Glittering lights may adorn the outside of many homes this time of year. Too often though, that facade betrays the darker reality of what is occurring behind closed doors. There is no question that the number of domestic violence charges in Browardand elsewhere spike during the holiday season. Contributing factors…
Years ago, a bad break-up might linger in your mind for a few weeks or months, giving way to the occasional pang of rejection or regret only every so often. Even if forgetting wasn’t fully possible, it was easier back then to let go. Our Fort Lauderdale criminal defense lawyers…
An argument over a pot-gobbling pooch ended with a South Florida model in handcuffs after telling deputies her boyfriend had repeatedly walked into the knife in her hand. The 26-year-old was arrested for domestic battery in Dania Beach after responding deputies took note of a couple small knife cuts to…
A Florida appellate court has ruled that a woman who received two decades behind bars for firing a warning shot at her reportedly abusive husband – a shot that injured no one – is entitled to a new trial. Our domestic violence defense attorneys in Fort Lauderdale are familiar with…
A 25-year-old man from Coconut Creek has been arrested for stalking pro-golfer Morgan Pressel – the third time since 2009 that he’s been arrested for the same offense. He’s been arrested on at least four other occasions since 2007 for trespassing and contempt of court. Authorities say the defendant began…
The 31-year-old mother of a toddler and 11-year-old twins had never before been arrested. She had never intended for anyone to get hurt. In fact, no one was hurt when she fired a warning shot into a wall three years ago to scare her husband, whom she felt was physically…
In Pompano Beach, police reported that a 23-year-old man was arrested after reportedly attacking and choking his father, stopping only after the family’s dog, a pit bull, intervened and jumped on the back of the son. Our Broward domestic violence defense lawyers recognize that domestic violence cases are always fraught…
They say twins share a bond that is unrivaled. But in the case of two twins from Palm Coast, it appears their rivalry too was unrivaled. Our Fort Lauderdale domestic violence attorneys understand the two 21-year-old brothers spared using just about anything that was in reach – including a frying…
A Hollywood woman is facing child abuse charges after investigators allege she burned her 17-year-old daughter, who had reportedly engaged in an online relationship with a boy, despite the fact that she was betrothed to her cousin. Our Fort Lauderdale domestic violence lawyers know that instances like this, involving conservative…
A retired Broward County Sheriff’s deputy who survived a gunshot wound to the head during a traffic stop five years ago, has been arrested on charges of domestic violence battery by strangulation against his estranged wife. Fort Lauderdale domestic violence defense attorneys know that this charge is a third-degree felony…