Blog Posts in 2009
Posted on Oct 6, 2009 By Brett Schwartz
A Broward sheriff's deputy arrested after authorities say he promised to turn a blind eye on a marijuana grow-house in exchange for cash became the fourth deputy this year to be accused of abusing ...
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Posted on Oct 6, 2009 By Brett Schwartz
The girlfriend of Dolphins practice squad player Wilfred "Will" Billingsley this morning said she won't press charges after a Broward County judge ordered him held on $4,000 bail for ...
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Posted on Sep 24, 2009 By Brett Schwartz
Crime in Broward and Palm Beach counties decreased slightly during the first half of this year, compared to the first half of 2008, according to statistics compiled by the Florida Department of Law ...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2009 By Brett Schwartz
A Broward judge today sentenced two former Lauderhill police officers each to a year of probation for falsifying reports to say a driver was a belligerent aggressor who tried to kick out a patrol car ...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2009 By Brett Schwartz
For wearing handcuff keys on a necklace draped around his neck, a homeless Miami Beach man could face years in prison. Prosecutors on Tuesday formally charged Michael Gonzalez, 22, with disorderly ...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2009 By Brett Schwartz
Eleven people hired to register potential voters in Miami-Dade County before last year's presidential election were being sought Wednesday for falsifying hundreds of voter registration cards. The ...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2009 By Brett Schwartz
Miami-Dade officers shot an armed man several times late Tuesday after a confrontation, police said. The man was taken by helicopter to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center in serious ...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2009 By Brett Schwartz
A driver's blood alcohol level was almost three times over the legal limit Tuesday morning when he hit and killed a motorcyclist, police said. Robert Jones, 31, of Miramar , was arrested after police ...
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Posted on Aug 28, 2009 By Brett Schwartz
Police officers will be out in force tonight and early Saturday morning in a crackdown on those who are DUI ( driving under the influence ). The patrols will start at 11 p.m. and continue until 3 ...
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Posted on Aug 28, 2009 By Brett Schwartz
Convinced they were picking up money being given away by a government agency, 76 people were instead picked up by police when they arrived to collect their prize. There was no cash and no agency: It ...
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Posted on Aug 27, 2009 By Brett Schwartz
A Broward County jury found a hospice chaplain not guilty Wednesday of performing a sex act on a dying 70-year-old woman at University Hospital in Tamarac. Even the prosecutor who lost the case agreed ...
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Posted on Aug 27, 2009 By Brett Schwartz
An HIV-positive homeless man convicted of biting a Miami police officer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. A judge sentenced Johnson Jamerson, 35, at a Wednesday hearing. He was convicted in ...
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Posted on Aug 27, 2009 By Brett Schwartz
Damon Darling, 24, and Leroy Larose, 31, are each charged with second degree murder in the July 2006 killing of Sherdavia Jenkins, a case that caused widespread outrage as a result of the young age of ...
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Posted on Aug 25, 2009 By Brian Blades
A Melbourne man who claimed to sell drugs to pay tuition was arrested after a series of oxycodone transactions with an undercover police investigator, according to recently released affidavits. Andrew ...
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Posted on Aug 25, 2009 By Brian Blades
The Los Angeles Coroner has ruled Michael Jackson’s death a homicide , according to the Associated Press. Such a finding makes it more likely that criminal charges are forthcoming against Dr. Conrad ...
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Posted on Jul 28, 2009 By Linda
At least 13 people have been charged after law enforcement in Loxahatchee raided five homes and found grow rooms and dozens of plants and clippings weighing more than 200 pounds. This investigation is ...
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Posted on Jul 28, 2009 By Linda
The Miami Herald has reported that Monroe County School District Superintendent Randy Acevedo was arrested Thursday morning on a charge of official misconduct, which carries a maximum penalty of five ...
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Posted on Jul 28, 2009 By Linda
Miami-Dade Police Department have arrested 18 year old Tyler Weinman and charged him with 19 counts of animal cruelty and other related offenses in connection with a wave of cat killings and ...
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