By WILLIAM KELLY, Daily News Staff Writer -- With the defeat of Mitt Romney, Connie Mack, Adam Hasner and possibly Allen West, Tuesday night wasn’t a happy occasion for local Republicans. But there’s some salve for the wound. The town’s new state representative is Republican Bill Hager of Boca Raton. Hager, who has represented District 87 since 2010, bested Democrat Tom Gustafson in their contest to represent the newly drawn District 89, which runs along the coast from Riviera Beach to Boca Raton. http://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/news/national/boca-lawyer-bill-hager-is-palm-beachs-new-state-re/nSzqG/ … [Read more...]
Convicted killer of 8 gets a stay of execution
October 24, 2012 By
(CNN) -- A flurry of last-minute legal maneuvers Tuesday spared, for now, the life of John Ferguson, a Florida death row inmate who suffers from mental illness and at one point called himself the 'prince of God.' Ferguson, a diagnosed schizophrenic convicted of killing eight people, was scheduled to get the lethal injection Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET at a Florida State Prison. But an appeals court in Atlanta granted an emergency stay of execution Tuesday night. Florida officials then asked the Supreme Court to allow the lethal injection to proceed. Just before midnight the high court denied Florida's request, keeping in place the stay of execution, according to court documents. http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/23/justice/florida-ferguson-execution/index.html … [Read more...]
Rocky Howard, William Mechler, Off-Duty Florida Police, Fatally Shoot ‘Armed, Naked’ Female
October 22, 2012 By
TAMPA, Fla. -- Two off-duty Florida law-enforcement officers fatally shot an armed, naked woman who confronted them at a social gathering Saturday, authorities said. The shooting occurred at about 1:15 p.m. Saturday in Hernando County, north of Tampa. The county sheriff's office said in a news release that the men were approached by an "armed, naked and irrational female." The news release does not identify the weapon, but it says "one or both of the law enforcement officers fired their weapons, striking the female." She died at the scene. Both officers have been placed on administrative leave as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigates the shooting in the Spring Hill community. Authorities have identified the officers as Hernando County sheriff's Detective Rocky Howard and Tampa police officer William Mechler, who have served six and four years, respectively. … [Read more...]
R. Gregory Hyden joins Nason Yeager
October 22, 2012 By
R. Gregory Hyden has joined Nason, Yeager, Gerson, White & Lioce in West Palm Beach as an associate. He focuses in business, commercial, real property and family litigation. Previously, his experience included litigating family law matters including divorce, paternity, modification of child support and alimony, adoption, support contempt and custody matters; his experience includes Assistant Public Defender for Broward County handling felonies, misdemeanors and D.U.I.'s; representing clients in dependency and education law matters; and volunteering with Bay Area Legal Services in their Ryan White Campaign working on Social Security Disability matters. … [Read more...]
