A convicted drug trafficker was arrested in Brevard County on Friday, accused of pimping, beating and having sex with an Orlando runaway, Brevard County deputies said. Deputies were conducting an online investigation, the Sheriff’s Office said, targeting prostitution through social media websites. The investigation led to Reginal Hardy, 38.   Deputies say Hardy, who served [...]

Drug crimes encompass a number of offenses, including possession, possession with intent to sell or distribute, conspiracy, trafficking and prescription drug fraud. Drug crimes – especially drug trafficking – are prevalent in South Florida because of its unique geography and proximity to international ports. MINIMUM MANDATORY SENTENCE Most of these misdemeanor crimes carry minimum mandatory [...]

Two physicians whose Orange County pain clinics were raided in pill-mill probes last summer were arrested on racketeering charges Thursday. Doctors Riyaz Jummani and Aron Rotman worked out of the Pro Relief Center on South Orange Avenue and Pain Relief Center off Curry Ford Road. Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and Metropolitan [...]

A Central Florida physician was sentenced in Osceola County this afternoon to 25 years in prison for his involvement in an oxycodone-trafficking case. Jose Carlos Menendez, who worked at the Physicians Care Partners Inc. in Osceola County, was arrested in October 2010. Menendez pleaded guilty in October to one count of conspiracy to traffic in [...]

A 911 call about reckless driving on Osceola Parkway ended early today in the arrest of a BMW owner on drug-dealing charges, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office,  “Can I help you with something?” asked motorist Ivan Matos, moments before a deputy sheriff smelled marijuana coming from the blue BMW. “There is nothing on [...]