Tag Archives: Federal Crime Charges
False Bomb Threat in Kissimmee May Lead to Felony Charges
Local authorities evacuated a number of houses in Osceola County after someone made a bomb threat. The threat originated around 8 p.m. and was directed at a home on Binnacle Street in the Neptune Pointe subdivision near U.S. Highway 192. The police investigated the area with dogs, determined the bomb threat was a hoax,… Read More »
Florida Teen Dies After Being Forced into Sex Trafficking
A 14-year-old girl from Orlando, Florida, was forced into sex work and died from an overdose of Xanax and over-the-counter medication, WKMG Orlando reported. The death of the Florida teen was discovered when one of her captors took her to the emergency room, though she was already deceased. The four individuals responsible for her… Read More »
U.S. Supreme Court Limits Government’s Power to Freeze Assets
On March 30, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-3 decision in a case called Luis v. United States. In this opinion, the Court limited the federal government’s power to seize certain assets of an individual who has been accused of fraud, based on the individual’s Sixth Amendment right to pay a reasonable… Read More »
