Joshua Burgess, Chaz West and Marquise Williams were all set to appear before a judge to defend themselves against home invasion and armed robbery charges. They were going to go to trial and fight off the charges that they broke into a home on Christmas Day with guns in Pensacola…
Jordan Zimmerman, co-owner of the Florida Panthers hockey team, has apparently filed a lawsuit because he invested in a company he thought was a producer of porn websites, but ended up being something else. According to a report by Gossip Extra, Zimmerman and philanthropist Al Malnik have filed a joint…
A Broward Health nurse allegedly sexually abused a female patient by forcing her to perform oral sex on him twice. Fort Lauderdale police arrested David Paul Lazarus, 42, after the victim says he drugged her and forced her to perform the sexual acts, with intent on abusing her a third…
As Florida legislators weigh in on repealing Stand Your Ground, and PSAs are released speaking out against it, and groups protest it at the governor’s office, and the Internet debates how much of the law actually figured into the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin incident, FAU is going to offer a course…
A manhunt is underway for a man who allegedly pointed a gun at a Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy this morning. Police say the deputy fired a single shot in response, but the suspect ran off uninjured. Now cops are sweeping the West Palm Beach neighborhood where the incident occurred…
Florida is the 12th least fattest state in the nation. That according to a report by the Trust for America’s health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. *HIGH FIVE* *EAT SOME FROSTING STRAIGHT OUT OF THE CAN*…
A Plantation man didn’t get the coffee he ordered at a Dunkin’ Donuts. So he responded by pistol whipping the drive-through worker while his wife egged him on and even urged him to shoot the clerk. A reasonable enough response to having your order screwed up. The beating was caught…
Miami Dolphins guard Richie Incognito allegedly punched and knocked out a hotel security guard at the Fountainbleu Hotel in Miami, ESPN is reporting. The incident reportedly happened before training camp…
Back in December, a jury found Tamarac Commissioner “Positively Patte” Atkins-Grad not guilty on bribery, official misconduct, receiving unlawful compensation, and conspiring to commit unlawful compensation charges after she threw herself one helluva of an election victory party. But that didn’t stop a recall committee’s door-to-door campaign of gathering signatures…
A Broward school bus driver transporting middle school students from school made a slight error in judgment and missed the original stop by eight miles. The driver left the students there anyway. At least that’s what their parents are saying. The Broward school district, however, is giving a slightly more…
As You may have heard, the 1972 Perfect Season Miami Dolphins were honored at the White House by Barack Obama on Tuesday. Obama mostly joked and joshed with the players, but also noted that the ’72 team was a juggernaut, that they ran over opponents with two 1,000 yard rushers…
Police are confirming that they searched through Justin Bieber’s luggage for drugs at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Friday. Apparently, the DEA got an anonymous tip that someone in Bieber’s entourage had drugs stuffed away in their bags and passed it along to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. According to sheriff’s…
The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence has put out an anti-Stand Your Ground ad by reenacting the events of the night George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin by using audio from the 911 calls made as the events unfolded. Real-life audio from that night is played over footage featuring…
In a Tuesday-afternoon hearing, Indian River County Judge Robert Pegg ruled that Kaitlyn Hunt is to remain in jail for violating her pretrial-release court order when she sent thousands of text messages, including naked photos, to the girl she’s accused of having sexual relations with when the victim was 14…
Alan Williams, a Florida legislator and a supporter of the Dream Defenders — the protesters who staged a sit-in in Gov. Rick Scott’s Tallahassee office over the controversial Stand Your Ground law — has filed legislation to repeal the law. Williams, a Tallahassee Democrat and outspoken critic of Stand Your…
Fort Lauderdale Police are investigating a man who raised suspicions after he took panoramic photos of the Broward County Governmental Center, typing info into his iPad or some sort of tablet, and peppering the building’s security guard with questions before disappearing in a car without a license plate. The security…
Elmore Leonard, a best-selling crime novelist and sometimes Florida resident, died Tuesday from complications of a stroke he suffered three weeks ago. He was 87. Leonard, who made his home between Detroit, Pompano Beach, and North Palm Beach, set many of his novels in Florida. His bestsellers included Out of…
Kaitlyn Hunt was booked into the Indian River County Jail Monday night, the same day prosecutors revoked a plea deal. Hunt had been scheduled to meet a judge for a hearing on Tuesday to address the prosecution’s allegations that she violated her pretrial release court order when she sent thousands…
The Miami Dolphins just recently lost their big-time free-agent acquisition, tight end Dustin Keller, to a horrific injury that tore the ACL, PCL, and MCL in his left knee. It’s just the latest in many horrific blows that have nut-punched this team for more than a decade. Some would say…
Looks like the Margaritaville Hollywood is building in place of a 630 space garage is going to enjoy its groundbreaking ceremony this week. Almost 200 city officials, dignitaries, and VIPs are expected to show up to the special event this Thursday morning at the Johnson Street bandshell. The one person…
Update: According to the Jupiter Police Department, the body found in the home belongs to an unidentified male who died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. The man did not live in the home, and was not related to the homeowners. Tequesta Fire Rescue responded to a shooting that was…
The plea deal that would have kept Kaitlyn Hunt out of jail has been withdrawn by the prosecution. In addition to having her charges reduced to misdemeanors, the deal would have also kept Hunt off the sex offender registry. But now the prosecution contends that Hunt violated her pre-trial release…
