Podcasts about wrongly charged

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We grow up believing our social studies teachers, when they tell us that we are all innocent until proven guilty. But, when today's guest, David Merkatz, learned that there was a warrant out for his arrest, he discovered that this isn't always true. In fact, just hours before this interview, David learned that he was still being pursued criminally for some simple promo idea he had used for his locksmith business. Though his experiences have been - and continue to be - a nightmare, he has turned them into something helpful for others by writing a book entitled Wrongly Charged. In it, he teaches the hard won lessons he has learned through his ordeal. His story is hard to believe, but true.

Until 2013, David Merkatz made his living as a locksmith in Coconut Creek, FL. Life, he thought, was pretty good. While there were some trademark issues with his business, he was making a living and enjoying his life. That all changed August of 2013, when police arrested David Merkatz and charged him and two of his fellow locksmiths, Peter Lomagistro and Joshua Levy, with a host of crimes ranging from money laundering to petty theft. Read about David's wrongful arrest! That’s when David Merkatz learned that those soothing lessons you memorize in high school civics class – that the United States protects the rights of the accused, that you’re innocent until proven guilty in a criminal trial, that the innocent have nothing to fear – really aren’t true. He was plunged into a nightmare criminal trial after a wrongful arrest, and it was only thanks to his attorneys and his own dogged persistence that he and his fellow locksmiths came out all right. They were all right – but they were not unscathed. Even though they weren’t found guilty by a jury of their peers, they still had to pay all bond costs, legal fees, and suffer through the agony of waiting to see how their case would play out. This experience is what prompted David Merkatz to write Wrongly Charged, to show other sufferers that they aren’t alone and to take a stand for change in the American legal system.  

David Merkatz, author of Wrongly Charged, was wrongly charged and arrested. What was he charged with, did he go to trial, and how did this all go down? David shares with us his story and a few other stories of people who were charged, convicted, jailed, and later found innocent. Could it happen to you? … Read more about this episode...

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Legal Eagle and the Coach with Bryan Kiser and David Altenbern with their guest Melinda Cooper & David Merkatz: Melinda Cooper CEO and Creator of Living The Dream Digital Magazine, Strategize Developer of Le Fem Magazine and CEO of U Shine Productions serves through helping others build their businesses to the next level. Melinda worked for 18+ years with a very large government agency in various positions such as Employee/Labor Relation Specialist, Paralegal for the Regional Law Office, and Congressional Liaison. She has a BA from the University of Texas at Dallas in government and politics, a mother of 2 adult children and is a wife. David Merkatz - I started my career as a Locksmith in Brooklyn NY, and then moved to South Florida in 1983. I opened my first Locksmith Business in 1985, in Plantation Florida, and sold it 3 Years later. I then started a Mobile Locksmith business, as it was too costly to have a storefront for this type of business, after the big box stores started opening all over. In 2013 I and 2 fellow Locksmiths were arrested and "Wrongly Charged" with major felonies.