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According to several media reports, a police raid on the house of a British-Italian family has found almost 50lbs of dried basil, which the family claim is for personal use. Police raided the home of the Russo family after several reports from neighbors of pungent odors coming from the house. The police quickly found almost…

If you are getting divorced, you should consider this to be one of the most significant financial transactions of your life. Paying or receiving alimony is, quite frankly, a very big deal. In a Florida divorce proceeding, the judge may grant alimony to either party, which alimony may be bridge‑the‑gap, rehabilitative, durational, or permanent in…

VERO BEACH — A local woman was arrested early recently after officers said she punched an officer and caused a disturbance at a Vero Beach IHOP. The woman was charged with several crimes including battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting arrest with violence and trespassing after “acting irate” toward the restaurant’s other customers, according…

To the extent necessary to protect an award of alimony, the court may order any party who is ordered to pay alimony to purchase or maintain a life insurance policy or a bond, or to otherwise secure such alimony award with any other assets which may be suitable for that purpose. For purposes of determining…

Nobody gets married with the intention of getting divorced, but sometimes it is just the right and even necessary thing to do. People evolve and change, and some couples just grow apart, and don’t belong together any longer. A Florida divorce can be complicated, but experienced help is available. Michael Kessler has been helping good…

Ooooh that smell Can’t you smell that smell Ooooh that smell The smell of death surrounds you What a mess… A Florida woman was once arrested on the charge of “nuisance injurious to health” after she allegedly defecated in an elevator at a courthouse in Fort Pierce. Fort Pierce resident Patricia Ann Jamison was identified…

The Truth about Miranda Warnings TV has gotten Miranda wrong for over fifty years. On television, when a police officer makes an arrest and fails to read the arrested person his rights, viewers are led to believe that the arrest is illegal, and the person cannot be prosecuted. This is not even close to being…

South Florida – On Thursday, after 7 years Bartley Joseph Jude Gorman was arrested in Polk County. He is accused of being the driver who crashed his pickup truck into an SUV in Broward County, causing a fatal drowning. Gorman has been on the run since 2011. Why 7 years? “If we had charged him…

I knew this was going to happen. I told everyone who asked me. In late May, Tiger Woods was arrested in Jupiter, Florida, and charged with the crime of Driving While Impaired. As has been widely reported, he had no alcohol in his system at all. Rather, it appeared that he was impaired by a…

Criminal Defense Lawyers have heard it all too often. “Use your common sense,” the prosecutor urges the Jury. What the prosecutor means by that seemingly innocuous phrase is: “I know I have not presented enough evidence for you to convict. Let’s pretend that I did.” That is exactly what a Vero Beach prosecutor did in…