According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in four women and one in seven men will suffer physical violence from an intimate partner during their lifetimes. In 2014, 106,882 domestic violence crimes were reported to Florida police agencies, leading to 64,460 arrests. However, domestic violence crimes often go unreported, so we [...]
If you look only at the law itself, you will learn that the fine for a misdemeanor first-offense DUI conviction in the state of Florida can range from $500 to $1,000. Do not be misled – that's only the beginning. If someone is arrested and charged with driving under the influence in South Florida, it [...]
In South Florida, far too many are injured or killed in DUI-related traffic crashes. What makes these injuries and deaths especially heartbreaking is that almost all of them could have been avoided. In Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, and Broward County, rideshare services, taxicabs, and limos are abundant and available 24 hours a day every day. Of [...]
Most judges and most lawmakers now understand that petty crimes committed by first-time offenders shouldn’t always be penalized with prosecutions and jail terms. First-time offenders – and our society – are better served by counseling aimed at deterring crime in the future. Diversion programs cost far less than trials and jail, and diversion gives first-time [...]
In November, voters in Florida approved Amendment 2, the Florida Medical Marijuana Legislation Initiative. More than 71 percent of the state’s voters agreed to approve the initiative. Only two years earlier, a similar measure had been narrowly defeated. Amendment 2 will allow doctors in Florida to prescribe marijuana for medical purposes to patients struggling with [...]
“Addiction” is a word that most of us tend to use perhaps too casually, and it’s usually an exaggeration. We might say that we are “addicted” to old movies or to walks on the beach, but in its more precise sense, that’s not really what addiction is. Addiction is a disease. It is a complex [...]
When someone is convicted of a crime in the state of Florida, depending on that crime’s severity and the offender’s previous criminal history, the offender may be ordered to prison or placed on probation. Those ordered to prison are then sometimes released on parole. Florida’s probation and parole officers work with offenders serving probation or [...]
Palm Beach County has a population of 1,378,417 people. The statistics for domestic violence are staggering for a population of this size. In the year 2015, more than 3,600 arrests were made due to domestic violence. More than 2,700 people were charged with simple assault, this number does not include those threatened and those who [...]
Under Florida law, household violence refers to any actual or intention striking or touching another person without consent, or intentionally causing bodily harm to another person, when the person struck is a household or family member. The term household or family member can refer to any of the following: husbands and wives, ex-husbands and ex-wives, [...]
Every year, there are millions of health insurance claims submitted in Florida to healthcare companies that try to make quality care a bit more affordable. Out of these millions of claims, a minor percentage of them tend to be fraudulent. If you have been charged with healthcare fraud in West Palm Beach, our white collar [...]
