If police obtain an arrest warrant for a person suspected of a crime, authorities may detain the suspect lawfully once the person is located. While in many cases such arrests happen peacefully, a recent arrest in Florida has apparently led to additional allegations --...
Federal drug charges were recently filed against 12 people who authorities claim were involved in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine throughout Florida and other states. The defendants are up against numerous narcotic and gun charges, and though it may seem hard to...
Broward residents may have been following the trial of a 45-year-old Plantation man who was accused of murdering his landlord and setting the man's house on fire with his wife and child inside. The case has made headlines because of the severity of the allegations and...
We've discussed previously how police officers sometimes use questionable tactics that result in criminal charges being reduced or dismissed. Authorities in Broward County and throughout the country have obligations to conduct any arrest or investigation in accordance...
There are many avenues of redemption for minors who accidently get caught up with the wrong crowd. When children get arrested -- for any charge -- there are rehabilitative options like alternative sentencing or juvenile probation that won't put their future at stake....
Not everyone who is accused of a violent crime is guilty of the charges. Sometimes, and especially with claims of domestic violence, emotions between individuals run high, and police officers end up filing charges that may not really fit a particular situation. In...
Police officers are not above making mistakes, but sometimes those mistakes are shown to be so egregious and damaging that not only are criminal charges against Florida residents dropped; the police officers themselves come under investigation. That is exactly what...
Parents in Broward County know that sometimes kids make mistakes that can get them into trouble with the police. And contrary to what is commonly thought to be true, most people begin abiding by the rules and laws of society after a series of trials and errors, not...
Recently, a total of 12 law enforcement agencies arrested 301 people in Broward County over a span of two days. Readers likely know that police forces sometimes make widespread crackdown efforts to lock people up. However, just because the authorities are on a mission...
Broward County residents may have heard of a recent Deerfield Beach case involving three teenagers who set fire to another boy. Each defendant was a juvenile at the time of the incident, but they were charged as adults with second-degree attempted murder. The incident...
