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Judge denies convicted murderer’s plea for new trial

A man convicted of first-degree murder saw a ray of light when Judge Cynthia Cox allowed him a ...

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Feds take over drug case against Dr. Johnny Benjamin

The Vero Beach surgeon whose high-profile drug trafficking arrest earlier this month shocked the community appeared shackled and ...

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Driver gets 11 years for fatal Jungle Trail crash

Just minutes after Zackary Hillegass was cut from his overturned SUV after it crashed on the Jungle Trail, ...

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Vero doctor accused of big-time drug trafficking

A well-known Vero Beach doctor was behind bars this week days after federal agents filed a complaint detailing ...

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Vero doctor arrested for robbery, drug trafficking

VERO BEACH — Johnny Benjamin, 51, a well-known local doctor, is facing several felony charges for robbery and drug ...

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Judge rules out key evidence in ‘pill mill’ case

Judge Cynthia Cox has suppressed key evidence in three high-profile “pill mill” cases in Indian River County, putting ...

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Vero church sued for failure to repay loan given by member

It was November 2009, in the darkest days of the Great Recession, when Lori Biermann and her late ...

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Man committed for try to kidnap boy from school

A stranger accused of trying to kidnap a 14-year-old student from the campus of Gifford Middle School last ...

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Accused island murderer acts as own attorney at hearing

Asbury Perkins II, the island resident charged with the murder of his estranged wife, appeared Sept. 20 as ...

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School Board sued over body slam by a wrestling coach

The Indian River County School Board is facing yet another lawsuit, this one filed by a mother who ...

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Woman claims she was fired for reporting porn at school

A former staff member at a nonprofit Christian school for boys in Vero Beach filed a lawsuit Aug. ...

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Island man, called ‘mini-Madoff, ’ is facing life jail term

An Vero Beach island resident, who has been described as the “mini-Madoff” of the Connecticut Gold Coast, faces ...