Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A Fort Lauderdale attorney was found guilty Sept. 5, 2025, and rebooked into the Palm Beach County jail on charges of possession of cocaine, delivery of cocaine and two counts of introducing contraband into a county facility, according to court records.

David Casals, 56, was initially arrested in 2022 after a 2021 jail visitation , when a deputy found 37 sheets of paper containing Bible quotes and pictures of an unknown woman with a cover sheet on top to disguise the papers as legal documents, Detective Philip DiMola wrote in the affidavit.

Deputy Jessica Bryant was checking Casals into the West Detention Center in Belle Glade when she searched a manila folder that contained the suspicious papers, the affidavit said. Bryant

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