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Circuit & County Court

19-Year-Old Originally Accused of Rape Pleads to Child Abuse, 1 Year in Jail and Probation

July 10, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

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Fredie Jiles Leon of Palm Coast originally faced two counts of raping a 13-year-old, but a series of mitigating circumstances led to the plea deal and 4 years’ probation.

For 21-Year-Old Who Brutalized Dog, 270 Days in Jail, 5 Years’ Probation, Lifetime Felon

June 28, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Brenden Geary moments after his sentencing on an animal cruelty charge this afternoon. (© FlaglerLive)

Brenden Geary, 21, left an 11-lb Yorkshire terrier unconscious after brutalizing her at a W-Section Palm Coast home in Palm Coast last March.

Supreme Court Orders Flagler’s Judge Scott DuPont Removed in Unanimous Decision

June 26, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

Scott DuPont in Palm Coast during the 2016 election campaign. (© FlaglerLive)

Scott DuPont, who’d served on Flagler’s and Putnam’s civil benches since 2010, was investigated for improprieties on and off the bench.

Behind Campaign to ‘Save Cooper’ the Dangerous Dog, Broken Pledges on Both Sides and Palm Coast’s Arbitrary Calls

June 18, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Cooper, the twice-declared dangerous dog, is being held at the Flagler Humane Society pending a court appeal of Palm Coast's decision to kill him. (Facebook)

Cooper’s owner broke a pledge to kill the dog, and the victim broke a pledge not to sue, while Palm Coast pursued euthanizing the dog but not charges against the owner, even though the law says it should do both.

Facing Life in Prison, George Wood Is Found Incompetent to Stand Trial; 2 Previous Guilty Verdicts In Question

June 11, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

George Wood after his most recent sentencing, in February, for 10 years in prison. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast’s George Wood, 32, was headed for trial on an armed burglary charge that could lock him up for life, and was sentenced to 10 years in February in separate trials.

Life In Prison For William Schwarz, Drunk Driver Who Killed Kathy and Carl Boos in Flagler Beach

June 1, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

William Schwarz before his sentencing this afternoon. (c FlaglerLive)

The sentence against William Schwarz was extraordinarily harsh, but also driven by his very lengthy record of drunk driving and other criminal arrests.

Clarence Murphy Is Sentenced To Life In Prison, No Parole, In Murder of Cousin Ahmad Laster

May 31, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Clarence Murphy Jr. arriving in court today. (© FlaglerLive)

Clarence Murphy Jr. shot his cousin Ahmed Rashad Laster on Palm Coast’s Parkview Drive last September during an argument, and soon confessed.

Yes, You May Smoke It: Judge Rules Florida’s Ban on Smoking Medical Marijuana Unconstitutional

May 28, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Cathy Jordan, a patient who was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease more than three decades ago, told the judge she credits smoking joints with saving her life.

Judge Karen Gievers found that a constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2016 gives eligible patients the right to smoke the treatment in private.

Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison, F-Section Arsonist Leaves Judge Craig Puzzled By ‘Senselessness’

May 24, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 22 Comments

Vitaly Tsabak arriving in court this afternoon. His attorney, Aaron Delgado, is to the right. (© FlaglerLive)

Circuit Judge Dennis Craig spoke heartfully and at length of the senselessness of 29-year-old Vitaly Tsabak’s burning of a family home before sentencing him to what proved to be a remarkably lenient 20-year term.

Dorothy Singer Found Guilty of Murdering Her Husband Charles; She Is Immediately Sentenced To Life In Prison

May 18, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Dorothy Singer, 53, may not see freedom again. (c FlaglerLive)

The jury did not buy Dorothy Singer’s claim of self-defense when contrasted with the huge web of lies she fabricated after killing her husband Charles in West Flagler.

Dorothy Singer Murder Trial Day 3: Unearthing Details of a Killing and Its Elaborate Cover-Up

May 17, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

'This part here is the entrance of [where] the bullet punched in,” Predrag Bulic, the chief medical examiner of the Seventh Judicial District, who conducted the autopsy of Charles Singer, told the jury in the trial of Dorothy Singer, who is accused of murdering her husband. He was shot five times, four times in the head. She said at the defense table, without looking at the screen. (c FlaglerLive)

The prosecution today focused on the five shots that killed Charles Singer and the three months of cover-ups his wife Dorothy concocted until her arrest.

Lucille Horton Acquitted In Death of Husband In Grand Haven Vehicular Homicide Case

May 16, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Lucille Horton with her lawyers after the verdict late this afternoon. From left, Marc Dwyer, Doug Williams and Ron Hertel. (© FlaglerLive)

Lucille Horton was accused of throwing off her husband Richard Resnicoff, who’d sat on her car’s trunk, during a domestic dispute in 2013, leading to Resnicoff’s death after he hit the pavement.

On Trial For Husband’s Murder, Dorothy Singer’s Own Words and Fabrications Dig Deep Grave

May 15, 2018 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Assistant State Attorney Jennifer Dunton, with help from bailiff John Freshcorn, showed the jury pictures of the wooded area that had looked odd to a detective, and that proved to be the makeshift grave Dorothy Parker dug for her husband, Charles Singer, after killing him in February 2017 in west Flagler. (© FlaglerLive)

Dorothy Singer, accused of murdering and burying her husband in their west-Flagler backyard, wove a web of lies to detectives and friends to explain her husband’s disappearance, as the jury heard today.

Dorothy Singer Murder Trial Starts Against Sharp Defense Objections Over Rules of Evidence

May 14, 2018 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Defense attorney Junior Barrett and Dorothy Singer at the beginning of jury selection this morning at the Flagler County courthouse. (c FlaglerLive)

The lawyer for Dorothy Singer filed a motion for an emergency stay with an appeals court after losing attempts to delay the trial over evidence being provided late.

Defense Calls For Judge Craig To Be Disqualified From Dorothy Singer Murder Trial Following String of Startling Statements

May 11, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Circuit Judge Dennis Craig. (© FlaglerLive)

Dorothy Singer is on trial Monday for allegedly murdering her husband Charles in West Flagler last year, but the defense claims the judge has made a series of statements that betray favoritism for the state.

5 Years in Prison for Allen D. Adams in DUI Death of Brittany Pitt on Old Dixie

May 11, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

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Allen Adams, 30, will serve a minimum of four years out of a possible five, 10 years’ probation and lose his driver’s license for life over the DUI death of Brittany Pitt, 26.

Grand Jury Indicts Michael Cummings For 1st Degree Murder in Death of Ex-Wife on Point Pleasant

May 8, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Michael Cummings in court today. (© FlaglerLive)

Michael Cummings had initially been charged with second-degree murder. Today’s grand jury indictment is a surprise, finding premeditation in the alleged killing.

Flagler Judge DuPont’s Fate in Supreme Court’s Hands As He Pleads For ‘Second Chance’

May 4, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Circuit Judge Scott DuPont. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler and Putnam Circuit Judge Scott DuPont, facing removal, filed his last pleading before the Florida Supreme Court decides his fate in the next few weeks.

One Month in Jail, 2 Years’ Probation For Man Who Assaulted Teen at Epic Theater

May 4, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

C.J. Nelson. (© FlaglerLive)

C.J. Nelson, the 40-year-old Palm Coast father of eight previously accused of child abuse, could have faced up to five years in prison before a jury convicted him on lesser charges.

Flagler Judge Scott DuPont Called “Unfit,” “Outrageous,” “Disturbing,” “Beyond Reckless” and Contemptuous of Law

April 13, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Then-judicial candidates Matthew Foxman, left, and Scott DuPont in an appearance at a B Bunnell forum during their first campaign in 2010. Both won. DuPont subsequently ignored Foxman's warnings about acting inappropriately in his second election campaign in 2016, warnings the Judicial Qualifications Commission cited among its evidence to recommend DuPont's removal, and warnings DuPont ignored. (© FlaglerLive)

A devastating 21-page opinion by a disciplinary judicial commission repeats in harsher language a call for Judge Scott DuPont’s removal, a recommendation going before the Supreme Court.

20 Years in Prison for Ex-Soccer Coach Who Molested Boys at Palm Coast Academy; He Faces New Rape Charge

April 11, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Sean Stern getting finger-printed after the sentence this morning at the Flagler County courthouse. He faces more charges in Texas. (© FlaglerLive)

Sean Stern was a program director at Palm Coast’s ex-Sports Pathways soccer academy for boys and girls, where he molested at least three boys over many months.

Paul Miller Loses Latest Appeal of Life Sentence for Dana Mulhall’s Murder in Flagler Beach

April 6, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Paul Miller at his hearing in March at the Flagler Coun ty courthouse, with his attorney, Assistant Public Defender Ray Warren. (© FlaglerLive)

Circuit Judge Dennis Craig ruled that even if a use-of-force expert had been heard at trial, the jury would not have found grounds for self-defense and convicted Miller, now 70, of murdering Dana Mulhall.

Jury Finds Ex-Elections Supervisor Kimberle Weeks Guilty On All 7 Felony Counts of Illegally Recording Others

April 5, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 25 Comments

A jury found Kimberle Weeks guilty on felony counts today, ending a four-day trial in a three-year case. But the defense will appeal. (c FlaglerLive)

Former Flagler County Elections Supervisor Kimberle Weeks was found guilty on felony counts that she illegally recorded other officials during her tenure.

Kimberle Weeks Trial Day 3: Defense Opts Against Putting On a Case, Relying on Outlier Theory Instead

April 4, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Kimberle Weeks's lawyers have been as if channeling her outlier predilections into their legal arguments to the jury. Closing arguments are Thursday. (c FlaglerLive)

In an echo of Kimberle Weeks’s own irreverence toward established law, her lawyers are arguing an untested and unusual interpretation of what amounts to a public meeting: all conversations between public officials involving public business.

Trial Day 2: Jury Hears Kim Weeks Insult Secretary of State and Others As Ken Detzner Sat in Witness Box

April 3, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

As Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner, in office since 2012, sat in the witness box today, a Flagler County jury heard a recording of ex-Elections Supervisor Kimberle Weeks call Detzner and one of his his attorneys names. Detzner listened in stunned silence. (© FlaglerLive)

Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner was a star witness for the prosecution today, saying Kim Weeks recorded him without his permission. he then heard her call him a “dumb bastard.”

Jury Seated in Kimberle Weeks Trial as Defense Wins Minor Victory Over Prosecution Tactic

April 2, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Assistant State Attorney Jason lewis, standing, with the attorneys for the defense, Kevin Kulik and Ashley, seated next to Kimberle Weeks, in blue, at today's jury selection. (c FlaglerLive)

The week-long trial of ex-elections Supervisor Kimberle Weeks began today with day-long jury selection. Weeks faces nine felony counts of allegedly illegally recording and disseminating communications.

Judge Craig Is Out, Judge Perkins Is In As Flagler’s Felony and Civil Benches Again Flip

March 28, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Judge Terrence Perkins will take over the felony docket in Flagler County, for Judge Dennis Craig, and the civil docket previously handled by Scott DuPont. (© FlaglerLive)

Circuit Judge Terence Perkins will replace Dennis Craig, who’s headed back to Volusia, becoming the sixth judge in eight years to preside over Flagler County’s felony court.

Unprecedented Flagler Forum With 7 Judges Has Some Make News and Others De-Mystify The Bench

March 27, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Ed Fuller of the Flagler Palm Coast Forum hosted what may be the only judges' forum of the 2018 election season Tuesday evening at Palm Coast's Hilton Garden Inn. Some 80 to 90 people attended the event, not counting bailiffs. (© FlaglerLive)

Seven local judges appeared at the Flagler Palm Coast Forum Tuesday evening, the Ed Fuller group devoted to civic and electoral discussions featuring candidates running for office.

As Judge DuPont Continues to Battle Removal, Zambrano Orders Flagler Bench Again Shuffled

March 23, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

One of the Flagler courthouse's musical chairs. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County will lose Family Judge R. Lee Smith to Putnam after less than two years and gain newly-minted Judge Chris France, among other changes caused by the DuPont affair.

For Life-Sentenced Murderer Paul Miller, Unexpected Glimmer of Hope As His Counsel Is Questioned

March 22, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Paul Miller arriving in court this afternoon. (© FlaglerLive)

In a powerful argument based on new revelations that emerged today, Paul Miller’s attorney is arguing that the representation he got at trial was ineffective to the point that his conviction may never have happened.

C.J. Nelson Exonerated of Felony Child Abuse Charge in Epic Confrontation, Faces
Sentence on Misdemeanors

March 20, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

C.J. Nelson, right, moments after the verdict, looking at his family, as his attorney, Josh Davis, spoke with the judge about sentencing. (© FlaglerLive)

A jury found C.J. Nelson not guilty of felony child abuse in an incident in which he punched a 16-year-old girl, but found him guilty of two misdemeanor battery charges.

Sheriff Staly Orders Investigation Re-Opened in Flagler Courthouse Bailiffs’ Behavior

March 20, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Bailiffs at the center of an inquiry the sheriff has ordered reopened, seen here during court proceedings last year, include Sgt. John Bray, left, Jeffrey Puritis and John Freshcorn. Bray was the bailiffs' supervisor. (c FlaglerLive)

Staly issued the order three days after a FlaglerLive story detailed allegations of racial and sexual improprieties involving courthouse deputies and staff.

Levi Ovenshire, 19, Sentenced to 15 Years In Prison For Friend’s Attempted Murder in F-Section

March 19, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

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Levi Ovenshire, 19, shot 19-year-old Marco Salazar in the back as the two were hanging out at 13 Fulton Place in Palm Coast last June 24. Ovenshire later spoke as if he’d been hallucinating.

Shake-Up in Chambers: At Flagler Courthouse, 3 Judges Intervene Over Allegations of Deputies’ Sexual and Racial Improprieties

March 16, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Three of the Flagler County Sheriff's deputies assigned to courthouse duty that were named in internal inquiries, and that led to a shake-up at the courthouse: from left, Sgt. John Bray, who lost his position as a supervisor of courthouse bailiffs and was assigned desk duty at the Palm Coast Precinct, Jonathan Freshcorn, whose duties are unchanged, and Jeffrey Puritis, who has twice been disciplined since November and was re-assigned, a few weeks ago, to road patrol. He had been assigned to Judge Dennis Craig. (© FlaglerLive)

Two bailiffs have been disciplined and reassigned out of the courthouse, bailiffs have a new supervisor, and one judge’s administrative assistant lost her job as a judge’s assistant as a result of the alleged improprieties.

Behind Closed Doors, Palm Coast Council Was Willing To Risk Big Loss Against McDonald Until Judge and Adjuster Set It Straight

March 15, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

There's always been an element of the personal in Dennis McDonald's chronic battles with Palm Coast. He ran for mayor in 2016. Milissa Holland bested him and others. She will now be among the council members deciding how to battle him through his latest lawsuit against the city. (© FlaglerLive)

Battles between Palm Coast government–the council and Jim Landon, the manager–and Dennis McDonald, the perennial critic, got so personal in a previous lawsuit, records show, that the city was willing to risk taxpayer money until it was forced to accept a settlement.

6 Years After Murdering Dana Mulhall, Paul Miller, 70, Claims Lawyer Failed Him By Not Invoking Stand Your Ground

March 9, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Paul Miller, arriving in court this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Beach’s Paul Miller shot and killed his neighbor Dana Mulhall as Mulhall in a dispute over Miller’s barking dogs. Miller is contesting his life sentence and was back in court in Flagler today.

Palm Coast and Matanzas Golf Course Owners Reach Agreement, With Conditions

February 28, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

The Matanzas golf course snakes around hundreds of properties in Palm Coast's L Section, at the north end of the city. (© FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast government has agreed to significantly code enforcement reduce its lien on the Matanzas golf course in exchange for a dismissal of all pending litigation.

Zambrano Orders Judge Scott DuPont to Clear Out of His Offices In Flagler and Putnam

February 23, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 12 Comments

Circuit Court Judge Scott DuPont has been on the bench since 2010, dividing his time between Flagler and Putnam counties.

Chief Judge Raul Zambrano’s order, delivered to DuPont by letter today, is as close to the firing of a judge short of a Supreme Court impeachment, and follows an investigation’s withering recommendation for removal.

Epic Child Abuse Case Fails Stand Your Ground Defense in Debacle of Witnesses

February 23, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

C.J. Nelson answering questions from his attorney, Josh Davis, in court this morning. Nelson faces a felong child abuse charge stemming from a confrontation with a 16-year-old girl at Epic Theater in Palm Coast in October 2016. (© FlaglerLive)

An unusual stand-your-ground case unfolded in Flagler court this morning over an allegation that a 39-year-old man punched a 16-year-old girl at Epic Theater in palm Coast last October.

Felony Counts Against Ex-Supervisor
Kim Weeks Back Up To 9 In Latest Twist

February 22, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Circuit Judge Margaret Hudson spent much of today's status hearing in the Kimberle Weeks case talking to a phone, as Weeks's attorney, Kevin Kulik, spoke from his office in Ft. Lauderdale. Assistant State Attorney Jason Lewis appeared in person. Weeks herself did not. (© FlaglerLive)

Six weeks before trial, the prosecution has re-filed against ex-Elections Supervisor Kim Weeks, bringing up the counts against her back to nine in a move to turn up the pressure and angle for a plea. Weeks is not biting.

In a First, Palm Coast Drug Dealer Is Indicted on 1st Degree Murder in Overdose Death of Savannah Deangelis

February 21, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 43 Comments

Renée Deangelis, mother of Savannah, 23, who died of an overdose last fall, speaks to the press this afternoon, with her husband, Charles, and her daughter Christina, to the left of the image, and Sheriff Rick Staly to the right. Assistant State Prosecutor Jason Lewis and State Attorney R.J. Larizza are toward the left corner. Click on the image for larger view. (© FlaglerLive)

Joseph Colon, 34, of Palm Coast, is accused of selling the heroin and fentanyl that killed Savannah Deangelis, 23, moments later at her Grand Haven home last October.

“I’d Like To Stare At Him In the Eyes Now”
Serial Masked Armed Robber Sentenced To 30 Years as Victim Rebukes Him

February 21, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

He's into staring: Charles Rushing-Griffen in court this morning, where he was sentenced. One of his victims asked the judge if she could stare at him the way he stared at her. The judge allowed it. (© FlaglerLive)

A Terranova Restaurant owner in court today told castigated Charles Rushing-Griffen for the way he’d stared at her while robbing her at gunpoint in December.

Qualifications Commission Recommends Judge DuPont Removed, Calling Him “Reckless,” Untruthful and “Heavy Handed”

February 16, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Circuit Judge Scott DuPont on the campaign trail in Flagler in 2016. (© FlaglerLive)

Judge Scott DuPont serves on Flagler’s and Putnam’s civil benches, and was facing a series of accusations that he’d acted wrongfully and recklessly as a judge and a candidate.

Facing Deportation, an Undocumented Immigrant Held at Flagler Jail Changes His Plea at Last Minute

February 14, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

Francisco Justo being led away from the dais after his hearing Tuesday, with his interpreter nearby. (© FlaglerLive)

The case of Palm Coast resident Filipino Francisco Justo underscores how the potential for deportation increases rather than decreases burdens on the judicial and penal systems.

Another Life Term For Paul Dykes as Lurid Child-Rape Case Ends, Absent Reversal on Appeal

February 13, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Paul Dykes, right, arriving in court with other inmates this morning in what may be his last appearance in Flagler before his transfer to state prison. (c FlaglerLive)

For Palm Coast’s Paul Dykes, 21, the most immediate challenge is to contend with a brutal prison culture that makes prey of child sexual predators.

For 13th and 14th Felonies, George Wood Is Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

February 8, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

George Wood before his sentencing this morning at the Flagler County courthouse. (© FlaglerLive)

George G. Wood, 32, of Palm Coast was sentenced on an escape and firearm [possession charge, and still faces life in prison on an armed burglary charge he’s to be tried on later this month.

Chief Judge Has Discouraging News For Flagler’s Hope of Landing 2nd County Judge

February 5, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Raul Zambrano, who sat on Flagler's felony court previously, is the Chief Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit, which includes Flagler, Volusia, St. Johns and Putnam counties, or about 1 million residents. (© FlaglerLive)

Despite certifying Flagler for an additional county court judge in 2016 and recognizing a still-increasing workload last year the Supreme Court has ruled against certifying an additional judge this year.

War Of The Birds on Palm Coast’s Collingwood Lane Ends In Victory For Purple Martins

January 31, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

An image Bryan Streetman introduced at trial of his neighbor's use of the disputed purple martin gourdes, which the birds use during their annual migration.

Neighbors on Collingwood Lane have been suing and battling each other for four years over two dozen bird houses. A judge has ruled in favor of the birds.

Paul Dykes Sentenced To Life In Prison Without Parole 2 Times Over For Child Rape

January 30, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Paul Dykes being fingerprinted after Circuit Judge Dennis Craig pronounced a life sentence this morning at the Flagler County courthouse. (© FlaglerLive)

A jury had found Dykes guilty on 24 counts, including raping a 1-year-old, in December, making the life sentences mandatory, and leaving little room for the judge or lawyers to maneuver.

For Kim Weeks, Nothing Left To Try Against 5 Remaining Felony Counts But a Trial

January 29, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Kimberle Weeks, leaving court last year. (© FlaglerLive)

A circuit judge has denied ex-Flagler Elections Supervisor Kim Weeks’s motion to throw out the search warrant that led to evidence of allegedly illegally recorded conversations.

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