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Broward State Attorney's Office

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Former Marlins Catcher Benito Santiago Arrested, Accused of Smoking Weed in His Mercedes

    ​Five-time MLB All-Star catcher Benito Santiago was "disoriented and did not know where he was at" when he was arrested next to Fort Lauderdale High School late last month, according to court documents.The former Marlins catcher, who now lives in Fort Lauderdale, was accused of hot-boxing his Merc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    Fort Lauderdale Cops Face Life in Prison on a Gang of Charges; Two More Under Investigation

    Broward Sheriff's OfficeBilly Koepke (left) and Brian Dodge​Two Fort Lauderdale cops were arrested around 8:30 p.m. yesterday, charged with 36 crimes between them that include a maximum possible sentence of life in prison plus more than 100 years each.Officers Brian Christopher Dodge and Billy Cha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Chaz Stevens Invites Allen West to "Root Beer Summit" Over Deerfield's Housing Authority

    graffitiworx.com​Several months ago, Deerfield Beach Mayor Peggy Noland announced she was getting rid of the entire board of commissioners from the city's housing authority.Over concerns that federal taxpayer coin was being wasted in the housing authority, Rep. Allen West hopped on the case and as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2011

    Manny Ramirez Formally Charged With Domestic Violence

    Broward Sheriff's OfficeManny Ramirez -- who used quite a bit of chemical help to amass his MLB statistics -- will face a domestic-violence charge for allegedly slapping his wife.​The Broward State Attorney's Office announced yesterday that Manny Ramirez -- former World Series MVP and MLB drug ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    State Attorney's Office Drops Investigation of Former Hollywood Manager Cameron Benson

    ​Chalk one up for former Hollywood City Manager Cameron Benson and zero so far for the anonymous citizen who accused him of corruption in two letters sent to city commissioners this spring.The letters accused Benson of accepting a bribe from WastePro, which went on to win the city's waste-hauling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2011

    Deerfield Beach Commission Candidate Accused of Having Shady Past Using Public Funds

    churchofbrotherlylove.orgAnthony Davis (left) and his wife Margaret Davis​The city of Deerfield Beach is holding a special election on July 19 to replace former District 2 Commissioner Sylvia Poitier -- who's facing five misdemeanor counts of falsifying public documents -- and out of the four qual ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    [CORRECTION] Victim in Road Rage Incident Had History of Driving Dangerously

    FlickrMurdock had a black Toyota Tacoma like this one filling the Honda Civic's rearview mirror.​Cleveland Murdock, the 38-year-old man who shot and killed a man who attacked him Wednesday in Pompano Beach, has to hope the Broward State Attorney's Office isn't feeling aggressive. Because pros ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Pharmacy Student at Christian School Charged With Selling Oxycodone

    Facebook.comChery's Facebook photo, from happier times.​Palm Beach Atlantic University is a no-nonsense place. The private, Christian school in West Palm Beach strictly prohibits drinking and premarital sex on campus. But what happens when a God-fearing student is accused of a different kind of si ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    Lauderdale Officer Resigns After Video of Arrest Triggers Investigation

    Jeff Overcash, the Fort Lauderdale Police officer who arrested Brennan Hamilton, resigned Tuesday, one day after giving a statement in an Internal Affairs investigation involving his arrest of Brennan Hamilton. That arrest that was caught on tape by Hamilton's girlfriend -- that's the video above.

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Attorney for Executive Director Found Emails That Triggered Stevens' Resignation From Housing Authority

    Flickr: Kenny Maths​Tom Connick, the Deerfield Beach attorney who represents Pamela Davis, the executive director of the city Housing Authority, said that he discovered through a public records request the email chain that led to the agency's call for a special meeting to remove activist blogger C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Will Eggelletion Bring Down Another Broward Politician?

    FlickrJoe Eggelletion, star witness?​The Broward State Attorney's Office made a generous accommodation of disgraced former County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion, allowing his prison sentence in the state case to run concurrently with the one in the federal case. But those kinds of favors don't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    Better Late Than Never? Sylvia Poitier Declares Conflicts of Interest

    Here's an outrageous piece of video, courtesy of Acts of Sedition.com. It's from last night's Deerfield Beach Commission meeting. You'll see City Attorney Andy Maurodis talking to the commissioners about his failure to get any response from his requests for financial records from Arlington Park Fami ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2010

    Deerfield Commissioner Prepared Grant Request, Then Voted for It

    Flickr: Scott Garner​In December 2008, Gloria Battle prepared a grant request for a nonprofit agency seeking funds from the Community Development Block Grant. Three months later, her organization won that $12,000 grant, thanks in part to a vote from Battle, who had been appointed to the City Commi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Criminal Investigation Launched Against Another Hospital Commissioner

    browardhealth.orgFernandez​Broward Health Commissioner Mike Fernandez is being investigated by the Broward State Attorney's Office for criminal corruption. The investigation was launched after Juice reported potential conflicts of interest between Fernandez's public office and his private work as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2010

    Broward Health Chair Refuses to Discuss Political Motives Behind Board Transformation

    browardhealth.orgCalhoun​Tomorrow morning, Broward Health Chair Rhonda Calhoun will convene a board that has four new members, all appointed last week by Gov. Charlie Crist, who removed two colleagues whom Calhoun admired -- commissioners Robert Bernstein and Dan Gordon.She was given no explanatio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Challenger to Judge Hurley Adjusting to Bruising Ways of Broward Politics

    Melissa Minsk Donoho​Melissa Minsk Donoho isn't much interested in political gossip. She's too busy with her criminal defense law practice in Fort Lauderdale and with raising three kids. But when Donoho filed for candidacy for Broward County Court Judge, Group 12, she entered one of the region's m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    Broward State Attorney's Office Will Examine Michael Dippolito's Finances

    Florida Department of CorrectionsMichael Dippolito says his wife stole his restitution money.​The Broward State Attorney's Office plans to investigate Michael Dippolito's restitution payments to victims of a foreign currency investment scam he ran eight years ago.At least one victim of the scam, O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    [UPDATED] Sources: Judge Spencer Levine Has Criminal Defense Attorney

    Spencer Levine​Sources with knowledge of a major Broward County corruption investigation say that Spencer Levine, appointed last April to the Fourth District Court of Appeals, has retained a criminal defense attorney to help him answer prosecutors' questions.Mind you, this isn't the Scott Rothstei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2009

    Honey, I Rigged the Vote: Broward Power Couples Screw Each Other; Then They Screw Us

    Can Ritter and Klenet hold on to the top spot on our corruption watch list?​In light of the explosive findings Bob Norman's been posting over at Daily Pulp, it's time we identify a trend in Broward corruption: power-mad married couples, ruling the region like a king and queen, carving up our publi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Internal Memo: Ethics Rule Is a "Joke"

    browardhealth.orgCobo​Shortly after health care consultant Joseph Cobo was appointed by the governor to the board of the North Broward Hospital District in September 2007, the new commissioner allegedly approached the district's general counsel with a bold request. Laura Seidman alleges that Cobo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Ethics Allegations Surface for Two More Broward Hospital Commissioners

    browardhealth.orgRebecca Stoll​Shortly before Laura Seidman was pressured to resign as general counsel of Broward County's public hospital district last year, she expressed concerns that three of the district's commissioners were "using their public offices and powers improperly and for their own ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Deerfield Beach Vice Mayor Ditches Name, Still Can't Shake Blogger

    Deerfield Beach's vice mayor, formerly known as Sylvia Poitier, is now going with her maiden name, Ferguson. The move, which she mentioned in her remarks at last week's meeting, as seen above, comes amid her claiming to have been "defamed" by Acts of Sedition blogger Chaz Stevens, who yesterday file ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Deerfield Beach Commission Braces for "Crazy Train"

    Flickr user: En AmiA preview of the public comment period?On the agenda for tonight's meeting of the Deerfield Beach City Commission, under the heading "Written Requests," there looms an ominous entry: Chaz Stevens will address the city's elected leaders on "myriad topics." Among the myriad topics ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Did Alleged Ponzi Schemer Dabble in Date Rape Drugs?

    If federal indictments are to be believed, Michael Riolo is a first-class sleazebag. The Boca Raton man whose business was based in Coral Springs is accused of cheating more than 80 investors out of $44 million over the past ten years. But prospective investors didn't have to wait till today's filin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Drag-Racing Porsche Case Jumps to Civil Court; Possible Break in Criminal Case

    Ryan LeVinClaire Elford, widow of Craig Elford, one of two British tourists killed in February after a Porsche lost control and struck them on Seabreeze Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, filed suit yesterday against the Porsche's owner, Ryan LeVin, and his friend, Derek Cook, the Tamarac man who LeVin t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    Jim Lewis Responds To The Pulp

    So Fort Lauderdale lawyer Jim Lewis, who is running commission, contacted the Pulp about the post below wherein I criticize him for his role in the Gina Marie Marks saga. "A lot of people read this and man, it's like you're trying to kill my campaign," he said. "I'm one of the good guy ... More >>

  • News

    December 20, 2007

    Stacey & Friends

    Four characters in search of a talk show

  • News

    September 6, 2007

    Pure Fraud

    When somebody offers to "purify" your possessions, call the bunko squad

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2007

    IRS Slammed Judge Larry With Tax Bill

    When somebody offers to "purify" your possessions, call the bunko squad

  • News

    September 7, 2006

    Judy, Judy, Judy

    It's about time, Ms. Regan, that you did something about your misleading book, Miami Psychic.

  • News

    July 20, 2006

    Mayor Al Quacks Up

    Capellini's a lame duck after New Times investigation, says a commissioner.

  • News

    June 29, 2006

    Deputy Do-Wrong

    Lewis Perry slipped through BSO's porous screening process. For the Gomez family, the results were tragic.

  • News

    May 18, 2006

    Don't Do It in Davie

    The Long Fin of the Law.

  • News

    June 16, 2005

    Cop, Judge, and Jury

    When Hollywood lawman Pete Salvo allegedly covered up a crime, Internal Affairs looked the other way

  • News

    January 27, 2005

    Bruiser in Blue

    Hollywood's "Heavy-handed Joe" is either Cop of the Year or a two-fisted enforcer

  • News

    January 13, 2005

    Sex Talk

    The Etiquette of Whoring

  • News

    September 30, 2004

    Strong Arm of the Law

    Hollywood's Police Officer of the Year has been accused of sexual battery, manslaughter, and brutality

  • News

    August 19, 2004

    Tailpipe

    Sex and the Suburb

  • News

    July 29, 2004

    River of Sludge

    Sure, Hollywood's sewage plan is dirty. It pollutes the Everglades too.

  • News

    July 22, 2004

    Message Control

    Hollywood deceives the public. NBHD tries to stamp out the truth.

  • News

    July 15, 2004

    Telltale Hearts

    To follow the wrongdoing in Hollywood's sewage deal, just watch the drama unfold

  • News

    July 1, 2004

    Lobbyist- Lovin' Lori

    How cash-fueled politics and a grudge could cause another election fiasco

  • News

    June 10, 2004

    Minority Report

    Bush buddy and hospital district commissioner Dorsey Miller uses his minority status for cold cash

  • News

    January 29, 2004

    Gingerbread Man

    Broward’s most notorious inventor and accused pimp rakes in a big take — from behind bars

  • News

    December 18, 2003

    Don't Drink the Water, Seriously

    Another health threat. Another cover-up. More incompetence. Welcome back to Pompano.

  • News

    March 14, 2002

    Activist, Interrupted

    Pompano Beach's top dog managed to gag his chief tormentor by playing politics

  • News

    September 2, 1999

    Lock, Stock, and 48 Smoking Barrels

    A year ago Wayne and Danny Dagenais stole guns from a family friend. In an effort to keep then-16-year-old Wayne out of jail, their parents tried to retrieve the weapons. But the plan didn't work.

  • News

    April 23, 1998

    Sonny's Last Stand

    Coming soon to a courtroom near you: dueling conspiracy theories that pit Fort Lauderdale's finest against their political bosses. One certain verdict: There's a price to pay for tangling with civic activist Sonny Irons.

  • News

    November 13, 1997

    America's Most Frustrating

    Fifteen years after America's Most Heinous Murder, new evidence emerges, pointing to a suspect police had once dismissed

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