Tag: Coral Gables criminal defense lawyer

Rough arrest caught on camera, police accused of looking for trouble

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Police say they showed up to scene amid numerous complaints of drug dealing, loitering in area MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A tough takedown at a South Florida strip mall was caught on camera. Local 10 News spoke to a man who said he was roughed up by officers in northeast Miami-Dade while trying to defend his girlfriend. “He put her at the floor,” Byjhon Losier said. The arrest happened late Monday night outside the Food... [...]

Man detained following domestic dispute with mother at Brickell apartment building

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MIAMI – A man was detained by City of Miami police Wednesday morning, hours after they responded to a domestic dispute at an apartment building in Brickell between him and his mother. Officers were called to the building along Southeast 14th Street near Brickell Avenue around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. Officer Kenia Fallat, who is also a spokeswoman for the police department, said it appears the man and his mother were arguing and his... [...]

Police: Mobile barber allegedly shoots up Sunny Isles home after customer witnesses him beating woman

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SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. – A man visiting South Florida from out of town simply wanted to get his hair cut. But according to police, the barber who was hired to do the job ended up shooting up the Sunny Isles Beach home that tourist was renting. Authorities identified the suspect as Jared Santana. “The victim opens the door to welcome the barber and he witnesses a domestic battery right in front of his eyes,” said Sunny Isles... [...]

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... [...]

Florida trial expected to feature details of billionaire sex criminal’s abuse settles at last minute

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Moments before jury selection was set to begin Tuesday in a trial that was expected to feature testimony about billionaire sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged abuse of underage women, the case settled, ending nearly a decade of legal wrangling between Epstein and a lawyer who represents the women. Epstein, 65, who has connections to President Trump and former president Bill Clinton, was at the center of the case here in Florida, where he... [...]