Palm Beach police are investigating a shooting inside of Sandalwood Estates.

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.

If you or someone you know has been charged with violating gun laws in the state of Florida, please contact a West Palm Beach Criminal Defense Lawyer of Eric N. Klein & Associates, P.A., today by calling 561-353-2800.

Palm Beach police arrested two 23 year-old residents Monday on charges of possession of heroin and sale of the painkiller oxycodone.

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

A man in Sarasota County was arrested, Saturday, after allegedly steaing copper wire from a sewage lift station in Venice.

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.

If you or someone you know are facing criminal charges, a solid defense strategy from a strong legal team is your best option. Know your rights, and contact the West Palm Beach theft defense attorneys of Eric N. Klein & Associates, P.A., today by calling 561-353-2800.

A man from Williston has been sentenced to one year and a day in prison for the 2008 death of a Gainesville teen in a car accident involving marijuana.

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.

If you or someone you know are facing criminal charges, sound legal advice can be the difference between calamity and success. Know your rights. Contact the West Palm Beach DUI defense attorneys of Eric N. Klein & Associates, P.A., by calling 561-353-2800 to discuss your options today.

University of Florida receiver Frankie Hammond Jr. has been arrested on charges of driving under the influence and underage possession of alcohol.

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.

If you have been arrested and charged with Driving Under the Influence, or DUI, in the state of Florida, please contact the West Palm Beach DUI defense attorney of Eric N. Klein & Associates, P.A., today by calling 561-353-2800.

Three teenagers from Riviera Beach were arrested for culpability in a murder of one Lake Park man, the shooting of a West Palm Beach man, and the torching of a stolen car.

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.