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Judge Cox to rule whether Stand Your Ground can be applied retroactively
A circuit court judge is likely to weigh in on whether Florida’s evolving Stand Your Ground statute can ...
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All Aboard Florida gets time to sell bonds for Orlando stretch
All Aboard Florida got another break from an indulgent federal government last week when the U.S. Department of ...
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‘Marsy’s Law’ could 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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Jury didn’t buy drug doctor’s story that he was set up
Johnny Benjamin, the former Vero Beach spine surgeon recently convicted on federal drug charges, told the jury that ...
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Drug doctor’s lawyers bid to recall jurors
Lawyers for Johnny Benjamin, the former Vero Beach spine surgeon facing life in prison on federal drug charges, ...
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Tipster says Burkeen’s co-workers knew the boss was stealing tires
The day after retired Assistant Fire Chief Brian Burkeen was arrested for an alleged black-market tire sales scheme, ...
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St. Ed’s sues family for breach of contract
Vero Beach’s private island school filed a lawsuit against the mother of a fifth-grader in circuit court last ...
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Drug-dealing doctor facing life in prison
A federal magistrate was introduced to two sides of Dr. Johnny Benjamin six months ago as he contemplated ...
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GUILTY: Vero doc Johnny Benjamin faces life sentence
FORT LAUDERDALE — Vero Beach spine surgeon Dr. Johnny Benjamin was convicted on five of the seven felony ...
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Witnesses build drug case against Johnny Benjamin
FORT LAUDERDALE – One by one, prosecutors paraded witnesses into a federal courtroom this past week to build ...
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Island resident gets 7 years for fraud in Connecticut
An island resident has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for defrauding investors of $64 million ...
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Accused killer of Simpson to defend himself in murder retrial
The man who has been serving a life sentence for the murder of Brian Simpson during the 2011 ...