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  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Prosecutors Agree to Release Inmate Who Proved His Innocence (Updated)

    A federal inmate who has served 11 years on drug charges he says he didn't commit has convinced prosecutors to let him out of prison. Elroy Phillips refused to accept his fate after being sentenced to 30 years on charges of selling drugs to an undercover cop. He conducted records searches, hired a p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Judge Delays Release of Innocent Man, Says She Wants More Paperwork

    A federal judge declined today to release a man from prison where he is serving a 24-year term on drug charges, despite the fact that prosecutors have agreed to drop the charges against him. Elroy Phillips will remain in federal prison in Miami while prosecutors and his defense attorney file a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    Former Alcee Hastings Aide Convicted on 30 Counts in Fraud Case

    ​Mikel Jones, a former aide to Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings, was convicted for his role in a scheme to defraud a New York venture capital fund that financed the operation of his Philadelphia law firm.Jones, a 55-year-old Boynton Beach resident, was convicted of conspiracy, money laundering, 14 c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Dear Federal Court: Please Help Florida Suppress the Vote

    Racism? Not here.​To: U.S. District Court From: Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning We're having a small problem with voting down here in Florida. In May, our Legislature passed some brilliant new requirements designed to crack down on unnecessary voters -- specifically, people who are poor, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Elroy Phillips, in Jail on a Charge He Says He Can Prove Is Bogus, Will Get Day in Court (Updated)

    Photo by Eric BartonPhillips, in prison in Kentucky, received the judge's ruling in the mail yesterday.​A South Florida man sentenced to decades in prison for a minor drug charge will finally get his chance in court to prove he didn't commit the crime. U.S. District Court Judge Joan A. Lenard issu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2011

    Don't Believe Elroy Phillips Is Innocent? Read the Evidence He Collected Yourself

    Photo by Eric BartonPhillips at the Federal Medical Center prison in Kentucky.​This week's cover story in New Times is on Elroy Phillips, a convict who says he has gathered the evidence from prison to show he's not guilty. If you've read the story and still aren't convinced, below are bits of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2011

    Lawsuit Pits Jewish Nursing Home Against Seventh-Day Adventist

    adventistinfo.org.ukCan you sue your employer for not respecting the Black Sabbath?​The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against a Jewish nursing home in Boca Raton for allegedly attempting to force a Seventh-day Adventist to work on the Sabbath.The EEOC says it has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Rick Scott's Dirty Deeds That Didn't Make Top 12 List

    ​This week's New Times cover story, "Enemy of the State," details the dozen worst accomplishments from Gov. Rick Scott's first six months in office. Unsurprisingly, there were plenty of dirty deeds that didn't make the list. Here are a few of the highlights:1. Following a property-tax-cutting prop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2011

    Microsoft Sued Over Dumb Commercials by Gag-Gift Company With Dumber Commercials

    shirtshop.nl​Dropping phones in urinals has now led to a lawsuit filed by a Boca Raton gag-gift company.Cellrderm -- a company that sells patches similar-looking to nicotine patches that are marketed as "cellular abuse aid" -- has sued Microsoft in a U.S. District Court, claiming it ripped off ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    Scott Rothstein Saga: Debra Villegas Goes to Prison; Four Enter Guilty Pleas

    Scott W. Rothstein​The gifts of prison sentences keep coming, thanks to Scott Rothstein.Debra Villegas, the second in command for Rothstein's gigantic Ponzi scheme, surrendered to her new home at a minimum-security federal prison last week to begin her ten-year sentence.Villegas, now 44, pleaded g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    This Tax Day Brings Bad Tidings for "So Ethical" Richard Rubin

    Back in 2005, I questioned Richard Rubin, husband of criminally charged former Broward County Commissioner Diana Wasserman-Rubin, about his relationship with the shadowy politically connected real estate broker Ira Cor. Ira Cor: Real estate broker to the politicians.​Rubin worked as a sales a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Meet Alcee Hastings' Accuser

    Winsome Packer with friends​Congressman Alcee Hastings has been hit with a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a conservative group called Judicial Watch. Hastings​The merits of the case aren't known but the plaintiff is quite a serious person. Her name is Winsome Packer, a Republican who wa ... More >>

  • News

    February 10, 2011

    From Government Snitch to Best-Selling Author, Andrés López Exposes the Cocaine Cartels

    Winsome Packer with friends​Congressman Alcee Hastings has been hit with a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a conservative group called Judicial Watch. Hastings​The merits of the case aren't known but the plaintiff is quite a serious person. Her name is Winsome Packer, a Republican who wa ... More >>

  • Articles

    December 16, 2010

    The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty

    Winsome Packer with friends​Congressman Alcee Hastings has been hit with a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a conservative group called Judicial Watch. Hastings​The merits of the case aren't known but the plaintiff is quite a serious person. Her name is Winsome Packer, a Republican who wa ... More >>

  • News

    December 16, 2010

    Nevin Shapiro Is the Caligula of South Florida's Ponzi Empire

    Winsome Packer with friends​Congressman Alcee Hastings has been hit with a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a conservative group called Judicial Watch. Hastings​The merits of the case aren't known but the plaintiff is quite a serious person. Her name is Winsome Packer, a Republican who wa ... More >>

  • News

    December 16, 2010

    The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty

    Winsome Packer with friends​Congressman Alcee Hastings has been hit with a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a conservative group called Judicial Watch. Hastings​The merits of the case aren't known but the plaintiff is quite a serious person. Her name is Winsome Packer, a Republican who wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Sean Healy's Weston Mansion Sells for $500K More Than Appraisal Value

    Courtesy Doreen MarinaRiviera Manor in the exclusive Weston Hills Country Club.​Sean Healy's "Riviera Manor" in the Weston Hills Country Club was a veritable Ponzi playground, a seven-bedroom mansion that both headquartered the scam and hosted its trappings. The court turned the property over to M ... More >>

  • News

    May 27, 2010

    Ponzi Playboy Sean Healy Blew Through the Money He Swindled

    Courtesy Doreen MarinaRiviera Manor in the exclusive Weston Hills Country Club.​Sean Healy's "Riviera Manor" in the Weston Hills Country Club was a veritable Ponzi playground, a seven-bedroom mansion that both headquartered the scam and hosted its trappings. The court turned the property over to M ... More >>

  • News

    February 18, 2010

    Orly Taitz, at the Head of the "Birther" Movement, Has Her Love Life Displayed in Court

    Courtesy Doreen MarinaRiviera Manor in the exclusive Weston Hills Country Club.​Sean Healy's "Riviera Manor" in the Weston Hills Country Club was a veritable Ponzi playground, a seven-bedroom mansion that both headquartered the scam and hosted its trappings. The court turned the property over to M ... More >>

  • News

    December 3, 2009

    Harvey Oyer, the Lawyer Who Inked Deals That Put a Politician in Prison, Still Walks Free

    Courtesy Doreen MarinaRiviera Manor in the exclusive Weston Hills Country Club.​Sean Healy's "Riviera Manor" in the Weston Hills Country Club was a veritable Ponzi playground, a seven-bedroom mansion that both headquartered the scam and hosted its trappings. The court turned the property over to M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Broward Health Hit With Whistleblower Lawsuits

    browardhealth.orgMarc Goldstone​Shortly after Marc Goldstone began his new job as general counsel of Broward Health in November of last year, he found that the public hospital district -- which is among the nation's largest -- had been violating a range of federal laws and court orders, some of wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Two-time Sea Turtle Poacher Bruce Bivins Sentenced

    Photo by Flickr user anej1030​For some old-timers in Riviera Beach, the start of any date out with your woman begins with sea turtle eggs. You poach them, sprinkle salt on their papery skin, and then eat the aphrodisiacs in one bite. Back when I first wrote about that nasty habit back in 2002, cop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Two-time Sea Turtle Poacher Bruce Bivins Sentenced

    Photo by Flickr user anej1030​For some old-timers in Riviera Beach, the start of any date out with your woman begins with sea turtle eggs. You poach them, sprinkle salt on their papery skin, and then eat the aphrodisiacs in one bite. Back when I first wrote about that nasty habit back in 2002, cop ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    On UBS Tax Cheat, Lauderdale Judge Not as Forgiving as Miami Judge

    Among the many recent misfortunes of Jeffrey Chernick, his tax fraud case landed in Fort Lauderdale U.S. District Court rather than in Miami. That put him at the mercy of Judge James I. Cohn, who on Friday sentenced Chernick to three months in prison, despite a similar defendant's having been spared ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2009

    Deal Forged in South Florida Will Peel Back Secrecy of Swiss Bank

    Flickr: twicepix​More details are emerging about the agreement between the U.S. Justice Department and UBS, the Swiss bank accused of helping wealthy Americans evade taxes -- a case that's been bandied about in South Florida's U.S. District Court and which has attracted the two nation's top diplom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Lauderdale Is End of the Line for Osama

    Photobucket User: Colts111The only badge El-Atari was qualified to own.This Osama doesn't live in a cave (that we know of), but like his namesake, Osama El-Atari has vanished just before the long arm of the law could get him in its clutches . The son of Jordanian immigrants, El-Atari bought the Orig ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2009

    For Supreme Court, Two South Florida Judges Coulda Been Contenders

    Photo courtesy Official White House PhotostreamSotomayor and ObamaDuring the 2000 presidential campaign, Gov. George W. Bush vowed that if elected, he would nominate a Hispanic Supreme Court Justice. It certainly didn't hurt his popularity in Florida's Latin American community, and that was a race c ... More >>

  • News

    April 23, 2009

    Jurors and Prosecutors Sink a Federal Case Against Internet Pharmacies

    Photo courtesy Official White House PhotostreamSotomayor and ObamaDuring the 2000 presidential campaign, Gov. George W. Bush vowed that if elected, he would nominate a Hispanic Supreme Court Justice. It certainly didn't hurt his popularity in Florida's Latin American community, and that was a race c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2009

    Broward Man at Center of National Scandal in Philippines

    Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada would have been "pleased" by the murder of a journalist, an affidavit taken in Florida claims.This February, 47-year-old Cezar Mancao went to the Philippine consulate in Fort Lauderdale to give a sworn affidavit. When the contents of his testimony were l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2009

    For Howard K. Stern, One Legal Odyssey Ends as Another Begins

    Stern and SmithThis whole arrest-on-felony-drug-charges thing came along just when Howard K. Stern's legal life had finally calmed. The attorney ex-boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith filed a lawsuit in Fort Lauderdale's U.S. District Court in April 2007 against mega-millionaire attorney, John O'Quinn, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2009

    Corporate Cash Is Flying Outta Federal Court in Fort Lauderdale

    By now, everybody knows about the $8 million Revenge of the Smoker's Widow. But Philip Morris wasn't the only international heavyweight to have a costly day at the U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale. Today's New York Times leads with a story about the $780 million settlement struck between Swiss ... More >>

  • News

    November 20, 2008

    Jeanette Smith’s body was dumped in Florida’s Everglades and turned up details about the Mob

    By now, everybody knows about the $8 million Revenge of the Smoker's Widow. But Philip Morris wasn't the only international heavyweight to have a costly day at the U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale. Today's New York Times leads with a story about the $780 million settlement struck between Swiss ... More >>

  • News

    September 11, 2008

    Political Pa-a-a-rty!

    But what does it mean?

  • News

    June 19, 2008

    Jack Don't Know Jack

    Why will the right-wing crusader likely lose his license? Swastikas are just the start.

  • News

    March 20, 2008

    Hassles in the Glades

    Why will the right-wing crusader likely lose his license? Swastikas are just the start.

  • News

    October 25, 2007

    Dolphins With Wings

    One Way to Get to Heaven

  • News

    October 4, 2007

    Curse of the Dead

    Anna Nicole's ghost could go home at last — if some trial hotshots get their way

  • News

    October 27, 2005

    Err America

    A plane crash in Afghanistan has a Florida company defending its mercenary profits in court

  • News

    November 13, 2003

    Deutsch Marks

    He's raised a lot of money in his bid for the Senate, but from whom?

  • News

    January 9, 2003

    Sludge and Slime

    Violence, Internet porn, cocaine, ten-foot-high piles of muck. Just another day in America's Venice.

  • News

    December 5, 2002

    Indian War

    A Hollywood man has spent the past decade trying to pry open the Seminoles' accounting books -- without much success

  • News

    August 22, 2002

    A Plea from the Past

    Frank Lee Smith appealed for mercy. No one listened.

  • Culture

    April 11, 2002

    When Online Got Off Base

    Or: How Mark Cuban would have--and could have?--saved the music biz

  • News

    February 28, 2002

    The Enforcer

    John Garon may be a partial quadriplegic, but he wields federal civil-rights lawsuits with consummate skill

  • Culture

    April 19, 2001

    Custody Battle

    Marvel Comics isn't going to give up Captain America without a fight

  • News

    March 25, 1999

    A Natural Alliance

    Buck Island Ranch is home to the threatened caracara, and it's a laboratory where ranchers and conservationists are learning to work together

  • News

    October 15, 1998

    A Southern Belle in Black and White

    The City of Belle Glade may be forced to annex the Okeechobee Center and put an end to alleged discrimination against its mostly black residents

  • News

    April 9, 1998

    Robert Lockwood's Hush Money

    Broward's Clerk of Courts wants a million of your dollars to kill a racial bias suit before he faces questions under oath. Here's why.

  • News

    February 12, 1998

    Excessive Farce

    The Palm Beach County school police force is charged with protecting schoolchildren, not endangering its female officers

  • Culture

    January 22, 1998

    A Portrait of the Artist

    The Palm Beach County school police force is charged with protecting schoolchildren, not endangering its female officers

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