A suspended Broward Sheriff's Deputy, accused of not turning over cash seized in a drug sting operation, must be breathing a big sigh of relief. He was found not guilty of the most serious charges he faced: grand theft, evidence tampering and official misconduct. He...
Every day people are accused of assaulting their spouses, family members or live-in partners in Broward County. Valentine's Day, which came and went in February, was no different. Eleven people were arrested or spent time in jail on that day based on allegations they...
The Hollywood, Florida police department has endured a number of scandals over the years. Another one came to light recently. It appears that somewhere between $125,000 and $175,000 in cash has disappeared from the department's evidence room. The Florida Department of...
Last July two inmates escaped from a minimum-security prison in Wisconsin and embarked on an alleged crime spree that ended with their arrests in Florida. The two men, ages 19 and 29, now face multiple felony charges including armed robbery and kidnapping. The alleged...
Florida prosecutors take allegations of violence between family members or domestic partners very seriously. A Wilton Manors man is finding this out the hard way as he faces domestic violence charges based on allegations he stabbed his boyfriend with a fork and bit...
Lawyers like to say that someone who represents himself in court "has a fool for a client." Some attribute the quote to Abraham Lincoln. Whoever first said it, there is a lot of truth in the old adage. A Norwegian man who was recently convicted of bond jumping by a...
When police make a drug arrest it is often the result of a traffic stop, a police investigation, or someone calling the police to report suspicious activity. It is unusual for an arrest on drug charges to follow from the suspect calling the police himself. But that is...
Not all family violence cases fit common pattern of a husband or live-in boyfriend accused of assaulting his partner. In a recent case, a 21-year-old woman from Dania Beach is accused of biting her 73-year-old grandmother. The younger woman now faces domestic violence...
Drug arrests do not always involve street drugs like marijuana or cocaine. Drug charges arising out of prescription drug abuse can have consequences for the accused that are just as serious as those involving street drugs. A Lee County woman may find this out the hard...
About 30 years ago Congress and many state legislatures began getting tough on crime by enacting mandatory sentences for convictions on certain felony charges, including many types of drug cases. Now many researchers are saying the tough sentencing laws have gone too...
