Criminal Investigations

Waffle House Meeting May Be Key to Fatal I-95 Shooting

Police are investigating the role an Oakland Park Waffle House played in the fatal shooting of Nicholas Romondo Walker that occurred on I-95. According to the Broward Sheriff's Office, around 6:40 a.m. Sunday, drivers called 911 to report shots fired on the highway. BSO deputies found a silver Buic ... More >>

Scott Israel Suspends Cops Tied to Scott Rothstein

Newly minted Broward Sheriff Scott Israel isn't screwing around. First he gets into office and starts firing people willy-nilly, and now this. Israel has suspended Broward Sheriff's Officers Lt. Dave Benjamin and Det. Jeff Poole. The reason for the suspensions: The Scott Rothstein effect.

South Florida Cops Getting Arrested All Over the Damned Place

Broward Sheriff's Office Lt. Eric Wright turned himself in on Friday on charges of fraud and 14 counts of grand theft after he was accused of working side jobs while he was technically on duty as a supervisor at least ten times between August 2010 and May 2011.In addition to working only fractions o ... More >>

The Accusations Against Boynton Beach Mayor Jose Rodriguez

​We made a brief post last night announcing the arrest of Boynton Beach Mayor Jose Rodriguez on three criminal charges -- including one felony -- and now that we've had a chance to check out the probable-cause affidavit, we'll let you know what happened.According to the report from the Palm Beach ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale Cop Arrested, Allegedly Delivered Pills Across the Street From New Times Office

Broward Sheriff's OfficeKevin Pisano​Fort Lauderdale Police Officer Kevin Pisano was arrested at 11:20 p.m. yesterday after allegedly delivering prescription pills -- while in his police uniform, sitting in his marked police car -- to a confidential informant across the street from the New Times o ... 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 >>

Mayoral Candidate Wasn't Subject of Criminal Investigation, as Newspaper Claimed

Joe Angelo isn't a criminal.​Joe Angelo lost his race for the mayorship of Wilton Manors on Tuesday against incumbent Gary Reznick. His loss was due, at least in part, to a series of editorials in the Island City News by publisher Steve Kelley. The articles claimed Angelo was able to "elude prosec ... More >>

Suspicion Cast on Judge Skolnik's Accuser; Webmaster Now Under Criminal Investigation

Flickr: Brooks ElliottFort Lauderdale police are looking closely at the Skolnik campaign's dustup with a web designer; was it really about money?​For a man who claims to be a victim, Stephen Smith has behaved very strangely. The webmaster seized the domains of Broward Circuit Court Judge Peter Sko ... More >>

Morning Juice: In Economic Freeze, Cold Cases Get Colder; Teacher Paychecks Get Slimmer

​Tuesday's local headlines:Art and physical education teachers at roughly a dozen Broward County schools have been asked to accept a paycheck half the size of the one they get now. It's the latest, desperate effort by school administrators to balance the district's budget. [Sun-Sentinel]Another ca ... More >>

Morning Juice: Josie Lou Ratley Shows Movement; Broward Commissioner Blames Health for Political Retirement

​Here's what's happening in South Florida news this Monday morning:Scott Rothstein is said to have hired Mafia associates on the pretext of needing their help shredding documents that could damage the investigation into his Ponzi scheme, but while they took the money, the mobsters never destroyed ... More >>

Mahoney Baloney: Boynton Murders Were Religious Persecution

Mahoney: Fulla baloney​Guess the Christian Defense Coalition hasn't been reading the Juice lately.If they had, they would have figured out that the fatal shooting of Tite Sufra and Stephen Ocean in Boynton Beach on January 30 probably had exactly nothing to do with the fact that they were evangeli ... More >>

Hollywood Cops Lose Appeal; Five Fired After Alleged Cover-Up in Traffic Accident

The four Hollywood Police officers who had a role in a fabricating a police report to conceal an officer's role in a traffic collision have lost their appeal and have been terminated from the department.The incident stems from a collision that occurred on the night of February 17, when officer Joel ... More >>

Dead Body Found in Fort Lauderdale; Police Open Murder Investigation

This morning Fort Lauderdale Police found the body of a dead woman at 201 Northwest 20th Avenue. They believe she was murdered. Judging by the press release, they don't know much more than that.Police and Fire responded to the location and confirmed that they had a deceased person. This is an activ ... More >>

Peace, Love, and Terror

The Weather Underground talked of peace, but FBI agents say members also planned a cop killing.

Fort Lauderdale Police Investigating Possible Suicide on Beach

Flickr user: paul79uf​Fort Lauderdale police are investigating a possible suicide on the beach near Sunrise Boulevard and A1A this morning. Details are extremely scarce at this point, but here's what Sgt. Patrick Hart says they know:Police got a call reporting that a person had been found on the b ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

The Infamous Holland Correction

Okay, I say a couple nice things about departed Sun-Sentinel reporter John Holland and the knives start flying. The Holland haters bring up an eight-year-old correction which one commenter calls "the longest and most embarrassing front-page retraction in the Sun-Sentinel's history." I remember that ... More >>

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JonBenet Flimsy

As the case against John Mark Karr disintegrates, attention turns to CU prof Michael Tracey, who's fingered false suspects in the past.

Rub, Tug, Repeat

To catch a few johns, cops get down and dirty in Boca.

Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Pop Stars

Admitting Terror, Part 3

Florida INS director Dan Cadman fooled Congress; then his bosses promoted him

Life's a Beach, Then You Get Harassed

Feuds between Hollywood Beach Patrol chief Jim Shoemaker and his staffers have turned the beach into a battle zone