Police have arrested two Orlando men accused of packing 24 children younger than 18 into a van and forcing them to work in Palm Bay. Palm Bay police claim the children were dropped off in Palm Bay and forced to spend more than 10 hours selling cheap items door-to-door. According…
On Monday, a former Ocoee city commissioner and local business owner, was arrested on fraud and counterfeiting charges for leading a scheme to sell fake bulletproof vests. Two of the man’s employees were also arrested and charged with fraud and counterfeiting. Florida Department of Law Enforcement officials claim counterfeit bulletproof…
Former NBA All-Star Mookie Blaylock, facing charges of driving on a suspended license and failure to maintain his lane in a Friday head-on crash in suburban Atlanta, has now been charged with vehicular homicide. Authorities claim that Blaylock, 46, was driving an SUV that crossed the center line of Tara…
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in Florida v. Harris, a case originating in Calhoun County circuit court. At issue was whether a K-9’s alert could establish probable cause for a warrantless search of a car. Under review was the Florida Supreme Court’s opinion that a K-9…
An Orlando doctor accused of hosting wild sex and drug parties at his Hunter’s Creek home pleaded guilty to a slew of criminal charges Monday in exchange for 10 years in prison. The 57-year-old man was arrested in October 2010 by the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation as part of a…
A Canadian judge declared a mistrial Wednesday morning in the first-degree murder trial of a man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend due to comments posted by one of the juror’s on a Facebook site. The man’s family apparently visited some Facebook pages after the 12-person jury was selected and cross-referenced…
A 21-year-old mother was placed under arrest after police claim she strangled her 11-month-old daughter six times at Florida Hospital South in Orlando, Florida. The girl was apparently unresponsive, but was saved by hospital staff. It was not clear why the mother and daughter were at the hospital. The woman…
Ex-Orlando Magic point guard Darrell Armstrong was arrested in California Tuesday on an outstanding warrant stemming from an alleged unpaid $37,500 debt at a Las Vegas Strip casino. The 43-year-old current Dallas Mavericks assistant coach is accused of writing a worthless check and theft deriving from casino markers or IOUs…
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,…
Police arrested former NBA center, Oliver J. Miller, Tuesday for allegedly striking a man in the face with a handgun at a cookout over the weekend. He was charged with two counts of first and second degree assault. Miller, 41, faces charges of assault, reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct and other…