Robbery

Claire Mitchel Tribute

Everyone Look At The Bad Guy

It's Hard to Be A Pimp (Really)

Coolest Bank Robbery Pic In Years

R.I.P. Lucky Dube

The Herald's Demarzo Carjacked

Why Was Melissa Britt Lewis Killed?

Little Shop of Horrors

The owners wanted to open a fun store in downtown Fort Lauderdale. After three burglaries in a month, the novelty wore off.

Hit or Mrs.?

According to the courts, Joyce Cohen hired three men to murder her wealthy husband. Now the entire case may be unraveling.

P.I. Says Sgt. Chris Reyka Murder Case Is Solved

According to the courts, Joyce Cohen hired three men to murder her wealthy husband. Now the entire case may be unraveling.

Crist's Wedding Dress, the GOP's KKK Problem, and the Dunkin' Badass

  Crist Buys Wedding Dress, Won't Be One Wearing It If you're the type of person who laughs at the sight of a beard-wedding dress combination, you'll appreciate the news that Charlie Crist's fiancee recently bought herself a wedding gown. I say this not because the accusations that Carole Rome ... More >>

Morning Juice: Broker Finds True Meaning of X-mas, Quiznos Bandit a New Holiday Special, Dave Barry Laughs at Fruitcakes

Broker Accused of Stealing, Finding True Meaning of ChristmasToday's news is being brought to you by my coworker Stacy, the head of the accounting department and the proud owner of this super scary Grinch costume. Stacy decided to wear this costume today, which is also reserved for The Juice's "Brin ... More >>

Phony Folksy

Broker Accused of Stealing, Finding True Meaning of ChristmasToday's news is being brought to you by my coworker Stacy, the head of the accounting department and the proud owner of this super scary Grinch costume. Stacy decided to wear this costume today, which is also reserved for The Juice's "Brin ... More >>

A Great Lede Spoilt

The New Year is going to be much like the Old Year on the Pulp -- I'll be faithfully grousing about local newspaper content. My first beef of 2009 is with the lead story in the local section of the Sun-Sentinel today. More specifically it is with the lede of that lead story. Rafael ... More >>

Blood Diamonds

Violent South American thieves are stealing millions in precious gems ... and getting away with it

Whodunit

Great Tate Debate

Robbery at Regal Cinemas

The Cypress Creek Cinemas 16 at the corner of Andrews and Cypress Creek in Fort Lauderdale was robbed yesterday morning. According to police, the culprit - a 5'5, 200-pound white guy - confronted the manager with a gun as he entered the theatre in the morning, rounded up and bound all the emplo ... More >>

Knotty Head Bandits

In the bank robbing business, these guys are the best. They're also the most wanted.

A Family Portrait

Meet Luis and José Cid, Elian Gonzalez's cousins, just a couple of good, old-fashioned American criminals

The Finger That Robbed 7-Eleven

Flickr User: sm4rtusSeveral suspects in the robberyBroward Sheriff's Office detectives are searching South Florida for the human being who belongs to the finger who robbed a 7-Eleven in Pompano Beach. The BSO release does not say exactly what, if anything, was on the tip of that finger that made it ... More >>

Color Bind: Are Police Looking for Johnny Cash?

flickr.com Johnny Cash: Dressed in Black We've written about the local media's awkward refusal to mention the race of violent, uncaptured suspects in police stories a few times. (Here and here.) It's odd that a newspaper would inform its readers how violent an individual might be and menti ... More >>

Robbers, Beware: South Florida Convenience Store Workers Pack Heat

flickr.com Johnny Cash: Dressed in Black We've written about the local media's awkward refusal to mention the race of violent, uncaptured suspects in police stories a few times. (Here and here.) It's odd that a newspaper would inform its readers how violent an individual might be and menti ... More >>

Body-Slamming Thief on the Loose

Flickr: Ryan BudkeLurking in your local grocery aisle...​Just in from Broward Sheriff's Office: A masked man brandishing a handgun threw a store clerk over a counter during a robbery Monday night as the criminal demanded cash from the register. The clerk was not seriously injured, but detectives ... More >>

BSO Looking for "Beer-Bellied Duffer"

Flickr: compassion matt​The Broward Sheriff's Office has a rather weird streak for ridiculing its criminal suspects in advance of apprehending them. Like in this release from a few minutes ago:A casually dressed man who looked like he should have been watching golf from his recliner instead robbed ... More >>

Green is Color of the Summer for Local Criminals

Boca bank robber goes for the green​Green may be the new buzzword in political and development circles. But green is also the new black for South Florida criminals when it comes to sartorial choices this summer. Fashion-forward scammers are tossing those dowdy stocking masks and dark T-shirts in f ... More >>

Thief Who Lost His Cell Phone, Soon to Gain a Cellmate

Photo courtesy Broward Sheriff's OfficeSinclair photographing himself; saving time for investigators.​Losing your cell phone is not a crime. If it was, we'd all be locked up! But if you lose your cell phone at a crime scene -- say, a strong-arm robbery -- well, then you might have some trouble. Ri ... More >>

Another Lazy Bank Robber; Nickname Needed

Photo courtesy Broward Sheriff's Office​Fortunately, they're enabled by very lazy bank tellers. Just when we finally nab the withdrawal bandit, South Florida has a new and even more complacent serial thief, who has yet to be formally nicknamed. Above, that's him from his Halloween heist. We'll wor ... More >>

Bad Breath Bandit in Broward

Photobucket Take a swig Broward bandit... for our sake, please.​Broward police are looking for a bandit with "notably bad breath" who stuck up a bank in Tamarac Monday. The man, definitely not armed with Listerine, robbed the TD Bank, asking a teller to fill a trick or treat bag, while mot ... More >>

At Florida Memorial University, Surviving Beatings, Gunshots, and Assaults Is Part of the Curriculum

Photobucket Take a swig Broward bandit... for our sake, please.​Broward police are looking for a bandit with "notably bad breath" who stuck up a bank in Tamarac Monday. The man, definitely not armed with Listerine, robbed the TD Bank, asking a teller to fill a trick or treat bag, while mot ... More >>

Teens Arrested for String of Armed Burglaries

A group of four Boynton Beach adolescents, ranging from age 14 to 17, are behind at least six cases of armed robbery, according to Boynton Beach Police who apprehended the four today and are investigating whether the teens committed even more robberies.Their names: Gary Finklea, 17; Tydarius William ... More >>

Bank Robber From Mobbed-Up Family Was Hiding Out in Hallandale

Ludwigsen​George Ludwigsen will soon be sentenced for breaking into safety deposit boxes in Mississippi with a saw -- and that's not nearly the most exciting criminal caper the 40-year-old Hallandale Beach resident has to his credit. Earlier in the decade, Ludwigsen and his more famous younger bro ... More >>

Arrest Made in 2004 Carjacking Murder

Photo: Broward Sheriff's OfficeMcCall​Renalto Obos was shot dead in November 2004 while sitting in a car on Northwest 3rd Avenue with his girlfriend. It was robbery gone awry. The killer wore a mask, and due to the random nature of the crime, Broward Sheriff's Office couldn't find a suspect until ... More >>

Boynton Beach Looking for Hipster Bank Robber

Photo: Boynton Beach Police​The Great Depression had Bonnie and Clyde. This not-quite-great depression of modern times has the gentleman to the right. Yup, a cheap knockoff. I think that's a trilby he's wearing, which would have looked better on Clyde Barrow, circa 1933.From the Boynton Beach Poli ... More >>

McDonald's Robbery: I Am So Not Lovin' This

​It's shaping up to be a bad month for national fast-food franchises. First Pizza Hut gets a visit from a pair of towel-wearing banditos. Now this.A very similar crime happened Monday at the McDonald's just west of I-95: Another dude with a gun places his order, as in orders a cashier to give him ... More >>

Bondsman Busted for Drug Trafficking Was Accidental Chauffeur for Bank Robber

From FacebookManny Periu's colorful career as a bondsman may be over.​Turns out last week's Juice post about bondsman Manny Periu was not his first brush with local news infamy. In June 2008, Periu and his bail bonds partner were featured in this exclusive CBS4 report about how they unknowing ... More >>

Spate of SoFla Bank Robberies is Dramatic, but Not Unusual

​This past week saw a series of headline-friendly bank robberies in South Florida. Two of them involved bomb threats scribbled on notes, in which the offenders were arrested within minutes of the attempted robberies. The most recent, at the BankAtlantic branch on Fairway Drive in Deerfield, was mo ... More >>

Renegade Miami Subs Manager Wrestles Gun from Robbery Suspect, Traps Him Until Police Arrive

flickr.com​Never bring a gun to a sandwich fight.Steve Lebrun, a manager at the Miami Subs on Sunrise Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale had an amazing encounter with a robber on Sunday evening, according to police. The suspect, Devane Jenkins, entered the restaurant at 661 West Sunrise Boulevard Sunday ... More >>

Boris the Bandit Forces Pompano GameStop to Close

The closer.​Wanna close a GameStop? Then rob it. Twice.It seems to have worked for Boris the Bandit -- the fellow who robbed the GameStop outlet at 2223 SW 22nd St. in Pompano Beach, twice in the past 12 months and most recently on November 6. We cannot be absolutely certain the same man was behin ... More >>

BSO Jail Guard Romanced Suspected Cop Killer

We all know that three Broward Sheriff's Office deputies were arrested earlier this month and charged with supplying contraband to inmates and having sex with them.    Deitrick Johnson and Dep. Kiara Walker (inset)​The shocking part, though, is the identity of  ... More >>

William Bozman Jr., Homicide Suspect From Baltimore, Arrested in Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale PDWilliam Bozman, Jr.​Fort Lauderdale police announced today that William Bozman, Jr., a man with a warrant out for his arrest in connection with a robbery-homicide in Baltimore, was arrested near the corner of I-95 and Broward Blvd Fort Lauderdale.Bozman was wanted in connection t ... More >>

Escorts Who Met Clients at Hotel Rooms Found Themselves at the End of a Gun, Cops Say

​Police say a gang of men came up with a novel idea for a series of robberies: Call escorts, meet them at hotel rooms, and then rob them at gunpoint. For some reason, the robberies sometimes ended in the men pepper spraying the escorts. In response, cops from Plantation Police, Fort Lauderdale Pol ... More >>

Hollywood Man Named a Suspect in Yet Another Possible Parent-Killing

BSOJason Kertesz​Hollywood police have arrested a man they say is a suspect in the death of his 62-year-old mother, whose body was found in her home this weekend. Irene Kertesz's husband found her dead in her Hollywood home around 9 p.m. Saturday, and WSVN is reporting that her son -- 29-year-old ... More >>

Update: One Dead, Two Injured in Shooting at Central Broward Check Cashing Store

Broward Sheriff's OfficeSuspect Stanley Beasley​One person is dead and two others are injured -- including the suspect -- after a shooting broke out during a robbery yesterday morning at a check cashing shop in central Broward County, according to police.The Broward Sheriff's Office says 33-year-o ... More >>

Ramon Rosario, Member of the "Head Shot Committee," Gets 270 Years Up the River

Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeRamon Rosario​Ramon Rosario, a 19-year-old member of a racketeering enterprise known as the "Head Shot Committee," was sentenced yesterday to 270 years in prison for what the State Attorney's Office calls a string of crimes that "terrorized the northern end of Pal ... More >>

Alberto Dorce Convicted in Failed Robbery Attempt of Unyielding Married Couple

Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeAlberto Dorce​Alberto Dorce was convicted this week on two counts of attempted robbery with a firearm while wearing a mask nearly a year after he tried to rob what's either an incredibly badass or incredibly stubborn Delray Beach couple.Just after midnight on Octo ... More >>

West Palm Beach Court of Appeal: Toy Guns Don't Constitute Armed Robbery

sandboxworld.comIf this were a bank, this would not be an armed robbery, according to Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal.​According to a decision last week out of Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach, an armed robbery isn't really an armed robbery if the "weapon" use ... More >>

Cops Say Brandon Hollis Tried to Rob a Guy for His iPhone -- Until That Guy Sat on Him

Broward Sheriff's OfficeSuper featherweight Brandon Hollis, who had a man sit on him yesterday before he went to jail.​Here's one way of ending an armed robbery when the guy with the gun is 5-foot-5, 128 pounds -- sit on him.That's what happened with 18-year-old Brandon Hollis' armed robbery a ... More >>

After Pizza Shop Burglary, Police Chase and Fire Ensues

​There's nothing to stir excitement like a robbery, a car chase, an explosive fire, and a fugitive hiding in a canal.

Cops Say Marvin Broadway Attempted an Armed Robbery, Got Shot by the Victim, Then Took His Clothes Off

Broadway. The photo looked like this when we got it; either it's a squished photo or the accused robber was born in the wrong aspect ratio.​Marvin Broadway had a team, according to police, and attempted to rob a man behind the Gold Buyers store on the 5100 block of North Federal Highway. Unless th ... More >>