A 32-year-old Clearwater, Florida woman accused of tying a rubber band around the snout of a 9-month-old puppy for days pleaded not guilty in her first court appearance Monday. The woman faces a charge of first-degree misdemeanor animal cruelty. A pretrial hearing was apparently set for March 26. The puppy,…
A woman who supposedly wanted a curvier body for cheap allegedly paid a woman posing as a doctor to inject her buttocks with cement, mineral oil and flat-tire sealant. According to police, the suspect was born a man and identifies as a woman. She is accused of performing this toxic…
The state of Florida’s death sentence policy is quite different than any other state’s version. Florida is the only state that gives the jury the power to recommend the death penalty or life in prison, which is decided by a majority vote. The judge can consider the recommendation, but ultimately…
One of the defendants allegedly involved in the death of a 15-year-old Belleview, Florida teen is allegedly incompetent to stand trial. The 38-year-old man’s lawyer supposedly told a judge in a brief pre-trial conference on Wednesday that a psychiatrist asserts the man is unfit to stand trial for the charges…
Michael Lohan, father of actress Lindsay Lohan, was arrested Monday night in Tampa, Florida on suspicion of domestic violence. Police responded to an alleged domestic violence call at Lohan’s home and arrested him for battery on his live-in girlfriend. According to police, after Lohan, 51, was taken into custody he…
The Florida Office of the Attorney General announced the arrest of a Hernando County, FL woman who allegedly operated an assisted living facility without a license. The woman was arrested Thursday by law enforcement officers with the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office assisted with…
For the past two months, detectives from the Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division have been pouring much time and effort into long-term investigations that have recently culminated into 41 arrests of men, women and juveniles that filled the Highlands County Jail Friday evening. The Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Marshal, Florida…
My very first job as a lawyer in Florida came by way of an interview with a prosecutor, whom I later learned was one of the greatest prosecutors in Florida history. I am honored to have known him and worked in the same building for a short time. Since retirement,…
Central Florida police arrested a 49-year-old Brooksville, Florida man Tuesday morning for three counts of criminal mischief, armed burglary and battery after he used a chainsaw to break into a hotel room and attack a man. According to the Hernando County Sherriff’s Office, the victim was on a date with…
A 45-year-old man was arrested and charged with molesting a 25-year-old mildly retarded girl from Crystal River on Monday by the Citrus County Sherriff’s Office. According to the arrest report, the Citrus County man is a registered sex offender. The arrest report shares that the girl’s brother caught the man…