Former Saturday Night Live funnyman Chris Kattan received his sentence six months after he was arrested on suspicion of a DUI. The 43-year-old comedian is required to pay a $500 fine, attend a three-month alcohol program, 104 Narcotics Anonymous classes, and will be on probation for the next three years,…
Florida will have 159 new laws starting Tuesday that address various issues, including college tuition, corporate tax credits, abortions and sex offenders. One of the most prevalent laws is one that aims to protect children and others from dangerous sex offenders. The laws are intended to keep the most violent…
On Wednesday, New Hampshire’s highest court ruled that the state infringed the free speech rights of a man who wished to have “COPSLIE” on his license plate. The state Supreme Court agreed with the arguments of the man in a unanimous decision. The man said he wanted the vanity plate…
Investigators believe that a 44-year-old convicted child abuser on probation until 2026 passed himself off as a lawyer and conned a convict’s family out of $70,000. Police claim the man has now vanished. State agents looked to arrest him this week on charges of grand theft and practicing law without…
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is currently being investigated for a possible sexual assault that occurred earlier this month in Miami, according to a report. Reports indicate that the investigation is in its beginning stages. No charges have been filed yet. The Special Victims Unit is apparently looking into…
On Friday, a federal judge sentenced a south Florida doctor to more than six years in prison for her involvement in writing prescriptions for thousands of painkillers to addicts and drug dealers. She was convicted of money laundering. In July of 2013 a jury acquitted the 43-year-old woman and a…
A 24-year-old Hialeah woman was arrested Tuesday and charged with having sex with a 15-year-old boy, according to police. The woman was charged with two felonies, including lewd and lascivious battery on a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Police claim the woman knew the victim as…
Police are under investigation for jokingly filing in a witness statement in the name of a force dog. Officers in the UK became exasperated when prosecutors asked for an account of a crime from a “PC Peach'” not realizing Peach was the name of a police dog. So they completed…
Investigative news reports are claiming that Florida is the new hotbed for tax identity fraud in the United States, concentrated mostly in Tampa and Miami. According to the report, Miami has 46 times the per-capita rate of false tax refund claims than the rest of the country, and 70 times…
A Homestead, Florida man was charged Friday with several counts of mail, wire and access device fraud after allegedly filing false claims for thousands of dollars with the BP oil spill fund. The man is currently being held without bail. Prosecutors claim the man filed papers with the Gulf Coast…