Miami Criminal Lawyer Blog

In most situations, criminal cases end in plea bargains from the court. Miami-Dade criminal lawyers can help during this tough time and help their clients understand the offer. Plea bargains happen before the case goes to trial, and the sentence is almost always lesser than it would be if the client goes to trial. Most Miami-Dade criminal defense attorneys will persuade their client to accept the plea bargain because there is a chance the offense can be dismissed from their record.

Why the Accused is Offered a Plea Bargain

Any outcome for a client and their case is unpredictable. Fortunately, this is why the state will offer the Miami-Dade criminal lawyers and their client a plea bargain. In the end, the accused receives punishment and they are proven guilty.

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According to a recently discovered Miami Beach police report, Vince Shlomi, 44, better known as the ShamWow guy, was arrested for aggravated battery at the luxurious Setai hotel in South Beach back on February 7, 2009. Apparently, Shlomi met Sasha Lenea Harris, 26, his alleged victim and co-defendant, at Luigi's nightclub located at 2377 Collins Avenue in South Beach. The new friends returned to Shlomi's room at the Setai where Harris allegedly propositioned him to have "straight sex" for a small $1,000 fee. It seems the world's oldest profession is surviving the global recession just fine.

After returning to Shlomi's hotel room, this quintessentially South Beach romance turned violent. According to Miami Beach police, Shlomi tried to kiss Harris at which point she bit down very hard on his tounge. Shlomi stated that he was forced to punch Harris in the face several times in order to get her to release his tounge, resulting in multiple lacerations and facial fractures. She fled the room and called Miami Beach police who arrested both the alleged "john" and prostitute for aggravated battery.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have broken up an internet prostitution ring that had been operating for months between Detroit and the South Florida area. On Thursday, Rafael "Marco" Bernabe-Caballero, 32, was charged in federal court with multiple counts of sex trafficking with force. With charges that serious, he will definitely need the services of an experienced federal criminal defense attorney.

This Miami criminal defense attorney has learned that according to the federal indictment, Bernabe-Caballero owned and operated the website www.miamiultimate.com for about 20 months from March 2007 through November 2008. He is accused of using the website to market Eastern European women for prostitution purposes to "johns" from around the country. Bernabe-Caballero allegedly recruited women under the guise of running a legitimate escort service and then used threats of physical harm and even death to force them to perform sexual services on his many clients.

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