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Earlier this month, we wrote about the federal indictment of Beau Diamond of Sarasota for wire fraud and money laundering. Federal prosecutors allege that Diamond ran an elaborate Ponzi scheme involving foreign currency (Forex) trading. Although the national headlines have... [Read More]
Derrick McNeal of Tampa escaped the death penalty this week in a Hillsborough County courtroom. McNeal was convicted of the first-degree murder of a toddler but the jury recommended that he be sentenced to life in prison without parole. On... [Read More]
A Sarasota jury voted 12-0 earlier this month to recommend giving Michael King the death penalty for killing Denise Lee in January 2008. Before the judge sentences King, though, he will have the opportunity to present more evidence in support... [Read More]
A Sarasota County grand jury indicted David Myers of Venice, Florida, last week on on first-degree murder charges. He was previously charged with second-degree murder. The speculation is that prosecutors may now seek the death penalty for Myers. Prosecutors now... [Read More]
Beau Diamond of Sarasota, son of “Fit for Life” health guru Harvey Diamond, was charged last week in federal court with wire fraud and money laundering. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Tampa alleges that Diamond engaged in a fraudulent Ponzi... [Read More]
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]
Earlier 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]
Luis 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]
According to the latest statistics released by local law enforcement, Manatee County has the highest murder rate per capita in the Tampa Bay area with 22 murders so far in 2009. Manatee County only had 22 murders over the course... [Read More]
Yesterday, in a courtroom about 55 miles east of Bradenton, prosecutors and defense attorneys worked together – with the support of the defendant and the victims’ family – to resolve a 2001 vehicular manslaughter case. The cooperation between the sides... [Read More]
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