Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court Judge Jason Bloch seems to make one questionable ruling after another, and especially in two high profile cases in North Miami Beach.
In March of this year, he granted bail to Deandre Edwin Charles, the alleged vicious murderer of Rabbi Joseph Raskin, ruling “that prosecutors failed to provide enough evidence to keep Charles behind bars before trial.”
This was despite the fact that a “16-month investigation, in which homicide detectives went through cellphone records, tested evidence for DNA and relied on a sketch drawn by a neighbor who saw the gunman running from the scene, followed this tragedy,” according to the Sun-Sentinel.
Police finally arrested the 15-year old last December after a grand jury indicted him for murder.
In addition, as “part of the conditions for his release, Charles will be placed on house arrest and outfitted with a GPS monitor if the bond can be posted. He will not be allowed to own or possess any firearms or ammunition and he will be subjected to random warrantless searches. He is also not allowed to use the Internet or a telephone, unless it is to speak with his legal counsel or for medical and safety emergencies.”
Judge Bloch also granted bail to Elton L. Bandoo, the attempted murderer of North Miami Beach Police Officer Lino Diaz. In February of 2015, Officer Diaz was attempting to serve Bandoo with a federal search warrant for, among other things, alleged unemployment fraud and identity theft. In May of that same year, Channel 10 reported that Judge Bloch granted bail, and that “Bandoo’s family posted the 10 percent of the bail money needed for his release Tuesday, with collateral money tied up in property in the Bahamas. His loved ones handed over signed documents to Judge Jason Bloch, allowing the state to put a lien on the property if Bandoo skips town.”
That’s all fine and dandy except that the United States has no jurisdiction in the Bahamas.
For example, in 2014 the Fourth District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach reversed an order of the lower court decision in Sargeant v. Al-Saleh which ruled that foreign property could be used to satisfy a Florida judgment. The 4th DCA agreed with the defendants, which claimed that Florida courts did not have jurisdiction to order the turnover of corporate property (stock certificates), “because they are located in the Bahamas,” and several other foreign countries.
Too bad Judge Jason Bloch didn’t consider case law when he handed down his unfortunate ruling.
If Bandoo had skipped town, the bondsman, who put up 10% of a $500,000.00 bond, would have been ripped off to the tune of $50,000.00.
Worse, if Bandoo got out of jail, he’d have the opportunity to go after Officer Diaz again. Only a month later, a jailhouse snitch claimed that “Bandoo told him he would hire a hitman to kill Officer Diaz.”
The good news is that, while another Circuit Court judge didn’t take this threat seriously, and refused to revoke Bandoo’s bond, U.S. Attorney Wilfredo A. Ferrer nailed him on the original federal charges listed on the search warrant that got Officer Diaz shot in the first place.
In March of this year, Bandoo was “sentenced to 84 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $585,070, for his participation in stolen identity tax and unemployment insurance claims fraud schemes.”
No thanks to Judge Jason Bloch!
In 2014, Judge Jason Bloch was appointed by Governor Rick Scott to replace the Honorable Darrin P. Gayles, who was nominated by President Barack Obama to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Appointments are nice, but the voters of Miami-Dade County now have the chance to make their own decision and replace Judge Jason Bloch.
Fortunately, he has a challenger.
Former Assistant State Attorney Marcia Del Rey has spent her entire adult life working to improve the lives of children. While attending college at the University of Miami, where she graduated Cum Laude, she volunteered to work with babies born addicted to crack, the Special Olympics and Habitat for Humanity. Ms. Del Rey was also a volunteer as a Guardian at Litem, representing the voices of abused and neglected children who have no adult guidance in their lives.
Ms. Del Rey also interned in the Family Court system in Miami-Dade County, as well as the Miami-Dade County Public Defender’s Office, while attending law school at Florida International University and serving as the president of the Hispanic Law Student Association. Before opening her own family law practice, Ms. Del Rey was an Assistant State Attorney for the Domestic Violence Unit of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court.
This single mother of a nine year old son understands the needs of South Florida’s children. Marcia Del Rey spends her time volunteering for a long list of organizations, such as Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Friends of St. Jude Miami, Amigos for Kids, Liberty City Advocates, and the Women’s Law Project, which fights against domestic violence.
Marcia Del Rey is also a member of the Love Fund Development Committee of the Miami-Dade Police Benevolent Association, which committee supports the families of law enforcement in times of extreme need.
Her support of law enforcement is the main reason, but certainly not the only one, that I am proud to support and endorse Marcia Del Rey for Miami-Dade County Circuit Court Judge, District 11, Group 9.
On August 30, 2016, fire Jason Bloch and please cast your vote for Marcia Del Rey by punching #81!
Stephanie
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Your well worded and highly sophisticated comment certainly impacted my thinking.
I’m sorry you had to read that, Dr. Jacob. I didn’t realize it automatically posted. It will be removed IMMEDIATELY.
Wow looks like somebody drank a big ol glass of Haterade this morning. You sir, are obviously an illiterate dimwit. Ms. Kienzle was pointin out that the collateral for that bail is a piece of property that can’t be legally forfeited. Let’s go back and read that together slowly for you. Here, I’ll help you out-the bail bondsman put up $50,000 (that’s 500 one hundred dollar bills for you) if the guy skips out no one can get that money back for him because the US has no jurisdiction over the Bahamas. If you look on a map and put one finger on the US look for the little dots south of Florida that say “Bahamas” and put your finger there. See?
Now get off your mommy’s computer and go back to your crayons and coloring book. I’m sure they’ll be coming around with your lunch tray soon.
Bond is a constitutional right. Why do you attack two judges for following the law? That makes you a hack. Judge Bloch HAD to give Bandoo a bond. The other judge, if you bothered to watch the news report you link to, did not “fail to take the threat seriously.” You can see him read the law as he rules. Where’d you get your JD lady? Maybe del Rey has bought you off, too. But you owe your readers some honesty.
I never claimed to have a law degree. I also never stated that bond wasn’t a constitutional right. I did state, however, that it was my OPINION that neither should have been set free. I’m pretty sure that judges have discretion or there wouldn’t be hordes of lawyers arguing before the bench on behalf of their clients for releasing them on bail.
I have never met, spoken or corresponded with Ms. Del Rey. I based my opinion of her qualifications on material I accessed on her website and Facebook page. I offered her candidacy as an alternative for voters.
In case you are a new reader, for the record I have never received a penny for my writing from any source whatsoever, including any candidates for political office. No one “pays me off.” You can choose to believe that or not, but it is the absolute truth.
Thank you for reading my blog.
You did good that comment probably comes from Bloch himself he is vindictive do bot pay attention if we keep that kind of judges on the Bench we will no longer be safe , they do grant Bail to get Votes you know what kind !
Thanks for the guidance Stephanie
Do your research….Ms. Del Rey was never an Assistant State Attorney.
-There is a pending Florida Bar Complaint against her for misrepresenting her credentials
Her background and credentials:
http://www.crespogram.com/index_public_html/Marcia_Del_Running_For_Judge.html
http://www.avvo.com
Something you should have done before posting an irresponsible piece.
Judge Bloch is a respected member of the bar and legal community who has devoted his life to public service.
Interesting that the link to the Crespogram article doesn’t work. Also, the link to avvo.com, is a for a paid subscription. I don’t have an account, so you can provide it if you like.
Ms. Del Rey’s bio that I accessed online states that she was an assistant State Attorney. If that is not the case, she can rebut it for herself.
If you believe my blog was “irresponsible,” you should provide more information.
You may believe he is “respected,” but Judge Block is not the person I would vote for.
I was finally able to check out the avvo.com. Out of 16 user reviews, nine gave her 5 stars, one gave her 4, and six gave her 1. I found it interesting that clients either raved about her or (in the case of six) they said she was horrible as a family lawyer. The disparity is interesting to say the least.
As I mentioned in a previous comment, I have never met this person, nor have I spoken with her, so I cannot rate her as an attorney. I wrote about what I learned from her bio.
Fixed link: http://www.crespogram.com/index_public_html/MARCIA_DEL_REY_RUNNING_FOR_JUDGE.html
I happen to respect Al Crespo, but we are on the opposite sides of the political spectrum. However, I sent this link to the Del Rey campaign and asked for an explanation.
I will post the info I receive and report back.
Keep in mind I have no pony in this race, other than the fact that I disagree with the decisions by Bloch I already wrote about.
Anyone who trusts Al Crespo and CrespoGram.com to be accruate and factual is an idiot. I am not talking about him being highly opinionated. That is his right, God bless him and the First Amendment.
His blog posts are chock full of factual errors. Minor facts, major facts, AWOL or not facts at all. He has absolutely no credibility with anyone who knows the subjects he writes about.
He has some “scoops” but we can only believe about half of what he writes because of so many errors.
Now Stephanie is another story, I am happy to report. I take issue with some of her priorities. I think she spends too much time on certain people and subjects. They are lying assholes, lol, we get it!
But what she writes is top quality. She backs up her opinions with facts and the truth. I will side with Stephanie in any debate over who is right or wrong on a subject.
That is so nice of you and I appreciate that you consider me a valuable source of information. I do my best to research something before I form an opinion. I also make sure I post links to back up the facts I uncover.
As for spending “too much time on certain people and subjects,” you’re probably right about that. When a topic grabs my interest, though, I do go after it with a vengeance. And, yes, I can be obsessive when I am trying to make my point (as in “Chief Lenny”). When I am vindicated, however, I am thrilled when my obsessive desire to expose the truth pays off (as in “Chief Lenny”).
I really appreciate your praise. Hate mail is fun, but compliments are awesome!
I read the Crespo website’s comments on Del Rey, hoping to see something of value. Instead, I find out her uncle and cousin have issues. He calls her names (Goldilocks). This hardly inspires confidence in the reporter.
I didn’t read Crespo’s article or the comments. If, in fact, “her uncle and cousin have issues,” that’s hardly an indictment of the candidate. Since we can’t choose our own relatives (and in my case, that’s a relief!), blaming someone for the “issues” of a family member is disingenuous at best, and dishonest at the very worst.
That being said, however, I don’t know anything about Ms. Del Rey other than the information I read from her campaign materials. And except for a handful of disgruntled clients whose divorces she handled, I have yet to read anything negative about her in the press. That’s not to say that the media won’t stoop to any level to attack a candidate on trumped up accusations, but nothing leads me to believe that Ms. Del Rey is a horrible person.
Judge Jason Bloch, however, has made some horrible decisions – IN MY OPINION, of course. I also admit to being biased in the two cases I referenced because (a) a rabbi is dead, and (b) a police officer was almost killed. If anyone believes that MY OPINION is not valid for those reasons, I will respond in kind. Their opinion of my opinion means absolutely nothing. So there’s that.
You are making a horrible decision yourself by supporting and endorsing Marcia Del Rey. Gather your facts, before endorsing such a candidate. Meet Miami Sex Hotel Proprietor and Judicial Candidate Marcia Del Rey: https://medium.com/@skelaney/conversations-are-abuzz-about-corruption-in-politics-67a000e35fc9#.cr2ymx1ln
You know there is something seriously wrong when the Cuban American Bar Association poll results state Del Rey is 68% unqualified.
Yes, that must be it. I’m a horrible person.
Judge Bloch is incompetent, today i seen him go against a man with only possession marijuana he denied him on a stand your ground case ,against a violent criminal that came to the house of the defendant that was protecting his family on the defendants property. This is not Judge of reason. Jason E. Bloch must be fired he is apart of the problem ,not part of the solution.