Defense attorney Eric Schwartzreich seeks information in a court hearing Thursday about a grand juror who may have been among the panel that indicted Broward Sheriff's Deputy Peter Peraza, who is charged with manslaughter for the on-duty fatal shooting of Jermaine McBean.
Linda Trischitta is a breaking news reporter for the Sun Sentinel who covers crime and safety in Broward and Palm Beach counties. She joined the Sun Sentinel in 2007 and formerly reported on municipal governments and coastal communities. Her work has also appeared in the Times Union (Albany, N.Y.); People Magazine and Reader's Digest.
The lawyer for suspended Broward Sheriff's Deputy Peter Peraza, who is charged with manslaughter in the 2013 shooting of a man carrying an air rifle, should be allowed to subpoena the mental health records of the man he killed, a Broward judge ruled Thursday.
He has served as president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and UNITY: Journalists of Color.