MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - South Florida families affected by defective Chinese drywall were joined Monday by Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Federica Wilson in urging action against the responsible companies, which have thus far avoided legal consequences.
David and Corina Gonzalez are one of five families who have been financially and emotionally drained after finding contaminated Chinese drywall in their homes.
"This whole... [...]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Less than a week after a contentious exchange with the judge, an attorney for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz was noticeably absent from court during a status hearing.
Assistant public defender Melisa McNeill wasn't present for Tuesday afternoon's hearing.
McNeill's absence comes after Broward County Judge Elizabeth Scherer chastised her for "being disrespectful" during a previous hearing last... [...]
An attorney representing the suspect in last year's Florida high school massacre and the judge overseeing the case got into a brief but heated argument Friday during an otherwise routine pretrial hearing over evidence.
Assistant Public Defender Melisa McNeill accused Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer of misrepresenting her arguments during a hearing over whether prosecutors are turning over in a full and timely manner evidence McNeill and... [...]
A jury has been selected in the murder trial of a Florida man who threw his 5-year-old daughter off a Tampa bridge.
It took a week for lawyers to agree on 12 jurors and four alternates to decide the fate of 29-year-old John Jonchuck.
Prosecutors are slated for opening statements at 1 p.m. Monday at the Pinellas County Courthouse.
No one disputes that Jonchuck dropped his daughter Phoebe 62 feet (18 meters) into Tampa Bay on Jan. 8,... [...]
At his sentencing for the 1983 murder of a West Palm Beach college student, Ronald Henry Stewart said he was pleading no contest because it was in his best interest. Although his attorney pointed out a slew of flaws in the case — a potentially faulty eyewitnesses, the use of jailhouse snitches, and fingerprint evidence that didn't match Stewart's prints — Stewart had previously been convicted of multiple rapes, and he feared being... [...]
