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After 5 hours of deliberations a Miami-Dade jury came back with a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity verdict. Defendant Lavenston Horne Horne was charged with shooting and killing both of his parents as his father was fixing dinner on July 8th, 1996. Lavenston also shot his sister multiple times when she…

In Federal Judge rules that a City of Detroit Employee can proceed with her lawsuit which alleges that her co-worker’s perfume made it difficult for her to breathe and impossible to do her job. U.S. District Judge Lawrence P. Zatkoff found that the employee’s case could proceed under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The…

They’re not coming for the beaches any more, they’re coming for the Pain Management Clinics. Within the past few years it seems like these clinics have been popping up everywhere, and they’re clearly making money. If you can’t tell from the lines wrapped around the back of the clinic on a Monday morning or…

Yesterday, the classifieds site agreed to crack down on ads posted by prostitutes, responding to government complaints that the site has become a free clearinghouse for illegal sexual services. In an agreement with attorneys general from 40 states, Craigslist said it will require posters of erotic-services ads to give a working phone number and…

The Florida Supreme Court, in a 6-1 ruling, held that statements given by suspects after police administer a flawed Miranda warning may not be used as evidence against them. In The State of Florida v. Kevin Dewayne Powell, The court found that the Tampa Police Department Miranda warnings were misleading as they suggested that…

The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is investigating an officer’s complaint accusing supervisors of instituting quotas for arrests and tickets, a department spokesman confirmed today. Police spokesman Sgt. Frank Sousa said the department’s internal affairs investigators were looking into the charges. The Miami Herald reported in Monday’s editions that a veteran patrolman, Michael Hennessy, complained…

According to the Miami-Dade Police department, there is no harmless marijuana. Investigators said Thursday that Yoel Padron Garcia, a guard at a hydroponics lab in Naranja, confessed to shooting at undercover narcotics detectives, wounding one. Garcia was arrested in Dania Beach, 40 miles to the north. Miami-Dade police announced Garcia’s arrest Thursday, hours after…

Florida Department of Law Enforcement Breathalyzer Technician/inspector is fired after manipulating test results. The technician had a pattern of turning the machine off and back on when it looked the machine was about to fail the inspection. In July the FDLE wrote a letter to all of the police departments in these three counties…

Brazen motorcyclists and drivers now will be clobbered with a fine in the four figures — $1,000 and up — if they get busted for excessive speeding on Florida roads. And for the bikers, there are additional new rules, including a ban on “popping wheelies,” or lifting the front wheel off the pavement. Under…

The Fort Myers News Press has published this photo album of Lee County’s wanted Fugitives. Check it out here: http://www.news-press.net/crime/