Author: Scott A. Ferris, Esq.

Newlywed Lost at Sea Declared Dead by South Florida Judge

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The May 9th order declares that Isabella Hellman, 41, is presumed dead at sea. Her husband Lewis Bennet, 42, faces sentencing in his wife's death this month after pleading guilty in November to involuntary manslaughter. The plea agreement caps his potential prison sentence at 8 years. Bennet was found alone in a lifeboat packed with provisions and $100,000 worth of stolen coins. He and repeatedly claimed he was asleep below deck and... [...]

Davie Co-Workers Confront ‘Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’ Ahead of Charges Filed

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Bill Wolf values hard work and his close-knit employees at the home improvement company he built from the ground up called Wolf in the Woods. "We are very close and when we bring somebody in, we treat them like family," Wolf said. It's why he gathered his employees together recently in the conference room to confront a co-worker about what they'd discovered. "The one thing I hate is to be lied to," Wolf can be heard saying on the... [...]

Judge: Kraft’s Prosecutors Cannot Use Massage Parlor Hidden Camera Video

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Prosecutors cannot use secretly recorded video allegedly showing New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft engaging in massage parlor sex, a judge ruled Monday, striking a serious blow to their case charging him with soliciting prostitutes. In his 10-page ruling, Judge Leonard Hanser wrote that Jupiter police detectives and the judge who issued the search warrant allowing the secret installation of cameras at the Orchids of Asia... [...]

Palm Beach County-Based Broadcaster is Russian Foreign Agent: Judge

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A federal judge has ruled a Florida-based broadcasting company that provides Russian programs to a Washington radio station must register as an agent of a foreign government. The Justice Department said in a news release Tuesday that RM Broadcasting of Jupiter, Florida, was essentially providing publicity for Russia through an agreement with state-run Rossiya Segodnya. That entity's "Sputnik" programming is broadcast all day on WZHF-AM... [...]

Woman Arrested for CBD Oil at Disney World Demands Apology

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A 69-year-old woman is demanding an apology for her arrest at a Walt Disney World security checkpoint last month after a guard found CBD oil while searching her purse. Hester Burkhalter has hired high-profile attorney Benjamin Crump, who represented Trayvon Martin's family. Crump said Tuesday that Disney World and the Orange County Sheriff's Office "need to take responsibility for their actions" or he will file a lawsuit on the... [...]