Feb 25, 2021 By Gary Blankenship Senior Editor Top Stories
Rep. Spencer Roach
Bills being pushed by Florida’s state attorneys to make it harder to take depositions from juvenile victims and witnesses in violent crime cases have been introduced in the Florida Legislature.
HB 465, sponsored by Rep. Spencer Roach, R-North Ft. Myers, and SB 1328, by Sen. Lauren Book, D-Plantation, would prohibit depositions, except with a showing of good cause, from victims or witnesses under 18, those with intellectual disabilities, or victims of sexual assault. The prohibition would cover 13 types of violent crimes.
Those crimes include murder, sexual battery, lewd and lascivious offenses under F.S. §800.04, human trafficking, kidnapping, domestic violence, child abuse, and aggravated cyberstalking.
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Miami, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis announced the arrests of Jerson Geovanny Quiroz and Reyna Elizabeth Quiroz, owners of Quiroz Carpentry Corporate, for workers compensation premium fraud and grand theft for allegedly hiding payroll information to avoid paying more than $300,000 in workers compensation premiums.
CFO Jimmy Patronis said, “It is critical that Florida businesses carry the required insurance coverage for their employees. Having insufficient coverage is a serious crime that puts employees at risk, takes business away from reputable contractors, and raises insurance rates for businesses across the state. I thank my dedicated insurance fraud detectives for completing a thorough investigation. I am confident that the Office of Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle will work toward a successful prosecution in this case and hold these individuals accountable.”
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