Nov 13 2009
By Pascal Fletcher
MIAMI (Reuters) – Federal agents investigating a prominent Florida lawyer suspected of running an elaborate Ponzi scheme said on Thursday the amount involved could exceed $1 billion, and they asked bilked investors to come forward.
Nov 12 2009
By Colleen Jenkins, Times Staff Writer
TAMPA — This week, as the U.S. Supreme Court heard appeals in two Florida juvenile cases, scholars took note that the state leads the nation in locking up kids for life who committed crimes in which no one died.
Nov 04 2009
By Bob Van Voris, Carlyn Kolker and Cynthia Cotts
Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) — Scott Rothstein, the South Florida lawyer whose firm asked federal prosecutors to investigate as much as $500 million in missing investor funds, returned yesterday to the U.S. from Morocco, his law partner said.
Nov 02 2009
Prosecutors obtain more time to charge burn case defendants
Nine-day extension needed to review evidence, lawyers say
By Juan Ortega and Alexia Campbell South Florida Sun-Sentinel
FORT LAUDERDALE - Appearing before three judges at separate hearings today, prosecutors obtained a nine-day extension to file formal charges against the teenagers accused of surrounding Michael Brewer, 15, and setting him on fire.
Oct 28 2009
Is Your Wife Hot … or Not? Dueling billboards in South Florida spark lawsuit
By Jon Burstein South Florida Sun Sentinel
A billboard battle along South Florida’s busiest roads revolves around that very question. Now it’s the crux of a federal lawsuit.
Air Around the Clock, a Coral Springs-based air conditioning and heating company, filed the suit last week, accusing a competitor of trademark infringement and misappropriating its “Your wife is hot” ad campaign.
Oct 27 2009
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., Oct. 25 (UPI) — Most of the five Florida teens accused of setting a classmate on fire come from families with criminal arrests and histories of abuse, documents indicate.
A review of court and police reports and interviews of law enforcement authorities by The Miami Herald reveals all five suspects’ family lives have been long troubled, the newspaper reported Sunday.
Oct 27 2009
Lawsuits over school construction seek nearly $2 million from Broward taxpayers
By Jennifer Gollan and Akilah Johnson South Florida Sun Sentinel
Two insurance companies have sued the Broward School Board for damages caused by construction blunders, saying they lost money when they replaced contractors who failed to finish projects.
Damages sought from taxpayers: Nearly $2 million.
Oct 25 2009
Contactmusic.com
Lil Wayne (Picture) D. Woods and Mika Means continued birthday celebration at Ahnvee Restaurant & Lounge in South Beach Miami Beach, Florida
Oct 24 2009
Gadgets offer clues in Casey Anthony, Tracy Ocasio, Bob Ward cases
Orlando Sentinel
Cell phone, BlackBerry, other devices can clue authorities in cases such as Casey Anthony’s
Name a local criminal case that has made the news recently, and chances are a cell phone was involved: Tracy Ocasio’s disappearance.
Oct 23 2009
Mistrial Declared in John Travolta Extortion Case
By Siobhan Morrissey – People
After nearly four weeks in a courtroom, a Bahamian judge declared a surprise mistrial late Wednesday in the John Travolta extortion trial, leaving the actor and his attorneys mystified and upset.
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