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Mistrial Declared in Case Against Miami Beach Police Tech Accused of Mishandling Evidence

Loaded on Sept. 10, 2021

Filed under: Mistrial Motion, Evidence - Admissibility. Location: Florida.

In a strange twist of events, a mistrial was declared on September 8, 2021, in the case against Jason Bruder, a technician with the Miami Beach Police Department (MBPD) accused of mishandling evidence and then falsifying logs to cover up his error. The reason the case fell apart? The evidence ...

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