Orlando Criminal Defense Law Blog

Police investigators in Winter Park concluded that a 65-year-old man died at the hands of his wife. The 45-year-old Florida woman had reported his death via a 911 call, but her conversation with the 911 operator raised suspicions about the death.

After the woman said that her husband appeared to be dead in their home, the dispatcher asked if she had just found the body. According to the arrest warrant, the wife responded that the death had happened the night before. Investigators later estimated that the man died 11 hours before his wife called 911. During her conversation with the dispatcher, she allegedly said that her husband tried to choke and smother her. She grabbed a knife in self defense, but he took the knife away from her and apparently stabbed himself. She said that she hid in the bathroom after their fight and found him in a pool of blood when she came out.

On Feb. 4, 14 Florida residents pleaded guilty to distributing methamphetamine in Central Florida. The pleas were announced in a press release issued by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Orlando.

According to the release, the defendants conspired to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine to various parties in Volusia County and Flagler County. Many of the defendants are members of the Pagan's Motorcycle Club, which authorities identified as an outlaw gang. One defendant is a member of the Thunderguards Motorcycle Club, which is associated with the Pagan's.

A Florida man has been charged with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting and killing his parents and brother. The bodies of the victims were discovered on Jan. 25 in their Seminole County home.

According to media reports, the defendant, age 29, had recently been kicked out of the home he shared with his 59-year-old father, 61-year-old mother and 31-year-old brother. Apparently, he had stolen around $150,000 from his father and $50,000 from his brother to send to a Bulgarian woman he met on a porn website. He had also reportedly sold his brother's guns without permission.

The coordinated efforts of multiple law enforcement agencies resulted in the arrest of a 41-year-old man in Palm Bay on charges of possessing child pornography. Special agents from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement approached the man at his residence on Malabar Lakes Drive. They confronted him with evidence that he had been viewing child pornography on his father's computer in another state.

According to an affidavit, the man acknowledged that he had lived with his father for two months and used his computer. He said that he had been viewing adult pornography and might have accidentally seen pornography involving children. During these online sessions, he reportedly used the Tor browser because he thought that it would hide his IP address. He then gave his computer password to a special agent and allowed an inspection of his computer.