Florida Legal News
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12.23.2008
Plaxico Burress Sued for Uninsured Rear Ender
FORT LAUDERDALE — The suspended New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress was sued last week in Florida’s Broward County Circuit Court for rear-ending a woman in May with his uninsured $140,000 Mercedes-Benz. According to a document provided by the woman’s attorney, his car insurance had lapsed three days before the crash. A letter from [...]
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11.19.2008
Detention lieutenant faces DUI charge
WINTER HAVEN – Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a Polk County sheriff’s detention lieutenant on Tuesday and charged him with driving under the influence. According to the affidavit, a Polk County sheriff’s sergeant on patrol observed a tan four-door Toyota weaving and hitting curbs, heading east on Cypress Gardens Boulevard in Winter Haven around 1:20 [...]
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11.06.2008
Ex-nurse gets house arrest for drug abuse, fraud
NAPLES — A 50-year-old former nurse who was addicted to painkillers and falsified patient records to steal pills was sentenced to five years of house arrest for that and other crimes. But Debra Archer Hauenstein of Golden Gate, who got hooked on drugs after an injury, may never finish her sentence: She’s in the terminal stages [...]
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10.23.2008
Rep. Tim Mahoney’s wife files for divorce
PALM BEACH GARDENS – The wife of Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney filed for divorce Monday, a week after Mahoney admitted to “numerous” affairs. In divorce papers filed Monday by Stuart attorney Karen Steger in the North Palm Beach County Courthouse, Terry Mahoney says the couple’s marriage is “irretrievably broken.” The two married Dec. 31, [...]
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10.16.2008
A Daytona Beach man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after pleading guilty last month to DUI manslaughter charges.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A Daytona Beach man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after pleading guilty last month to DUI manslaughter charges. Authorities said Brenton Black, 31, was driving a friend’s sport utility vehicle in June 2007 with a suspended license and a blood alcohol content nearly twice the legal limit of [...]
