Xanax

Medicare Fraud Is Sweetest Crime in South Florida

Floridians Love Overdosing On Prescription Drugs, Especially Benzos

Deaths in Florida caused by oxycodone dropped nearly 18 percent, yet the pain drug remains one of the top killers in the state, according to a report from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.The report, released Wednesday, shows that deaths from benzodiazepines jumped 13 percent in 2011 and we ... More >>

Left Hanging: There Were Warning Signs Aplenty Before Edward Crisante Jr. Hanged Himself in a Broward Jail

Edward Crisante Was Declared "Suicidal," But Jailers Left Him Alone in Cell to Commit Suicide

Edward Crisante Jr., a depressive 32-year-old, turned himself in at the Broward Main Jail on June 29, 2010, after failing to appear in court on traffic charges. He left the jail four days later on a stretcher, after hanging himself in his bunk with a bedsheet. He died in the hospital.See also:- Cris ... More >>

Coked-Up 14-Year-Old Found Emaciated in Flaming Deerfield Beach Mobile Home

Quick parenting note: If your malnourished 14-year-old son does tons of drugs, don't let your trailer catch fire. The cops will find out about it, and get, like, so mad.That's what happened Tuesday, when 47-year-old Darin MacDannald was arrested in Deerfield Beach on child cruelty charges. Police sa ... More >>

Vincent Colangelo Gets 20 Years in Massive Online Pill-Mill Operation

A 44-year-old Davie man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday after pleading guilty to selling more than 660,000 pain pills from seven South Florida clinics -- including one that shared parking with Broward General Hospital. Vincent Colangelo was also ordered to give up six properties worth mor ... More >>

Jacuzzi Boys on Their Upcoming European Tour, Haggis, Daytrotter, and Xanax

​The Jacuzzi Boys are so everywhere. Their Daytrotter session went live and likely exposed a slew of internet music nerds to their CrazySexyCool rock 'n' roll. It's quite an honor to be added to this streaming library of live recordings made by mostly emerging indie bands. They're so eve ... More >>

Jesse Leese Got a Warning From a Traffic Stop, Until Cops Say They Found Six Types of Drugs

Monroe County Sheriff's OfficeMCSO Deputies Jon Barry Huff (left) and Bradford Colen look happy with their find.​Maryland resident Jesse Leese almost got away with just a warning from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office for not driving in his lane, not having current insurance, and the open bottle ... More >>

Happy Hour: Rocco's Tacos and Tequila Bar In Fort Lauderdale

​When I moved back to Fort Lauderdale from New York, I moved hungry.  I asked everyone I knew for their list of places I had to check out. Rocco's Tacos and Tequila Bar tucked itself into most of those lists. Everyone raved about its alcohol-heavy margarita pitchers and the guacamole -- ma ... More >>

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 >>

Boynton Beach Police Officer of the Year Arrested as Alleged Meth Salesman

Palm Beach County Association of Chiefs of Police2010's meth salesman cop of the year, David Britto (holding plaque).​Last year's Officer of the Year from the Boynton Beach Police Department now faces up to life in prison for meth trafficking, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.Officer David ... More >>

Krazy Locos Ruffians Combine for 237 Years Up the River

PBSOJonathan Gonzalez, leader of Krazy Locos.​Six members of Krazy Locos -- a Lake Worth-based gang -- were sentenced to prison time yesterday for a few crimes.By "few," we mean the U.S. Department of Justice's Southern District Office says the gang has engaged in murder, weapons trafficking, and ... More >>

Miami Pill Mill Doctor Busted By FBI

​In the second South Florida pill mill bust this week, federal prosecutors charged 57-year-old Dr. Selwyn Carrington, of Miami, with illegally distributing massive amounts of narcotic pills through two different pain clinics. The feds nabbed Carrington on Friday, just one day after local authoriti ... More >>

James Perdue's Deputy-Involved Shooting in Hollywood Quickly Labeled Suicide by BSO

The intersection of A1A and Evans St, near where James Purdue was shot by BSO deputies​Update 12:30 p.m.: Perdue was also facing charges of probation violation relating to a drug-possession case from July 2009. Sunrise police found Perdue with unprescribed Alprazolam (Xanax), used to treat anxiety ... More >>

Eddie Santana Makes Six Figures by Suing Restaurants From the Inside

Medical Examiner Joshua Perper's Son Arrested in Pill Mill Raid

Agents raid a Fort Lauderdale pain clinic today near Broward General Medical Center. Inside see a picture of the line of customers at the clinic shot prior to the raid (photos by Cal Deal) ​The son of Broward County Medical Examiner Joshua Perper was arrested this mornin ... More >>

UPDATE: Police Close Case Against Richard Lippner With No Arrest

Richard Lippner dated both Casey DiStefano (left) and Brianna Negron (right) before they died similar deaths earlier this year.​Richard Lippner, the wealthy Fort Lauderdale socialite under investigation after two young women died in his apartment four months apart, will not be charged with a crime ... More >>

Richard Lippner Had Two Beautiful Young Women Die in His Apartment Four Months Apart

What Killed Brianna Negron and Casey DiStefano?

Casey and her mom at Disney World.​In May, paramedics were called to Richard Lippner's Fort Lauderdale condo, where they found a young woman, 20-year-old Casey DiStefano, unconscious on the floor. It was the second time this had happened in four months. She wasn't breathing; her lips were blue. ... More >>

Families and Friends Still Have Questions After Deaths of Two Young Women

Brianna with Richard Lippner​The friends and families of two young women are still pondering the mysterious circumstances surrounding their deaths.Brianna Negron, 23, a lifelong resident of South Florida, passed away in January. Casey DiStefano, 20, who moved to Miami from Union, New Jersey after ... More >>

Boynton Woman Passed Out in Car With Child, Said She Was "Smoking Blues"

Jessica Lobig tried to juggle parenting with a prescription drug habit, and that combination has landed her in jail. The probable-cause affidavit says that just before midnight Thursday, Boynton Beach Police found the 24-year-old mother passed out in her 2007 Honda pickup truck, sweating profusely, ... More >>

New Times' Special Super Bowl Guide to Sex, Drugs, Gambling, and Living Large in South Florida

Vice Guide: Procuring Party Pills

Everything that makes South Florida the Vice capital of the country--the drugs, the sex, the gambling--is amplified during the week of the Super Bowl. But nothing ruins the perfect party week like someone dying or going to jail. So this week we'll be presenting The Juice Vice Guide to South Florida. ... More >>

Coeds and Cocktails

The best college nights in town.

Wake Up, Turkey Slobs, Because it's Time for Killer Leftovers

Photo by Flickr user erincooksYes, put everything on it.​Thanksgiving Day, 5 p.m.: Family members are sprawled on your furniture, belts off, pants unbuttoned, fancy holiday shirts marked by cranberry and gravy spills, making half-assed attempts to argue. Your father-in-law has been in the bathroom ... More >>

Suicides From South Florida High-Rises Tell the Tales of Those Who Leaped to Their Deaths

Mike Judge Goes Back to Work With Extract

They came, they drank, they spelled.

Dying to be Famous

When 19-year-old Abraham Biggs Jr. logged onto Bodybuilding.com November 19th, he typed: "ask a guy who is gonna OD(again) tonight anything." He had threatened to take his life before on the web, under the screen name CandyJunkie.  The first online attempt took place several months p ... More >>

Silver Jews

Reports of Weezy in Rehab Are Unfounded

Dom Irrera is Always Courting Favor

Bitter Pill

Families say Hollywood doc is out of control

High Seas

Lots of drugs, drinks, and titty fights, but the Climax Cruise ends in clammy anticlimax

Drugs and Death

Help a Dying Man? Don't Bother

The Rave's Back, Baby

It's glowstick time again, and strangely, we have Mara Giulianti to thank

Letters for February 9–15, 2006

Stupid (Young) White Men

It's not so hard to understand reprehensible teen behavior when you've been there yourself

Love Hurts

What Is the Meaning of Football?

With the right combination of pharmaceuticals, Grasshopper, it's the path to happiness

Arrest His Development

Damn it, Beck gets older with Guero

Role Player

Veteran DJ Dieselboy keeps drum 'n' bass on course

Flick Lauderdale

The Art of the SoFla Movie Deal

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Who's Afraid of Dialogue?

No one should be, when it's done this well

Evil Limps Home

A sad-sack local supergroup sticks its name where the evil don’t shine

Fatal Errors

A 13-year old girl suffocated after snorting heroin with a friend. Then came the hysteria, lies, and missteps.

Stage Fright

A Halloween show that's 100 percent local, original, and -- surprise! -- good

Letters