Luis Pinto, a student of the University of Miami, was stabbed by Erik Dettenmayer after attacking him over a domestic argument. Pinto was told by his girlfriend he was visiting for the weekend, Tiffany Geisland, that she was interested in Dettenmayer. Dettenmayer stabbed Pinto in the ensuing fight with non-fatal…
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Florida 21 Year Old Arrested for Intent to Distribute Drugs
Gary Evan McCormack, 21, was stopped by Florida Highway Patrol near the St. Lucie exit for doing 26 mph over the speedlimit on I-95. After having the young man shake his shorts, a baggie filled with Xanax fell out. More pills were found on his person, with a total of…
Florida UBS Client Charged With Tax Evasion
Steven Rubinstein is being sentenced by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida for tax evasion. Rubinstein admitted to failing to report an account he had with UBS. Government officials claim over $3 million in taxes was evaded by the use of an off-shore corporation in affiliation…
13 Year Old Boy Charged With Voyeurism in Florida
An unnamed minor was arrested under charges of burglary, criminal mischief and voyeurism by Palm Bay police. Police reported that the boy secretly watched a mother and her child. The young teenager was seen at the rear patio door of the lady’s home. Police used a dog to track the…
Florida Man Carjacked in Florida, Still on the Loose
An employee for the city of Boca Raton was carjacked recently at a local Swim and Racquet Center. Frank Lovince, the victim, told Boca Raton Police that the men ordered him out of the car at gunpoint. One woman was also involved in the carjacking of Lovince’s black Chevrolet Blazer.…
Illegal Horse Meat in South Florida Worries Stable Owners
17 butchered horse carcasses have turned up in Miami-Dade county alone, a record for the year and the highest number ever recorded for the county. The illicit meat is making a rise in appearance at restaurants across the area. Customers of the meat are dealing with restaurants in a “speakeasy”…
Florida Teacher Tells Students He’s Going to Kill Them All
Jerrold Gabriel, a West Orange High School science teacher, threatened that he was going to shoot multiple students and kill the principal in 13 days from his notice. He was arrested for assault soon after the threat he told to a guidance counselor at the school. Numerous court documents show…
Florida College Student Gets Arrested for Stolen Property
Melanie Sinclair, a gymnast from the University of Florida, was arrested on charges of storing televisions, computers, and firearms from burglaries in Gainesville. Three felony counts in total were stacked against her, listed as burglary of an occupied dwelling unarmed, larceny theft of less than $5000 and grand larceny of…
Florida Man Gets DUI After Taxi Ride to His Bicycle
Jeremy B. Bowen, 45, blew a .234 and .239 according to the Hernando County Sheriffs Office. Deputies charged man with driving under the influence (DUI) after he rode in a taxi cab then got out to ride in his bicycle along SR 50 in the Tampa area. He admitted to…
Florida Dolphins Football Player Accused of Battery
Wilfred “Will” Billingsley, 25, was arrested on charges of battery and resisting an officer without violence. He reportedly attempted to throw his girlfriend out the front door of their home after an argument stemming from her putting his shoes outside. Billingsley’s girlfriend had minor injuries sustained to her arm and…