Month: January 2021

Jan 28, 2021 5:16 AM

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Lawsuit by former Miami SVU detective targets Chief Colina, controversial police captain

By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Miami Police Capt. Javier Ortiz railroaded a former special victims unit detective by misleading her into believing she was about to be arrested for corruption, according to a recently filed federal lawsuit.
Jan 26, 2021 10:52 AM

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Broward judge orders sheriff to answer questions about criminal history

By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A Broward judge has ordered Sheriff Gregory Tony to declare under oath whether or not he’s ever been a defendant in a criminal case.
Jan 24, 2021 5:16 AM

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Sudan, fresh off state sponsors of terrorism list, squares off to fight 9/11 families

By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
With depositions of the first Saudi government witnesses beginning this month, the huge 9/11 lawsuit brought by thousands of survivors and family members in federal court in New York has opened a second major active front – against the government of Sudan.
Jan 20, 2021 5:37 AM

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Ashley Moody, Republican dark money and the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol

By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody’s office abruptly scrubbed her state website shortly after Jan. 6 to remove mention that she was a director of a conservative dark money group tied to the infamous insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Jan 18, 2021 5:27 AM

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Broward’s new state attorney says he’ll reimagine the top prosecutor’s job

By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
When a young lawyer named Harold Fernandez Pryor Jr. trounced 20-year prosecutor Gregg Rossman to become Broward’s first African-American state attorney, many wondered: Harold who? Yet voters knew enough about Pryor, 34, to choose him for a four-year term as the chief legal enforcer in Florida’s second-most populous county. He oversees 462 employees, including 213 prosecutors, for an annual salary of $174,641.
Jan 14, 2021 5:37 AM

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Travel insurance’s tricky language leaves customers without refunds during COVID-19

By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
Jack and Vicky Brennan looked forward to a sailing trip out of Grenada in July 2020. Months earlier as COVID-19 got worldwide attention, the St. Petersburg couple decided to purchase travel insurance, in case they couldn’t go. Now, the company won’t pay.