Morning Juice: Fraud Charges for BSO Deputy; Verdict Coming in Bannister Case

A lightning-quick look at what's happening news-wise in South Florida:A Broward Sheriff's Office deputy has been charged with fraud for allegedly filing a false accident report in hopes of getting insurance money. An unreliable babysitter and Def Leppard figure in the case. [Palm Beach Post via Miami Herald]Thousands of environmental...

By Thomas Francis

June 24, 2010

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A lightning-quick look at what's happening news-wise in South Florida:

A Broward Sheriff's Office deputy has been charged with fraud for allegedly filing a false accident report in hopes of getting insurance money. An unreliable babysitter and Def Leppard figure in the case. [Palm Beach Post via Miami Herald]
Thousands of environmental demonstrators will join hands Saturday at beaches from Hollywood to Boca Raton to show their opposition to ocean drilling. [Sun-Sentinel]
The D'Andre Bannister murder case is now in the hands of a Palm Beach County jury. [Palm Beach Post]

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