Tampa, FL – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the filing of two federal complaints charging five individuals with armed robberies of United States Postal Letter Carriers. According to the first criminal complaint, on September 5, 2023, Jordan Michelle Brown (20, Tampa), Jordan Murray (19, Tampa), and Darine Underwood (18, Tampa) robbed a U.S. […]

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The late Judge C. Roger Vinson honored by Escambia and Santa Rosa legal community Judge C. Roger Vinson The Escambia and Santa Rosa legal community presented “The Profession and the Professional — the study of Judge Roger Vinson” December 1. The presentation featured the professional life of U.S. Northern District Judge C. Roger Vinson, who […]

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Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Mary Scriven has sentenced Stephen Donald Kearney (61, St. Petersburg) to 7 years in federal prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for receiving child sexual abuse material. The court also ordered Kearney to pay $13,000 in restitution to victims of the offenses. Kearney is also required to […]

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FFLA awards $33.9 million to 35 Florida legal aid organizations St. Michael’s Legal Center for Women and Children is the only new grantee this year FFLA is distributing $33.9 million to 35 Florida civil legal aid clinics, up from the $7.7 million in grants the organization awarded to many of the same organizations last year. […]

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Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara has sentenced Americo Bautista-Villarreal (59, Mexico) to seven years and eight months in federal prison months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. Bautista-Villarreal had pleaded guilty on November 20, 2021. According to court documents, Bautista-Villarreal was deported from the […]

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December 1, 2023 Disciplinary Actions The Florida Supreme Court in recent court orders disciplined eight attorneys, disbarring one, revoking the license of one, suspending five and reprimanding one. Leon Menas Boyajan, II, 2303 Highway 44 W., Inverness, suspended for one year, effective 30 days following a November 2 court order. (Admitted to practice: 1983) Boyajan […]

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Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the unsealing of a criminal complaint charging Brandale Swails (29, Tampa) with Hobbs Act Robbery. If convicted, Swails faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.  According to the complaint, on October 15, 2023, Swails entered a gas station, pointed a firearm at […]

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Supreme Court makes judgeship recommendations ahead of upcoming legislative session Three justices took issue with the court’s conclusion that one fewer judge was needed in each of Alachua and Brevard counties The Florida Supreme Court on November 30 certified the need for additional judges: one in the 20th Judicial Circuit, two in Hillsborough County, and […]

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Jacksonville, Florida – U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard today sentenced Kenneth Steven Landers (57, Jacksonville) to one year and one day in federal prison for wire fraud and engaging in an illegal monetary transaction. As part of his sentence, the court also entered an order of forfeiture in the amount of $910,000, the proceeds […]

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May judicial candidates wear clothes emblazoned with their campaign website address? A “bare majority” of the Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee says it’s permissible for a judicial candidate to wear a shirt, hat, or other apparel that shows the website address maintained by the candidate’s committee which includes options to donate and to endorse the campaign. […]

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