Three state corrections officers were charged with lying about finding a weapon inside an inmate’s locker, which could have led to a loss of privileges or a transfer of the man they set up, prosecutors said Thursday.
Capt. Eric Peavey Jr., Sgt. Lizandro Rodriguez and Officer Ellen Day were all charged with single counts of official misconduct and falsifying records, both third-degree felonies.
“By falsely charging inmate [Lazaro]... [...]
A double amputee hiding a gun in his wheelchair allegedly opened fire in the emergency room of a South Florida hospital Wednesday, striking and wounding a doctor.
The FBI said 59-year-old Larry Bon entered the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center in Riviera Beach, Florida at 8:30 a.m. and acted “combative” with staff all day, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Sources told the outlet Bon was taken to the restroom by a... [...]
Opening statements are expected Tuesday in the trial of a fired Florida police officer who is charged with the fatal 2015 shooting of a stranded black motorist.
Prosecutors are expected to tell the four-man, two-woman jury that former Palm Beach Gardens police officer Nouman Raja's actions made 31-year-old Corey Jones confuse him for a robber and pull his legally possessed handgun, causing Raja to shoot him. Raja was working in plain... [...]
If the pungent aroma of weed is wafting from your ride, South Florida cops usually have a green light to search your car.
But with medical marijuana now allowed in Florida, along with some production of the similar-smelling hemp plant, a Miami man is challenging whether cops had the legal right to search his truck based on odor alone.
The novel defense is being employed by Victor Chavez, who was found with a stash of marijuana hidden... [...]
Three years later, fragments from a police bullet are still lodged in Charles Kinsey’s leg.
The pain is the physical reminder of the day a North Miami cop shot Kinsey as he lay on the ground, his hands up in the air as he tried to protect his severely autistic client. The emotional trauma is just as acute.
“I don’t know what to think. I don’t know what to expect,” Kinsey told the Miami Herald. “I still ask myself... [...]
