By Steve Plunkett
Businessman and magazine publisher Richard Lucibella has lost his courtroom quest to be cleared of all charges resulting from a backyard dustup with police in 2016 when he was the town’s vice mayor.
The 4th District Court of Appeal
By Steve Plunkett
Barring any last-minute motions, the often-postponed felony trial of former Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella will begin Jan. 28 in Circuit Judge Daliah Weiss’ courtroom.
Lucibella, 65, is charged with battery on a law enforc
Richard Lucibella gestures to supporters after receiving a postponement in his trial. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
UPDATE: Trial reset to 2019
By Steve Plunkett
Onetime Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella may offer a simple defense to charges he battered a
By Steve Plunkett
Former Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella’s felony trial will not start before next year.
His defense attorney, Marc Shiner, and Assistant State Attorney Danielle Grundt both agreed this month to the postponement — the trial
By Steve Plunkett
The lawyer in the felony case against former Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella has rescheduled depositions of town officials and the police for late August.
Defense attorney Marc Shiner will depose arresting officers Nubia
By Steve Plunkett
One of the Ocean Ridge police officers who charged then-Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella with resisting arrest with violence last October did not make the same charge stick in a second, unrelated case.
The State Attorney’s Office
By Steve Plunkett
The trial of former Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella will be at least three months later than first scheduled.
Circuit Judge Charles Burton will hold a calendar call in the case at 9:30 a.m. July 21, according to a notice of
By Dan Moffett
Accepting the recommendation of the police chief and the conclusions of an internal investigation, Ocean Ridge Town Manager Jamie Titcomb fired Lt. Steven Wohlfiel Jan. 4 over his involvement in an alleged shooting incident at the h
Ocean Ridge resident Joelen Merkel hugs Chief Yannuzzi following the Jan. 15 special meeting. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
Hear contested telephone recording
By Dan Moffett
The simmering feud over beach security between Ocean Ridge Town Commissioner
Ocean Ridge Police Chief, Chris Yannuzzi, addresses the standing-room-only audience during a special meeting Jan. 15.
Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
A tumultuous week of anger and allegation ended in hugs and farewells as Ocean R
An overflow crowd fills the Ocean Ridge commission chambers on Jan. 12 to discuss the town's termination of Police Chief Chris Yanuzzi. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge town commissioners have called a special meeting for 6
WPTV Report with audio excerpts
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge town commissioners appear poised to fire Police Chief Chris Yannuzzi at Monday's commission meeting.
Yannuzzi's ouster comes at the urging of Commissioner Richard Lucibella, who has feuded w
