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Dr. Edwin Harvey Hamilton, was arrested in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for sexual battery last Wednesday. Surprisingly, the alleged victim is a patient of Dr. Hamilton who claims that the sexual battery occurred during a visit to his general practice office. According to the alleged victim, Dr. Hamilton inappropriately touched her breasts and sex organs without her consent.

In a bizarre twist of facts, the patient's sister was able to make an audio recording of the struggle between Dr. Hamilton and the patient after the patient's cell phone mysteriously redialed the last called number - which just to happened to be her sister's number. According to police, the audio recording has been entered into evidence.

After spending a night in jail, Dr. Hamilton was released on a $5,000.00 bond.

This case has "set-up" written all over it... at the very least, it begs a much deeper investigation by criminal defense lawyers.

First of all, I would want to know more about the circumstances that led to the alleged sexual battery. In other words, was the alleged touching of a sexual nature or was it done as part of the medical examination Dr. Hamilton was performing?

Why was the patient there to see the doctor in the first place? Was it a routine examination or one because she was ill or had some other medical problem? Specifically, was palpitation of the breasts and an inspection of the genitals medically warranted or appropriate?

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Mirca Gallumette was arrested in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for arson, burglary, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, and violation a protective order. The arrest happened yesterday after a series of escalating events between Gallumette and her ex-boyfriend.
According to police, Gallumette had a physical confrontation with her ex-boyfriend at North Folk Elementary School in Fort Lauderdale. Gallumette and the man supposedly have two children together. According to police, Gallumette attacked the man and fled the scene before police arrived. At this point, Gallumette is merely facing allegations and is innocent until proven guilty. (Photo: Broward Sheriff's Office)

In a second altercation, Mirca Gallumette went to her ex-boyfriend's house, tried to run him over with her car and then set fire to his house and another car located at the residence. The ex-boyfriend and is two children are now homeless. As a result, the family is receiving help from the American Red Cross. Because he is the victim of domestic violence, the ex-boyfriend's name is not being released to the public.

As a criminal defense lawyer, I can tell you that domestic violence cases typically come in two different types. The first type of domestic violence case is the most common. In those situations, people who have generally never been in trouble before get into heated fights, voices are raised, tempers are flared, and maybe someone made the situation physical by hitting the other or flinging a piece of furniture around. No serious injuries are incurred, but things did get physical.

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Kendra E. Brown, 21, was arrested in Palm Beach, Florida for aggravated battery. According to news reports, Brown, who also goes by the alias "Reshanta Mannings", is accused of running her boyfriend's lover over with her car. For her actions, Brown is being held on $250,000 bail at the Palm Beach County Jail.

According to the arrest report, deputies responded to a call in suburban West Palm Beach where they found a woman trapped underneath Brown's vehicle.

During questioning, Brown allegedly stated that she had seen her boyfriend, Lorenzo Williams, driving someone else's car and decided to tail him.

Williams drove to the residence of his 36-year-old lover. Brown and the other woman got into an argument and the fight became physical.

According to the report, the unidentified woman hit Brown with a bottle of vodka. When the woman turned around to go inside her home, Brown got inside of her car and allegedly ran the woman over.

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Jeffrey Brown, has been arrested for sexual battery in Coral Gables, Florida. For those who do not know who he is, Jeffrey Brown is a defensive tackle for the University of Miami Hurricanes.

Brown turned himself in to the Coral Gables Police Department and was later transported to the Miami-Dade County Jail. He is being held on $10,000 bond.

According to police, Brown admitted to having sex with a severely intoxicated female student in a campus dorm room. As a result of his arrest, the university has suspended Brown from its football program indefinitely.

According to the alleged victim, Brown helped her to her room under the pretense that he was there to help her since she was feeling ill from drinking too much. At some point thereafter, Brown allegedly forced sex onto the victim even though she told him to stop many times. The victim further claims that she was unable to fight Brown off due to her own drunkenness and the fact that he is 6'3" and weighs 295 pounds.

As a criminal defense lawyer, I can tell you that these drunken sexual battery cases are difficult for prosecutors to prove. Many cases of these types result in guilty verdicts for lesser offenses.

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