Prison Justice
Florida lawyer accused of stalking one other legal professional, texting rap songs with threatening lyrics
A lawyer in Coral Gables, Florida, was charged with aggravating stalking Thursday for allegedly harassing one other legal professional who was so involved that he despatched his staff house from his legislation workplace. (Picture from Shutterstock)
A lawyer in Coral Gables, Florida, was charged with aggravating stalking Thursday for allegedly harassing one other legal professional who was so involved that he despatched his staff house from his legislation workplace.
Florida lawyer Carlos L. Santi, 43, was arrested whereas holding pizza packing containers carrying the title of the lawyer he allegedly focused and the title of the lawyer’s spouse, report Law.com, the Miami Herald and WPLG.
Santi is a lawyer with the Property & Casualty Legislation Group in Florida. The alleged sufferer, who can also be a Coral Gables legal professional, contacted police Feb. 4 in regards to the alleged harassment.
The sufferer instructed police that Santi had proven up uninvited to his legislation workplace, had handed by his home whereas texting that he was there, had texted rap songs with threatening lyrics, and had talked about the focused legal professional’s youngsters, in line with allegations in an arrest report and an affidavit cited by the information articles.
Video surveillance confirmed Santi strolling previous the opposite lawyer’s residence whereas watching his house, in line with the police report.
On Friday, Choose Mindy S. Glazer of the Miami-Dade circuit court docket issued a stay-away order to guard the allegedly focused legal professional and his household, the articles reported.
Santi was lately sanctioned in a civil case earlier than U.S. Justice of the Peace Choose Nicholas P. Mizell of the Center District of Florida. Mizell chastised Santi in a rental affiliation case for failing to file a disclosure and lead counsel designation, regardless of reminders.
In a Jan. 7 order, Mizell referred Santi to the court docket’s grievance committee to supply Santi counseling on enhancing his practices or to suggest applicable remedial motion. The choose additionally ordered Santi to pay $200 to the Southwest Florida Federal Courtroom Bar Affiliation for use in “ongoing efforts to raise the follow of legislation.”
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