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Circuit & County Court

Carlos DuPree, 36, Sentenced to Life in Prison for Armed Home Invasion in Palm Coast’s P-Section

October 27, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

Carlos DuPree in court today, before his sentencing. (© FlaglerLive)

Carlos DuPree, a St. Louis man who’d been in Palm Coast just 10 days the night he said he wanted to buy $400-worth of pot at a house on Prospect Lane, was sentenced to life in prison this afternoon at the end of a four-day trial on six charges, including armed robbery during a home-invasion on Prospect Lane.

Flagler County Voters Will Vote on Whether to Retain 11 Judges, Most of Whom They’ve Never Heard Of

October 24, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

The Fifth District Court of Appeal, which has jurisdiction over 13 counties, including Flagler, is headquartered in Daytona Beach, in an austere, ironically prison-like building. (Wikimedia Commons)

On the Nov. 8 ballot, 11 of the 26 boxes where voters will be asked to fill an oval are retention votes in judicial elections for five Supreme Court and six appeals court judges. They’re not races. Voters are merely asked: should so-and-so “be retained in office” or not. It’s the merit-retention system. In the overwhelming majority of cases, voters have no idea who those names, and the judges are invariably retained.

At Flagler Tiger Bay, Bluish State Attorney Aronberg Talks Trump Prosecutions, Death Penalty and Election Predictions

October 19, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg spoke at a Flagler Tiger Bay Club lunch today, facing, front and center, his ideological opposite in Sheriff Rick Staly, who was flanked by County Judges Melissa Distler and Andrea Totten. (© FlaglerLive)

Part stand-up, part roast, part prognosticator, and always the analyst, Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg, a Democrat, dove right in as he faced a decidedly Republican crowd in his appearance at Flagler Tiger Bay today, talking about Donald Trump and Hunter Biden prosecutions, predictions for the coming election, and his view on the death penalty and the Nicholas Cruz verdict.

Florida Center for Government Accountability Sues DeSantis Over Migrant Flight Records

October 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Ron DeSantis appearing in Tampa today. (Facebook)

The Florida Center for Government Accountability filed the lawsuit in Leon County circuit court and alleged that the governor’s office did not comply with requests to release a series of records about the migrant flights.

Therapist Who Groomed and Molested Under-Age Patient Fails to Remove Possibility of Life in Prison

October 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Robert Neal Batie in court today, immediately after the judge's decision not to dismiss the most severe count against him. The count exposes Batie to up to life in prison. (© FlaglerLive)

Robert Neal Batie, the former Palm Coast therapist, concedes that he molested a 16-year-old patient in his office, but his attorney tried unsuccessfully to dismiss a charge that he had custodial authority over the patient. A sex assault with that authority carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.

Flagler’s ‘Victory Lap’ as Circuit’s 1st Black Women Judges Are Celebrated, With Pointed Sidebars

October 4, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Judge Alicia Washington receiving a ceremonial gavel from Howard Holley. (© FlaglerLive)

Alicia Washington and Joan Anthony were among nine judges of the Seventh Judicial Circuit marking the historic occasions of the two Black judges’ election, along with the accessions of Supreme Court Justice Jackson and Florida Supreme Court Justice Francis, in a “Night of Celebration” at the Flagler County courthouse Monday evening.

Sheriff Did Not Have Authority to Release Man Early Without Judge’s Order, Court Rules

September 22, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

A Baker County sheriff's authority does not supercede a court's, an appeals court ruled. (Facebook)

An appeals court Wednesday rejected a decision by the Baker County sheriff to release a man who had served only four days of a 60-day jail sentence. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal upheld a circuit judge’s ruling that ordered Sheriff Scotty Rhoden to return Donald Shrowder to jail to serve the 60-day sentence.

He Served 18 Months for a Sex Offense. He’s Re-Imprisoned Anyway, Possibly for Life.

September 21, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

William Walsh, right, with his attorneys, Ryan Belanger and Brian Smith, in trial Tuesday. (© FlaglerLive)

William Walsh, a 57-year-old former homeless man and sex offender from Bunnell, was committed potentially for life to a prison-like state facility after a trial in Flagler Tuesday, even though he did not commit a new offense and none of his previous offenses ranked him as a predator.

21 Months in Prison for Woman Who ‘Did Nothing’ as Infant Was Repeatedly Tortured by Boyfriend

September 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Luciana Celestin at her sentencing hearing this afternoon at the Flagler County courthouse. (© FlaglerLive)

Luciana Celestin, 29, was present as her boyfriend, Deviaun Toler, repeatedly whipped, beat and once burned his infant son, but she did not intervene to end the abuse, report it, or seek medical attention for the boy, who nearly died as the abuse continued in Palm Coast in early 2018.

Spared Life in Prison for Cooperating, Princess Williams Is Sentenced to 20 Years in Attempted Murder

September 2, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Princess Williams immediately after her sentencing this morning before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins at the Flagler County courthouse in Bunnell. (© FlaglerLive)

Princess Williams was 20 when she conspired with three others, all of them about her age, in an armed robbery four years ago that resulted in the shooting and disabling of 19-year-old Carl Saint-Felix. Her sentence today closes the book on the cases, with all four conspirators now in prison. Williams got the heaviest sentence.

Ex-Public Defender Matt Shirk of Jacksonville Suspended for Year

August 27, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Mark Shirk's official photo when he was a public defender.

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday approved suspending former Jacksonville-area Public Defender Matt Shirk from practicing law for one year. Justices unanimously approved a suspension recommended in April by appointed referee Kenneth James Janesk.

In Re-Trial, Kwentel Moultrie Is Found Guilty of Raping a 16-Year-Old Girl and Faces Up to 30 Years

August 26, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Kwentel Moultrie with his attorney, Assistant Public Defender Regina Nunnally, moments before the verdict was read. (© FlaglerLive)

The trial of Kwentel Moultrie, 23, had hinged on whether he’d had consensual sex or raped a 16-year-old girl who’d invited him in when he was 20 at a P-Section house in Palm Coast. An April jury couldn’t reach a verdict. A jury today found him guilty at the end of a five-day trial, but it may have erred on its interpretation of law.

Jevante Hamilton Guilty of Manslaughter In 1st Ever Flagler Trial on Drug Overdose Murder Charge

August 25, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Jevante Hamilton.

After deliberating three hours today, a Flagler County jury found Jevante Tyquan Hamilton guilty of manslaughter, not first degree murder, for selling the drugs that resulted in the overdose death of Timothy Davidson in August 2019. 

Brooke Lorenzen, 20, Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for DUI Crash Causing Death of Mario Bizier, 56

August 25, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Brooke Lorenzen, 20, getting fingerprinted after her sentencing hearing late this morning before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins at the Flagler County Courthouse. (© FlaglerLive)

Truck driver Mario Bizier’s family and friends forgave Broke Lorenzen for causing Bizier’s death on I-95 in 2020 in an emotional sentencing hearing this morning. Lorenzen was also sentenced to 12 years on probation, will no longer have the right to drive, and will have to give 100 hours of presentations to youths about the dangers of drunk driving.

Dune Reconstruction Project Is Set for Next June Even as 1 Property Owner Holds Out

August 22, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

The entirely eroded beach at a South 13th Street crossover in Flagler Beach last week. It's part of the segment of beach that a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project would rebuild. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Attorney Al Hadeed and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Project Manager Jason Harrah told the Flagler Beach City Commission Thursday evening that the now two-decade-old plan to rebuild 2.6 miles of beach south of the pier is set to begin in June.

2 Years of Probation for Woman Whose Dangerous Pitbull Bit Off Part of Child’s Nose

August 5, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Melissa Gilham appearing with her attorney, Josh Davis, before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins in Flagler Circuit Court this morning. (© FlaglerLive via zoom)

Melissa Gilham, 45, had faced a third-degree felony after bringing her dangerous dog to a running event in Palm Coast, without muzzling or designating it as such. The dog bit an 8-year-old girl, unprovoked, who had to undergo at least two surgeries to repair her nose.

Unexpected Death of Dr. Bulic, Medical Examiner for Flagler and 2 Other Counties, Triggers Key Process

July 26, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Dr. Pedrag Bulic readying to testify in a Flagler County court case, one of some 200 to 300 times he did so in his career as a medical examiner. (© FlaglerLive)

Dr. Predrag Bulic, the chief medical examiner for Flagler, St. Johns and Putnam counties–a position as low profile as it is critical to the justice system and families in the determination of the cause of death of thousands of individuals each year–died unexpectedly over the weekend of a severe stroke. His replacement’s highly political appointment will involve some of the top elected law enforcement and judicial officials in Flagler, St. Johns and Putnam counties.

Flagler Judge Melissa Distler Named President-Elect of Florida Conference of County Court Judges

July 25, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Flagler County Judge Melissa Distler was elected to the bench in 2012 and re-elected without opposition in 2018. (Seventh Judicial Circuit)

Flagler County Court Judge D. Melissa Distler, in her 10th year on the bench, was elected President-Elect of the Florida Conference of County Court Judges last week at the judges’ summer education conference in Bonita Springs. Distler will be sworn in in July 2024, presiding over the conferences 335 county judges from 67 counties. 

Two Boys, 15 at Time of Brutal Armed Home Invasion in Palm Coast, Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

July 22, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 31 Comments

And yet both Jones and Watts looked and acted every bit their age if not younger--boys barely conversant with so much as conversing, let alone with maturity. They were glaring exhibits A and B in defense attorney Richard Price's by-then tragic understatement of the afternoon: "These juveniles, their brains don't work the same as adult brains."

They were 15 years old–15, when Korie Jones and Darius Watts left their separate homes to join Carlos Dupree and a fourth man on a criminal scheme: to terrorize, brutalize and rob a Palm Coast family at gunpoint. They looked and acted every bit their age if not younger as they sat for their sentencing in court this afternoon at the Flagler County courthouse.

Fresh From Hung Jury, Kwentel Moultrie Turns Down Another Deal on Rape Charge and Heads for Re-Trial

July 21, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Kwentel Moultrie, who faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted, and a lifetime designation as a predator, spoke as if he had no reason to deal, and opted this morning for trial in a month after declining the prosecution’s latest offer to plead out his rape charge–and going against his own motion for a speedy trial.

15 Years in Prison for Ian Davis as Child Victim of His Abuse Indicts Those Who Disbelieved or Blamed Her

July 18, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Ian Davis, left, with his defense attorney, Assistant Public Defender Bill Bookhammer, who argued on his behalf to limit Davis's prison sentence to nine or 10 years. He was sentenced to 15. (© FlaglerLive via zoom)

Just before Ian Davis of Palm Coast was sentenced to 15 years in prison for molesting his 14-year-old niece, she described, in a remarkable impact statement, how her own grandmother disbelieved her and her own pastor turned the blame on her.

Pool Contractor Dan Priotti Sentenced to 5 Years’ Probation for 3rd DUI, and Gives Up Right of Appeal

July 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Dan Priotti sentencing. (© FlaglerLive)

Dan Priotti, the temperamental owner of Agua Construction Co., was found guilty of his third drunk driving charge in 10 years after a one-day trial last March. But the trial was flawed and ripe for appeal. The prosecution and the defense agreed to a deal that, in exchange for no prison time, Priotti would give up all rights of appeal.

Kwentell Moultrie’s Re-Trial on Rape Charge Involving 16 Year Old Scheduled for Aug. 22

July 12, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Kwentell Moultrie's trial docket is about to get busy. (© FlaglerLive)

Kwentell Moultrie, the 23-year-old Bunnell resident facing a first-degree rape charge involving a 16-year-old girl will go on trial for that charge, for the second time in four months, on Aug. 22.

Leon County Judge Rules 15-Week Abortion Law Violates Florida’s Constitutional Privacy Protections

June 30, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Lauren Brenzel, organizing director of the Florida Alliance of Planned Parenthood Affiliates, speaks to reporters after a Leon County circuit judge ruled that a 15-week abortion limit is unconstitutional. (Ryan Dailey/NSF)

The law (HB 5) is set to take effect Friday. It will be in place for at least a few days before Cooper issues a written order. The state also quickly announced it plans to file an appeal, which would automatically freeze Cooper’s order and effectively put the law back into effect.

Seminole’s Judge Wayne Culver Faces 60-Day Suspension for Rude Courtroom Outbursts

June 30, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Judge Wayne Culver telling a man in the courtroom to "shut up," before becoming more crass and threatening the man with jail, on Feb. 10, 2022.

Judge Wayne Culver became angry about interruptions, made inappropriate comments to a litigant, and in another instance was rude to a person entering the courtroom.

Probation Revoked, Jamie Nejame Gets a Year in Jail for Violating Order After Shooting at Neighbors’ House

June 28, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

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Jamie Nejame, 73, a former candidate for office in Flagler Beach multiple times, was sentenced this morning to a year in jail for brazenly violating his probation just weeks after he was sentenced to probation on remarkably lenient terms, despite firing at least four shots at his neighbors’ house, where children were present.

3 Months in Jail for Travis Smith, Who’d Drunkenly Assaulted and Spat on Lyft Driver

June 15, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 9 Comments

Travis Schriever Smith, the 38-year-old Palm Coast resident a jury in May found guilty of assaulting a Lyft driver in his car and by the side of a road in 2020, was sentenced to three months in jail and six months on probation today by Circuit Judge Terence Perkins. The jury had acquitted him of a felony burglary charge that could have exposed Smith to prison time.

Larry Cavallaro, 75, Says He’s Guilty of Raping Flagler Woman, But Evades Prison Time in Plea

June 13, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 18 Comments

Larry Cavallaro, left, in court this afternoon with his attorney, Warren Lindsey. (© FlaglerLive via zoom)

Larry Cavallaro, 75, a former gallery owner in Flagler Beach, pleaded guilty today to raping a woman at his home in Beverly Beach in December 2017, but was sentenced only to two years’ house arrest and eight years of sex offender probation.

Prison ‘Gain Time’ Case Roils Court as Sexual Offender Is Deemed Eligible for Early Release

June 10, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Rejecting longstanding legal precedent, a state appeals court said Friday that a man convicted of attempted sexual battery on a child is eligible to be considered for early release from prison.

15 Years in Prison for Angelo Antolino, 31, for Killing Indiana Kerns, 59, in Drunk Driving Crash

June 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Angelo Antolino in his current Flagler County jail photo, and in his previous bookings in state prison, where he will be returning for a fourth time.

Angelo Antolino, a 31-year-old resident of Commerce Avenue in Deltona, was sentenced to 15 years in prison today for the death of Indiana Kerns, 59, in a head-on crash caused by Antolino’s drunk driving on U.S. 1 early the morning of April 1, 2020.

How Mud Muckers in West Flagler Bogged Down in Its Own Lawsuit and Wetlands Violations, and Lost

June 7, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

The old Mud Muckers office in 2012. (© FlaglerLive)

Mud Muckers for many years operated as a huge ATV park southwest of Bunnell, until it was found to be violating wetlands rules and required to move. Mud Muckers sued its landlord, and today lost its final appeal, four years after it said–inaccurately–that it had been unceremoniously shut down.

Judge Won’t Revoke or Reduce $500,000 Bond on 16-Year-old Damari Barnes After Jail Incident

June 6, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Damari Barnes is being held on $500,000 bond in the shooting death of 19-year-old Jamey Bennett. The prosecution wanted his bond revoked following an jail incident in which Barnes allegedly attacked another inmate and forced him to drink urine. The defense wanted the bond reduced to $100,000, so Barnes could go home. The judge denied both.

Trial Diary: A Journalist Sits on a Baltimore Jury

June 5, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

A jury room at the Flagler County courthouse. (© FlaglerLive)

Could 12 strangers agree on justice in Baltimore, a city riddled with killings and distrust of the police, in a shooting case where the victim was an actor on the legendary drama “The Wire”?

Travis Smith, Convicted in Lyft Driver Attack, Wants a New Trial and to Be Let Out of Jail

June 2, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Travis Smith testifying last week. (© FlaglerLive)

Travis Smith, the 38-year-old Palm Coast resident convicted of battery by a jury last week for attacking a Lyft driver, has filed for a new trial. Smith is challenging the jury’s findings. He has also filed a motion to get out of jail, challenging the judge’s decision to revoke his $5,000 bond immediately after the May 25 verdict.

Yet Another Felony Charge for Moultrie as He Awaits Trials on Rape and Murder Accusations

June 2, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Kwentel Moultrie in court six weeks ago. (© FlaglerLive)

Kwentel Moultrie was charged with assaulting another inmate, adding a third-degree felony to a rap sheet that also includes a first-degree felony rape charge and a life-felony murder charge from separate incidents.

Travis Smith Found Guilty of Battery In Lyft Driver Attack, But Acquitted Of Felony Charge

May 25, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Travis S. Smith testifying before the jury today. (© FlaglerLive)

Travis Schriever Smith, the 38-year-old Palm Coast resident who assaulted a Lyft driver in an unprovoked and drunken attack in the early days of the pandemic, was found guilty of battery, a misdemeanor, but not guilty of burglary at the end of a three-day trial in Circuit Court in Bunnell this evening.

In Trial of Lyft Driver’s Attacker, Dramatic Moments for Prosecution Yield to Lapses by Alleged Victim

May 24, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Travis Smith, flanked by his two attorneys, watches himself in footage of his attack on Nihat Aksezer at the aborted end of a Lyft ride Aksezer was giving Smith, his friend and his friend's son in Palm Coast two years ago. Smith is on trial over that attack. (© FlaglerLive)

The prosecution and defense traded successes today in the trial of Travis Smith, the 38-year-old Palm Coast resident accused of violently attacking a 49-year-old Palm Coast Lyft driver unprovoked and spitting on him during Covid’s early days in 2020. Smith faces from 21 months to 17 years in prison if convicted.

At His Sentencing, Another Aggrieved Weeks Duels With a Judge: ‘This Isn’t Going to Work For Me’

May 24, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Duane Weeks in court Monday, immediately after his sentencing. (© FlaglerLive)

Duane Weeks Jr., son of ex-Elections Supervisor Kim Weeks and a repeat offender, was sentenced to prison Monday but took on his plea deal and the judge over a no-contact order with his victim, once he’s released from prison.

Trial Begins for Lyft Rider Accused of Attacking and Spitting on Palm Coast Driver in Early Days of Pandemic

May 23, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Travis Smith telling Cirecuit Judge Terence Perkins this morning that he was not interested in pleading out his case. (© FlaglerLive)

Travis Smith, 38, faces up to 17 years in prison if convicted of assaulting a Palm Coast Lyft driver. Smith turned down a plea deal that would have had him serve 180 days in jail and two years of house arrest, but no felony conviction. The driver, an American citizen of Turkish descent and a Palm Coast resident of many years, claims Smith called him a “terrorist.”

2nd Judicial Circuit Judge Barbara Hobbs Hit With 60-Day Suspension and $30,000 Fine

May 21, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

2nd Judicial Circuit Judge Barbara Hobbs. (2nd Circuit)

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a Tallahassee-area circuit judge should receive a 60-day suspension and pay a $30,000 fine after she acted as an attorney for her son following his arrest in a shooting incident.

Jury Finds Ian Davis of Palm Coast Guilty of Molesting His 14-Year-Old Niece

May 20, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Ian Bryce Davis.

The verdict Friday followed a four-day trial, including jury selection, before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins. Each of the second-degree felony charges carry a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison when Davis, formerly of Seabreeze Trail in Palm Coast, is to be sentenced on July 18.

A Month Out from Sentencing on Felony DUI Conviction, Dan Priotti Is Back in Jail on Domestic Charge

May 16, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Dan Priotti during a court appearance by Zoom. (© FlaglerLive)

The latest incident is the result of an alleged confrontation between Dan Priotti and his ex-girlfriend, less than a week after a judge ruled against his lawyer’s motion for a mistrial in the DUI conviction. Priotti had been out on bond pending sentencing on May 17. The prosecution may now use the incident as a further argument against leniency.

Back in Court, Wife’s Murderer Says She Was Equally to Blame for Her Own Death

May 9, 2022 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Michael Cummings in court on Friday. (© FlaglerLive)

A lengthy court hearing Friday was the first time that Michael Cummings, now 50, spoke openly about the details of killing his wife at their home on Point Pleasant in Palm Coast, at least as he remembered them. He put much of the blame for that night on her, blamed his defense attorneys, and disputed his designation as a murderer.

600-Day Retirement Clock Ticking for Judges Terence Perkins, Raul Zambrano and James Clayton

May 9, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Circuit Judge Terence Perkins, left, handing a verdict to be read by the clerk at a recent trial in Bunnell, and Circuit Judge Raul Zambrano, who served as a felony judge in Flagler for a few years, sitting in for a hearing in Bunnell a few weeks ago. (© FlaglerLive)

Circuit Judge Terence Perkins has been the senior judge in Flagler County since 2018, taking over a courthouse in slight turmoil and returning it to a no-drama zone of docket workhorses. He will retire at the end of 2023, along with Judge Raul Zambrano, who had been a felony judge in Flagler previously, and James Clayton, currently the circuit’s chief judge.

Philip Martin Is Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Massaging Young Girl as Judge Notes Excess

May 6, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Philip Martin arriving in court this morning. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison. (© FlaglerLive)

Circuit Judge Terence Perkins sentenced former Palm Coast resident 56-year-old Philip Martin to 25 years in prison for rubbing, caressing and massaging various body parts of a girl who’d been in his trust when she was 9, 10 and 11. But the judge acknowledged that he would have imposed a lesser sentence had he not been bound by minimum-mandatory requirements.

Flagler County Judge Totten Elected Without Opposition, as Are Seven Circuit Judges

May 4, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Flagler County Judge Andrea Totten. (© FlaglerLive)

Formerly appointed Flagler County Court Judge Andrea Totten was elected without opposition to a six-year term, as were Circuit Judges Dennis Craig, Matt Foxman, Kenny Janesk, Howard O. McGillin Jr., A. Kathleen McNeilly, Dawn D. Nichols and Stasia Warren.

Ex-Jimmy’s Hang Ten Owner James Harris Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison in Lewd Filming of Daughter

May 2, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

James "Jimmy" Harris after his plea and sentencing this afternoon in Flagler County Circuit Court. (© FlaglerLive)

James Harris, the 61-year-old former owner of Jimmy’s Hang Ten in Flagler Beach, pleaded guilty today to three counts of sexually abusing his step-daughter and was sentenced to 15 years in prison followed by 15 years on probation.

Flagler’s All-White Juries Aren’t What They Used To Be. Thank Wokism. 

April 29, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 20 Comments

Assistant Public Defender Regina Nunnally, who represented Kwentel Moultrie, during Moultrie's testimony on the last day of trial last week. The jury could not reach a decision in the case. (© FlaglerLive)

It wasn’t that long ago when an all-white jury deciding the fate of a Black man accused of raping a white woman, let alone a white underage girl, would have taken no more than the few minutes necessary to sign the verdict form declaring the man guilty. That’s assuming the man made it to the courthouse in the first place. Those days are over.

City of Flagler Beach and Golf Course Company Duel with Lawsuit and Eviction Notice

April 25, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Flagler Golf Management faces eviction from the Ocean Palms Golf Club grounds at the south end of Flagler Beach. The company is challenging the eviction with a suit of its own. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler Golf Management, the company running Ocean Palms Golf Club in Flagler Beach since 2015, has sued the city just as the city has filed an eviction notice in circuit court, and six weeks since the Flagler Beach City Commission voted to end its 35-year lease with the company.

Mistrial in Case Against Kwentel Moultrie, Accused of Raping 16-Year-Old Girl, as Jury Deadlocks

April 20, 2022 | FlaglerLive | 15 Comments

Kwentel Moultrie took the stand in his own defense today. (© FlaglerLive)

An all-white jury of five women and one man could not agree on a verdict on the charge against Kwentel Moultrie, now 23, of raping a 16-year-old girl when he was 20 in a P-Section house in Palm Coast. The three day trial hinged on whether the sexual encounter was consensual or forced. Moultrie remains in jail on this charge and on unrelated second-degree murder and burglary charges resulting from a December alleged home invasion in the R-Section.

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