The murder trial of John Jonchuk will begin in a few months but the controversy has already started. Jonchuk faces a first-degree murder charge for the death of his five-year-old daughter, Phoebe. Police say a detective saw Jonchuck throw his daughter Phoebe off of the Dick Misener Bridge in the middle of the night in January […]
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Those are words Floridians aren’t hearing so much these days. There are more than 238,000 warrants for arrest in Florida. The crimes associated with these arrests range from the worst to the least serious. Why are these warrants outstanding? Judges, law enforcement officials and reformers across the country say the glut of warrants overwhelms the
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Raimundo Atesiano, the former Biscayne Park chief of police, was sentenced yesterday to three years in prison for framing three innocent men for burglaries in the small town north of Miami. As chief, Atesiano wanted to solve the burglaries and ensure the community that they were safe. He chose crime to make that point and
Holiday parties, office closings, relatives visiting all lead to one thing-a dramatic increase in drunk driving arrests in the Bay area. The past few months, we’ve already witnessed a rash of wrong-way crashes on the Howard Franklin Bridge. Most recently, a 78-year-old man was arrested for DUI after driving the wrong way on McMullen Booth
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Christopher Precopia was in a heap of trouble and he knew it. A former girlfriend said that two days earlier, he had broken into her home and sliced an “X” into her chest with a box cutter. The two dated several years earlier, but Precopia couldn’t remember the last time the two had contact. Now he
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In a rare show of bipartisan cooperation, the Congress is working on making significant prison reform. The legislation, called the First Step Act, has the support of President Trump. “Today, I am thrilled to announce my support for this bipartisan bill that will make our communities safer and give former inmates a second chance at
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The question has been hotly debated for decades now. Should drug offenders be sent to prison or rehabilitation? It was President Richard Nixon who coined the phrase “war on drugs” as he launched a new effort to stop the growing number of addicts as well as the ever increasing flow of illegal narcotics into this
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Violation of probation or VOP is a serious matter that can land you back in prison or facing hefty fines. For instance, if an individual is on probation for a third degree felony and fails to comply with one of the conditions set by the court, a subsequent violation charge can subject that person to
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To say “Stop and Frisk” is a controversial law enforcement tactic would be an understatement. Police believe the strategy of stop and frisk is essential to preventing crime and catching criminals. Civil rights advocates argue that it’s a violation of the 4th Amendment which guarantees freedom from unwanted searches and seizures. In 1968, in the
Manslaughter may either be voluntary or involuntary. Florida state laws establish the criminal offense of manslaughter when a homicide, the killing of a human being, does not meet the legal definition of murder. Manslaughter, unlike murder, does not require evidence of the defendant’s premeditation or “depraved mind” with disregard for human life; instead, the state