Category: Criminal Defense

Chicago Priests Caught Having Sex in Public on Ocean Drive

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Chicago Priests Caught Having Sex in Public on Ocean Drive Beach Police say two men from Illinois — Diego Berrio, who is 39, and Edwin Giraldo Cortez, age 30 — were caught performing oral sex on each other in a car parked along Ocean Drive, Miami Beach's busiest tourist road, around 3:20 p.m. Labor Day. Someone called 911 to report that two men were [engaging in sexual activity] on Miami Beach's most famous street, and when... [...]

Miami-Dade Police Give Most Pot Citations to White People, While Black People Are Jailed

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Miami-Dade Police Give Most Pot Citations to White People, While Black People Are Jailed New data from the Miami-Dade Police Department confirms the conclusions of a recent New Times investigation showing that thousands of South Floridians are needlessly arrested and saddled with criminal records for possession of small amounts of marijuana. The strategy is employed in a racially biased fashion and wastes tens of millions of taxpayer... [...]

Popular Broward doctor’s ‘pill mill’ punishment is much less than feds sought – Sun Sentinel

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A federal judge didn't fully buy prosecutors' argument that Dr. Andres Mencia, who specialized in geriatric care, deserved a more severe punishment for illegally prescribing addictive pain pills. The appropriate penalty, the judge ruled, was six and a half years in federal prison. Source: www.sun-sentinel.com Popular Broward Doctor's 'Pill Mill' Punishment is Much Less than Feds Sought When a popular doctor went to trial this year on a... [...]

Man shatters drive-thru window at Wendy’s in northwest Miami-Dade – Local10.com

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By Amanda Batchelor - Senior Digital Editor   MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - Police are searching for a man who was captured on surveillance video smashing the drive-thru window of a Wendy's restaurant in northwest Miami-Dade. Police said the incident happened at 4:50 a.m. Monday at the Wendy's at 8295 NW 27th Ave. According to investigators, the man pulled up on a bicycle and threw a blunt object at the drive-thru window, shattering... [...]

Suspect in Chicago diamond theft arrested at Miami airport – Tampabay.com

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Published: June 26, 2018 CHICAGO (AP) — A 67-year-old Florida man has been arrested in the theft of $170,000 worth of diamonds from a Chicago jewelry store. Chicago police say Tamaz Hubel of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, was taken into custody Sunday while trying to board a plane to France from Miami-Dade International Airport. Police say he's being held in Florida pending his extradition to Illinois. Authorities say the theft... [...]