardens...
Aug 06, 2011
A former local elementary school teacher is currently facing child pornography charges in circuit court. Possession of child pornography is normally a third degree felony punishable up to five year...
Jul 27, 2011
A South Florida man previously convicted of cocaine trafficking and money laundering has been charged with committing Medicare fraud. The indictment alleges that Luis Alejandro Sanz, who had previo...
Jul 22, 2011
A former Coral Gables student is standing trial for his alleged role in the stabbing death of a fellow student. The murder trial stems from an incident that occurred at Coral Gables High School. In...
Jul 14, 2011
Not yet, but advocates are pushing to decriminalize marijuana possession on the beach. More than a dozen people pushing for the new law arrived at city hall on Miami Beach with a petition that cont...
Jul 11, 2011
Federal officials finally launched the long awaited computer system to combat Medicare fraud. South Florida has been declared "ground zero" for Medicare fraud. A federal task force operating out of...
Jul 06, 2011
The majority of defendants arrested are entitled to post a bond to secure their release from custody. The procedure for posting bonds in the state court system can be accomplished in two ways. Firs...
Jun 28, 2011
A federal judge sentenced a doctor to 20 years in prison for his involvement in a Medicare fraud scheme that cost the federal healthcare system millions of dollars. The defendant appeared with his ...
Jun 23, 2011
In 2005, the United States Congress passed a new law which forbids federal immigration authorities for indefinitely detaining illegal immigrants with prior criminal histories. Our community has alw...
Jun 22, 2011
On September 30, 2010, a jury returned a guilty verdict in the trial of Coconut Grove resident Brandon Antron Rolle for the July 2006 first degree murder and robbery with a firearm of a lost Illino...
Jun 15, 2011
Memorial Day weekend on the beach again resulted in violence and arrests. With the evolution of cell phones has come the ability of civilians to video police actions. Several incidents of police of...
