Blog Posts in January, 2012
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Posted on Jan 31, 2012 By Eric Matheny
A bond is a contract between the defendant, the court, and the surety agent (bondsman). The contract states that the surety will put up a certain amount of money to guarantee the defendant's ...
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Posted on Jan 30, 2012 By Eric Matheny
A mother and father faced a bond court judge after their child was allegedly found running in the street naked and malnourished. According to police, they found the 9-year-old child wandering near his ...
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Posted on Jan 29, 2012 By Eric Matheny
The reason people choose to seal or expunge their arrest records is because they want to be able to legally deny their arrest when they apply for a job. In a bad economy when there are more applicants ...
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Posted on Jan 28, 2012 By Eric Matheny
Just this past Friday, a man convicted back in November for grand theft was sentenced to 10 years in state prison. The accused was charged with creating contracts with clients, accepting payment, and ...
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Posted on Jan 27, 2012 By Eric Matheny
A father has been charged with nearly beating his four-month-old son to death; and a prosecutor announced in court that the child is “not expected to make it” and this “could become ...
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Posted on Jan 26, 2012 By Eric Matheny
Self-defense in the State of Florida is a recognized defense to a charge of a violent crime. Thankfully, Florida's laws regarding self-defense heavily favor those who lawfully execute it. ...
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Posted on Jan 25, 2012 By Eric Matheny
A Pompano Beach man accused of causing the crash that killed a Miami woman and injured two others had been placed on probation one day earlier for an unrelated crime. The accused, who has a history of ...
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Posted on Jan 24, 2012 By Eric Matheny
grand theft A Broward County woman has been arrested after being accused of stealing more than $32,000 from a school's PTSA activities account. Investigators allegedly looked into a Parent Teacher ...
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Posted on Jan 23, 2012 By Eric Matheny
Closing arguments are scheduled to begin this afternoon in the trial of a Broward man, who is accused of murdering the teenage girl who was eight months pregnant with his son. The accused, now 20, is ...
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Posted on Jan 22, 2012 By Eric Matheny
If you were involved in an LSA (leaving the scene of an accident) in Miami-Dade County and were not arrested or issued a PTA (promise to appear) on the scene, then you may have received a letter from ...
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Posted on Jan 21, 2012 By Eric Matheny
A Brazilian race car driver is facing DUI manslaughter charges in a crash Thursday that killed a pedestrian in Miami Beach. The 20-year old Brazilian national was in a Miami-Dade courtroom Friday, ...
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Posted on Jan 20, 2012 By Eric Matheny
Coral Springs police have taken a Coconut Creek boy into custody for allegedly setting two separate fires at a Kohl’s department store. According to Coral Springs police, the 11-year-old boy was ...
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Posted on Jan 19, 2012 By Eric Matheny
The Miami Herald reports that the Fort Lauderdale trial of a man accused of a gruesome murder ended Wednesday before the jury heard a word of it. The 38-year old accused man entered a no-contest plea ...
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Posted on Jan 18, 2012 By Eric Matheny
An organized ring allegedly targeted mailboxes in southwest Miami-Dade County to steal checks and recruited Wells Fargo Bank customers in Hialeah to help them get thousands of dollars in fraudulent ...
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Posted on Jan 17, 2012 By Eric Matheny
As a West Palm Beach home owner confronted two intruders in March, the encounter turned deadly. One intruder was shot and killed. Weeks later, two men were fatally shot in a dispute aboard a boat near ...
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Posted on Jan 16, 2012 By Eric Matheny
A South Miami-Dade man said he shot his wife Sunday thinking she was an intruder, Miami-Dade police said. The shooting happened at their home on Southwest 146th Terrace near 157th Avenue in the ...
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Posted on Jan 15, 2012 By Eric Matheny
Tomorrow we will celebrate Martin Luther King Day. It's a national holiday designated to honoring a great man who dedicated his life to the pursuit of peace, justice, and above all - equality. But ...
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Posted on Jan 14, 2012 By Eric Matheny
A former Hollywood police officer was sentenced to 90 days in jail Friday for doctoring crash and DUI reports to protect a fellow cop who rear-ended a drunk driver almost two years ago. But Broward ...
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Posted on Jan 13, 2012 By Eric Matheny
The Lauderhill Police Department will host a multi-agency DUI checkpoint from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m. Friday, January 13, 2012 to Saturday, January 14, 2012. It will take place in the 3400 block of Sunrise ...
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Posted on Jan 12, 2012 By Eric Matheny
More than 1,300 marijuana plants were collected by Miami-Dade police in a day long sweep of marijuana grow houses. On Wednesday, officers search a number of homes in Miami-Dade suspected of having ...
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Posted on Jan 11, 2012 By Eric Matheny
When applying to have your criminal record sealed or expunged, you must submit fingerprints to FDLE ( Florida Department of Law Enforcement ). That's because FDLE will conduct a detailed criminal ...
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Posted on Jan 10, 2012 By Eric Matheny
One of a parent's greatest nightmares is to get that late-night phone call that their son or daughter has been arrested. This can be terrifying, for both the parents and the children involved. ...
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Posted on Jan 9, 2012 By Eric Matheny
Florida's Stand Your Ground law is about to be tested. This past weekend, a former Broward Sheriff's Deputy, his fiance, his mother, and his small children, were enjoying ice cream at a Miami ...
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Posted on Jan 8, 2012 By Eric Matheny
Florida's constitution provides for three essential rights for victims of crime. Victims of crime have the right to be present for all crucial court proceedings; they have the right to be informed ...
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Posted on Jan 7, 2012 By Eric Matheny
A Miami man who police say created a fake Facebook profile to post video of a sexual encounter he had with an underage girl is facing multiple charges. The accused, now 20, was arrested on December 21 ...
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