Subject: Investigations

• Hollywood's Dirty Brotherhood Exposed

  March 25, 2007

• Hastert Points to St. Pete Times

  October 2, 2006

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

  June 23, 2006

• Jim Moran, Tax Cheat

  April 25, 2007

• Does Todd Wilder Know Something We Don't?

  May 9, 2007

• Alleged Hollywood Leaker Arrested

  May 24, 2007

• Lobbyist Smeared By Bogus Letter Campaign

  October 26, 2007

• Four Years Later, DJ's Death Still Unsolved

  January 4, 2008

• The Sentinel's Mayor Al Redux

  January 10, 2008

• A Bettor Way of Buying

  July 9, 1998

• Admitting Terror, Part 3

  November 1, 2001

• JonBenet Flimsy

  August 17, 2006

• Dueling Detectives: Private dick Dan Riemer says he solved the murder of Broward County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Chris Reyka — no thanks to the Sheriff's Department detectives

  October 9, 2008

• Anna Nicole Raid Scares Methadone-Using Gamblers, Friendless Condoleezza Rice 'Glad it's Over'

  The Drug Enforcement Agency, as part of the investigation into Anna Nicole Smith's death at the Anna Nicole didn't just endorse methadone.Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, conducted another raid on her doctor's office recently. Dr. Sandeep Kapoor reportedly wrote prescriptions for methadone to Smith's alias, Michelle Smith, and authorities are investigating whether the good doc did anything wrong. Now sure, we should all support the search for truth in a death investigation, but there's a

  February 6, 2009

• Boca-Based Office Depot: More Screwed Up Than Dunder Mifflin?

  Office supplies giant Office Depot, based in Boca Raton, is the latest major American corporation to get itself in trouble with federal regulators. The company, which claims $14.8 billion in annual sales, is being investigated for improper contact with business analysts. Specifically, representatives of the company allegedly phoned analysts, seeking to manage expectations in advance of a disappointing earnings report, in hopes of heading off a stock drop. It didn't work -- and even if it had, it

  February 26, 2009

• 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 correction and I remember all the whispering about it and I remember all the hand-wringing and consternation. But mostly I remember thinking: The Sun-Sentinel is a gutless wonder. Here is the correct

  March 13, 2009

• More Turbulence for Lauderdale Flight School

  The Federal Aviation Administration has been investigating Gulfstream International Airlines in Fort Lauderdale ever since operator error was blamed for the February 12 crash of a flight bound for Buffalo, N.Y. The regional operator has come under fire for allegedly falsifying flight logs and letting pilots fly without sufficient rest. The report finds even more violations of federal flight safety regulations. Have a look.Also, today's Wall Street Journal is reporting that Gulfstream executives

  May 29, 2009

• The Mayor's Private Dick

  Al Capellini takes the Nixon route against his rival on the commission

  May 29, 2008

• I’ve Been Shot Down Before,

  But never like this

  January 24, 2008

• How´s Your Slime IQ?

  Take the Broward Corruption Quiz

  June 7, 2007

• Suddenly, Justice?

  It's never too late to clean up Broward County.

  November 16, 2006

• Rub, Tug, Repeat

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

  August 17, 2006

• 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

  March 23, 2000

• 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 blog post that contains Chaz Stevens' letter to the Broward State Attorney's Office requesting an investigation into whether the Deerfield Beach vice mayor had a conflict of interest when in March she vo

  June 12, 2009

• Former Attorneys for Hospital District Now Under Criminal Investigation

  Marc Goldstone and Joe Truhe, formerly the two lead attorneys for the North Broward Hospital District, are being investigated for possible criminal charges of practicing law without a license, according to a source with knowledge of the case.The attorneys were fired in mid-May amid allegations by the public health care district's Board of Commissioners that Goldstone and Truhe had not fully informed the board about how they would become licensed by the Florida Bar. Both lawyers moved here from o

  June 19, 2009

• Ferguson to Be Investigated for Ethics No-No

  A law firm retained by Deerfield Beach to evaluate reports of ethics violations has opened an investigation into the conduct of the city's vice mayor, Sylvia Ferguson -- formerly Sylvia Poitier. But the same firm dismissed three other ethics complaints against Ferguson, saying they failed the "prima facie" standards set forth in the city's ethics code.Deerfield Beach received letters today from Christine Tatum, an attorney with Lewis, Stroud and Deutsch of Boca Raton, containing her analysis of

  June 29, 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 purposes." She named Commissioners Rebecca Stoll and Maureen Jaeger, both of whom have been untouched by the scandal involving Commissioner Joseph Cobo. Until now, at least.Cobo, currently under inves

  August 13, 2009

• 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 beach. When officers arrived, they discovered a man who had been shot once in the head. "Right now, everything appears to lead toward a suicide," Hart said. Of course, nothing is official yet, and homi

  August 18, 2009

• Peace, Love, and Terror

  September 17, 2009

• Man From Broward Found Dead in Tampa Bay Area

  A 49-year-old man named Scott Michael Barry, whose last known residence was in Broward County, was identified yesterday as the man found dead this weekend in a Pasco County lake. From the St. Petersburg Times: Neighbors along Wagon Wheel Lane found the body floating face down in the lake Saturday morning. By the water's edge were a backpack, bicycle and pack of generic cigarettes. Sheriff's spokesman Kevin Doll also said investigators found a jug of vodka that was nearly empty. On Saturday, Doll

  September 18, 2009

• Police Raid Platinum Showgirls in Boynton

  For four months, the Boynton Beach Police Department has been investigating the Platinum Showgirls strip club on North Federal Highway, and tonight they swooped in. According to a just-issued department release, some 50 police officers have swarmed the club in what spokeswoman Stephanie Slater is calling "an extremely active scene."

  October 31, 2009