Blog Posts in November, 2011
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Posted on Nov 30, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Police are searching for a man who allegedly smashed the window of a county bus earlier this month in Lauderdale Lakes. The Broward Sheriff’s Office said a bus picked up a man wearing a Santa ...
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Posted on Nov 29, 2011 By Eric Matheny
A Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge sentenced a young man accused of stabbing a classmate to death at Coral Gables High School during a fight. This tragic story began making headlines back in 2009 when ...
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Posted on Nov 28, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Did you know that you may still be eligible to seal or expunge one of your arrest records, even if you have been arrested more than once? In order to expunge your record, the case must have been ...
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Posted on Nov 27, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Drug trafficking is one of the most misunderstood crimes in the State of Florida. It is also one of the most serious. People assume that if they are not selling, intending to sell, or transporting ...
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Posted on Nov 26, 2011 By Eric Matheny
The Palmetto Expresway, State Road 826, was closed for hours late Friday night in Medley after police say an enraged driver pulled a gun on one driver and crashed into two cars. The incident began in ...
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Posted on Nov 25, 2011 By Eric Matheny
South Florida police will be out in full force during Thanksgiving weekend. Miami-Dade Police are calling themselves the "Grinch Busters" for the next several weeks. Police said they are ...
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Posted on Nov 24, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Florida Statute Section 775.087 provides for reclassifcation, or enhancement, of offenses involving the use of possession of a firearm. In other words, possession or use of a gun, under Florida law, ...
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Posted on Nov 23, 2011 By Eric Matheny
The Florida Highway Patrol said Tuesday it will heightened its presence starting Wednesday and extending through Sunday. All state troopers will patrol the state’s high-volume roadways during ...
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Posted on Nov 22, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Police in Miami-Dade County are warning of thieves who distract elderly residents and then steal pricey jewelry from their homes. During the crimes, a person posing as a utility worker, an ...
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Posted on Nov 21, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Charges against hundreds, if not thousands of drug offenders may be dropped thanks to a possible decision by the Florida Supreme Court. The state’s appeal of a Manatee County judge’s ...
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Posted on Nov 20, 2011 By Eric Matheny
An illegal slaughterhouse in Hialeah has been raided, according to NBC Miami. The Hialeah Police Department arrested the suspected operator of the slaughterhouse. He is charged with three counts of ...
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Posted on Nov 19, 2011 By Eric Matheny
A recent Local 10 story about a woman allegedly injecting cement into the buttocks of another woman raises questions about what exactly constitutes the unlicensed practice of medicine in the State of ...
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Posted on Nov 18, 2011 By Eric Matheny
This has not been a good year for South Florida police officers. Yesterday, the FBI served a warrant on the Opa-Locka Police Department and arrested a captain - a high ranking official within the ...
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Posted on Nov 17, 2011 By Eric Matheny
In recent months, I have discussed how challenges have been raised regarding Florida Statutes Section 893, which makes possession of controlled substances illegal. The problem with 893 is that the law ...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Local 10 reports that a Broward County jury returned its verdict Wednesday morning in the trial of suspended Deerfield Beach Commissioner Sylvia Poitier. Poitier, 76, was convicted of four charges of ...
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Posted on Nov 15, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Miami-Dade is seventh on the top ten list of street gang members by county in the United States, according to statistics released by the FBI. A total of 16,646 street gang members reside in ...
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Posted on Nov 14, 2011 By Eric Matheny
The New York Times reports that the United States Sentencing Commission, in its 645-page report, has concluded that federal mandatory minimum sentences are often “excessively severe,” not ...
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Posted on Nov 13, 2011 By Eric Matheny
I hate to make light of a tragic situation, but many South Florida news outlets are reporting that one Lauderhill cop fired shots - yes, as in bullets from a gun - at a fellow Lauderhill cop. Only in ...
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Posted on Nov 12, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Drug Court is not for everyone. Keep that in mind before you commit to it, because after all - it is a commitment. Florida statutes permits court-supervised treatment programs for those charged with ...
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Posted on Nov 11, 2011 By Eric Matheny
My favorite Homer Simpson quote of all time is, "To alcohol! The cause of...and solution to...all of life's problems." In the context of criminal law, only part of that statement is ...
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Posted on Nov 10, 2011 By Eric Matheny
A 22-year old Miami Gardens pizza delivery man is accusing a former co-worker of robbing him at gunpoint. The accused, a 25-year old former employee of the pizza restaurant where the alleged victim ...
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Posted on Nov 9, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Okay...you can't have a criminal law blog and not comment on the recent guilty verdict in the involuntary manslaughter case of Dr. Conrad Murray. For those of you who are not familiar with this ...
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Posted on Nov 8, 2011 By Eric Matheny
A Marathon woman is behind bars Tuesday after authorities say she cut a baby with a knife during a fight over a couple slices of bread. According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, deputies ...
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Posted on Nov 7, 2011 By Eric Matheny
A 21-year-old University of Miami student was arrested on Sunday and accused of inappropriately touching several students inside their dorm rooms, according to Coral Gables police. The accused, a ...
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Posted on Nov 6, 2011 By Eric Matheny
Sounds like something out of a bad spy movie... The Pembroke Pines Police Department reported that they are going undercover to catch crooks, and they are doing it with disguises. Specifically ...
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