Attorney Ken Padowitz says Prosecutors correct to drop cases from alleged racist cops - (Video) FT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – The Broward State Attorney’s Office has dropped more than three dozen criminal cases connected to four former Fort Lauderdale Police officers caught up in a racism scandal. Prosecutors have been reviewing the arrests made by former officers Alex Alvarez, James Wells, Jason Holding and Christopher Sousa. On Thursday, prosecutors confirmed that they plan to drop 17 Misdemeanor cases where the officers were the main officer involved in [...]

Stephanie Kraft (2nd left) speaks to her husband (middle) Mitchell Kraft and Kraft's attorney Ken Padowitz in court March 10 in Fort Lauderdale.   Taimy Alvarez, Sun Sentinel

It took a Broward jury less than two hours on Tuesday to find Mitchell Kraft not guilty of trying to use his wife's position on the Broward School Board to benefit a pair of corrupt developers. Kraft, 62, held his breath as the verdicts were read shortly before 5 p.m. He was charged with bribery, unlawful compensation and conspiracy. His wife Stephanie Kraft was acquitted of the same charges last December, but in her case, the jury found her guilty of [...]

By Simon Cohen When it comes to visions of the future in transportation, there are two versions we just can’t get out of our heads: the flying cars from The Jetsons and the amazing hoverboard that Marty McFly rode with so much style in Back to the Future Part II. Face it: Our reality is far more mundane. But a new “personal motorized transporter,” unveiled at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in January, just might make us feel like we’re living in the future. Available in red, white [...]

Judge Reversed On Appeal From Attorney Ken Padowitz Samantha Joseph, Daily Business Review February 12, 2015 Broward Circuit Judge Matthew Destry received a tongue lashing Wednesday from the Fourth District Court of Appeal for refusing to consider bond for Stephanie Kraft, a former Broward School Board member, after she was convicted of official misconduct. Destry ordered Kraft into custody Dec. 11 immediately after a jury found her guilty of official misconduct but acquitted her of bribery, unlawful compensation [...]

Broward Circuit Judge Matthew Destry was out of line when he offered no explanation for why he decided to jail Stephanie Kraft in December, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. Kraft, 58, a former member of the Broward School Board, was found guilty on Dec. 11 of one count of official misconduct, a crime punishable by up to five years in prison. Destry ordered her taken into custody immediately. Five days later, defense lawyer Ken Padowitz returned to Destry's courtroom in a bid to free [...]

Original Story by Rafael Olmeda/Sun Sentinel BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. -- The man accused of swinging a live bearded dragon lizard at employees of his Deerfield Beach reptile shop may not be competent to stand trial on animal cruelty charges, his lawyer said Wednesday.Benjamin Siegel, 40, was deemed "incompetent to proceed" by psychologist Michael Brannon, who was hired by the defense to examine him last week. According to an arrest report, Siegel placed the bearded dragon in his mouth, threw it, swung it and used [...]