Ana Gardiner

Ana Gardiner, Former Broward Judge, Scores a Complaint From the Florida Bar

wired.com​The Florida Bar has filed a complaint against former Broward Judge Ana Gardiner over what the bar calls a "significant personal relationship" between her and a prosecutor who was trying a capital murder case she was presiding over in 2007.A jury recommended a death sentence for Omar Lour ... More >>

David Bogenschutz and Ex-Broward Judge Ana Gardiner Possibly Engaged, According to Report

mariahburton.blogspot.com​About a year after former Broward Circuit Judge Ana Gardiner resigned from her post amid a Judicial Qualifications Commission inquiry over allegations of a relationship with a former prosecutor, she's now reported to be engaged to the lawyer who defended her through ... More >>

Howard Scheinberg, Lawyer and 'Buddy' of Embattled Former Circuit Court Judge Ana Gardiner, Gets Flak from Florida Bar

Ana Gardiner​What do judges have under their robes? The hundreds of calls and texts that onetime Broward prosecutor Howard Scheinberg, rumored to have had a close personal relationship with former Circuit Court Judge Ana Gardiner, suggest that Scheinberg might have found an answer to this age-old ... More >>

The Holmes Report: BSO Explains How It Happened

It's a grim thought, but you have to wonder how close Broward Circuit Judge Ilona Holmes may have come to getting shot on Easter Sunday. Broward sheriff's deputies surrounded Holmes' sister house in Deerfield Beach with guns drawn, believing that the house was being burglarized. They had the wr ... More >>

Sheila Alu: I'm Running for Broward County Commission If...

After a report on JAABlog appeared stating definitively that Sunrise Commissioner Sheila Alu is running for County Commission in 2012, I spoke with the potential candidate. Alu tells me she is going to run for the seat currently held by the embattled Ilene Lieberm ... More >>

Diana Wasserman-Rubin Indictment Due to the Reporting From Our Own Bob Norman

Wasserman-Rubin's mug shot.​Prosecutors typically don't cite reporters as a source when they've built a criminal case, and today's indictment of Broward County Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin is no different. So here's a little footnote.Today's charges would likely have never happened if not fo ... More >>

Morning Juice: Friday Night Fraud by Lauderdale Twin; Escaped Inmates Caught, Charged With Murder

​A glass of what's-goin'-on in South Florida news:Ana Gardiner, the former Broward judge who resigned rather than face possible penalties for judicial misconduct, awarded $600,000 in legal fees last summer to an attorney, Richard Cole, who has recently hired Gardiner at his firm. Cole denies a qui ... More >>

Morning Juice: Broward Judge Faces Trial; Friction Among Acreage Activists

​Here are your local headlines for Broward and Palm Beach:Broward Judge Ana Gardiner will be tried by the Judicial Qualifications Commission in September over allegations that she displayed a "lack of candor" in answering questions by the commission about her relationship with attorney Howard Sche ... More >>

Why She Did It

Sunrise commissioner Sheila Alu exposed a judge's misconduct — at great personal risk.

Supreme Court Speaks; Will Gardiner Skate?

So the Florida Supreme Court just accepted the State Attorney's motion to vacate the death penalty conviction of Omar Loureiro. Now we'll have a new murder trial, but there won't be an evidentiary hearing into the allegations against Judge Ana Gardiner. In other words, Gardiner, who broke judi ... More >>

The Cover-Up: Judge Ana Gardiner Lied Under Oath

If you haven't read Judge Ana Gardiner's transcript, you should. It says more about Broward County corruption than anything I could ever write. And it's clear that Gardiner has lied under oath and should be investigated and ultimately criminally charged for doing so.  The Florida Supr ... More >>

Who Is Ari Porth? And Why?*

-- How do we get all these shameless, grandstanding state reps? Adam Hasner, Nan Rich, it just gets so tiresome. Now listen to this from Rep. Ari Porth, a Democrat from Coral Springs: "I'm ashamed that my county has the unenviable distinction of being the pill-mill capital of the Uni ... More >>

A Couple Monday Must-Reads

-- JAABlog reports on the latest developments of the Judge Ana Gardiner saga. The evidenciary hearing to determine if Gardiner did anything wrong when she partied with then-prosecutor Howard Scheinberg during a murder trial (and allegedly spoke with him about the case) is now scheduled to  ... More >>

Boom Times For Bogenschutz

As the economy goes further into the tank, there's at least one guy in Broward County whose business appears to be thriving like never before: David Bogenschutz, the go-to defense attorney for ethically challenged judges, indicted politicians, and just about anyone else with a high pr ... More >>

A Few Election Eve Headlines

RIP Judge Charlie Kaplan

Sun-Sentinel Finally Touches Gardiner Story

Courthouse Surprise

Ian Richards bucked the ol' boys and ousted the incumbent judge

Where the Money Is

Gas Stations, Gas Tanks

Ana Goes Down (To Civil)

Confirmed: Scheinberg Out At SAO

A Piece of Courthouse Gossip

Judge's Gambit

Gardiner's only defense was an off-the-wall cease-and-desist letter

Judging Ana

Broward Judge Gardiner's alleged relationships with defense lawyers and prosecutors raises troubling questions

Bitter Pill

Families say Hollywood doc is out of control

There Go Da Judge

Driving Blind

Mold? Rats? Yikes! Tear the Place Down!

The courthouse must be replaced! says an unholy alliance of judges and downtown landlords

Exposed: The Overcrowded Courthouse Myth

Is The "Wheel" Of Broward Justice Coming Off?

Too Dumb to Die

Kevin Moore's case raises questions about executing the mentally disabled