Miami lawyer whose pants caught fire during arson trial arrested on cocaine charge

[marmar]

The Miami lawyer who drew worldwide notoriety after his pants caught on fire during an arson trial has been arrested on a cocaine charge.

Stephen Gutierrez, 32, whose law license is currently revoked, was pulled over Monday night near Westchester and arrested on a felony cocaine charge.

According to a Miami-Dade police report, he was pulled over for driving without a working headlight. An officer saw a bulge in his pocket and believed it was a knife; it turned out to be a metal cylinder with a white powder inside. “Gutierrez spontaneously blurted out ‘That’s cocaine,’ ” according to the arrest report. ................(more)

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article249278645.html?

[BainsBane]

1. Now that's a legal genius

[mountain grammy]

2. a younger version of Van der Veen.

[StClone]

3. Qwazy stuff and with Tee Man's presence

It could get even more fun (if you like things to die, riot or burn).

[nycbos]

4. Florida again

What a surprise?

[magicarpet]

5. Are you happy to see me,... or are you high on cocaine ?

[Midnight Writer]

6. Another lawyer that will make a listing on Trump's Rolodex.

[struggle4progress]

12. +

[relayerbob]

7. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[Hekate]

8. Short law career

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Saw "My Cousin Vinnie" Too Many Times

Not sure judges are impressed with courtroom theatrics.

[Sneederbunk]

10. Florida Man invades the professions.