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A Sarasota jury convicted Michael King last Friday of capital murder in the death of Denise Amber Lee. The penalty phase is scheduled to begin tomorrow. All parties were in court this morning for a hearing on several motions regarding... [Read More]
Pasco County sheriff’s detectives made the biggest cocaine bust in county history this week. After a reported 18-month investigation, they found and seized 53 kilograms (over 115 pounds) of cocaine buried under a shed at a home in Dade City... [Read More]
Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal denied a petition from Max Wesley Horn Jr. to declare him immune from prosecution under the “stand your ground” law. Horn of New Port Richey is charged with second-degree murder of Joseph Martell during... [Read More]
Opening statements were given earlier this week in the Tampa capital murder trial of 17-year-old Esteban Rivera. Back on November 30, 2007, Rivera, then 15 years old, was involved in a drive-by shooting in East Tampa. Rivera has been charged... [Read More]
A federal judge in Orlando sentenced tax preparer Jean Marie Boursiquot to two and a half years in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service earlier this month. The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney for... [Read More]
Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges: White Collar CrimesEarlier this month in Tampa, Senior U.S. District Judge William J. Castagna sentenced Jose Quinones-Figueroa to 343 months in federal prison for conspiring to distribute heroin, possessing heroin and distributing heroin. Quinones-Figueroa pleaded guilty to the felony drug charges in... [Read More]
A Sarasota courtroom is the scene for an intense jury selection this week. Almost 500 potential jurors were called to be examined in the death penalty case against Michael King. King is accused of the kidnapping, rape and murder of... [Read More]
A federal judge in Tampa sentenced Clearwater real estate agent Klara Horvath to 18 months in federal prison for conspiring to commit mortgage fraud. Horvath pleaded guilty in return for a prosecution agreement to recommend a lower sentence. Horvath admitted... [Read More]
Locations: Florida
Criminal Charges: White Collar CrimesLuis Gonzales-Ines of Plant City was sentenced to 25 years in prison in a Hillsborough County courtroom last week for a drunk-driving collision which killed a motorcyclist on I-4 in May 2008. Gonzalez-Ines was convicted by a jury last month... [Read More]
In a scenario all too familiar to Tampa Bay area criminal defense attorney Bjorn Brunvand, the U.S. Attorney’s office has announced federal drug charges against four Colombian nationals related to a drug bust at sea. A federal grand jury has... [Read More]
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