Prosecutors have dropped charges against star fighter Conor McGregor, who was accused of smashing and stealing a fan’s phone outside a Miami Beach hotel.
The State Attorney’s Office announced the decision Monday because the victim, who has already settled a civil lawsuit with McGregor, stopped cooperating with investigators. Prosecutor Khalil Madani announced in court that the victim recanted his story.
“The victim of the crime... [...]
A Weston man who pleaded guilty in February to robbing two banks was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to more than five years in prison.
David Brasher, 36, who threatened tellers at both banks by saying he had a bomb,fled with more than $21,000.Hetold investigators he spent the money “on alcohol, pills, girls and paying people he owed money to,” according to court documents.
The first robbery took place on Oct. 30, 2018, at a... [...]
Even as his son was to be sentenced to 17 years in prison for orchestrating a real estate scam that defrauded investors of $34 million, Joseph Menaged told a judge he remained a “proud” father.
“Scott is a son that I’m very proud of,” he said during the 2017 sentencing of his son, Yomtov Scott Menaged. “As a matter of fact, I had a lot of fathers that would envy me of having a son like Scott.”
But prosecutors say... [...]
The Florida Department of Corrections is being sued over its use of solitary confinement in a complaint filed Wednesday by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which alleges the state's isolation techniques are cruel and can cause permanent damage.
The suit claims Florida uses solitary confinement at more than twice the national average rate and sometimes isolates prisoners from human contact for years, causing them to become... [...]
A man who claimed he was sleepwalking when he stabbed his roommate to death has been sentenced to life in prison.
The Palm Beach Post reports 26-year-old Randy Herman Jr. was convicted Wednesday of first-degree murder and sentenced. Herman argued that he was sleepwalking when he stabbed 21-year-old Brooke Preston more than 20 times at an area home in March 2017.
He testified he had no memory of the attack, just being covered in... [...]
