Vegas, Hepner, Villa & Brutus: Only in South Florida: Take One

Guadalupe Vegas in Bond Hearings Court

Guadalupe Vegas steals neighbors Christmas decorations from yard and set them up in her yard

Guadalupe Vegas,18, from Sweetwater and her compliances (one male and one female) stole her neighbor’s Christmas ornaments out of their yard and Vegas had the nerve to display the neighbors stolen ornaments in her yard. And get this! Guadalupe lives around the corner and was caught in the act by the neighbor’s security camera. You have to see it . . . to believe it!

Cheryl Hepner, 66, shoots Salvatore Miglino, 39, twice, then call 911 and tells the operator that Miglino was shooting at her

Cheryl Hepner,66 shot her son-in-law, Salvatore Miglino,39, twice, then calls 911 and said that her son-in-law was shooting at her. Cheryl Hepner, 66, from Tamarac obviously had it all planned in advance. Wait for Miglino to show up to pick up his son, invite him in her home, then shoot him and call 911 and tell them that he was shooting at her.

However, Miglino was one step ahead of her and had the phone camera on record from the beginning because of the nasty divorce case he was going through with Hepner’s daughter and the uneasy feeling he had.

Miami-Dade Officer Fernando Edmundo Villa found shirtless and passed out in his police cruiser

Miami-Dade Officer Fernando Edmundo Villa,32 found shirtless and passed out in his running police cruiser in the left turn lane on SW 137th Avenue at 131 Street, taken to the station and allowed to go home. Can anyone say, “Special Treatment?”

Maybe Miami Police Officer J. Brutus was thinking about the Movie, “The Fast & Furious” when he ran his patrol car up a utility pole.

The Fast & The Furious Movie has nothing on Miami Police Officer J. Brutus

It would be interesting to see Vin Diesel or Paul Walker drive their car up a “live” utility pole and walk away laughing. It’s safe to say that Hollywood maybe calling Officer Brutus for some more or similar stunts for their next movie.

You see, Miami Police officer J. Brutus was cruising through the intersection of NW 67th Street & 6th Ave in Miami on Tuesday, when he suddenly found himself up a utility pole.

And whose talking about driving while texting? What about driving while allegedly picking up a pen off the floor of your car? Well, that’s his story and he is sticking to it!

Officer Brutus response to how his car ran up the pole must have sounded as Judge Judy would say, “ridiculous” even to him, because when the camera turned on him, he was laughing and joking with one of his colleagues. It took a minute to realize that he was the officer in the car. Miami Police Department must have guaranteed contracts with their officers.

In any other scenario, it would be expected for the driver of the car to show some kind of remorse. The tax payers will probably not be too happy when they realize that they are the ones footing the bill for one of The City of Miami’s finest, nickname the “Fast & Furious Brutus” chasing a pen or maybe he was chasing pop-eye the sailor man.

Dr. Michael Benjamin suspended for not reporting the pregnancy of a 12 year-old

Dr. Michael Benjamin told state officials he believed the girl’s story that she got pregnant from consensual sex with a classmate who lived nearby. He said he didn’t think he needed to report it.

The unidentified girl came to Benjamin for an abortion in November 2009 with her mother and the adult boyfriend, according to the state complaint against him. They lived in the Gainesville area and found Benjamin’s name through an abortion hotline.

The girl’s mother insisted she did not know of her daughter’s condition until the girl was 24 weeks pregnant and had not taken her for prenatal care, state records show.

Benjamin told state investigators he was satisfied that there was no child abuse after talking to the girl and her mother for 30 minutes. But the state complaint notes that Benjamin’s notes in the case state he only talked to the girl and her mother for six to eight minutes before the abortion.

The girl’s pregnancy was not reported until months later by her pediatrician. Gainesville area detectives later linked the pregnancy to the mother’s boyfriend. Authorities later convicted the boyfriend of the girl’s mother in the pre-teen’s pregnancy and he is now servicing a 15-year sentence for sexual battery.

Note: Statutory Rape Law:
Statutory rape is the crime of having sexual relations with a person younger than the age of consent specified by statue, or who is mentally incapable of consent as defined by law. Often, the offender must be several years older than the victim, rather than the same age or younger. The perpetrator’s claim of ignorance of the victim’s age is generally not regarded as sufficient reason to spare him from prosecution. Laws vary by state. In Florida, the age of consent is usually 18, but can be one or two years younger if the partners are close to each other in age.

Benjamin and state officials had proposed that the case could be settled if he paid an $8,000 fine, accepted a reprimand and take remedial courses, according to the docket in his case. However, the Florida Board of Medicine, which oversees doctors, rejected the deal. The Board voted to suspend Benjamin’s license until he undergoes an assessment and come back before the board for another review.

Benjamin will also be fined $10,000 and will have to perform community service as well as take courses.

Michael Spicer, attorney for Benjamin said the doctor will contest the ruling by taking the case to a state administrative judge, allowing him to keep practicing while the case is pending.