Blog Posts in 2011
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Posted on Dec 31, 2011 By Eric Matheny
The statistics are in. 2011 will go down as one of the safest years in memory on Florida’s roads — continuing a six-year trend of declining traffic fatalities in the state. According to ...
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Posted on Dec 30, 2011 By Eric Matheny
In Royal Palm Beach, authorities have announced that they will not be arresting a man who shot at a group of three as they attempted to steal his motorcycle. The man killed one of the three thieves. ...
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Posted on Dec 29, 2011 By Eric Matheny
A Hollywood woman was given a $3,000 bond after Hallandale Beach police say she dipped her hand in pink paint and left a palm print on the front seat of her ex-boyfriend's car. The 25-year old ...
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Posted on Dec 28, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Police are searching for the driver of a car that struck and killed a man early Saturday in Hollywood. Hollywood police said that the alleged victim, a 46-year old Hollywood man, was crossing North ...
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Posted on Dec 27, 2011 By Eric Matheny
The Florida Highway Patrol is targeting impaired drivers through January 2. Increased patrols have been spotted on Interstate-95 over the weekend. The agency is participating in a federal Drive Sober ...
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Posted on Dec 26, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Last week, former Miramar Police Officer Jean Paul Jacobi was found guilty of official misconduct, guilty of criminal mischief, and guilty of falsifying records. Jacobi's December 19 conviction,on ...
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Posted on Dec 25, 2011 By Eric Matheny
The Florida Criminal Punishment Code prescribes guidelines for each felony offense in the State of Florida. In turn, the legislature created scoresheets which are used to calculate the bottom of an ...
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Posted on Dec 24, 2011 By Eric Matheny
According to reports, suspected burglars allegedly broke into a home along Northeast Third Street and 12th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale. Police reports indicate that among valuable items taken from the ...
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Posted on Dec 23, 2011 By Eric Matheny
The Miami-Dade Police Department arrested 112 people this week in a sting known as “Operation Santa’s Helper.” This is an annual project aimed at relieving crime areas that ...
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Posted on Dec 22, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Miami Police have arrested a man in an alleged sledgehammer attack on a Miami store clerk that left him in critical condition. The 50-year old accused man was booked into a Miami-Dade jail just before ...
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Posted on Dec 21, 2011 By Eric Matheny
DNA and fingerprints left inside a taxicab helped police identify a man accused of shooting a cab driver last month. The Broward man was arrested in connection with the shooting after detectives found ...
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Posted on Dec 20, 2011 By Eric Matheny
When I was a young prosecutor, somebody once told me that a cop's most dangerous weapon was his pen. You know who told me that? A cop. That's because police officers are specially trained in ...
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Posted on Dec 19, 2011 By Eric Matheny
A former teacher accused of having sex with a 14-year-old student for nearly a year accepted a plea deal and was sentenced Monday. The accused, a 27-year old woman, was charged with two counts of ...
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Posted on Dec 18, 2011 By Eric Matheny
A Davie man was hospitalized on Sunday for a gunshot wound after his girlfriend allegedly fired the weapon by accident while cleaning it. The 40-year old accused woman told police that at 4 a.m. ...
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Posted on Dec 17, 2011 By Eric Matheny
A suspect who was wounded during a school burglary has been captured by police. The capture came as a result of tips. On Friday, police located the 21-year-old suspect, who is accused of breaking into ...
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Posted on Dec 16, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Monroe Sheriff's Office detectives posed as cab drivers in a four-month investigation that ended with the arrests of five alleged drug dealers, authorities said. The investigation, dubbed ...
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Posted on Dec 15, 2011 By Eric Matheny
After being stopped for speeding, a 15-year old, who allegedly did not have a driver's license, was tapped on the shoulder by a Miami Springs police officer and asked to step out of his car. ...
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Posted on Dec 14, 2011 By Eric Matheny
One man is dead and another in critical condition following an early morning shooting in a parking area near a nightclub. On Wednesday afternoon, many questions remained unanswered as police searched ...
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Posted on Dec 13, 2011 By Eric Matheny
A Broward County man has successfully used the state's Stand Your Ground law to block his prosecution on a first-degree murder charge and has been acquitted. A 54-year old Plantation man was ...
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Posted on Dec 12, 2011 By Eric Matheny
A Pompano Beach man was arrested he allegedly ran over the feet of two Broward Sheriff’s deputies. The 26-year old suspect was reportedly pulled over by BSO deputies in the parking lot of a ...
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Posted on Dec 11, 2011 By Eric Matheny
When you are charged with a crime, it feels as if the world is against you. Crimes are prosecuted by assistant state attorneys; lawyers who work for the government with all the resources of the ...
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Posted on Dec 10, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Last night, the South Miami Police Department’s Multiagency DUI Checkpoint targeted impaired drivers, defective equipment violations, drivers with suspended licenses and seat belt violations. In ...
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Posted on Dec 9, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Florida is one of the tougher jurisdictions when it comes to sealing or expunging your criminal record. Aside from the numerous requirements, you cannot have a prior sealing or expungement in any ...
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Posted on Dec 8, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Marijuana cannot be possessed in the State of Florida. To simply possess 20 grams or less is a misdemeanor of the first-degree, punishable by a maximum of 1 year in jail and a 2-year driver's ...
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Posted on Dec 7, 2011 By Eric Matheny
By the time you read this, the jury may have a verdict. But as of now, the case against the former Hollywood police officer accused of falsifying reports and official misconduct will go to the jury. A ...
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