As reported late last week in the Bradenton Herald, defense attorney Bjorn Brunvand of this office has requested a continuance on behalf of Delmer Smith III in Manatee County's circuit court. Court convened last week to hear motions seeking MRI and PET scans of Smith,...
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Month: September 2012
Former Hernando Sheriff Candidate Accused of Fraud and Perjury
Luke Frazier, a candidate for Hernando County sheriff back in 2008, was arrested and charged with fraud and perjury this week. Authorities say that Frazier forged a deed on a vacant two-bedroom house in Spring Hill in 2007. They also accuse Frazier of collecting rent...
Tampa Men Charged in 39 Count Tax Fraud Indictment
The U.S. government unsealed a 39-count indictment last week, charging two Tampa men in a tax fraud scheme that allegedly netted them millions of dollars. Authorities arrested Marterrence Holloway and Maurice Larry and charged the two with conspiracy to defraud the...
Four Sarasota Residents Charged in Fraudulent Store Refund Scheme
According to law enforcement in Sarasota, four local men were charged last week with scheming to defraud in an alleged scheme to use trashed store receipts to make fraudulent refund requests.Brandie Horsley, Thomas Harrison, David Walshaw, and James Buck were all...
Mental Competence Challenged in St. Petersburg Murder Case
Bradley Bolden is accused of killing a private security officer at a St. Petersburg apartment complex last year. The officer was found shot dead near the apartment pool and tennis courts.Lawyers are now arguing over whether Bolden may be too mentally retarded to...
Brooksville Man Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud in Foreclosure Inspection Case
Dean Counce pleaded guilty this month in federal court to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Counce was accused of submitting fraudulent inspection reports to lenders handling foreclosed properties.Around 2007, Counce founded a company in Brooksville called...
Hudson Man Sentenced to Eight Years for Pasco DUI Manslaughter
A Pasco County judge sentenced 22-year-old Joshua Fieger to eight years in prison for the DUI manslaughter of a 19-year-old in Hudson in December 2009. Fieger faced up to 15 years in prison. According to media reports, the judge was moved by evidence of Fieger's long...
Valrico Man Charged with Second Degree Murder in Death of Wife
Colin Joseph Maloney of Valrico was arrested and charged last week with second-degree murder. Authorities claim Maloney killed his wife in their home back in March.Maloney allegedly called 911 on March 18 and told a dispatcher he had found his wife, Felicia,...
St. Peterburg Woman Charged with DUI, Child Neglect in Parked Car
Barbara Brummette, of St. Petersburg, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence (DUI)and child neglect after Pinellas County sheriff's deputies allegedly discovered her over the weekend, passed out in her car. Though the car was parked and apparently...
Prosecutors To Decide Charges in Shooting Death of Brandon Teen
Nineteen-year-old Daniel Oliver of Brandon is dead after a Sunday afternoon shooting in the Providence Lakes area, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. No one has yet been charged with his murder. Officers were dispatched to a home at 1409 Scotch...
