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Dr. Stewart Bitman, a gastroenterologist, is set to be arraigned on nine child sex crime charges in federal court later this month. Dr. Michael Mizrachy, a pediatrician, is expected to stand trial next month on a federal child pornography count.

Former Marine Stephen Kruspe is in jail, facing a first-degree murder charge in the 2017 fatal shooting of his wife of 42 years at an assisted living facility in Boynton Beach. Kruspe, 67, argues there is proof his wife, Pamela, wanted to die because of suffering over her dementia.

The new “Equal Justice Awards” for judges in Florida are based on more than four years of sentencing data, says the lawyer behind the honors.

A judge Friday ordered that Sheila Keen Warren, the woman accused of being a killer clown, will not be released on bond pending trial.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues after nearly a year, these encounters serve as a warning to the public: Lingering tensions over local facial covering orders can escalate to criminal court, where a jail sentence is possible.

One of former President Donald Trump’s pardons on Wednesday cited the name of a long-shuttered part of South Florida tourist lore — the Miami Serpentarium.

Despite warnings from judges to stay legit, the now 23-year-old Malachi Alexander Love-Robinson is in serious trouble over claims he ripped off an employer. The new criminal case will explore why he apparently was deep in another con less than four months after leaving prison.

In the past 18 months, Broward and Palm Beach County state attorneys opened “Conviction Review Units” that seek to wipe out wrongful convictions.

Prosecutors say they’re awaiting justice for the family of Marlene Warren, the 40-year-old Wellington woman shot dead May 26, 1990, by a person wearing an orange wig, a red bulb nose, gloves and a smile painted on white makeup.

COVID-19 infections are down and the rate of positive cases is low, but public officials in South Florida remain wary of a resurgence.

Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg on Thursday unveiled an online portal filled with documents, videos and audio files concerning the 2006-2008 prosecution of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Zachary Penna’s lawyer argued he was insane and following “voices” in his head when he stabbed a married couple to death four years ago. A Palm Beach County jury on Tuesday needed just two hours of deliberations to reject that defense and convict Penna, 28, of two counts of first-degree murder and o…

A Palm Beach County jury on Friday found Todd Barket guilty in the killing of consignment shop worker Sondra Better, 68, during a robbery in Delray Beach on Aug. 24, 1998.

A mission to bust criminal activity in massage parlors across Florida turned into a monumental legal victory for Super Bowl champion owner Robert Kraft. The billionaire’s lawyers successfully argued that the sneak-and-peek warrant allowing the covert surveillance was an unlawful invasion of privacy.…

Jury selection began Thursday for the trial of former police officer Nouman Raja, who is charged with two felonies in the Oct. 18, 2015, fatal shooting of stranded motorist Corey Jones in Palm Beach Gardens.

Lawyers for the state argue the evidence was clear Dalia Dippolito “engaged in a pattern of conduct to get rid of her husband.”

Palm Beach County Judge Dana Santino fought to keep her job after she admitted ethics violations in her 2016 election campaign.

Louis Crawford pleaded guilty in the murder of an ex-girlfriend he threatened with Facebook posts. He avoided a possible death penalty,