Category: Crime
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Lawsuit: UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killer built gun, silencer from 3D-printing files supplied by Florida ‘black-market operator’
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A Texas company defending itself in a fast-moving federal copyright lawsuit in Orlando has filed court papers declaring that the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson used a 3D-printed pistol and silencer built from digital printing files provided by a Florida-based “black-market operator.” -
GOP bigshot Adam Kidan: A life of luxury despite owing millions in restitution from SunCruz fraud
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Ex-con Adam Kidan has owed the U.S. government $21.7 million, plus interest, in restitution since he and ex-super lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded guilty in 2006 to fraud and conspiracy charges in the $147.5-mllion SunCruz Casinos swindle. So how, since his release from prison in 2009, has Kidan been able to live a life of luxury? -
The hardest case for mercy; Inside the effort to spare the Parkland school shooter
By Joe Sexton
The Marshalll Project
In the summer of 1998, Brenda Woodard and Carolyn Deakins were two of the dozens of women selling sex on the streets of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It was a desperate scene down by the 17th Street Causeway, the first bridge into the city from its south. The johns, many of them fresh arrivals from the nearby airport, would swing off U.S. 1, and conduct their business in cars along Miami Road… -
End of jail bail reform may cost Broward taxpayers an extra $16.7 million
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Broward’s exercise in bail reform, intended to end the unjust treatment of the poor and minorities, died quietly Jan. 1. It was 1 ½ years old. Cause of death: the state’s Republican powers that be – the Legislature, governor and Supreme Court. -
A tale of enduring friendship: dementia and Miami’s true-crime reporting queen Edna Buchanan
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
This is a story about a 43-year friendship surviving amid turbulent times. After a dozen years at the helm, Rick Hirsch who retired as Miami Herald managing editor in December 2021, but he did not relinquish his concern for a talented former colleague: Edna Buchanan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and multi-book author. -
Appeals court ruling may send Florida Justice Center founder, ex-BSO deputy Bleiweiss back to prison
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
Jonathan Bleiweiss, the Oakland Park-based Broward sheriff’s deputy turned convict turned self-styled crusader for justice, is running out of moves to avoid more prison time.
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