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Police

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Public Defender, Judge Say Cops Are Avoiding Questions in Depositions; Department Responds

    ​Last week, Broward Public Defender Howard Finkelstein sent a letter (thanks, JAABlog) to Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler condemning "offensive, oppressive and highly questionable police tactics in predominately black neighborhoods within your city."That includes arrests for what Finkelstein cal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    Gene Stimmler's Alleged Penis Comments Led to Police Finding a Dead Cougar in His Freezer

    Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeGene Stimmler​When the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office received a report about a landlord-tenant dispute that involved 73-year-old Gene Stimmler allegedly talking about his penis to a 15-year-old boy, a sheriff's deputy had some questions for him.Then the deput ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    Former Accused Cop in Heavily Contested Judge Race

    John Fry is facing John Howes in a runoff for a Broward County Judge right now, but ten years ago, that must have seemed like an impossibility. He had lost his job as a Margate cop and was facing criminal charges for, as the Miami Herald put it at the time, participating in an arrest ... More >>

  • News

    May 6, 2010

    Arizona Sheriff's Reign of Terror Becomes State Policy

    John Fry is facing John Howes in a runoff for a Broward County Judge right now, but ten years ago, that must have seemed like an impossibility. He had lost his job as a Margate cop and was facing criminal charges for, as the Miami Herald put it at the time, participating in an arrest ... More >>

  • Articles

    May 6, 2010

    Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Reign of Terror Becomes State Policy, Thanks to State Sen. Russell Pearce and Gov. Jan Brewer

    John Fry is facing John Howes in a runoff for a Broward County Judge right now, but ten years ago, that must have seemed like an impossibility. He had lost his job as a Margate cop and was facing criminal charges for, as the Miami Herald put it at the time, participating in an arrest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2010

    Van Strikes 13-Year-old, Flees the Scene

    Around 3:55 this afternoon, we got another hit-and-run case in Fort Lauderdale. Sounds like this case will be easier to break than the others, thanks to a motorist who chased down the suspect. From the Fort Lauderdale Police news release:Investigators have learned that a 2001 Dodge van was traveling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2010

    Busted Boycott? WPB Police Officers Will Be at SunFest

    We're hearing reports now that the controversy involving West Palm Beach police officers and SunFest has been resolved... kind of.The Palm Beach County Police Benevolent Association claims the city treats it unfairly and divulged plans last week that involved West Palm Beach police officers' boycott ... More >>

  • News

    April 8, 2010

    Police Brutality Rarely Ends With Punishment for the Cops

    We're hearing reports now that the controversy involving West Palm Beach police officers and SunFest has been resolved... kind of.The Palm Beach County Police Benevolent Association claims the city treats it unfairly and divulged plans last week that involved West Palm Beach police officers' boycott ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    NEW UPDATE: Child Abduction in Boynton Beach Was Just Spat With Dad

    Boynton Beach Police Department​The Boynton Police have released news about the girl "abducted" in Boynton today: It was her dad. And he wasn't kidnapping her, just being extra persuasive about getting her back in his car. The father had just dropped his 5-year-old son at the bus stop when his dau ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Diop Kamau's BSO Police Abuse Investigation: Shall We Revisit?

    Kamau: Keeping an eye on BSO​Got police abuse? Diop Kamau is your go-to guy. Kamau is CEO of policeabuse.com and former head of the Police Complaint Center in Washington, DC. Kamau, who got his training as a California police detective, now runs an office in Tallahassee devoted to investigating co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Boynton Beach Fires Cop After Domestic Abuse Case, Despite Acquittal

    Photo: Palm Beach Sheriff's OfficeThomas Jones​Thomas Jones, an officer with the Boynton Beach Police Department, has been fired following his arrest for domestic battery in January of last year. Jones was acquitted in a jury trial in April, but in a memo released today, Boynton Beach City Manager ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Car Alarm Leads Lauderdale Burglary to Escalate to Sexual Assault

    Javerros Wright​The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is reporting that a man broke into a woman's car early this morning. After the woman came outside to investigate the alarm, the thief sexually assaulted her, say police.Javerros Wright, 22, was arrested in connection with the incident, which oc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Delray Beach Cop Charged With Domestic Abuse, Battery

    Roldry Philia, a 34-year-old Delray Beach Police officer, was arrested late last night on charges of beating his wife. The probable cause affidavit released by the Boynton Beach Police Department does not mention the name of Philia's wife, just that she's 24 years old. She told police that she'd bee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    BSO Officer Shot in Head Plans to Sue

    Hernandez, after the shooting​A BSO deputy who was shot in the head in 2007 by a convicted felon on parole has notified the state of his intent to file suit against the Department of Corrections: The felon who shot 29-year-old officer Maury Hernandez during a routine traffic stop owned a handgun t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Several Dead in Miramar

    Several people have been found dead at a home on Encino Street in Miramar, along with at least one survivor who is at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood. Still no word on a suspect, a motive, nor the cause of death or even an exact number of those killed. We're trying to reach the Miramar Polic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    North Florida Murder, South Florida Evidence, Leads to North Pennsylvania Arrest

    A multijurisdictional murder case started, it appears, when Broward sheriff's deputies responded to a Crimestoppers tip that a red Mazda truck left at the Greyhound bus stop in Fort Lauderdale was involved in a murder. The truck was registered to 76-year-old Tommy Lee Kellum of Lake City, Florida. A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Vigilante Dumper Hits Hollywood Police HQs

    Photo courtesy Stephan ClevelandThe car parts decorating a Hollywood man's front lawn.For people like Stephan Cleveland who are trying sublet a condo, the weekend is prime time for prospective tenants to come calling. Which is why he was mighty peeved when on Friday afternoon, he discovered a pile o ... More >>

  • News

    March 26, 2009

    Plantation's Police Chief Breaks Records Laws to Cover for Cops on Steroids

    Photo courtesy Stephan ClevelandThe car parts decorating a Hollywood man's front lawn.For people like Stephan Cleveland who are trying sublet a condo, the weekend is prime time for prospective tenants to come calling. Which is why he was mighty peeved when on Friday afternoon, he discovered a pile o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2008

    According to No New Evidence, Deceased Pathological Liar Killed Adam Walsh

    Well, it sure is nice to clear this case from the file room! Ottis Toole killed Adam Walsh, says Hollywood Police Chief Chad Wagner, citing approximately zero nuggets of new information.This is either some great detective work... or it's a police chief eager to close an infamous, mangled, 27-y ... More >>

  • Film

    October 23, 2008

    We Rent the Night

    New York cop drama holds the audience hostage

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2008

    Gun-Toting Prosecutor Let Off Easy

    New York cop drama holds the audience hostage

  • News

    February 21, 2008

    Cops and Gypsies

    Friendly law enforcement officers become the weapons of rival destruction in the gypsy tribal wars

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2007

    Negligent Notification in the Pines

    Friendly law enforcement officers become the weapons of rival destruction in the gypsy tribal wars

  • Music

    April 5, 2007

    Dred Scott!

    Spring Bling

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2007

    Miami Developer Nabbed For Crotch Grab

    Spring Bling

  • News

    March 22, 2007

    Mayor's Boy

    You know Mara and Stacey. Now, meet Michael, the Giulianti family's tough guy.

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2006

    Remembering David Royce Truman

    You know Mara and Stacey. Now, meet Michael, the Giulianti family's tough guy.

  • News

    October 12, 2006

    Mr. Snyder's Opus

    A police beating can't hold back the Hallandale band director and his irrepressible charges.

  • News

    September 28, 2006

    Tender Loving Justice

    Give the Kid — er, My Kid — a Break

  • News

    September 7, 2006

    Bad Lieutenant

    In Hollywood, being a good cop doesn't seem to matter.

  • News

    April 6, 2006

    Letters for April 6-12, 2006

    In Hollywood, being a good cop doesn't seem to matter.

  • News

    January 5, 2006

    Muscles, Murder, and a Messiah

    Ex-cop and bodybuilder Gil Fernandez Jr. murdered three men in the Everglades. But he only admits to killing the man he was.

  • News

    December 29, 2005

    2005's Egregious Eleven

    The scam artists/malfeasants come at you in waves in South Florida

  • News

    October 20, 2005

    Letters for October 20-26, 2005

    The scam artists/malfeasants come at you in waves in South Florida

  • News

    March 31, 2005

    Tailpipe

    PBA Putsch

  • News

    January 13, 2005

    Sex Talk

    The Etiquette of Whoring

  • News

    December 9, 2004

    Tale of the Tape

    A video with cops' knuckle sandwiches excised might send an ex-con to prison

  • News

    July 15, 2004

    Below the Bar

    This women's rights champion is still a tough broad fighting the system. But now it's to dodge debts.

  • News

    March 4, 2004

    Charlie Numbers

    Forget the Mob ties, says ex-cop Clay, and send me to City Hall

  • News

    January 29, 2004

    One-Way Street

    Popped for DUI? Smile. You've just fallen victim to the DHSMV's kangaroo court.

  • News

    January 22, 2004

    Missing Leg

    The cops tagged amputee Duane Brown as one of "America's Most Wanted," but now he's fighting back

  • News

    November 20, 2003

    Neighborhood on the Cusp

    Residents of South Middle River fear that budget cuts might send them spiraling back to crime and crack

  • News

    March 7, 2002

    You Can't Handle the Truth!

    Law enforcement's attempts to muzzle the media help no one

  • News

    January 24, 2002

    Wally's War

    Walter Philbrick's Hollywood lair is the one-stop shop for all your post-9/11 needs - and home to some truly odd characters

  • News

    June 7, 2001

    Undercurrents

    Censorship becomes a Seminole rule on the reservation

  • Best of BPB

    May 11, 2000

    Best Name For A New Business

    Crime Scene Clean-Up

  • News

    July 29, 1999

    Lights! Camera! Conflict of Interest!

    Sally Hester has videotaped Hollywood cops working for SunCruz, the same casino company her city is suing

  • News

    November 26, 1998

    These Are the Times That Try Victims' Souls

    Take a number and wait. That, in essence, is what the Broward County courts are telling crime victims even those who get shot at.

  • News

    April 2, 1998

    Shades of Macho

    In Margate, fashion-conscious cops are complaining about a sunglass crackdown that cramps their style

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