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Man re-sentenced to 10 years in prison for 2014 fake bomb threat

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A 31-year-old man who called in a fake bomb threat to a local elementary school ...

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Court of Appeals allows ‘Pill mill’ evidence obtained by local sheriff’s deputy

State prosecutors recently strengthened their case against several defendants accused of running a “pill mill” in Vero Beach. ...

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County voters get to choose 2 new judges

Indian River County voters will have the opportunity to choose new judicial officials in August as they consider ...

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Judge denies “Stand Your Ground’ defense in brother killing

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A Circuit Court judge has denied immunity to a Vero Beach man accused of ...

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Undocumented workers found at John’s Island face deportation

INDIAN RIVER SHORES — Six undocumented Central American immigrants ran into problems last month when they tried to ...

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Woman settles island trip-and-fall lawsuit with the county

Leslie McGuirk claims she was out for a walk when a car came barreling down Seagrape Drive in ...

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Cox delays ruling on ‘Stand Your Ground’ defense

Extensive expert testimony at a hearing last week did not lead to a ruling about whether Mark Deffendall ...

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Escrow agent convicted in Heaton hotel case

A federal jury last week found the lawyer who performed escrow work a decade ago for luxury condominium ...

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Shores officers save life of John’s Island Alzheimer’s patient

A middle-of-the-night decision by two Indian River Shores Police Officers to go back to the shoreline and look ...

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Attorney on trial for conspiracy in Heaton hotel case

Vero Beach lawyer Eric Granitur went on trial Monday at the federal courthouse in West Palm Beach, charged ...

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‘Marsy’s Law’ may become part of Florida constitution

A victims’ rights constitutional amendment Floridians will vote on this fall that sounds like a good idea on ...

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Kentucky man gets probation after taking battery plea in Disney incident

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — A lack of DNA evidence and the prospect of questionable witness testimony helped a ...