He’s not accused of being on drugs, but a man named Edward Cocaine did allegedly wave a knife at employees after a confrontation at a Florida Subway restaurant.

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey posted about the April 5 incident on Facebook.

“Clearly this guy, Edward Cocaine, (and yes that’s his real name) doesn’t know that in Brevard County, if you Mess Around you’re gonna Find Out…the hard way!!” Ivey wrote.

Cocaine, 45, and a friend went to the Subway on Merritt Island and felt he was being treated rudely by the employees, a probable cause arrest affidavit said. The friend wanted to leave but Cocaine allegedly wanted to address the perceived disrespect.

The defendant allegedly entered the employee area behind the counter, pushed past one employee and raised a knife as if he were about to stab someone, the complaint said.

“Yes folks, you read that correctly, he pulled out a knife and gestured as if he was going to injure them all because he didn’t like the way they spoke to him and his friend!!,” Ivey quipped.

Cocaine’s friend restrained him and the two left the restaurant, per cops. Using surveillance video, cops identified Cocaine’s friend’s truck. Deputies went to go speak to the friend who identified Cocaine as the perpetrator.

A Florida woman was recently arrested after she allegedly sexually abused her Chihuahua on video for profit, police in the Sunshine State say.

Logan Nichole Guminski, stands accused of one count each of sexual activity involving an animal and filming sexual activity involving an animal, according to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.

The sheriff’s office says they learned of the crime on Jan. 28, when a detective who works with the major crimes unit received an “anonymous tip” that the defendant “posted a video to Instagram depicting sexual activity with a dog,” according to a press release.

The unidentified tipster apparently included a 32-second-long video clip of the offending incident in question. An arrest report contains a detailed and graphic account of what occurred in the video between a “small brown and white” Chihuahua and a woman whose face cannot be seen.

The two sons of a slain Georgia man have sued the woman charged with killing him for wrongful death. The defendant, Suzanne Renee Mericle, 61, opened fire through the bedroom door after James David Barron, 68, backed away from an argument, according to the complaint viewed by Law&Crime.

“This family has suffered an unspeakable tragedy and this civil suit has been initiated to protect the family and their legal rights,” said the plaintiff statement, according to The Brunswick News. “The Barrons kindly request that their privacy be respected during this difficult time. Our firm generally does not comment on pending litigation and this is particularly true in a case like this, where an investigation is still ongoing. Therefore, we have no further comment at this time.”

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Former practice chair allegedly overbilled clients by over $3.5M at 2 BigLaw firms, ethics complaint says

By Debra Cassens Weiss

February 26, 2025, 12:13 pm CST

A former partner in the Chicago offices of two large international law firms is facing an ethics complaint alleging that he falsified billing records and caused clients to be overbilled by more than $3.5 million over a period of 20 years.

William Michael Doyle Jr. is accused in a Feb. 19 ethics complaint filed by the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, the Legal Profession Blog reports.

The ethics complaint does not name the firms. But an online press release from 2022 said Doyle was the trusts and estates practice chair at Winston & Strawn before he joined Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in August 2022.

“Doyle is a renowned tax and estate-planning expert with more than four decades of experience representing many of the wealthiest families in the United States and around the world,” the press release said.

While working at both firms, Doyle directed other lawyers and staff members to perform tasks for clients and reviewed their time-keeping records. Doyle was supposed to review the records and approve them for submission to the accounting department, which then billed clients.

The ethics complaint alleges that Doyle caused clients to be overbilled for the work that he oversaw and performed by recording time for services not provided, by inflating the hours worked, by billing for time spent on other clients, and by recording time that should have been written off.

The ethics complaint alleges that Doyle caused Winston & Strawn clients to be overbilled by $2,529,378 over 18 years. He is accused of causing Greenberg Traurig’s clients to be overbilled by $973,910 over a period of less than two years.

After learning of the time misrepresentations, both firms reviewed client invoices and offered to refund the amounts based on false information.

“Some, but not all, of the clients agreed to accept the refunds offered by the firms,” the ethics complaint says.

When reached by phone, Doyle said he could not comment without first speaking with his lawyer.

A Greenberg Traurig spokesperson gave this statement to the ABA Journal: “Mr. Doyle was with our firm for less than two years. As soon as we became aware of questionable billing practices, we investigated, and within weeks, took corrective actions, including notifying the Illinois bar [the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission], fully cooperating with the ARDC and offering a full refund of amounts that appeared to have been questionably billed to impacted clients. By the conclusion of our investigation, Mr. Doyle was no longer associated with our firm.”

A Winston & Strawn spokesperson gave this statement to the ABA Journal: “Bill Doyle left Winston & Strawn in August 2022 and has not been associated with our firm since that time. We are committed to upholding the highest ethical standards and have zero tolerance for any actions that compromise our integrity or the trust our clients place in us. The complaint does not name Winston or cite any misconduct by the firm but instead alleges that Mr. Doyle made misrepresentations to the firm’s billing department that resulted in the improper invoices. Since learning of this matter, we have conducted a thorough investigation and taken appropriate measures to address any harm to our clients.”

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A Wisconsin woman who allegedly assaulted her boyfriend before fleeing the scene with her two young children was charged with child abuse after making the kids spend a long night outside in the freezing cold.

Angelica Saragosa, 47, appeared in court on Feb. 21, a day after she was arrested by the Thiensville Police Department.

She was ordered to be held on $100,000 bond after prosecutors told Circuit Judge Sandy Williams that Saragosa allegedly “spent the night outside with her two children, who were poorly dressed” in reported wind chill temperatures of -19 degrees Fahrenheit. The children were hospitalized for low body temperature and other “life-threatening” conditions related to exposure to the bitter cold, authorities said.

A Florida woman is behind bars after stealing electricity and siccing her large dog on utility workers who confronted her, according to law enforcement in the Sunshine State.

Tiffany Perkins, 28, stands accused of myriad crimes including one count each of aggravated assault, aggravated battery, creating or maintaining a nuisance, keeping a nuisance, larceny related to a utility, grand theft, animal cruelty, burning unpermitted materials, operating an unpermitted landfill, misusing the 911 system, resisting an officer with violence, resisting without violence, as well as two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill.

The incident occurred Feb. 25 at a residence on Sugar Pine Loop in Lake Wales – a medium-sized city in central Florida, according to a press release issued by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

A deputy arrived at the home late in the morning in response to a call from two Duke Energy workers, the sheriff’s office said.

A Florida woman was recently caught hiding a missing teenage boy she wanted to adopt, Sunshine State law enforcement says.

Sherry J. Novelli, 61, stands accused of one count each of interfering with the custody of a minor and contributing to delinquency, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office.

On Feb. 10, deputies received the call about the missing boy from an academy for teenage boys who have had failed placement in foster care, the sheriff’s office said in a press release.

“Deputies learned that the boy had been granted permission to go to South County Park, but he was unable to be located when staff attempted to retrieve him from the park later,” the press release reads. “It was also learned that the boy had been involved in an unreported incident earlier in the day that involved a volunteer.”

Despite the federal government dismissing the criminal cases against Donald Trump after his 2024 election victory, the world may soon find out more about the former and current president’s alleged mishandling of confidential documents — including whether he “flushed some presidential records down the toilet” during his first stint in office.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Monday ordered the FBI to release records the bureau had previously withheld in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by investigative journalist Jason Leopold.

Ironically, it was Trump’s victory over Joe Biden in conjunction with the U.S. Supreme Court’s sweeping ruling granting a sitting president immunity from prosecution for official acts — litigation instigated by Trump — that formed the basis for the court’s holding in the FOIA case.

In a 26-page order, U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell reasoned that because Trump (and the co-defendants he pardoned after taking office) were no longer in danger of being prosecuted for the alleged retention of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida, the federal government could no longer prevent the disclosure of the documents requested by Leopold.

“Despite filling nearly 400 pages, including exhibits and declarations, briefing in this case fell behind developments in the real world that carry fatal consequences for the agency’s proffered rationale for withholding records responsive to a request under the Freedom of Information Act,” Howell wrote. “Absent correct application of an exemption, disclosure is required to allow the American people to learn about actions of government officials that the officials themselves may not otherwise want to be made public. As the D.C. Circuit has long made clear: ‘One basic general assumption of the FOIA is that, in many important public matters, it is for the public to know and then to judge.””