Federal prosecutors say four previously deported men were charged after a suspected alien smuggling trip ended in a high-speed law enforcement pursuit and vessel interdiction off the Miami-Dade coast.
A federal judge granted summary judgment to the City of Boynton Beach and dismissed all remaining claims in a lawsuit by former HR Director Tennille DeCoste alleging race discrimination and retaliation.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Feb. 25 that GEO Group cannot take an immediate appeal after a federal judge refused to toss a class-action lawsuit challenging detainee work policies at an ICE detention center.
A Daytona-area man who admitted to sex trafficking two women by force, fraud, or coercion was sentenced to 327 months in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
A federal jury in Fort Lauderdale convicted Christian “Chris” Cruz, 45, of Pompano Beach, in an $11.4 million Medicare fraud conspiracy tied to medically unnecessary orthotic braces shipped to beneficiaries nationwide.