The Crime Report

MAY 18, 2022

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a bill to outlaw protests outside private residences, making it a second-degree misdemeanor to picket or protest outside a person’s house to “harass or disturb” that person, reports the Washington Post. The law aims to prevent protests in Florida like the ones outside U.S.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

A man in Tampa Bay, Florida allegedly ambushed two local police officers responding to a call made by his mother who claimed that he was acting violently at their home and that she feared for her safety, Jon Haworth reports for ABC News. Two other deputies who were on site then Tasered Bouzy after he exited his car and took him into custody.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Share A divided Supreme Court on Thursday denied Florida’s request to allow it to temporarily enforce a law that makes it a misdemeanor to allow children at drag performances. The brief unsigned order means that the state cannot apply the law anywhere in the state while a Florida restaurant’s challenge to the law continues.

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The Crime Report

JULY 30, 2021

But diversion programs, like most facets of the criminal legal system, are racially asymmetrical: white defendants are generally more likely to benefit from diversion programs than people of color, according to a study conducted by experts from Florida International University (FIU), Loyola University Chicago , and the Safety and Justice Challenge.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 14, 2021

That creates a dangerously fluid and subjective basis for criminal charge, even a misdemeanor. Resisting officer without violence to his or her person. Whoever shall resist, obstruct, or oppose any officer as defined in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. . Whoever shall resist, obstruct, or oppose any officer as defined in s. 775.082 or s.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MARCH 1, 2021

California , which involves whether police pursuits for misdemeanors justify a warrantless entry, an issue which has divided the lower courts. However, the Supreme Court’s exigent circumstances precedents have not yet addressed pursuits involving suspected misdemeanors, which are by far the most common basis for arrest.

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JURIST

JUNE 28, 2022

The individuals include Florida man Mitchell Todd Gardner II, Troy Sargent of Massachusetts, and Nathaniel DeGrave of Nevada. . Sargent pleaded guilty to “felony charges of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers and civil disorder, as well as four related misdemeanor offenses,” according to the DOJ.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 10, 2022

So-called “second chance laws” involving felony charges often take longer to clear than misdemeanors. ADDITIONAL READING: Illinois Scores Top Rank in Reintegrating Ex-Incarcerees, Alaska, Florida are Lowest , The Crime Report, March 21, 2021. James Van Bramer is associate editor of The Crime Report.

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JURIST

AUGUST 12, 2022

The men were also convicted of misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building. Fifty-five people have been charged to date with crimes related to the attack on the US Capitol. The indictments against Robertson matched those against Guy Revitt , sentenced just days earlier on August 1.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 20, 2021

The couple now faces misdemeanor charges with the potential for a fine, year in prison or both. Otherwise, they would presumably have been allowed to proceed into Hawaii, which requires proof of vaccination for travelers who want to avoid quarantine.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 27, 2022

Other states, such as Colorado, Florida and New Hampshire, prohibit the consideration of misdemeanors and lower-level, nonviolent felonies in licensure determinations, realizing that these offenses do not portend whether licensure will pose a risk to the public.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 27, 2021

That creates a dangerously fluid and subjective basis for criminal charge, even a misdemeanor. All persons guilty of an affray shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. Resisting officer without violence to his or her person. Whoever shall resist, obstruct, or oppose any officer as defined in s.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The police department initially sought to fire Rodriguez but the South Florida Police Benevolent Association successfully opposed the termination. Under Florida law , this would seem an open-and-shut case of battery: 784.03? The slap was entirely unjustified and seems more a response to the insult than any threat. 775.082 or s.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Finally, the court has paired its elimination of those safeguards against nonconsensual searches with rules that permit police to require motorists to exit their car in the course of any traffic stop, to conduct dog sniffs without any basis for suspicion , and to arrest motorists and take them to jail for any misdemeanor traffic violation.

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The Crime Report

MAY 16, 2022

In 2019, New York passed a bill eliminating both cash bail for most misdemeanors and non-violent felony offenses and judges’ discretion in setting bail amounts in those cases. The Peril of ‘Dangerousness’.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The founder of a Neo-Nazi organization, the ‘Goyim Defense League’ (GDL), has been charged with a bulk littering misdemeanor for distributing hateful materials and sentenced to 30 days in jail, NBC 6 South Florida reports. The next time they get arrested, it just won’t be for a misdemeanor.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 29, 2022

The fact that Christopher “Ramsey” Bevan was holding the gun when it went off “whether intentional or recklessly,” Warren said, amounts to “manslaughter in the state of Florida.”. Hulett wants Florida laws strengthened to be less ambiguous about gun storage. Florida does not have a formal restorative justice program, Warren said.

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The Estrin Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Attorney Coleman was born and raised in Tallahassee, Fl and attended Florida State University with dual degrees in English (Creative Writing) and Spanish. In Florida, you must become a lawyer before you can apply for Judgeship. On the criminal side, I handle low level misdemeanors up to felonies. You are a successful attorney.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In terms of legislation, Detroit City Council approved a new local law this week that will allow law enforcement to seize firearms from anyone convicted of a misdemeanor related to domestic violence, according to the Detroit Free Press. . The council members named the ordinance after Sgt.

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The Crime Report

MAY 28, 2021

Jain argued that jailhouse screenings affect the criminal justice process as they often make the various steps in the criminal process harder and disproportionately affect those arrested of misdemeanors versus felonies.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A single online mugshot, for even a minor non-violent misdemeanor, can become a barrier to getting a job, finding housing, or forming personal relationships, regardless of whether someone is ever convicted of a crime. A single online mugshot can become a barrier to getting a job, finding housing, or forming personal relationships.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

It is a curious call for a governor to make after he ran ads in Florida calling on people to “join us in California.” California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” Gavin Newsom (D., for kidnapping charges against Gov.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart of the Southern District of Florida, and that he was now filing a motion with Reinhart for the list of classified documents to be released to the public. The new law upped the crime from a misdemeanor to a felony, and from a maximum of one year in jail to a maximum of five years in prison.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

faces a misdemeanor simple assault charge for allegedly intentionally blowing on people. Brian and Christa Caponi of Gulf Breeze Florida was not trying to bag a Turkey but raise a pet. Likewise, Adam Skelly, the Toronto restaurant owner of Adamson Barbecue was arrested for violating pandemic orders by continuing to serve customers.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 14, 2021

Factually, Blount stood accused of a conspiracy with Great Britain to take over territory in Florida and Louisiana (where Blount owned considerable property). His misdemeanor was to mis-demean himself; to misuse his office for his own speculative ends.” The conspiracy was revealed in a hand-written letter in Blount’s hand.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 4, 2023

Turns out the payments of hush money to at least two women—misdemeanor offenses—were not really what these indictments were all about. Ergo, there were no misdemeanor charges, only first-degree felonies. The unsealed indictment of The People of the State of New York against Donald J.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

He had been convicted of misdemeanor trespass and felony criminal mischief and conspiracy to commit criminal mischief in October 2017. A second activist who filmed the action was convicted of felony conspiracy to commit criminal mischief and conspiracy trespass, a misdemeanor. Martin County, Florida v. 1:18 -cv-00333 (D.D.C.,

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Florida Appellate Court Affirmed Dismissal of Young People’s Climate Case. May 24, 2021).

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The Crime Report

JUNE 9, 2021

Prosecutors allege that van der Veen’s client, Marine Corps veteran Jason Dolan of Florida, is affiliated with the extremist militia group the Oath Keepers and that he helped plan, and ultimately participated in the storming of the Capitol. have charged both women with unlawful entry of public property, a misdemeanor.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 3, 2020

On the Republican side, Florida attorney Bill Price is facing a more direct and serious investigation than Abrams (who has not been personally implicated in such actions). Now we have a video of Price speaking to Bay County GOP members in Florida calling for registrations using false addresses. The date is notable. It was Nov.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 14, 2023

It may foreshadow an equally historic trial in the Florida courthouse. Berger, who stuffed classified documents in his clothes to remove them from a secure facility, was allowed to plead to a misdemeanor , received two years’ probation and was given only a three-year suspension – not a permanent revocation – of his security clearance.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Trump’s greatest threat of conviction remains in Florida, where he is facing federal charges related to his retention of classified documents. Powell pleaded to misdemeanors for a deal that avoids jail time and preserves her ability to resume the practice of law.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 11, 2022

Here is the column: The unprecedented raid on former President Trump’s home in Florida has set off firestorms of celebration and recrimination across the country. Berger was allowed to plead to a misdemeanor , given two years’ probation and a three-year suspension — not a permanent revocation — of his security clearance.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The other cases scheduled for the February argument session are: Florida v. 24): Whether the exception to the general warrant requirement for police who are in hot pursuit of a suspect applies when police are pursuing a suspect whom they believe committed a misdemeanor. Georgia (Feb. Dai & Rosen v. Alcaraz-Enriquez (Feb.

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