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Fast & Furious & Elegant: Justin Lin and the Vulgar Auteurs

Nine Men Arrested for Gambling on Pee Wee Football Games

Nine men have been arrested for gambling on pee wee football games, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office. The Lauderhill and Fort Lauderdale police departments, as well as the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office and the United States Marshals Service, all joined forces in an 18-month-long inves ... More >>

Tony Galeota: From Running Porky's, Miami's Most Notorious Strip Joint, to Rotting in a Panamanian Jail

U.S. Marshals Sued After Allegedly Shooting Innocent Woman Five Times in Boynton Beach

A federal lawsuit filed this week claims that U.S. Marshals acted recklessly when they opened fire in a Boynton Beach parking lot last year and shot an innocent woman five times. Attorney Ronald Guralnick tells New Times that he's seeking $10 million in compensation for his client, Ja ... More >>

Winner's Circle: Cheaters Prosper at Calder Race Course

Fort Lauderdale Firefighter Steven Loleski Arrested on Extortion Charges

A 35-year-old Fort Lauderdale firefighter has been arrested on extortion charges after, police say, he illegally recorded a conversation and tried to use it as leverage to get information out of union president William Humpherey about a criminal investigation.Steven Loleski was held on $51,000 bond ... More >>

Pill Mill Expert Witness' Newly Disclosed Criminal Past Could Spark Wave of Appeals

​Dr. Arthur Jordan, an expert witness paid $300 per hour by federal prosecutors to testify in a number of pill mill cases, has a bizarre criminal past that the government kept secret for years. The new information could be used to appeal a slew of pill mill convictions throughout the country.An At ... More >>

Roshard Whitehead Gets Four Life Sentences for Sexually Assaulting His Young Nieces

Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeRoshard Whitehead, who apparently needs an introduction to the prison barber.​Roshard Whitehead (and his haircut) will spend the rest of his life in prison for raping his nieces starting when the girls were 6 and 8 years old.Whitehead, a 30-year-old former Riviera ... More >>

Anthony Mangione, ICE Chief in South Florida, Arrested After Kiddie-Porn Investigation

BSOAnthony Mangione​Anthony Mangione, the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's South Florida Office since 2007, was arrested today and is being held at the Broward County main jail at the behest of the U.S. Marshals Service. Mangione was the subject of a child pornography investigati ... More >>

Hack-a-Shaq: The Former Basketball Superstar Wages Digital War Against an Ex-Con Computer Geek

David Britto, Federal Fugitive/Alleged Meth Trafficker, Left for Brazil Two Weeks Ago

David Britto, federal fugitive, has been in Brazil for two weeks.​Boynton Beach cop/alleged meth trafficker/federal fugitive David Britto has been on the run since August 24, and according to a filing submitted yesterday by the U.S. Attorney's Office, Britto hopped on a flight to Brazil that same ... More >>

Florida Prison Escapee Captured -- 31 Years Later

Florida Department of Law EnforcementFrederick Barrett in 1978 (left) and today​Convicted murderer Frederick Barrett was captured this morning by the U.S. Marshals Service, nearly 32 years after he hopped a few fences at the Union Correctional Institution in Raiford during a power outage and d ... More >>

U.S. Marshals: Alleged Broward Teenaged-Boy Molester Kenneth Andrew Craig Found in Brazil

amw.comKenneth Andrew Craig​Kenneth Andrew Craig -- who cops say skipped court 12 years ago after being caught allegedly doing perverted things with young boys in a Deerfield Beach motel room -- was arrested in Rio de Janeiro.The U.S. Marshals Service says Craig, now 42, was arrested earlier in th ... More >>

How Much Would You Pay For Bernie Madoff's Underwear?

Boxers or briefs, sir?​Some lucky bidder paid $200 for 14 pairs of Bernie Madoff's boxers at a government auction this weekend at the Miami Beach Convention Center. The undies were confiscated from the Ponzi schemer's Palm Beach mansion and sold by the U.S. Marshals Service, along with his prescri ... More >>

Bernie Madoff's Shiny and Expensive Stuff From Palm Beach Mansion Up for Auction

txauction.comSome of Bernie Madoff's junk from his Palm Beach house​If you've ever wanted to own a fishing vest, jumper cables, or a $169,000 painting that  once belonged to Ponzi scheme legend Bernie Madoff, now's your chance.The U.S. Marshals Service is holding a two-day auction on tons of ... More >>

Tallahassee Man Arrested For 1988 Rape and Robbery of 16 Year-Old-Girl in Miami

Lyndell Davis, a 48-year-old suspect in a 23-year-old rape case.​U.S. Marshals surrounded 48-year-old Lyndell Davis as he did yard work in front of a Tallahassee home on Wednesday, and arrested him for the rape and robbery of a 16-year-old girl in Miami, which he allegedly committed 23 years ago.& ... More >>

Feds: Another Court-Appointed "Trustee" Is A Crook

The federal government has charged 64-year-old Hollywood bankruptcy trustee Marika Tolz with misappropriating $16 million in court funds -- and ultimately pocketed $2.4 million of it for herself. Miami HeraldFreeman​Among the funds Tolz allegedly misappropriated was $1 million involved in the ... More >>

UPDATE: Wilton Manors Police Looking for Suspect in Ohio Real Estate Murder

Wilton Manors policeRobert Grigelaitis​A few weeks ago, Andrew VonStein, a realtor in the central Ohio town of Twin Lakes, was found shot to death in a ranch-style house he was hoping to sell. Now police are looking for the suspect in South Florida.Wilton Manors police are asking the public for he ... More >>

Huge Dogfighting Bust Went Down Only After Cops Brought Their Pit Bulls to the Fight

Pot Grow Houses in Florida Are Deadly Business

Marshals Arrest Fugitive Sex Offender From Boca

The long arm of the U.S. Marshals Service finally caught up to Angel L. Rivera, who was wanted for an August 2008 sexual assault of a minor in Boca Raton. Acting on a tip from South Florida, marshals swooped in to arrest Rivera at a home in Wilmington, Delaware.The news release doesn't have much inf ... More >>

Manhunters Airs "Buried" Tonight: Fugitive Alfaro Arrested in Febonio Murder

photo: Matthew McDermottCommander Lenny DePaul helped net fugitive Jose Alfaro​U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force Commander Lenny DePaul told New Times yesterday that the apprehension of Jose Alfaro at his mother's condominium in New York last August was no piece of cake. "He put up a pretty good f ... More >>

Morning Juice: Lauderdale Cops Suspended Over Rothstein Ties; Mass Murder Suspect Makes First Remarks

​Amid Florida's longest, coldest winter, let's warm up with local news in Broward and Palm Beach on this frigid Monday.Two Fort Lauderdale cops who worked the Scott Rothstein off-duty detail have been suspended with pay. Sgt. Steve Greenlaw and Officer DeAnna Garcia-Lemieux. It's not yet clear wha ... More >>

Did You Hear About the Morgans? Proves Hugh Grant is a Reliable Smartass

Deerfield Beach Murder Suspect Found in Alabama

About six weeks after a Honduran man, Elvin Sanchez, was found murdered in a residential neighborhood of Deerfield Beach, the man suspected of killing him is in custody. That suspect is 22-year-old Ronald Rivera, who was working as a carpenter in Birmingham, Alabama.From the Broward Sheriff's Office ... More >>

Arrest in Attempted Murder Case in Boynton Beach

Maxwell​Patrick Maxwell, wanted since Monday for shooting at two women upset over his infidelity, has been arrested by Boynton Beach Police and charged with attempted second-degree murder.The probable cause affidavit tells of how on Monday morning at a home on Northeast Fourth Court in Boynton Bea ... More >>

Suspect in 2004 Pompano Murder Found

Photo: BSOBianca Sierra pictured with the boyfriend who allegedly killed her.​Jorge "Angel" Villamizar-Ayala, wanted in the November 2004 slaying of Bianca Sierra in Pompano Beach, was arrested Friday in Brownsville, Texas, after a television viewer phoned police with the tip. Here's the news rele ... More >>

Deputy Do-Wrong, Take Two

Photo: Broward Sheriff's OfficeGladys Dauphin​For the second time this week, Broward Sheriff's deputies have booked one of their own. Gladys Dauphin, a detention deputy at BSO's main jail in downtown Fort Lauderdale, is accused of striking an inmate in the head with her handheld radio. She's also ... More >>

Feds Launch Surprise Seizure on Unsuspecting Madoff Yacht

A reenactment of U.S. Marshals taking control of Madoff's yacht.Federal authorities seized Bernie Madoff's yacht in Fort Lauderdale yesterday and then took control of the home his wife owns in Palm Beach. U.S. marshals described "using an element of surprise" to grab Madoff's property, but if you're ... More >>

Large-Living Bribe-Taker to Lose Fort Lauderdale Beach Pad

For all the talk of "the crime issue" in Fort Lauderdale's recent municipal campaign, the city's safest, wealthiest neighborhood -- on either side of Las Olas, near the Intracoastal -- can lay claim to some of the region's most loathsome criminals. Today U.S. Marshals headed to Fort Lauderdale Beach ... More >>

Busted! PBSO Arrests Happy Ending Suspect

Palm Beach Sheriff's OfficeThere he is, folks, the guy that PBSO says forced a West Palm Beach masseuse to perform oral sex on him. His name is Gerald Hansen -- spelled just like the surname of the host of the Dateline show To Catch a Predator. Coincidence? U.S. Marshals nabbed G ... More >>

Sleaze! Sex! Suspense!

South Florida writers live the life

The Grand Slammer

Crooks abound in the world of long distance. But it takes a really good crook to steal from the other crooks.

Mail Chauvinists

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is tough on mail fraud -- and, some say, even tougher on its black female agents

Grift and Run

The FBI doesn't want you to know about Mel Ruth

Beach Beat

When Chris Caulfield got stomped near South Florida's most notorious nightclub, he didn't roll over

"Look! I Made This!"

Robert Altman wants your attention, if not your affection

In Search of the Mach Turtle

A reporter tags along as a South Florida PI searches for a missing trawler in Cuba, then finishes the job by battling with the boat's owner

The Great Pretender

Jimmy Sabatino scammed millions of dollars' worth of goods and services by claiming he was a Hollywood player. But the self-described Mafia kid played too rough when he threatened to kill President Clinton.

Pirates Scuttled

South Florida radio gets more homogenized following raids of unlicensed radio stations

Secrets and Crimes

Four years after hed been convicted of murder in Belgium, Jean-FranCois Buslik was a pilot and a family man living quietly in North Palm Beach. Then justice came calling.

The FBI's Most Wanted Agent

When Jerry Sullivan was arrested for criminal behavior, he chose to blame an unexpected source: the FBI

Stepping From the Shadows

Private eye Max Caulfield's mysterious past includes a stint in the federal Witness Protection Program. After more than a decade of intrigue and paranoia, he's going public.

King Con Speaks

Escape artist Steven Russell fills in the details about how he bluffed his way out of prison and plotted his next big score