Category: Criminal Defense

‘He was reliving what he did’: Serial killer confesses to Miami strangulation murders

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Each woman was strangled, dumped in the woods, their corpses left to rot for weeks. For decades, Mary Brosley and Angela Chapman, women on the fringes of society, remained forgotten footnotes of crime-plagued Dade County in the turbulent 1970s. Until Samuel Little began to talk. Little is the 78-year-old serial killer jailed in Texas who in recent months has stunned law enforcement by confessing to 90 murders across the United States,... [...]

4 ex-Miami firefighters charged for drawing lewd pictures on family photo

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MIAMI (AP) — Four fired Miami firefighters are charged with criminal mischief for their roles in drawing penises on another firefighter's family photos. The case drew national attention because a noose was also found at the scene, just as Hurricane Irma was bearing down on Florida in September 2017. Prosecutors and Miami Fire-Rescue officials will detail the charges later Tuesday. The Miami Herald reports that none of... [...]

Woman found safe after abduction caught on camera in Miami

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MIAMI, Fla. - Newly released surveillance video shows what looks to be a violent abduction of a woman in Miami. Since the video went viral, however, the woman seen being forced away has been found safe, according to police. Miami Police said she is in good condition and that an investigation is ongoing. She nor the man in the video have been identified. Before being abducted, the woman reportedly told witnesses, "Call 911,... [...]

Savvy businessman or sloppy lobbyist? Ex-city attorney’s job-shopping tactics questioned

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Jose Smith, the former city attorney from Miami Beach — and then North Miami Beach — is contract shopping in Miami-Dade municipalities on behalf of Bryant Miller Olive, where he was recently hired to lead its new full-service municipal government practice. The longtime government operator has leveraged his many Miami-area contacts in recent months to informally angle for new contracts and city attorney positions in at least North Bay... [...]

Court: Florida police can use ‘stand your ground’ law

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Florida law enforcement officers can invoke the state's "stand your ground" self-defense law to protect them from criminal prosecution in some instances of deadly force, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday. The court issued its 7-0 decision in the case of Peter Peraza, a Broward County sheriff's deputy charged with manslaughter in the 2013 fatal shooting of a man carrying what turned out to be an air rifle. Peraza's lawyers... [...]