According to court documents, 21 year-old Tiffany Lanieri was driving with a blood alcohol content more than twice the legal limit in June of last year when she hit construction worker, Howell Chambers. The accident occurred on Fourst Hill Boulevard in Palm Springs. Chambers says he suffered 14 broken bones and will never be the same.

In court Thursday, Lanieri apologized to Chambers. Her lawyer was seeking probation, but the judge sentenced Lanieri to three years in prison.

“When you’re freedom’s taken away and you’re locked up, it makes you think,” Chambers said. “She needs that.”

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According to officials with the Palm Beach Gardens Police Department, call was placed to 911 shortly before 11:30 p.m. reporting that a dog was shot and a person was struck. Medics transported a 48 year-old male to a nearby trauma center with a gunshot wound to the leg, police say.

Authorities say the dog was killed.

The incident occurred as the two men were walking their dogs in the neighborhood and the dogs began to fight. One of the owners reportedly pulled out a gun and fired at one of the dogs.

Palm Beach Gardens police continue to investigate the incident.

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According to officials with the Palm Beach Police Department, Nicholas Batttelene and Alisha Johnson had narcotics and drug paraphernalia in their apartment at 264 Seminole Ave. A police searcdh of the premises uncovered syringes, marijuana pipes, burned spoons with heroin residue, and roxiconde, a generic form of the painkiller oxycodone.

According to police reports, Johnson sold $100 worth of roxicodone to a confidential informant. The drug buy took place at the apartment and will carry additional penalties because the residence is within 1.000 feet of a house of worship. Johnson allegedly told police that Battelene gets the roxicodone at a pain clinic. Authorities say Battelene filled a prescription for 180 roxicodone earlier in the day. When police conducted the search, they found 41 pills left in the bottle.

The possession, sale, or trafficking of illegal drugs and narcotics are serious crimes in the state of Florida. A conviction could result in years in prison and substantial fines. If you have been charged with a drug-related crime in the state of Florida, please contact the West Palm Beach drug crime defense attorney of Eric N. Klein & Associates, P.A., today by calling 561-353-2800

According to police reports, an alarm sounded at Sarasota County Utilities Saturday morning, signaling that power had been cut off at a sewage lift station on Jacaranda Boulevard. A team investigating the outage found that someone had cut a padlock off a fence, removed a meter box cover, and then stripped several feet of copper wire from the unit.

“We had had a theft at that location before,” said Sarasota County Utilities automation manager Fred Sherrod. “We’d had an ongoing problem over the last three years. We’ve had, so far, about 30 thefts in three years.”

The station had recently been fitted with a surveillance camera, which captured the most recent theft. The video showed a barefooted man enter the enclosure, and strip wire from the lift station control panel. When Sarasota County Deputy William Kucher watched the video he recognized the suspect as 42 year-old Jack Fredrick Knuckles. The deputy wrote in his probable cause affidavit that he “positively identified the defendant as he is well known to me and I know him by sight.”

Knuckles, who was arrested later that day, was out on bail from a previous arrest in which he was charged with stealing copper wire from a Florida Power and Light substation.

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According to documents obtained at the Alchua County courthouse, 23 year-old Drew Michael Myhree entered a no contest plea to the vehicular manslaughter charge Thursday. Police say Myhree was driving under the influence of marijuana the night of October 23, 2008 when he crashed his car, killing 19 year-old Melissa L. Hein. Myrhee was arrested for DUI manslaughter in July 2009 after a warrant was issued for his arrest, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Authorities say Myhree was traveling south on Interstate 75 at the Newberry Road interchange shortly after 11:00 p.m. when the crash occurred. Officers accused Myhree of failing to yield to Hein’s 2001 Mitsubishi four-door, which was on its roof as the result of an earlier crash. Myhree’s vehicle struck the Mitsubishi on the right side.

Hein was pronounced dead at the scene. Myhree was injured and transported to Shands at the University of Florida.

Court records indicate that Myhree will receive credit for two days time served in jail.

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According to officials with the University of Florida Police, officers observed the 20 year-old sophomore speeding, swerving, and driving with two open bottles of whiskey in his car Sunday morning. Officer Samuel Delucca, of the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office, said Hammand was driving over 45 miles per hour in a 20-mph zone and swerving on Gale Lemerand Drive on Florida’s campus shortly after 2:00 a.m.

Hammond is expected to be released from Alchua County Jail after an initial appearance in front of a judge on Sunday.

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The narcotics division of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office began investigating cases of cocaine and Oxycodone trafficking in November. The operation netted nine arrests and authorities have issued arrest warrants for ten others. According to officials with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, 29 year-old Evaristo Ortiz, 28 year-old Raymond Martinez, and 20 year-old Billy Barrios were charged with trafficking an opiate derivative.

Four Fort Meyers residents, 48 year-old Karen Woodruff; 62 year-old Dave Adair; 28 year-old Morgan Thorsen and 40 year-old Terrance Roberts, were charged with sale and possession of cocaine and trafficking in opiate derivative.

The possession, sale, or trafficking of illegal drugs and narcotics are serious crimes in the state of Florida. A conviction could result in years in prison and substantial fines. If you have been charged with a drug-related crime in the state of Florida, please contact the West Palm Beach drug crime defense attorney of Eric N. Klein & Associates, P.A., today by calling 561-353-2800.

According to officials with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, deputies arrested 37 year-old Ariel Moreno Rosales, Wednesday, on charges of trafficking in marijuana, possession with intent to sell, tampering with utility equipment, and possessing a residence with the intent to manufacture cannabis. Agents executed a search warrant at Rosales’ residence in the 13000 block of North 52nd Court on Friday.

Authorities discovered 79 potted marijuana plants in three bedrooms, according to the arrest report. The report also says the three rooms were modified with industrial lighting and reflective paneling. Agents also discovered a large clear container with another 112 potted plants in a hallway.

Police report they found two clear storage bags in the kitchen of Rosales’ residence containing approximately 353 grams of marijuana. Rosales appeared to have diverted power through the attic and connected to the main line on the street, police say.

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According to the probable cause affidavit, 38 year-old Bethsaida Sandoval admitted that she and her husband were involved in the crimes, using her position with the cruise line to access victims’ home addresses. The affidavit reveals that Sandoval was “seen entering the Royal Caribbean building after hours, about 1:00 a.m. The time was documented by her door access swipe card and her computer login as she accessed the Royal Caribbean system.”

Police believe the robberies took place when the homeowners were at sea on the first nights of their cruises, and onboard ships departing from Miami or Fort Lauderdale. Sandoval and her husband reportedly used a special tool to cut through glass to enter the homes. Victims returned home to find high-value items, including property, money, and firearms, to be missing.

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The suspects, aged 18-years-old, 17-years-old, and 15-years-old, were taken in by Riviera Beach police, and the 17-year-old and 15-year-old were handed over juvenile authorities.

The crimes took place over last week, beginning with a carjacking of a Nissan Sentra on Monday. Midnight on Wednesday, the men robbed two men drinking in a parked car. One of the men was shot in during the crime.

Around 2 a.m. on Wednesday, shots were heard around 4260 Leo Lane. Shortly after, the Lake Park man’s car crashed into a pole only blocks away. Witnesses claim they saw the suspects trying to open the man’s car door. When police arrived, the men had fled the scene. The Lake Park man was left with two shots in his right arm, one in his chest, and one in his groin. He was transported to St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, but died shortly after.

If you have been charged with a crime, knowing your rights is the first step to constructing a solid defense. Contact the West Palm Beach juvenile defense lawyers of Eric N. Klein & Associates, P.A., today by calling 561-353-2800.