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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Found Guilty of Escape Out of Cop’s Car, George Wood Faces Up to 30 Years in Prison And Two More Trials

December 8, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

George Wood in court today. (c FlaglerLive)

George Wood III of Palm Coast, 31, a felon now 11 times over, had busted out of a cop car after his arrest on SR100 in January and led police on an air and foot chase.

In 18 Minutes, Jury Finds Paul Dykes Guilty on 24 Counts of Child Sex Crimes, Including Rape

December 6, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 11 Comments

Paul Dykes, 21, faces life in prison without possibility of parole. (© FlaglerLive)

A jury of six women barely deliberated in the case of Palm Coast’s Paul Dykes, 21, found guilty of directing the rape of a 1-year-old girl with an ex-girlfriend, also found guilty in September.

After Wrenching, Day-Long Process, A Jury Is Impaneled In Child-Rape Trial of Paul Dykes

December 4, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Paul Dykes, right, consulting with his attorney, William Bookhammer, during jury selection today in Flagler County Circuit Court. (c FlaglerLive)

A jury of six women and one man was chosen from a pool of 50, as potential jurors were excused for a variety of reasons, many of them over the anxieties triggered by the trial’s subject matter.

Defense Will Argue That Bobby Gore Suffered From “Battered Spouse Syndrome” When He Killed His Son

November 28, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Bobby Gore says he never intended to kill his son, only to scare him. (© FlaglerLive)

Bobby Gore, 74, shot and killed his son Lucas in Flagler Beach in April and pleaded guilty to manslaughter. To reduce his life sentence, his defense attorney will argue that Lucas had been terrorizing his father to the point of reducing him to the equivalent of a battered spouse.

Paul Miller, Serving Life for Murder of Dana Mulhall in Flagler Beach in 2012, Returning To Court

November 22, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

At his trial in 2013, Paul Miller was his own worst witness. (© FlaglerLive)

Now 70, Paul Miller shot and killed his neighbor Dana Mulhall, 52, in a dispute over barking dogs in 2012. Miller is arguing that he did not get a proper defense from his attorney.

L’Darius Smith, 21, Acquitted of Molesting 2 Step-Sisters; Jury Finds Guilt on Minor Charge

November 3, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

L'Darius Smith will get to walk, as he did off the witness stand this morning, with Circuit Judge Dennis Craig in the background. (c FlaglerLive)

Palm Coast’s L’Darius Smith could have faced 15 years in prison on accusations he molested girls age 8 and 9 but was essentially acquitted.

Accused of Molesting 2 Girls When He Was 15 and 16, a 21-Year-Old Winks and Plays To Camera

November 2, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 10 Comments

Though he's been in jail for over a year, awaiting trial, L'Darius Smith did not appear to grasp the gravity of today's trial. (© FlaglerLive)

Now 21, L’Darius Smith was 15 or 16 when he allegedly molested two girls, 8 and 9, he was living with as siblings in Palm Coast five years ago. He did not act as if he were on trial today.

Behind the Man Facing Monstrous Allegations of Incest, A History of Disabilities, But Not Incompetence

October 25, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 8 Comments

Arriving in court this morning Paul Dykes's first glance, a very brief dart, was for his mother, who was in the courtroom, and who would later testify about her son. (© FlaglerLive)

The mother of Paul Dykes, who goes on trial on charges of raping his own daughter next month, revealed in court today for the first time the personal history of the 20-year-old Palm Coast resident.

Paul Dykes Goes On Trial Over Accusations Of Child Rape and 21 Related Counts In November

October 19, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Paul Dykes, seated, as his public defender, Bill Bookhammer, spoke to Circuit bJudge Dennis Craig during a hearing at the Flagler County courthouse this afternoon. (© FlaglerLive)

The trial of the Palm Coast 20-year-old will be the latest chapter in an extensive and lurid case that involves Dykes’s one-time girlfriend, Erin Vickers, 23, whom a jury found guilty a month ago of raping her 1-year-old daughter.

Stanley Wykretowicz Acquitted On Aggravated Child Abuse Charge, May Face Negligence

October 18, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

After the verdict Stanley Wykretowicz's father, his wife and one other family member embraced him in an emotional hug outside the courtroom. (© FlaglerLive)

The 42-year-old Palm Coast resident was looking at up to 30 years in prison had he been found guilty on a charge that he’d brutalized his 2-year-old niece. The defense said the girl was merely ill.

Prosecution Stymied In Ex-Jail Guard’s Trial Over 2-Year-Old Girl’s Alleged Brutalization

October 17, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 3 Comments

Stanley Wykretowicz during a break today. He faces a first degree felony that, if found guilty, could send him to prison for 30 years. (© FlaglerLive)

Stanley Wykretowicz, 41, was the sole caregiver to his 2-year-old niece when he brought her to Florida Hospital Flagler, comatose and bruised, but his lawyers say she was merely ill, not abused.

Erin Vickers, 23, Found Guilty of Raping Her 1-Year-Old Daughter; She Faces Life In Prison

September 20, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 174 Comments

Erin Vickers sat impassively as bailiffs brought in the television screen that would be used to show an incriminating one-minute video Vickers had shot of herself while performing oral sex on her daughter. (© FlaglerLive)

Erin Vickers was found guilty on two of 49 charges she faces in connection with rapes and the production of movies and pictures involving her daughter in sexual acts perpetrated by her mother. The case is not over.

Jury Selected With Unusual Swiftness In Trial of Erin Vickers on Charge of Raping Her Own Child

September 18, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

Assistant State Attorney Joe LeDonne addressing the jury pool today in jury selection for the trial of Erin Vickers, who sat to the right, next to her attorney, Garry Wood. (© FlaglerLive)

Erin Vickers, 23, of Palm Coast, is on trial on the first of 49 counts involving accusations of rape, videotaping and transmitting sexual acts involving children.

Palm Coast’s Erin Vickers Set For September Trial on Child Rape in 1st of 49 Charges

July 28, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 16 Comments

Erin Vickers in court this morning with her attorney, Garry Wood. She goes on tgrial on Sept. 18. (© FlaglerLive)

Erin Vickers, 23, and then-boyfriend Paul Dykes, 20, face a combined 90 charges of raping children as young as 1, and taking and transmitting pictures and video of child porn.

Life in Prison for Palm Coast Man as Jury Finds Him Guilty of Molesting 11-Year-Old

April 19, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 21 Comments

James Taylor calling out to his family immediately after the verdict and his finger-=printing, following which he was handcuffed and taken back to the Flagler County jail, where he's been held since 2015. He faces life in prison. (© FlaglerLive)

A two-second feel over the clothes of an 11-year-old in a Palm Coast home by her guardian four years ago will result in a life sentence for James Taylor, a previously convicted sex offender.

At Man’s Trial, Weighing the Line Between A Parent’s Touch and Outright Molestation

April 18, 2017 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

James A. Taylor today with his attorneys, Regina Nunnally and Steve Gosney. (© FlaglerLive)

Defense attorneys for James A. Taylor, the man on trial for allegedly molesting his ex’s 11-year-old daughter in Palm Coast, effectively plundered his accuser’s and her sisters’ credibility in four hours of testimony today.

Startling Advice From Judge to Defendant in Rape Case: “I’m Telling You Now, It’s Not Going Well”

March 22, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 4 Comments

waldemar rivera

After the alleged victim testified, several times in tears, Judge Matthew Foxman suggested to Waldemar Rivera, who is accused of raping his 13-year-old step-daughter, to talk to his attorney, intimating a plea or a change in strategy, as Rivera’s first day of trial went mostly and seriously against him.

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