The Miami-Dade Police Department’s (MDPD), Organized Crimes Bureau, Cargo Theft Task Force, arrested 6 indiviuals that accounted for over 1 million dollars in stolen dairy products from Island Dairy LLC and Mcarthur Next LLC According to investigators, the six subjects were working in concert to pilfer dairy products from the distributor. The subjects would manipulate…
The Miami-Dade Police Department’s (MDPD), Traffic Homicide Unit, is investigating a crash involving a MDPD marked police vehicle. According to investigators, a stolen vehicle alert was received from a license plate reader in the area of NW 79th Street and NW 17th Avenue. Northside District officers observed a vehicle matching the description of the alert.…
A program trained with the help of artificial intelligence is set to help a defendant contest his case in a U.S. court next month, New Scientist reported. Instead of addressing the court, the program, which will run on a smartphone, will supply appropriate responses through an earpiece to the defendant, who can then use them…
GENERAL BILL by Stewart Custodial Interrogations of Minors; Providing a presumption of inadmissibility for confessions of certain minors which are made as a result of a custodial interrogation at a place of detention if deceptive tactics are used; specifying circumstances under which the presumption may be overcome; providing that the state attorney has the burden…
BILL WOULD END ‘DECEPTION’ TO OBTAIN JUVENILE SUSPECT CONFESSIONS Sen. Linda Stewart A Central Florida lawmaker is refiling a measure that would make a juvenile suspect’s confession inadmissible if police use “deception” to obtain it. Sen. Linda Stewart, D-Orlando, filed SB 890 on February 16. The measure has yet to receive committee references and there…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The judge who handled the Parkland mass shooting case is so biased in favor of the prosecution that she cannot be trusted to oversee cases handled by the Broward Public Defender’s Office, according to dozens of motions filed in court last week. Broward Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer drew criticism in the…
In Florida, if you receive a traffic ticket then there are three options. The first option is to pay the fine and accept points on your license as well as court fees; this will allow for an early termination of proceedings without entering into negotiations with law enforcement personnel at all since it’s just formalities…
The Miami-Dade Police Department, Special Victims Bureau/Missing Persons Squad, is investigating the whereabouts of a juvenile that went missing with his father and paternal grandmother. According to investigators, the juvenile, Jorge Morales, was picked up by his paternal grandmother in accordance with a court time sharing order. The father failed to return the juvenile, violating…
The Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD), Homicide Bureau, with the assistance of the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office, have arrested an adult male in connection to a fatal double shooting in northwest Miami-Dade County. According to investigators, uniformed officers responded to the rear efficiency regarding reports of two adult males with apparent gunshot wounds. Upon officers…
MIAMI – Mitchell A. Ellis, 34, of Okeechobee County, Fla., was sentenced on October 12 by U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon to 16 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. He also was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine. According to court records, on September 21, 2021, at approximately…