Jason D. Simione, a 39-year-old Dania Beach man, allegedly stockpiled bomb-making materials, sniper rifles, and ammunition, threatened President Barack Obama and sought to hire a hit man to murder his own wife and infant child. Simione’s wife, Megumi Simione, 28, reportedly contacted the Broward Sheriff’s Office on Friday, and told…
The Greatest Basketball Player in the Universe LeBron James sat down with ABC’s Robin Roberts to discuss all things going on under the sun. Among those things is his impending free agency in the summer of 2014 that is sure to get make the national media’s head ‘splode. “I’m happy…
Last week feds nabbed Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi, and Sweetwater Mayor Manuel Marono in a bribery sting that landed both men in the slammer. Former North Bay Village Mayor Jorge Forte and lobbyist Richard Candia were also arrested in the sting. Turns out, Pembroke Pines Mayor Frank Ortis was…
Shelton Thomas Bell, a Florida man accused of traveling to the Middle East in order to join a terrorist group and conspiring to aid al-Qaida, pleaded not guilty in a federal court in Jacksonville. Feds say that Bell, 19, had plans to join the group Ansar Al-Sharia (otherwise known around…
Apparently Middle Child Day is a thing. And it is today. And Bruce Hopman, a former ad executive living in Fort Lauderdale, is on a mission to make sure everyone knows this. And he is using every means at his disposal. By which we mean, of course, the internet…
Chris Bosh is half-man, half-raptor. We already knew this. But now the fine folks at 2K Sports have brought that to life by making Chris Bosh an actual raptor in their NBA2K13 videogame. And it is the most awesome/amazing/terrifying thing you’ll ever see…
Over 100 tow trucks staged a memorial caravan on Sunday to honor slain colleague David Herr. Herr, 36, was shot and killed on Tuesday by the owner of a vehicle after he tried to tow away illegally parked car. In a moment of somber solidarity, Herr’s fellow tow truck drivers…
A sinkhole collapsed a villa at the Summer Bay Resort near Disney World early Monday morning. The building is almost halfway in the hole, with another section of the villa sinking into the ground. At around 3:00 a.m., witnesses reported hearing a cracking sound as the villa began to submerge…
The Miami Dolphins head into EverBank Field in Jacksonville tonight to take on the Jaguars for their second pre-season hoedown of 2013. Last week, against the Cowboys, the Fins looked as bad as a team that calls itself a professional football team could look. And while we know watching this…
Sun Life Stadium hosted the inaugural Guinness International Champions Cup Wednesday night between powerhouse clubs Real Madrid and Chelsea. And the capacity crowd of 67,273 were treated to an exciting match that featured two spectacular goals by Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo. But, just past the 66th minute, the match…
A Lake Worth woman is facing over a hundred animal cruelty charges after Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control officials raided her home and found 137 cats living in horrid conditions. Officials also found six dead cats in the woman’s freezer. All 137 cats found in the residence had…
For many years now, folks who live in Davie that wanted to get their booze on before noon on Sundays were shit out of luck. Thanks to a decades-old ordinance, stores are prohibited from selling any alcohol until after 12:00 on Sundays. But now, the Davie Town Council will be…
Monkeys use him as a punching bag. He attracts lightning better than a tree. A rattlesnake bit him. Sharks think he’s a prime rib dinner. He’s…. THE UNLUCKIEST MAN IN THE WORLD. Erik Norrie, a longtime Largo fisherman and business man, was recently bitten by a shark in the Bahamas,…
There’s a bit of a brouhaha brewing between West Palm Beach Police Chief Vincent Demasi and Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg. Apparently, Demasi made some comments a few days ago that prosecutors aren’t doing a good enough job keeping career criminals off the streets. Aronberg saw them as…
A student at Broward College South was arrested for attacking a fellow female student with a pair of scissors. The student, who didn’t know the woman, reportedly thought she and a male companion were laughing at him as they stood in front of a campus building. So, he went off…
A Lauderdale Lakes tow truck driver was gunned down in the middle of the day after he tried to tow away a car that was parked illegally. The incident happened just before 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, in a parking lot of the St. Croix Apartments located at 4150 NW 34th…
Eighteen-year-old Steven Rutty was found shot dead by his stepfather in the bathroom of their family’s Lauderale Lakes home on Monday. The home was ransacked, but there were no signs of forced entry. According to some neighbors, the door to the bathroom appeared to have been kicked in. Rutty appeared…
Boynton Beach police have released surveillance video of two unidentified men who allegedly broke into a home and robbed around $3 million worth in jewelry. On July 2, a silver four-door sedan pulled up to a home, and one of the men jumped out and rang the doorbell. Later, the…
A friendly tip to female co-workers of Omar Trevino. Don’t leave your phones laying around unattended near him. Because he’ll go through your nude selfies and email them to himself. That’s what Trevino, a 31-year-old Palm Beach County Sheriff’s dispatcher, stands accused of, after a female co-worker says he grabbed…
It looks like Gov. Rick Scott has decided to get back on that voter purge of “noncitizens” horse again, thanks to the Supreme Court’s ruling gutting Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Scott went on his mostly ineffective, mostly arbitrary voter purge last year after state officials sent local…
Three masked burglars arrived to their intended target, a Pompano Beach warehouse, with just one thing in mind: smash their way into the building by any means necessary, expertly disable the building’s alarms, and steal several briefcases filled with gold bullion. And by “several briefcases filled with gold bullion,” we…
Ever since our sister paper’s report on Major League baseball players obtaining performance enhancing drugs from the Coral Gables-based clinic, Biogenesis, broke, players have been falling by the wayside via suspensions. But now the biggest fish in the barrel has apparently fallen, as ESPN is reporting that New York Yankee…
