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The state attorney's office for Manatee County has declined to charge 19-year-old Davell Kendricks with manslaughter for the New Year's Day death of Rashawn Scott.According to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office, Kendricks and Scott were playing cards with a group of...
Sanjeev Grover, a Lutz physician, was sentenced this week to five years in federal prison for distributing the painkiller oxycodone outside the scope of his practice. Grover also was ordered to relinquish his medical license with the state and his Drug Enforcement...
Seventeen-year-old Gerald Terrell Jones of Brandon was acquitted of attempted second-degree murder by a Hillsborough County jury earlier this month. Jones previously admitted to shooting his drug dealer in the face after a drug deal went bad. The trial judge had...
As reported in the Tampa Bay Times, five Tampa Bay area defense lawyers, including Bjorn Brunvand of this office, are seeking a federal civil rights investigation of the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office over allegations that narcotics detectives have trespassed and...
As reported in the Tampa Bay Times earlier this week, dozens of Pinellas County marijuana cases are being reconsidered and possibly dismissed amid allegations that narcotics deputies trespassed and lied to gather evidence. The Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office...
As reported in the Tampa Bay Times, Justin Ash of Zepherhills pleaded guilty last week in Pasco County to second-degree murder with a firearm, avoiding life in prison. The plea was part of an agreement negotiated by Ash's defense attorney Bjorn Brunvand and...
Ravinder Reddy Allala of Cumming, Georgia was recently sentenced in a Tampa federal courtroom to 40 months in federal prison for visa fraud and conspiracy. Allala previously pleaded guilty on November 3, 2011 and reappeared this month for sentencing.According to court...
Authorities in Hillsborough County, Florida charged Miguel Angel Utrera-Espinosa of Wimauma with DUI manslaughter after a fatal car crash February 4th. Utrera-Espinosa's blood-alcohol level was allegedly measured at 0.079 about three hours after the crash.While...
Last July, Brittany Wentz of Tampa died from injuries sustained in a car crash at Interstate 275 and Himes Avenue. More than six months later, the driver of the car she was riding in has been arrested and charged with DUI manslaughter.Law enforcement alleges that test...
As reported by the Tampa Bay Times and Channel 8 News, the Pinellas County murder trial of Stephanie Spurgeon began last week. Ms. Spurgeon is being defended by attorneys Bjorn Brunvand and Ron Kurpiers. Ms. Spurgeon is a former Palm Harbor day care owner accused of...
