We’re told Johnathan Lott has been appointed to replace John Murphy on the circuit court …

Hunter Davis to Civil; Lorena Mastrarrigo to H. Davis; Frances Viamontes to Farmer/Garcia-Wood; Marina Garcia-Wood to Usan; Mike Usan to ROC Fein; Martin Fein to old Murphy; Corey Friedman to First Appearances; Kal Evans to Diaz …

Congratulations to Woody Clermont, who won November’s sole competitive judicial race in Broward County …

*UPDATE* –

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8:00 PM:

We’re told today’s internet outage in the courthouse is having much more serious implications than courthouse employees being able to knock off a little early this afternoon.

The reportedly cut county fiber optics cable is still holding up jail releases and bookings.

Release orders can’t be updated, and we’re told digital phone lines are also down in the jails. Roughly forty individuals are awaiting processing from booking.

All of this information is completely unofficial, as is the county’s reported goal of having everything fixed by midnight.

In the meantime we’ve alerted the Sun Sentinel, so stay tuned for updates …

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1:36 PM – 17th Circuit Notification:

The 17th Judicial Circuit network (Internet) is down. The issue is not isolated to the court and is part of a larger countywide issue. We have not been provided with an estimated time as to when it will be restored. We will continue to provide updates as information is received.

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