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South Florida Bloggers Pick Their Favorite Posts of 2012

As a way of wrapping up 2012, we reached out to the bloggers working the turf in Broward and Palm Beach for their favorite posts from the calendar year. Here is the first installment of what we received. Below you'll find a few lines from the writers themselves about why the posts worked well, a f ... More >>

Former Broward Teachers Union President Patrick Santeramo Arrested, Faces 200 Years in Prison (UPDATED)

UPDATE, 11:45: Documents show Santeramo allegedly steered BTU funds to the political campaigns of both Hillary Clinton and Alex Sink.Original post, 10:59:Prosecutors announced last November that they were investigating Patrick Santeramo, who was then president of the Broward Teachers Union. Now, the ... More >>

Miramar Cop Juan De Los Rios Arrested, Accused of Making 15-Year-Old Girl Get Naked

Miramar Police Capt. Juan De Los Rios turned himself into authorities today after being charged with lewd or lascivious conduct on a child younger than 16.The 28-year-veteran of the force is accused of confronting a teen couple that was sitting in the back of a car back in January and asking them if ... More >>

Former Broward Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin Insists She's Done Nothing Wrong

Former Broward County Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin is accused of felony public corruption. Investigators say her husband made $1.1 million off of taxpayers for writing grants that she helped approve, which we first wrote about back in 2005.The affidavit that went along with ... More >>

Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman's Defense, and Two More Potential "Stand Your Ground" Cases in Broward County

​Florida's 2005 "stand your ground" law has gotten plenty of attention over the past month because of the Trayvon Martin shooting. But the case involving George Zimmerman is not the only "stand your ground" case that's come about since 2005 -- it's been cited in at least 130 cases, according ... More >>

HUD: No Audit Needed of Deerfield's Housing Authority -- Two Other Investigations Ongoing

Deerfield Beach Housing Authority Executive Director Pamela Davis literally said she was "happy to report" that the Housing and Urban Development Inspector General won't need to audit the authority.According to the report, there's no audit needed because, among other reasons, "HUD OIG Office of Inve ... More >>

Broward Brady List Includes 137 Current and Former Cops, 57 of Them BSO Deputies

​The Broward Bulldog's Dan Christensen obtained Broward's "Brady list" -- a laundry list of cops who are being investigated for any number of reasons, ultimately to be used by defense attorneys to question the veracity of a cop's testimony.The list is the result of a 1963 Supreme Court case involv ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale Police Say Its Cops Aren't Facing Any Charges -- That It Knows Of

​Amid the dissemination of the transcripts from Scott Rothstein's deposition in Miami, the Fort Lauderdale Police Department has released a statement claiming none of the department's employees will be facing charges -- that it knows of.Rothstein was asked about his associations with organized cri ... More >>

Broward Teachers Union President Under Investigation; Board Members Split on Action

Broward Teachers UnionPat Santeramo​Pat Santeramo, president of the Broward Teacher's Union, is currently under investigation by the Broward State Attorney's Office and the Broward Sheriff's Office, according to a spokesman from the State Attorney's Office.Additionally, a spokesman from the Browar ... More >>

Allen West's Request Met: Investigation Into Deerfield Beach Housing Authority Pending

​Rep. Allen West's July request has been answered: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of the Inspector General is coming to town to look into the Deerfield Beach Housing Authority.A letter from Deputy Inspector General Michael P. Stephens to West dated August 3 confirm ... More >>

Rape Charge Against Steven Feagin Dropped Due to Alleged Victim's Credibility

Broward Sheriff's OfficeSteven Feagin​Sexual assault charges against Steven Feagin -- the former Deerfield Beach High School football standout who went on to play running back at the University of Illinois -- were dropped due to the credibility of the alleged victim, according to a closeout ... More >>

Brandon Marshall's Wife Will Not Face Charges in Stabbing Incident

Broward Sheriff's OfficeMichi Nogami-Marshall​The Broward State Attorney's Office announced today they will not be filing charges against the wife of Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall in the April stabbing incident.Michi Nogami-Marshall, 26, will also not face charges for violating ... More >>

Mitchell Olin Sentenced to Prison for Using Clients' Money for Costa Rican Casino Venture

zazzle.com​Mitchell Olin -- the former Broward attorney who jacked more than $380,000 from his clients -- was sentenced to eight years in the slammer yesterday.As a real estate and insurance claims lawyer for seven families, Olin took the money from a trust account belonging to the families and de ... More >>

Despite Decades of Corruption Allegations, Is the Riviera Beach Police Department Clean?

UPDATED: Charges Brought In Ynot Case

​ ​ Ynot with son Max just days prior to his death​ UPDATED: The SAO just announced that it has filed charges in the case of graffiti artist Jonathan "Ynot" Corso. The release: The Broward State Attorney's Office has charged Reynaldo Rodriguez, 32, with vehicular homicide in ... More >>

Honey, I Rigged the Vote (Part II): With Wasserman-Rubin Charged, Time to Revisit the Juice's Corrupt Couples Watch-List

​Way back in October, this blog used the Tom Ridge terrorist threat chart to rank Broward County's power couples according to the threat they posed to the integrity of local government. The duo of Richard Rubin and Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin posed an "elevated" risk of committing corruptio ... More >>

No Charges in Blanche Ely Holy Water Case, but Attorneys Considering Counterattack

The Florida Department of Children and Families has terminated its investigation into allegations that two teachers at Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach made traumatizing remarks to students during a classroom discussion in March, according to a report in the South Florida Times.The incident ... More >>

State Ethics Commission, Broward Prosecutor Clear Hospital Commissioner

browardhealth.orgFernandez​Broward Health Commissioner Mike Fernandez is breathing a bit easier these days. He won't face criminal charges or disciplinary action in connection with a conflict of interest between his public role and his private-sector work.A few weeks ago, the Florida Commission on ... More >>

Morning Juice: West Palm Cop Earns Modest Legal Victory; Boyfriend a Suspect in Disappearance of Boynton Woman

​A look at what's news this morning in South Florida:Doctors tried to bring 15-year-old beating victim Josie Lou Ratley out of coma Monday but had to abandon the effort as the girl developed a fever. [Sun-Sentinel]Former West Palm Beach Police Officer William McCray won a bittersweet victory in hi ... More >>

Investigation Dropped Against Former Hospital District Attorney

browardhealth.orgGoldstone​Broward State Attorney's Office has elected not to file criminal charges against Marc Goldstone, the former general counsel of Broward Health who was fired in May of last year after the hospital district's commissioners claimed he'd deceived them about how he would be ad ... More >>

Governor's Office in No Hurry to Replenish Scandal-Plagued Hospital Board

Flickr​Among the many problems at the North Broward Hospital District (a pending criminal corruption investigation, a pending internal investigation for fraud, to name a couple), the district's board currently has an attendance problem. The kind that only Gov. Charlie Crist can fix.The governor ap ... More >>

Author of Thieves in the Temple Investigated for Bribery

​Andre Eggelletion, brother of corrupted Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion, is a target of the investigation by the Broward State Attorney's Office, according to an article published in South Florida Times.That revelation appears to have triggered the recent cancellation of Andre Eg ... More >>

Butterworth Looking for "Root Cause" of School Board Corruption: Maybe It's the Media?

At about the 2:40 mark of this Sun-Sentinel video, you'll hear Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler complain about the lack of positive media coverage of the Broward County School Board. Then former Attorney General Bob Butterworth plays editor, questioning why the dailies didn't give more coverage to ... More >>

Confirmed: Motion to Dismiss Felony Case Against Al Capellini Denied

Capellini​Broward Circuit Court Judge Dale Cohen has dismissed a motion by former Deerfield Beach Mayor Al Capellini to dismiss the felony corruption charges against him, a spokesman for the prosecutor told Juice a moment ago.We reported on Cohen's order yesterday, based on hearing of it from a so ... More >>

Source: Capellini's Motion to Dismiss Denied

Flickr: daverm_98​That was quick. Here we expected to wait two weeks for Broward Circuit Court Judge Dale Cohen to rule on the motion to dismiss felony corruption charges against former Deerfield Beach Mayor Al Capellini -- and now comes word from a well-placed source that Cohen will deny that mot ... More >>

Morning Juice: Nearly a Wrap for Dunbar Village Case, While Case Against Commissioner Warms Up

​This morning's news contains hope for justice and renewal.It's traumatic just to read about the Dunbar Village trial, which Susan Spencer-Wendel is covering for the Palm Beach Post. I can't imagine what it's like to be at the trial and for the victims to have to re-live that terrifying night. Her ... More >>

Vice Mayor on Hit List for Deerfield Beach Hit Man

deerfield-beach.comSylvia PoitierSylvia Poitier should have known she was being watched. If not by criminal investigators, then at least by the guy in Deerfield Beach who tends to show them the way. "Mark this day -- mark this day well" is the characteristically immodest headline for yesterday's blo ... More >>

Hospital District Commish Now Under Criminal Investigation

browardhealth.orgCoboThe Broward State Attorney's Office has opened a criminal investigation of North Broward Hospital District Commissioner Joseph Cobo, based on allegations he used his public office for advantage in his private firm, Florida Medical Management Consultants.Cobo, of course, was inve ... More >>

Gina Marie Marks Convicted!

  I've been writing for a long while about the exploits about Gina Marie Marks, aka Regina Milbourne, the author of the sham book Miami Psychic and veteran Gypsy con artist. I first exposed her on this here blog a little while back.  Well, this morning she appeared before ... More >>

Sun-Sentinel Finally Touches Gardiner Story

Pink Slip Justice

When a clique is in charge, you don't stand a chance — even at the State Attorney's Office

Rambo and the Phantom

Investigating a gun-slinging city commissioner and the mayor who hides in the bathroom

Note From The State Attorney's Office

Judge Larry and the Polo Shirt

It's All Better Now

S.I.: Serious Idiots

Baring False Witness

In a dramatic scene, a city official accuses another of falsifying a document

Teen Killers Won't Get Death

Bringing TV Glitter to Our Town

Stacey Honowitz yaks it up on the evening talk-show circuit

Will Feds Investigate Michael Satz, Too?

Cybercreep

If all it took was rage, Jaemi Levine would single-handedly nail the guy who molested her teenaged daughter

Hollywood's Finest

After even a police chief called them unfit, these officers continue to patrol Hollywood's streets

A Work of Art

Michael Satz's office clears Ilene Lieberman. Some might call it a travesty, but we call it transcendence.

Hollywood Sludge, Revisited

A commissioner, his uncle, and a buffalo farmer from Oregon stink up the city's sewage operation

Michael Sitz

Broward's top prosecutor loves to protect corrupt public officials. He just struck again.

Too Dumb to Die

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

Broward Shell Game

It wasn't Elections Supervisor Miriam Oliphant who done the county wrong but the County Commission itself

Letters for January 30, 2003

A prosecution complex

Letters for April 4, 2002

Listen up, Jebbie!

Marina Madness

Like many an activist, Mike Horan challenged the City of Pompano Beach. And like many, he was pummeled.