Author: mtc9393

The information that follows about the activity in court today is courtesy of the tweets by Bob McGovern at the Herald. @BobMcGovernJr to whom I owe my thanks. After calling the case one of massive corruption last Thursday Judge Young appeared to have reconsidered what was involved in the matter. Thankfully he did because up…

I can only scratch my heads at the shenanigans of the Florida Appeals Court. Here’s a little background. November 6, 2008, Connolly was convicted by a Florida jury and sentenced to 40 years in prison for murder by gun when the gun that murdered the victim was wielded by another (a witness against him) and…

Correction: O’Brien sentencing is today. Yesterday I said it was going to happen then but I erred. But another day gives me a chance for another comment on the matter. I missed this but last Thursday in preparation for his sentencing today Judge Young made the following pronouncements. He said: “Mr. O’Brien was the organizer…

John Callahan hoping to buy World Jai Alai (WJA) approaches the owner Roger Wheeler who refuses to sell. The rebuffed Callahan decides if he murders Wheeler then his widow will sell the business. He hires ($50,000) Flemmi and his friends to do this. Callahan tells Flemmi that former highly experienced FBI Agent Paul Rico who…

One of the great travesty of justices is about to occur this afternoon.  Judge William Young will sentence former commissioner John O’Brien to prison for five or more years for engaging in patronage. For O’Brien to be convicted the judge had to come up with a highly convoluted instruction to the jurors according to attorneys…

I’ve dabbled in fiction writing. The main thing you have to do to be credible is to maintain a person in character. The protagonist should not be as sharp as a razor on one page and dumb as an ox on the other. That’s because you have to write to our common experience. Characters must…