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Clarence Hall was arrested in Fort Lauderdale, Florida for attempted felony murder, burglary with assault or battery, throwing a missile into a vehicle, and criminal mischief causing damage over $1,000 this past Tuesday. Hall is allegedly responsible for causing an escaping victim to lose control of his vehicle, causing it to crash into a pedestrian. The pedestrian was pinned against a wall and has lost a leg as a result.

Surveillance footage recently emerged of the gruesome scene. It is not yet known whether or not Hall has retained a criminal defense attorney.

According to police reports, at around 2pm on December 11, Hall was arguing with Timara Wimbar and her cousin David Thomas at Nada Market on the 1300 block of NW 6th Street, demanding to know why they were "in his neighborhood and [at] his store."

Wimar and Thomas reported that they had just stopped for a snack. Hall pursued them as they left, calling Wimbar a lesbian and trying to prevent the pair from entering their vehicle. Then, as the two got into their vehicle and prepared to drive off, Hall attacked the vehicle, kicking and hitting it, breaking off mirrors and damaging a door handle. He even reached inside the vehicle, attacking Thomas.

Fort Lauderdale Police Detective Travis Mandell said, "I can definitely tell you these were serious acts of aggression and Mr. Hall was extremely violent."

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Jane Gonzalez was arrested in Coral Springs, Florida for attempted murder of her own children. Gonzalez is going to need a criminal defense lawyer because these charges are very serious. According to news reports, Gonzalez allegedly rammed her Ford Mustang into the family's garage just after telling her children to take off their seat belts. She is being held without bond. When police arrived, Gonzalez allegedly fought with the police and supposedly tried to grab one of the officer's guns. As a result, Jane Gonzalez is not only facing criminal charges for attempted murder, but battery on a law enforcement officer, and for trying to grab the officer's gun. At her first court appearance, a judge denied her bond, noting that she allegedly told the children to take off their seat belts before crashing the car into the family garage. The news is reporting that part of the incident was recorded on a neighbor's surveillance camera.

This video footage will reveal a lot of important information about the case.

As a criminal defense lawyer, I can tell you that defending Jane Gonzalez in this case must take two approaches. First, Gonzalez's criminal lawyer must determine if the evidence supports the allegations being made by police. Second, if we were to assume the allegations are 100% true, it is clear that Gonzalez suffers from a serious mental health problem.

Unlike the nonsense you see on television when a mobster fakes being crazy, it sounds like Jane Gonzalez may have had a very real mental break down and may be incompetent to stand trial, or in the alternative, may actually have a real insanity defense.

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