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Posted on May 20, 2013 By Eric Matheny
A West Miami-Dade mother has been charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of her one-year old son. The allegation is that the woman left her child alone in a parked car for an undetermined ...
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Posted on May 17, 2013 By Eric Matheny
In Florida it is a second-degree misdemeanor for any person under the age of 21 to be in possession of alcohol. The statute does make an exception for people under 21 who are employed in the beverage ...
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Posted on May 14, 2013 By Eric Matheny
A prostitution sting in North Florida has resulted in the arrests of 92 people. Police spent about 4 days reviewing online ads that appeared suspicious. Police responded to these online ads and ...
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Posted on May 11, 2013 By Eric Matheny
The Hollywood Police Department is going after minor crime along the stretch of Federal Highway that runs through the city. Disorderly intoxication, panhandling, and prostitution are just a few ...
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Posted on May 10, 2013 By Eric Matheny
In a remarkable case of a Broward County man with a DUI case from 1987, it appears as though the judge has granted the man's motion to set aside his bench warrant and has set the case for trial. ...
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Posted on May 8, 2013 By Eric Matheny
Bench warrants and alias capias can be unsettling. You may not have realized that you had a court appearance. All of a sudden, you may be pulled over in another state or you go to apply for a job or a ...
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Posted on May 7, 2013 By Eric Matheny
Public assistance fraud is a third-degree felony that, in recent years, is being charged more frequently. Public assistance fraud pertains to any fraud involved in applications for food stamps, child ...
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Posted on May 6, 2013 By Eric Matheny
Pretrial Intervention (PTI) in Miami-Dade County is reserved for first-time offenders charged with typically non-violent felonies. Usually, these are third-degree felonies. However, some exceptions ...
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Posted on May 4, 2013 By Eric Matheny
In an update from a 2011 post where I mentioned that more and more courts were permitting warrantless searches of cell phones, Florida's Supreme Court, in a 7-2 ruling, held that police must first ...
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Posted on May 3, 2013 By Eric Matheny
In Florida, felony convictions may result in the loss of certain civil rights. Among those civil rights are the right to vote, the right to hold public office, the right to serve on a jury, and the ...
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Posted on Apr 27, 2013 By Eric Matheny
A Miami teen was found guilty by a jury of attempted second-degree murder and armed robbery after a week-long trial in Miami-Dade Circuit Court. The teen was charged with possessing a firearm during ...
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Posted on Apr 26, 2013 By Eric Matheny
A Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge denied a pre-trial motion raising Florida's Stand Your Ground law as an immunity to a murder prosecution. The judge ruled that a man did not act in self-defense ...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2013 By Eric Matheny
A man was arrested for indecent exposure in the Florida Keys. Indecent exposure is a misdemeanor of the first-degree punishable by up to one year in county jail. Indecent exposure, under Florida law, ...
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Posted on Apr 22, 2013 By Eric Matheny
Diversion, such as Pretrial Diversion (PTD), Pretrial Intervention (PTI) , or Broward's Misdemeanor Diversion Program, may be a good resolution for your case. But what happens when you complete ...
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Posted on Apr 21, 2013 By Eric Matheny
A recent article in the Miami Herald highlighted the disturbing fact that more and more murders in the State of Florida involve the use of firearms. While the Herald article noted that while murders ...
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Posted on Apr 19, 2013 By Eric Matheny
A former Broward County Commissioner set to go to trial this Monday on felony charges of corruption has offered to change her plea from not guilty to guilty to reduced misdemeanor charges. This ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2013 By Eric Matheny
Many driving offenses in the State of Florida are felonies (offenses punishable by state prison time). Some are more obvious than others but it is important to know when the act of driving can ...
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Posted on Apr 16, 2013 By Eric Matheny
After allegedly getting into a fight at a party, a Delray Beach woman is facing aggravated assault and aggravated battery charges. The fight allegedly occurred between two women - the accused and the ...
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Posted on Apr 15, 2013 By Eric Matheny
A recent Broward Sheriff's Office investigation geared toward workers' compensation fraud has resulted in the arrests of two Broward County supermarket owners. BSO, in conjunction with the ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2013 By Eric Matheny
A Miami-Dade man sat in jail without a bond for 37 days before detectives and prosecutors realized that they had the wrong guy. Back in February, a Liberty City man was shot and killed outside of a ...
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Posted on Apr 8, 2013 By Eric Matheny
Your bond hearing (also known as first appearance) is a critical stage in the criminal court process. If physically arrested, you will be brought before a judge within 24 hours where your custody ...
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Posted on Apr 7, 2013 By Eric Matheny
A Miami man was allegedly the victim of a armed carjacking while pumping gas at a North Miami-Dade gas station. After the alleged carjackers encountered the alleged victim at gunpoint, the alleged ...
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Posted on Apr 6, 2013 By Eric Matheny
Three employees of an Asian massage parlor have been arrested and charged with prostitution. The massage parlor, located in Hallandale Beach, was the subject of a police sting operation to determine ...
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Posted on Apr 2, 2013 By Eric Matheny
Police have arrested a man they believe is responsible for a purse snatching involving an 81 year old woman in Coral Gables. The suspect was arrested and has been charged with robbery by sudden ...
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Posted on Mar 22, 2013 By Eric Matheny
A 51-year-old Kendall man has been charged with first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing a nursing home custodian in the neck. Investigators discovered that the accused may have been visiting a ...
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