Aug
29
2009
… Aug. 29: Officials are collecting evidence from the Garrido’s backyard compound as they probe possible links to other cases, including the slayings of several prostitutes. NBC’s George Lewis reports.
See the full article from “msnbc.com”
Aug
25
2009
Tyler Hayes Weinman’s attorney, David Macey, says the teenager’s family is already struggling to pay his legal bills.
Taxpayers will foot the bill for some of Weinman’s case, under a motion Miami-Dade Circuit Judge John Thornton granted Monday. Thornton approved $10,000 to pay for depositions and $2,500 for investigative costs. He also cut the daily cost of Weinman’s electronic monitoring bracelet.
Weinman is charged with 19 counts each of animal cruelty and improperly disposing of an animal body. He also faces four counts of burglary related to the cat deaths. He has pleaded not guilty.
Report: Man leaves kids in car at strip club
CLEARWATER — Authorities say a Largo man was arrested after being accused of leaving two small children in his vehicle while he was in a Clearwater strip club.
See the full article from “Bradenton Herald”
Aug
22
2009
2. Detroit: Clinic Owner and Patient Recruiter Plead Guilty in $15 Million Fraud Scheme
Miami residents Jose and Arnaldo Rosario pled guilty to participating in a conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program of approximately $15.3 million. Full Story
3. Atlanta: Lawyer Sentenced for Operating a $40 Million Ponzi Scheme
Robert P. Copeland was sentenced to serve over 10 years in federal prison on a charge of wire fraud related to a $40 million investment fraud scheme. Full Story
4. Los Angeles: Five Sentenced for Forcing Guatemalans to Work as Prostitutes
Five members of an extended family were sentenced terms in federal prison ranging from 30 to 40 years for their roles in an international sex trafficking ring that lured young Guatemalan women and girls to the Los Angeles area and forced them into prostitution.
See the full article from “Family Badge”
Aug
21
2009
Fresh off getting the key to the city from Miami officials, Pitbull was served with a lawsuit claiming he owes thousands of dollars in damages for not showing up to three concerts in Australia scheduled in late 2008.
Apparently Pitbull felt like he should have been paid just for considering spitting lyrics for the Aussies because he decided to keep the advance payment he received, alleges Jaime Fernandez, a Sydney-based promoter.
“We did everything we could to make him happy, sometimes even going that extra mile in order to meet his demands,” Fernandez told the New Times. “But yet he still refused to get on the plane. Not only that, he also failed to notify that he wasn’t coming and also kept half the money for doing nothing at all.”
Ay papo! What could those demands be? A stripper poll on the plane? if his demands are anywhere near as silly as T-Pain’s cartoon fetish, Fernandez should have never landed the plain on a Miami tarmac
See the full article from “NBC6.net”
Aug
21
2009
2. Detroit: Clinic Owner and Patient Recruiter Plead Guilty in $15 Million Fraud Scheme
Miami residents Jose and Arnaldo Rosario pled guilty to participating in a conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program of approximately $15.3 million. Full Story
3. Atlanta: Lawyer Sentenced for Operating a $40 Million Ponzi Scheme
Robert P. Copeland was sentenced to serve over 10 years in federal prison on a charge of wire fraud related to a $40 million investment fraud scheme. Full Story
4. Los Angeles: Five Sentenced for Forcing Guatemalans to Work as Prostitutes
Five members of an extended family were sentenced terms in federal prison ranging from 30 to 40 years for their roles in an international sex trafficking ring that lured young Guatemalan women and girls to the Los Angeles area and forced them into prostitution.
See the full article from “Family Badge”