Matthew Scheidt, 18, is now in police custody and accused of impersonating a police officer. Just last year Scheidt was accused of impersonating a physician assistant. Scheidt told detectives he went to Osceola Regional Medical Center to get a badge he thought he needed for his job at a doctor’s…
The Fifth District Court of Appeal in Daytona Beach has granted the petition for a new judge for George Zimmerman, the man charged with the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. A panel of three judges voted 2-1 that Stanford Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester’s statements directed towards Zimmerman were enough to…
The US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Tuesday that law enforcement can use cell phone data derived from cell phone use to establish an individual’s location with no warrant or probable cause. The ruling was in United Stated v. Skinner, in which Melvin Skinner, an alleged…
A angry former apparel designer was killed Friday morning by police gunfire in front of the Empire State Building, one of the most famous skyscrapers in the world and one of New York City’s best-known tourist attractions, after he murdered a former work acquaintance, Steven Ercolino. Authorities said the shooting…
David Chapman, 57, is serving a prison sentence of 20 years to life for shooting John Lennon, Beatle British singer-songwriter, four times in the back outside the musician’s New York City apartment building on December 8, 1980. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Chapman was denied parole in 2000, 2002,…
George Zimmerman, the Florida man charged with the murder of teenager Trayvon Martin, works with his criminal defense team in hopes to be reassigned to a different judge. Zimmerman’s lawyers argued that their client feared he could not get a fair trial before Seminole County Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester. Judge…
Police Chief Jeff Tyson of the Lantana Police Department is preparing for an unpleasant legal encounter of his own. After the incident on April 4, Tyson will be having his own day in court. Tyson was operating an unmarked police car on Wednesday afternoon when he rear-ended a sheriff’s deputy…
Mike Tyson, former boxing star, recently told of how he avoiding being arrested for a DUI because the arresting officers were impressed by his fame. He was pulled over while high on cocaine. Though he anticipated big trouble when he saw the police car attempting to pull him over, Tyson…
Angela K. Schultz, 34 years old, was sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty on March 28, 2012 to aggravated vehicular homicide. She had three previous convictions for operating a vehicle while under the influence. Because she had continued to drive drunk even after she had previously received…
Warren Jeffs of Salt Lake City is involved in a rather confusing child custody case. Jeffs has nine children with his wife, Amy, who is a member of a polygamous sect of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Jeffs, who has been thrown out of the cult…