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Fort Lauderdale police have apprehended a 35-year-old Porsche owner suspected in a deadly hit-and-run accident. The driver is now in the Broward County Jail without bond. Our Broward County Traffic attorneys deal with leaving the scene of an accident and hot and run all the time, but what's interesting about this case is that the police teamed up with the United States Secret Service to analyze the man's cell phone records and determine his whereabouts.

Charged with two counts of vehicular homicide and two counts of leaving the scene of a traffic fatality, the defendant faces up to 15 years in prison on each vehicular homicide charge.

Police in Broward County are increasingly using cell phone records to investigate suspects. Some consider this method of evidence-gathering to be a privacy issue. In fact, there's a case before the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia in which attorneys are arguing that prosecutors need to show "reasonable grounds" to get cell phone records if those records are believed to be relevant to an investigation.

Source: Secret Service helped crack Porsche hit-and-run, police records show, South Florida Sun Sentinel, March 20, 2010

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Our Miami-Dade traffic attorneys have learned that police arrested former NY Giants player Lawrence Taylor last night for allegedly leaving the scene of an accident. The 50-year-old ex-football great was involved in a car accident on the Palmetto Expressway around 6:45pm.

The Florida Highway Patrol says responding officers issued an alert for a "white vehicle missing the front right tire." They found Taylor and his vehicle just off the next exit on the Palmetto. Taylor claimed he knew he'd been in a crash but thought he hit a guardrail and not another vehicle.

Police booked the driver into jail at 9:57pm on charges of leaving the scene of an accident and later released him on $500 bond. Both vehicles sustained significant damage but there were no injuries reported.

Source: Ex-NFL great Lawrence Taylor charged with leaving Miami-Dade crash scene, South Florida Sun Sentinel, November 9, 2009

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A man believed to be a corporate pilot is charged with hit and run and failing to stop at a car crash involving injury. Sigurd Henriksen, 49,reportedly led police on a 100 mph chase down State Road A1A in South Palm Beach and Manalapan on Sunday morning, injuring two passengers. He then crashed his company's 2004 Bentley into a guardrail at Chillingworth Curve. Police clocked his speed at 105 mph.

After crashing the car, Henricksen fled the scene of the accident, according to police. The two injured passengers were transported to Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Boynton Beach for treatment. Both had minor cuts, and the woman suffered a broken arm.

The driver, who is originally from Kristiansand, Norway, turned himself in to Manalapan police after they contacted the owner of the Bentley. He is being held in lieu of $5,000 bond.

Another accident involving a Bentley occurred last Thursday. Police said neither car had evidence of open containers.

Police charge Bentley driver clocked at more than 100 mph along A1A in Manalapan, South Palm Beach, PalmBeachPost.com, May 12, 2009

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