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A man who kidnapped a Lyft driver in Texas and forced her to drive to South Florida has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison. Miguel Pastran Hernandez, 24, was arrested in August in Hollywood after the rideshare driver he kidnapped days earlier managed to escape from him. He pleaded guilty in December. On Aug. 16, Pastran Hernandez forced the woman to start driving from the Arlington, Texas, area, to Florida, and armed himself with the woman’s own gun during the trip, according to federal court records. Pastran Hernandez and the woman arrived in Miami Beach two days later. He...

A West Palm Beach resident with decades of lobbying experience in South Florida has pleaded guilty to tax evasion that dated back to 2005, totaling $1.7 million over the years. Eston Eurel Melton III, known as “Dusty,” was the owner of Global Projects, Inc., a lobbying business that primarily operated in Miami-Dade County. Starting with the 2005 tax year and continuing through 2014, Melton’s debt amassed to $1.2 million, prosecutors said. In that time period, Melton had paid about $62,000 of what he owed, according to the plea agreement in his case. The total increased to $1.7 million with...