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July 19, 2022 Don Pumphrey, Jr. Drunk Driving/DUI, News & Announcements, Violent Crimes Social Share

A Florida judge has sentenced 24-year-old Tanner Dashner to over 70 years in prison for a fatal car crash that went up in flames and killed five people in 2018. However, the judge only used the charges for DUI manslaughter instead of also including the additional charges of vehicular homicide that the state wished to prosecute. We will cover the …

July 15, 2022 Don Pumphrey, Jr. Criminal Defense, News & Announcements, Violent Crimes Social Share

Jamell Demons, also known as popular Florida rapper YNW Melly, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder over a shooting that took place in 2018. We mentioned Demons in a previous article about upcoming death penalty cases in Broward County. Now the rapper is back in the news, this time because a judge ruled that he will no longer …

July 8, 2022 Don Pumphrey, Jr. Criminal Defense, Violent Crimes Social Share

Along with the ongoing issue of gun violence in both Florida and the rest of the U.S., there is also the issue of culpable negligence. With the ability of American citizens to keep guns in their homes, also brings up the problem of unlocked or unsupervised weapons. There have been a growing number of cases in which children get a …

July 8, 2022 Don Pumphrey, Jr. Criminal Defense, Violent Crimes Social Share

Another tragic mass shooting has shook the nation. This time the massacre took place during a 4th of July parade, meant to celebrate Independence Day in America. The shooter was Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, who has now been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder. In total 45 people were injured and seven were killed in the shootings outcome. Lake …

July 7, 2022 Don Pumphrey, Jr. Criminal Defense, News & Announcements, Violent Crimes Social Share

The long and seemingly never-ending search for a jury has finally come to an end. For the past several months, we have covered the process of finding a 12-person jury for the upcoming trial against Nikolas Cruz in the Parkland Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting from 2018. There has been an ongoing list of issues or complications in the …

July 7, 2022 Don Pumphrey, Jr. Criminal Defense, Violent Crimes Social Share

The Supreme Court voted on several important laws over the last week. One of the laws that was challenged was New York’s law which gives the state officials the discretion over granting concealed carry permits for firearms. What exactly does this mean? It will basically put into place a nationwide right for individuals to carry guns outside of their private …

July 5, 2022 Don Pumphrey, Jr. Criminal Defense, News & Announcements, Violent Crimes Social Share

A family of four has been accused of brutally beating a man nearly to death, and causing him to go almost completely blind. The 31-year-old victim is hiding his identity with the protection of Marsy’s Law, but has decided to press charges six months after the attack. The case is being considered a hate crime by the police, since the …

June 30, 2022 Don Pumphrey, Jr. Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence, Violent Crimes Social Share

A missing person case in Pompano Beach has quickly escalated into a presumed homicide. All signs are pointing at the missing woman’s husband, who lied to the police and never reported his partner missing. Although the police have reported finding incriminating evidence that hints at the woman’s death caused by foul play, they have still not yet found the body. …

June 30, 2022 Don Pumphrey, Jr. Criminal Defense, Sex Crimes, Violent Crimes Social Share

Robert Earles Hayes, 58, was acquitted of the murder of Pamela Albertson in 1990. After an issue with the DNA evidence, the Supreme Court reversed his original conviction and Hayes received his aquattial in the second trial. However 25 years later, in an effort to attempt to get Hayes acquitted from another murder case, the Innocence Project of New York …