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Category: News & Announcements

Associate in Joel Greenberg Case Pleads Guilty

October 21, 2022 Criminal Defense, News & Announcements

There is a new update in a case relating to the Joel Greenberg case we have previously covered. One of Greenberg’s associates has agreed to plead guilty to five of the 41 charges against him, in exchange for cooperating with federal prosecutors. We will provide details of the case along with information on fraud charges in Florida. What was the …

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Road Rage Turns into Attempted Murder Charges

October 21, 2022 Criminal Defense, News & Announcements, Violent Crimes

Two girls were shot as a result of their fathers violent altercation on the highway. A five-year-old suffered a bullet wound to the calf, while the 14-year-old was shot in the back and suffered from a collapsed lung. We will provide details of the near-deadly road rage event, along with charges for attempted second-degree murder in Florida. What was the …

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Drugged Drinks and Hateful Speech – UM Fraternity Shut Down

October 19, 2022 College, College Student Disciplinary Hearing, Criminal Defense, News & Announcements, Sex Crimes

Sigma Phi Epsilon (SigEp) Florida Gamma chapter was established at the University of Miami in 1949. After 70 years of acting as an established Greek community, the fraternity has been shut down due to drugging allegations and a hate speech video that surfaced. Several students have come forward to report the alleged drugging that happened at one of the fraternity’s …

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Miami Woman Arrested for Selling Fake Disabled Parking Placards

October 15, 2022 Criminal Defense, News & Announcements

Scheming to defraud is a very serious crime in Florida. Also known as organized fraud, it is considered a systematic, ongoing course of conduct with the intent to defraud one or more people with the intent to gain money or property from them. In a recent case in Florida, a woman has been arrested for organized fraud after selling fake …

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Parkland Trial Sentencing Announced

October 15, 2022 Criminal Defense, News & Announcements, Violent Crimes

We have previously covered the Parkland Trial and all of its difficulties with figuring out a team of jurors, along with other issues. After several months, the jury decided on the sentence for shooter Nikolas Cruz. We will cover the details of the sentencing along with responses from the victims’ families and jurors. Life in Prison for Cruz On October …

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Killer Clown Cold Case Heads to Trial

October 15, 2022 Criminal Defense, News & Announcements, Violent Crimes

A murder case from 1990 is heading to trial in the upcoming weeks. Once a cold case, the “Clown Killer” murder of Marlene Warren is now finally set to go to the courtroom after getting postponed multiple times due to COVID-19. We will provide information on the original cold case, the DNA evidence that helped reopen the case, and details …

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Florida County Makes History by Using Criminal Sentencing Technology

October 9, 2022 Criminal Defense, News & Announcements

 On Tuesday evening, Alachua County in Florida made history by obtaining a technology that will make it easier to give sentencing to defendants based on past and pending sentences. The county is located in Florida’s Eighth Judicial Circuit and is now going to be the first judicial circuit to use sentencing software as an official part of managing the plea-bargaining …

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New Changes to FBI Crime Data – How to Understand the 2021 Report

October 9, 2022 Criminal Defense, News & Announcements

The FBI has recently published the annual report of crime data across the nation. Policymakers, attorneys, journalists, and citizens all use the released data to better understand crime trends across the U.S. A new plan to modernize crime reporting has been an issue with receiving the 2021 reports. We will cover details of the systems used in the past and …

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Expert Witnesses Take the Stand During Parkland Trial

October 9, 2022 Criminal Defense, News & Announcements, Violent Crimes

Several expert witnesses have taken the stand in the sentencing trial for Nikolas Cruz, the school shooter of the horrific 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High school. The job of the expert witnesses is to determine if Cruz has underlying mental health issues that may have caused him to act out in the violent mass shooting. We will …

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