Florida prosecutors and defense attorneys now have an unlikely resource to score impeachment material for their trials. Social networking websites like MySpace and Facebook have provided both sides of the courtroom with evidence that is used to cast a negative light on a witnesses’ character. For example, defense attorneys representing…
After being found guilty of attempted second-degree murder, aggravated battery and criminal mischief, an Ocala woman faces upwards of 35 years–with a minimum mandatory sentence of seven years– in state prison. This will be a tough pill for the Ocala defendant to swallow as, according to Suevon Lee from the…
According to Nomaan Merchant of the St. Pete Times, attorneys from the Pasco County State Attorney’s Office confirmed their intent to charge two juveniles, ages 15 and 16, as adults for the attempted first-degree murder of a Pasco County Sheriff’s Deputy during an armed burglary. It is alleged that the…
In late December, former Yankee Jim Leyritz was involved in a car crash that left a 30-year old woman dead. Following the crash, Florida law enforcement conducted a DUI investigation and Jim Leyritz was subsequently arrested for DUI Manslaughter. DUI Manslaughter is a serious criminal traffic charge that can land…
The Hernando County State Attorney’s Office has filed a criminal indictment against a Brooksville, FL, man charged with the 2006 murder of Patrick and Evelyn DePalma, an elderly couple living in Masaryktown, Florida. John Frank of the St. Petersburg Times reports there may still be other indictments coming down relating…
Today, former Gambino crime family head John Gotti, Jr.–aka “Junior Gotti” and son of John Gotti – was arrested for racketeering, cocaine trafficking and murder in relation to a Tampa, Florida FBI probe. Kevin Graham and Rebecca Catalanello of the Tampa Bay Times report that the federal indictment, filed in…
Florida’s 5th DCA– the appellate body that reviews criminal cases in counties like Hernando County or Brooksville, FL, Sumter County or Bushnell, FL, Citrus County or Inverness, FL and Marion County or Ocala, FL, to name a few–declined to change a $500,000 bond ordered in a potential homicide case in…
According to Nomaan Merchant of the St. Pete Times, Pasco County Clerk of Courts Candidate and current Deputy Pasco Clerk Paul O’Neil has had upwards of 10 signs stolen or destroyed. Most were in the New Port Richey area, however others signs in Land O’Lakes, Hudson and Dade City were…
It appears that Nick Hogan, son of professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, should heed his dad’s advice to say his prayers and eat his vitamins. He is scheduled to be sent to an adult section of Pinellas County jail to serve an eight month sentence in relation to his involvement in…
Times are tough for a Bonita Springs man charged with the theft of 42 cents from a mall fountain on Monday. Tampabays10.com reports that Laslo Mujzer was approached by mall security at Coastland Center after a mall patron allegedly saw him stealing money from a fountain outside the mall. A…