Dec 28, 2011
Over the past several months clinics owners and operators, as well as doctors have been arrested and charged with operating "pill mills", a crime otherwise known as trafficking in oxycodone or othe...
Dec 23, 2011
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that three operators of a local healthcare agency have entered guilty pleas for their invol...
Dec 13, 2011
Florida has asked the United States Supreme Court to decide whether police officers can legally use a trained narcotics dog to sniff a front door of a residence without probable cause to believe th...
Dec 06, 2011
The Broward County Sheriff's Office with the assistance of federal, state and local authorities conduct a large scale crackdowns every few months in an effort to get drugs and guns off the street. ...
Nov 30, 2011
The highly publicized case involving the stabbing death of a Coral Gables student has finally reached its conclusion with the exception of any appellate matters that they may be heard by the 3rd Di...
Nov 21, 2011
After months of legal arguments and thousands of motions to dismiss being filed by defense counsel, the question as to the constitutionality of the state's drug laws will finally come to a head. Ac...
Nov 14, 2011
The Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act allows local governments to seize and seek the forfeiture of private property it they can prove that items taken are contraband articles. Contraband articles i...
Nov 01, 2011
A doctor, previously convicted of Medicare fraud back in 1992, has again been arrested for Medicare fraud and drug trafficking. Twenty-three others were also listed in the indictment. The indictmen...
Oct 28, 2011
Five local residents were arrested for their involvement in a staged car accident scheme to defraud. The defendants were arrested in this county and will mostly likely be charged with insurance fra...
Oct 21, 2011
Federal authorities charged 20 individuals with mortgage fraud with losses alleged at $20 million. Of those indicted, many are professionals in the real estate industry. According to the indictment...
Oct 18, 2011
While a Miami circuit court judge first ruled that the Florida drug laws unconstitutional, a second judge from Manatee County has followed suit and dismissed felony drug charges levied against 42 d...
Oct 06, 2011
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed a conviction and held that parents can be charged and convicted of kidnapping their own children. A Miami-Dade County jury convicted Ricardo Davilla of kidnapping...
Sep 30, 2011
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is at it again. The department responsible for deporting immigrants back to their native countries made another widespread sweep netting 3,000 ind...
Sep 22, 2011
As usual, the Florida legislature always reacts to high-profile criminal law cases. After a jury acquitted Casey Anthony, the public became outraged that such a villainous defendant could walk free...
