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Britni Hiatt, FAU Student Struck By Former University President's Car, Claims To Have Been Diagnosed With Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Britni Hiatt, the FAU student protest leader who was clipped by then-FAU President Mary Jane Saunders' 2011 Lexus GS as Saunders was leaving a meeting, claims that she has been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a result of the accident. Since the accident, Hiatt has been attending ps ... More >>

Florida Man Crashes Car, Gets Naked, Dances In Street

An Orange County man crashed his car into a wall Wednesday morning. When Fire Rescue arrived at the scene and closed off the road at Via Hacienda Circle near Honour Road, they found the driver of the vehicle, Felix Lockett, had already gotten out of his car. He was dancing in the street. Complete ... More >>

Merick Lewin, State House Candidate With Ties to 411-PAIN, Withdraws From Race

The Davie Republican with ties to the 1-800-411-PAIN Referral Service is no longer vying to represent western Broward in the state House.Merick Lewin submitted paperwork to withdraw from the District 97 race on March 28, less than three weeks after the state Legislature passed a bill that could thre ... More >>

John Goodman's Girlfriend/Adopted Daughter Testifies in DUI Trial

​Let's say you're sleeping with a multimillionaire who's on trial for DUI manslaughter, and you also happen to be the defendant's adopted daughter and trust fund beneficiary. No one expects you to be an unbiased witness. Yet Heather Colby's testimony in the John Goodman trial yesterday reached new ... More >>

Ewww -- Polo Mogul John Goodman Adopts His 42-Year-Old Girlfriend

PBSOGoodman called his girlfriend after the crash.​Rich people do strange things to protect their money. Wellington polo mogul John Goodman went so far as to adopt his 42-year-old girlfriend to preserve his family's fortune. Which means, legally, he's his girlfriend's dad, and... well, you get the ... More >>

Former BSO Deputy Shawn Barber Missed a Def Leppard Concert, Now He's a Felon

​For former Broward Sheriff's Deputy Shawn Barber's 41st birthday, his wife bought him tickets to see Def Leppard at the Hard Rock Casino for $626.04.The day of the concert -- March 29, 2008 -- the babysitter canceled.Apparently, the best option Barber could come up with was to fill out a BSO ... More >>

Three Boynton Beach Cops Hospitalized After Their Car Hit a Concrete Pole

​Three Boynton Beach police officers were hospitalized after getting into a car crash while responding to the area of a car chase involving burglary suspects, authorities say.Boynton Beach Police Sgt. Suzanne Gitto says police were responding to a residential burglary on the 2600 block of NE Fourt ... More >>

Mourning Mother of Robert Nugent Sues Coral Springs

Three Teens Died in a 2009 Crash​A woman who lost her son in a 2009 car crash that took the lives of three Coral Springs teens is now suing the city, claiming the municipality's botched maintenance of roadways led to the high schoolers' deaths.

Former City Manager Says Mayor Joy Cooper's Red-Light-Camera Argument Skews the Facts

Joy Cooper​The Florida League of Cities has gotten behind red-light cameras in a big way... thanks to the league's president, Hallandale Beach Mayor Joy Cooper, and her relentless insistence that the cameras -- through which a company in Arizona automatically sends hefty fines to red-light-runners ... More >>

[UPDATEDx2] PBSO Deputy Shoots, Kills Man at Boynton Beach Strip Mall

Flickr​We've got a breaking story in suburban Boynton Beach where just after 6 a.m., a Palm Beach Sheriff's Office deputy had a confrontation that ended in a man's shooting death.At the moment, details are sketchy, but it appears the deputy was responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle at the ... More >>

Search Intensifies in Hit-and-Run Case, Now a Homicide

Carolyn Bianco, the 65-year-old woman who was struck last week by an SUV while crossing Las Olas Boulevard, has died. That means vehicular homicide charges against whoever was driving that SUV, last seen heading east on Las Olas.The Fort Lauderdale police news release says that the other woman who w ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

[Updated -- Again] In Boynton Beach, a 10-Year-Old Struck by a Car

The accident on Congress Avenue happened an hour ago. The 10-year-old, who wasn't named in the Boynton Beach Police Department release, has been taken to the trauma center in Delray Beach. It's not safe for adults to be pedestrians in Florida, much less kids.From police spokeswoman Stephanie Slater: ... More >>

Delray Beach Woman Wins First Wheelchair Tennis Title

That's a video from the Paralympic Games of wheelchair tennis, which has its own league within the United States Tennis Association. Last weekend in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Jan Proctor of Delray Beach won her first tournament after four years on the circuit. She's 56 years old and beat a 38-year-old ... More >>

Can This Guy Catch A Break?

In December 2007, New York Yankees World Series hero Jim Leyritz allegedly got sloshed at his 44th birthday party, ran a red light in Fort Lauderdale, then plowed into the Mitsubishi Montero of 30-year-old Freida Ann Veitch, killing the mother of two. In December 2008 he's looking for a job as a bas ... More >>

DJ Mena Joins the Angels

Tragedy strikes one of Hialeah's up-and-coming DJs

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