“Stand Your Ground’ works — for criminals
By FRED GRIMM – MiamiHerald.com
Someone claiming to feel “threatened” no longer has an obligation to retreat, call police or avoid the use of deadly force. “What this means, as illustrated by this case, is that two individuals, or even groups, can square off in the middle of a public street, exchange gunfire, and both be absolved from criminal liability if they were reasonably acting in self-defense,” wrote Circuit Judge Terry Lewis.
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Ex-Giant admits paying teen hooker $300, but didn’t know her age
By Alison Gendar, Joe Jackson and Corky Siemaszko
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Stand Your Ground’ civil suit is a surprise
By TOM BRENNAN
Published: February 14, 2010
TAMPA – Casey Landes attacked Charles Podany in an alcohol-fueled rage, authorities say, chasing Podany as he tried to bicycle away, knocking him to the ground and beating him as he sought to crawl away.
A judge ruled in September that Podany, 49, was justified in shooting and killing the 24-year-old Landes. Prosecutors did not appeal the decision.
But Landes’ family is now suing Podany, claiming Landes was a victim of “wrongful death” and that Podany was a danger to the Bay Hills Village Mobile Home Park where Podany lives and where Landes was shot.
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Updated: Monday, 08 Feb 2010, 12:51 PM EST
Published : Monday, 08 Feb 2010, 12:49 PM EST
(MYFOX NATIONAL) – Former Dallas Cowboys star Michael Irvin has fired back at a claim of sexual assault with a $100 million countersuit that claims the civil suit filed by a woman last week caused him to be fired from his job as an ESPN radio host in the Dallas-Fort Worth market.
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Rothstein pleads guilty to five charges, massive Ponzi
By Jon Burstein, Paula McMahon and Peter Franceschina, Sun Sentinel
January 27, 2010
Scott Rothstein admitted Wednesday morning that his empire was built on a lie — the biggest financial fraud in South Florida history.
He pleaded guilty to five federal charges, accepting responsibility for a massive Ponzi scheme, and faces a lengthy prison term at his sentencing in May.
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Sun Sentinel has a great compilation of videos about the recent events involving Scott Rothstein.
From Beth Karas, In Session
January 25, 2010 3:59 p.m. EST
Orlando, Florida (CNN/In Session) — Casey Anthony, the young Florida mother awaiting trial in the death of her daughter, Caylee, pleaded guilty Monday to check fraud and was sentenced to time served.
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Dish Network wins $51M judgment against alleged satellite-TV pirate
Denver Business Journal – by Greg Avery
Colorado’s Dish Network Corp. and its sister companies have won a $51 million court judgment against a man they accused of being a satellite TV pirate who helped people steal the companies’ transmissions.
A federal court in Florida issued the ruling Monday in a case against Robert Ward. The case arose out of a civil suit filed against Ward by Douglas County-based satellite broadcaster Dish Network, EchoStar Technologies and NagraStar. EchoStar and NagraStar produce set-top box and encryption gear designed to make Dish Network’s signals viewable only by paying subscribers.
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Florida grandma Gabrielle Shaink Trudeau left in jail for 15 days over driver’s license mistake
BY Rich O’Malley
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
A 78-year-old indigent Florida woman was left in jail for 15 days — including over Thanksgiving — on charges of driving with a suspended license, according to a story in the online newspaper BrowardBulldog.org.
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The Lawsuit involved ‘Your Wife is Hot’ ads
By Jon Burstein, Sun Sentinel
January 7, 2010
Air Around the Clock, a Coral Springs air conditioning company, has reached an out-of-court agreement in its trademark infringement case against a competitor. Air Around the Clock had accused the rival of misappropriating its successful “Your wife is hot. Better get your A/C fixed” billboard campaign.
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Rothstein Set To Plead Guilty On Jan. 27th
Charged With Mail Fraud, Wire Fraud, Money Laundering And Conspiracy
Judge Set A Jan. 27 Change Of Plea Date
Reporting Lisa Cilli
MIAMI (CBS4) Scott Rothstein, the disbarred South Florida attorney accused of running a $1.2 billion investment scam, agreed Wednesday to plead guilty later this month to charges arising from his alleged Ponzi scheme
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