A Florida man who was incarcerated over the summer for allegations of child neglect was detained last week for reportedly abusing an elderly person and the child from the previous case. 47-year-old Richard Ermand Carbone lives with his family in a home in Punta Gorda. In the middle of June,…
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Orange County Insurance Agent Suspected of $1.6 Million Scam on Seniors
An ex-insurance agent from San Clemente has been accused of using fraudulent practices to profit off of investments he made for at least six elderly clients in Southern California. 55-year-old Mark Malatesta, a man employed as a licensed insurance agent, was taken into custody on Monday after the California Department…
Call for Assault Turns into a 7-hour Standoff in Newport Beach
A 36 year old man named Scott Patrick Cole of Newport Beach was booked into Orange County Jail on the suspicion of battery with serious bodily injury, trespassing, causing harm to an elder/dependent adult, and assault with a deadly weapon. At around 4:30 p.m. officers got an assault call to…
What To Do When You’re Arguing And Neighbors Call the Police
As an Orange County criminal defense lawyer who has handled thousands of domestic violence or spousal abuse cases, I get calls daily from people who were arrested or whose significant other was arrested because neighbors heard them fighting and called the police. You do not have to be married to…