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Missing Persons

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Police Searching for Dennis Palmer, Disabled Western Palm Beach County Man

    ​The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office sent out a message late last night asking for help finding 48-year-old South Bay man Dennis Palmer, who officials said has the mental capacity of a 10-year-old and was last seen walking "walking west bound from Palm Beach Road toward the cane field in South ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2012

    Body Discovered by Jet Skier in Pompano Beach Lake

    Update, 5:47 p.m.: The Broward Sheriff's Office just released a statement identifying the body found as the man who was missing Thursday, but his name is Cleudson DaSilva, age 37, not "Douglas Johnson."Original post, 4:24 p.m.:​A body believed to be a man who disappeared while swimming on Thu ... More >>

  • Music

    August 25, 2011

    Who's the Bozz?: Missing Persons Heads Up Respectable Street's Anniversary Bash

    Update, 5:47 p.m.: The Broward Sheriff's Office just released a statement identifying the body found as the man who was missing Thursday, but his name is Cleudson DaSilva, age 37, not "Douglas Johnson."Original post, 4:24 p.m.:​A body believed to be a man who disappeared while swimming on Thu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Gerard Lopes, Accused of Murdering Mother, Rumored to Have Had Postkilling Hangout

    BSOGerard Lopes​Within a week, police in South Florida arrested two young people for allegedly killing the ones who raised them -- 17-year-old Tyler Hadley is charged with murdering both his parents with a hammer last Saturday in Port St. Lucie, and 21-year-old Gerard Lopes has been charged with k ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Carlos'n Charlie's Coming to CityPlace

    ​A chain of loud, casual, moderately priced Mexican restaurants--not exactly a rarity in South Florida--is planning to open its second U.S. eatery in CityPlace.  Carlos'n Charlie's, part of the Mexico-based Grupo Anderson chain (which includes, among other eateries, Senor Frog's), is expected ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2011

    Clinton Gives a Sign That Robert Levinson, Broward Man Who Disappeared in 2007, is Alive

    ​Robert Levinson's family says that the retired FBI agent was in Iran to investigate a cigarette-smuggling case when he disappeared in Iran in 2007. Since then, his family has urged the Iranian government to cooperate with an investigation, to little avail. No news of his whereabouts or whether he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Lauderdale-Based Non-Profit Blankets the Country to Find Missing People

    via A Child Is Missing​A 7-year-old autistic boy was reported missing in Springfield, Georgia in April of 2005. So, who did the sheriff's office contact? A service that you most likely have never heard of but that is based in Fort Lauderdale and alerts thousands of people in minutes that a child i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2010

    Silver Alert: The Amber Alert for Old People

    Photo courtesy of Wikipedia CommonsHi, Mom!​Florida has the nickname "Heaven's Waiting Room" for a reason. Many snowbirds end up making the final trek to our sandy shores to live the rest of their lives in luxury. During that time, many fall sick with various illnesses -- including dementia.Back i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    FAU Student Reported Missing

    Courtesy of Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.​A 26-year-old Florida Atlantic University student who lives in West Palm Beach has been reported missing. According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Frantzdy Cherisma has not been seen at home, school, or work in eight days. There's been no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Sheriffs Report Another Child Missing

    Photo: Broward Sheriff's OfficeJainy Santos-Ramos​A search has been launched for a 14-year-old girl, Jainy Santos-Ramos, who is said to be a "habitual runaway." The girl's father first reported that the girl disappeared on January 25. She returned on February 3, only to vanish again that night. Sa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    UPDATE: Husband Charged in Murder of Pompano Woman

    Broward Sheriff's Office​​Yvonne Oulton was last seen leaving the Isle Casino in Pompano Beach last Sunday. She was later found dead in the back of her silver Dodge Caravan. She had been missing since 4 p.m.CBS4 reported this morning that her husband, Robert Oulton, has been charged with premedi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Morning Juice: Ryan LeVin Surrenders to Police; Gallagher to Plead to Bribery Charge

    ​While you enjoy your Irish coffee, a few local headlines:Accused hit-and-run driver Ryan LeVin was arrested last night by Fort Lauderdale police. He's been charged with vehicular homicide in the February 13, 2009, deaths of Kenneth Watkinson and Craig Elford, two British tourists. [Sun-Sentinel]A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    [UPDATED] Missing Lauderdale Woman Found; Police Considering Child Neglect Charges

    Photo: Fort Lauderdale PoliceParada​Update: Police just announced that Parada has been charged with child neglect and taken into custody.Last night around 10, Fort Lauderdale police patrol officer found Melanie Parada, a 36-year-old woman who has been missing since March 11, in the 1100 block of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Melanie Parada Accused of Abandoning Child to Smoke Crack

    Juice reported earlier today that missing person Melanie Parada was found but that she had been charged with child neglect. Fort Lauderdale police just released the probable-cause affidavit in that case, and it claims that Parada disappeared so she could buy crack cocaine.According to the statement ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Amber Alerts, Myah, and Your Mobile Phone

    ​Last Friday afternoon, Myah Knighton-Black went missing from Riviera Beach. On Sunday, police reached out to local media to say that the missing 14-year-old could be in Miami-Dade County. As of this writing the girl has not yet been found.  Still, the case provides an example for how the Amb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2009

    The Ties That Bind Caylee Anthony, Haleigh Cummings, and Cobra

    Photo by C.StilesCobra briefly searched for Caylee Anthony.​This week's New Times cover story chronicles the adventures of a Fort Lauderdale bail bondsman, William Staubs, AKA "Cobra,"  who fell into a world of trouble when he started searching for a missing 5-year-old from Putnam County, Hal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    24-Style Diary of a Palm Beach Sheriff's Anti-Climactic Water Rescue Mission

    Flickr: davidousTake the day off, Jack.​A few minutes past midnight today, August 19, and the crisis begins. The clock starts. An excerpt from the first bulletin by the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office:Dawn Roberts and her roommate decided to go fishing at Phil Foster Park. As soon as they arrived at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    Name Released in Cab Driver Stabbing

    Saint Sanveur Michel is the name of the cab driver who was stabbed yesterday in Hollywood. The aggressor in the incident, which occurred near North 69th Avenue and Charleston Street before 11 a.m., is still at large. Hollywood Police describe him as a Hispanic male in his twenties who was last seen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    Family Claims Body of 1983 Murder Victim

    Photo: Broward Sheriff's OfficeMary Ann Lambert​In 1983, a female body was found in a vacant field in Pompano Beach. But no family had reported the woman missing. It wasn't till 2008 that the fingerprints were matched to those of a young woman who had multiple arrests in Broward County: Tina Moore ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2009

    Fort Lauderdale Child-finding Group Considers New, Woefully Misleading Name

    Flickr user: Cocker_mom85Currently, it's called "A Child Is Missing," but the Fort Lauderdale organization founded to quickly circulate reports of missing children to Florida law enforcement may soon name itself after Caylee Anthony. It's not even the organization's idea. Rather, it's the brainstorm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    15th Second Nears for Anthony Family

    And not a moment too soon. Would someone please unlock Nancy Grace's cage and wheel her gurney in front of the television cameras?Maybe now the grandparents can retire those ridiculous "Where's Caylee?" shirts. All this time, maybe the answer was right in their backyard.Hey, Florida! How's about a f ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 28, 2008

    Your ΄80s Mix, Live

    And not a moment too soon. Would someone please unlock Nancy Grace's cage and wheel her gurney in front of the television cameras?Maybe now the grandparents can retire those ridiculous "Where's Caylee?" shirts. All this time, maybe the answer was right in their backyard.Hey, Florida! How's about a f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2006

    Hell, Just Lock The Tykes In Their Rooms

    And not a moment too soon. Would someone please unlock Nancy Grace's cage and wheel her gurney in front of the television cameras?Maybe now the grandparents can retire those ridiculous "Where's Caylee?" shirts. All this time, maybe the answer was right in their backyard.Hey, Florida! How's about a f ... More >>

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