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Posted on Oct 26, 2011 By Brett Schwartz
Another doctor has pleaded guilty in connection with a massive illegal prescription drug network blamed for at least 50 deaths. Dr. Michael Aruta, 48, of Boca Raton, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2011 By Brett Schwartz
Often times, individuals entrusted with enforcing our laws are accused of violating them. An Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agent from Florida has pleaded not guilty to a child rape charge in ...
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Posted on Oct 25, 2011 By Brett Schwartz
According to the Sun Sentinel, Five South Floridians were arrested and charged with staging an accident grand theft and insurance fraud , Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater announced today. ...
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Posted on Oct 17, 2011 By Brett Schwartz
The Palm Beach state attorney's recent decision to dedicate a single prosecutor to animal cruelty cases is creating a debate as to the necessity of whether such is a waste of scarce resources. ...
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Posted on Sep 14, 2011 By Brett Schwartz
The short, easy answer is a resounding NO. However, such is common watercooler conversation in courts and law offices throughout the state. It has become a hot issue in the last few days since a Palm ...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2011 By Brett Schwartz
A woman was arrested Thursday after she allegedly tried to run over a Hialeah police officer and crashed into six vehicles on Okeechobee Road, tying up morning traffic while police closed the road. ...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2011 By Brett Schwartz
A Broward County jury, after deliberating less than a day, has found Berenice Juarez guilty first-degree murder in the 2010 stabbing death of her mother's boyfriend in Delray Beach . Juarez, 18, ...
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Posted on Aug 29, 2011 By Brett Schwartz
A Federal Judge in Orlando has recently ruled Florida’s drug statute unconstitutional because, according to the court, it violates the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. Since that ruling, at ...
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Posted on May 7, 2010 By Brett Schwartz
Police have arrested man suspected of fatally punching another man in the head. The charges stem from an incident in which the suspect, Sosthene Louis, allegedly walked up to the victim and a friend ...
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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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