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In Florida, the Orlando Sentinel recently reported that Jaguars running back Fred Taylor has been charged with disorderly conduct. Taylor was arrested early on a Saturday night in August near Club Cristal in Miami Beach.

According to Miami Beach police spokesperson Juan Sanchez, police released Taylor after he promised to appear in court. A spokesperson for the Jaguars said the football team declined to comment on Taylor’s arrest.

This incident comes soon after former Jaguars player Jimmy Smith was arrested in Jacksonville and charged with DUI, having an open container, and possession of marijuana. He was suspended from four games in 2003 for drug use.

Taylor himself has a few previous run-ins with the law. As a Florida student, he and three teammates were charged in 1995 with using the number off a credit card receipt and illegally charging pizza on the card. The following year, he was charged with petty theft and got suspected for four games.

Jaguars' Fred Taylor charged in Miami with disorderly conduct, Orlando Sentinel, August 31, 2008

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Troubled singer Amy Winehouse was arrested today in London. No, not for drug possession or disorderly conducted. Winehouse has been arrested for interfering with a police investigation in connection with her husband’s, Blake Civil Fielder, arrest for attempting to bribe a witness expected to testify against him in an assault case. Charges have not been filed against the Grammy nominated Winehouse. She is currently being held for questioning and is expected to be released.

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As if pop star Britney Spears doesn’t have enough problems, it appears as though she could be facing contempt of court charges. That is if Kevin Federline’s attorney, Mark Vincent Chaplin, has his way. Britney was scheduled to appear for a deposition (per court order) in her child custody case with Federline this week but failed to appear. Sources claim she became overtaken with “anxiety” when she saw the amount of paparazzi waiting for her shortly before the deposition was scheduled to begin. Her “friend” Osama Lutfi told the “E!” channel: “We got up and got ready to go. Her attorneys came to pick her up, but when she saw the media frenzy outside her house, her anxiety sky rocketed.”

Britney, to whom the law is of no consequence, simply failed to appear. Chaplin recently told television show Extra:

“It’s not like the 4th grade where you get a doctor’s note and it’s all okay. If you don’t obey a court order, you can be held in contempt…We’re not really interested in punishing her [Spears]…We’re interested in getting facts and information that are inconsistent with her position or consistent with my client’s position.”

No word on when the deposition will be re-scheduled to take place or whether Chaplin will seek sanctions from the court for Britney’s failure to appear.

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Country singer Chris Cagle (who’s that?) allegedly punched a fan seeking an autograph on Thursday, December 13, 2007 in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart. As if this weren’t bad enough, the incident took place after Cagle appeared at a benefit show for the Arizona’s Children Association. Tucson police claim that a woman requested an autograph after Cagle had signed autographs for several fans. When Cagle refused, the woman’s boyfriend got involved and Cagle punched him in the face. Cagle was charged with misdemeanor assault.

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In the movie, “Catch Me If You Can,” Leonardo DiCaprio played the character of a real-life teenager running rampant throughout the world writing bad checks. In walks South Florida’s own Robert Charles Jones “Chas” Brady, age 26. Broward prosecutors say Robert Brady conned his way through Republican circles by boasting of a Harvard law education and manufactured connections. Robert Brady has been charged with grand theft, forgery, and practicing law without a license, and faces 95 years in the Florida prison system. His defense attorney claims that people mistook his being a lawyer based on no fault of his client. The facts surrounding the case show that Robert Brady was, in fact, a Harvard undergraduate and that he worked for the law firm of a former Republican from Lighthouse Point, Florida.

Witnesses involved in the case claim that Robert Brady actually knew more about land use law than more seasoned attorneys that they have known for years.

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