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http://www.local10.com/news/crime/d...-has-bond-revoked-after-liking-facebook-photo
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Paul Maida had been on house arrest, but Palm Beach County Judge Krista Marx revoked his $76,000 bond Wednesday and ordered him to remain in jail until his case is resolved, according to a report in theSunSentinel.

Assistant state attorney Laura Laurie argued in court that Maida, 31, liked a photograph on the Facebook page of his ex-girlfriend, Bianca Fichtel, who is also a key witness for the prosecution. Laurie said that doing so violated a court order for Maida to avoid any contact with Fichtel.

Fichtel, 26, had previously been charged with DUI manslaughter in the April 2014 death of George Morreale, but prosecutors dropped the case against her and filed charges against Maida instead.

Maida was arrested in December and remained in custody until May, when his bond was reduced.

Police said Maida and Fichtel switched seats in her pickup truck after leaving the scene of the fatal crash on Yamato Road.
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Laurie said Fichtel first violated the court order in July, when a dozen dead roses were delivered to a pet store where Fichtel worked. Laurie said they came with a message: "Deliver them to Bianca. She will know they are from her ex-boyfriend."

Later that month, Laurie said, Fichtel was awakened by a banging on her bedroom window. She later retrieved a typewritten note from under her car's windshield wiper blade that read, "There is nowhere you can go that I can't find you. I will never stop loving you."

Then in August, Maida liked Fichtel's Facebook photo, which Laurie argued was a violation of his court order.

In addition to DUI manslaughter, Maida is also charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving death, making a false report and driving with a suspended license.
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Hat tip @Sugar Cookie for this update.

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Once Boca Raton Police and prosecutors viewed the emails, they cleared Fichtel and arrested Maida. She was the key witness at his trial, with the emails presented as evidence.

Maida was convicted of three charges punishable by up to 36 years behind bars: leaving the scene of a crash involving death; driving while license canceled, suspended or revoked causing serious bodily injury; and false report of a crime.

The jury acquitted him of a DUI manslaughter count in the death of Morreale, an expert carpenter near retirement when he was killed on his routine morning ride.

On Monday, the prosecutor requested a 20-year sentence, while defense attorney Robert Resnick asked for a nine-and-half-year term, the minimum possible penalty.
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Judge Burton said the punishment for Maida can’t ease the family’s heartbreak.

“Other than at least hopefully to put this sad chapter to rest, I know you have to deal with the rest of your lives with your loss,” he said.

 
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