A federal jury on Friday convicted a Florida health care executive on 20 criminal counts in what prosecutors described as a $1 billion Medicare fraud scheme.
Jurors reached a partial verdict after four days of deliberating the fate of Philip Esformes in one of the biggest such cases in U.S. history. Jurors were undecided on six additional counts, but prosecutors accepted the verdict rather than send them back for further... [...]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Less than a week after a contentious exchange with the judge, an attorney for Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz was noticeably absent from court during a status hearing.
Assistant public defender Melisa McNeill wasn't present for Tuesday afternoon's hearing.
McNeill's absence comes after Broward County Judge Elizabeth Scherer chastised her for "being disrespectful" during a previous hearing last... [...]
An attorney representing the suspect in last year's Florida high school massacre and the judge overseeing the case got into a brief but heated argument Friday during an otherwise routine pretrial hearing over evidence.
Assistant Public Defender Melisa McNeill accused Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer of misrepresenting her arguments during a hearing over whether prosecutors are turning over in a full and timely manner evidence McNeill and... [...]
A jury has been selected in the murder trial of a Florida man who threw his 5-year-old daughter off a Tampa bridge.
It took a week for lawyers to agree on 12 jurors and four alternates to decide the fate of 29-year-old John Jonchuck.
Prosecutors are slated for opening statements at 1 p.m. Monday at the Pinellas County Courthouse.
No one disputes that Jonchuck dropped his daughter Phoebe 62 feet (18 meters) into Tampa Bay on Jan. 8,... [...]
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,... [...]
