I know it’s not politically correct to say girls don’t like football. Plenty of smart, sophisticated women — some of my best friends! — love to guzzle Yuengling and scream at Ben Roethlisberger on a Sunday afternoon.But the Super Bowl isn’t about football. The Super Bowl (it’s this Sunday, ladies,…
A 15-year-old boy’s allegation that he was twice sexually assaulted by a male counselor at the Thompson Academy juvenile detention center is “unfounded,” according to police.”There is no evidence to show that a sexual battery occurred,” a Pembroke Pines police report says.Yet the police investigation, which began when a federal…
When Dubya’s daughter feels confident enough to support gay marriage, you know the political tides must be shifting. Barbara Bush is making headlines today for appearing in a Human Rights Campaign video advocating the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York. She joins celebs such as Mayor Michael Bloomberg and…
The Middle East is a complicated place. Any academic expert will tell you that the region’s violent, historic conflicts don’t lend themselves to convenient soundbites.But that didn’t stop Congressman Allen West from trying. This weekend, Mike Huckabee interviewed him on Fox News about the massive protests in Egypt against President…
Jeffrey Hernandez left the Palm Beach County schools on a sour note last summer. The chief academic officer endured a storm of criticism from parents and teachers who hated curriculum changes aimed to raise test scores.As the district was hurrying him out the door, Hernandez kicked up more controversy by…
Poor Joe Rodriguez. The owner of the Cheetah Gentlemen’s Clubs in Pompano Beach and West Palm Beach tries to do the right thing, and he’s totally misunderstood. In 2007, he launched Rodriguez Charities Inc., a nonprofit that aims to served the “needy and underprivileged,” according to its website. The charity…
I’m standing in my underwear in a neighbor’s Lake Worth living room, trying to wiggle into a pair of navy, pin-striped trousers. There’s a bottle of red wine on the coffee table, next to a platter of hummus and chips. Coldplay strums from hidden speakers; candles glow on the bookcase…
The plan to privatize a portion of Riviera Beach’s public marina refuses to die. Voters tried to kill it last November. They passed a referendum against a deal to lease the marina to a megayacht company. It was a victory for the little guys, those who wanted to save a…
Asphyxiation turns your girlfriend on. So one day, during a particularly intense session, you wrap a hand around her throat and press hard. She passes out, which isn’t so rare. But you’re angry because her bluish skin has interrupted the mood. You slam out of the apartment. An hour later,…
“We have a little dysfunction in the chain of command in Riviera Beach,” defense attorney Steve Sessa told a jury in Palm Beach Circuit Court yesterday. “Because of that dysfunction, that’s why we’re here.”Sessa was arguing that his client, Riviera Beach Vice Agent John Toombs, did not warn a murder…
Agent John Toombs was acquitted this afternoon on all counts. Read more details after the jump.Riviera Beach Vice Agent John Toombs will be in court this morning facing allegations that he tipped off a murder suspect to help him avoid being arrested. Toombs’ trial is the first in the scandal that…
A month after New Times published an exposé on 1-800-411-PAIN, a local referral service that seeks clients who have been in car accidents, South Florida’s daily newspapers have woken up to the problem of personal injury protection (PIP) fraud. Under Florida’s “no fault” insurance law, every driver is required to carry…
In a recent Facebook note to constituents, Congressman Allen West wrote, “I do not believe in fear-mongering leadership. No one follows an individual who panics or instills fear in tough situations.”Yet the Republican who represents a large swath of eastern Broward and Palm Beach counties spent his first week in…
John Wash, president of operations for the International Polo Club in Wellington, was arrested Wednesday night for allegedly throwing wine in his wife’s face.Wash, 50, “was being very uncooperative and refusing to talk” when Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputies responded to his wife’s complaint at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to…
One of the central questions in the criminal case against Riviera Beach Detective Lee Ann Schneider is whether her dozens of alleged forgeries on official documents jeopardized any of the cases she was handling. Was she acting maliciously, or just trying to save time?Schneider has been charged with 152 counts…
Twenty-five cows meandered through downtown West Palm Beach today. Their leisurely noontime stroll, part of a month-long series of events called “Cowboys on the Waterfront,” attracted plenty of gawkers and the occasional “yee-haw.”…
Lamberti wants to close the transient loophole.They’ve been exiled to sleep under bridges and on benches. They’ve been banned from hanging out in places where children gather. Now Broward sheriff’s officials say county sex offenders are lying about being homeless.House Bill 119, a state measure passed last year to prevent…
Riches generated by his father’s global heating and air- conditioning company have allowed John Goodman to live a luxurious life. He built a topnotch polo team, bought a 79-acre estate in Wellington, and founded the celebrity-studded International Polo Club.Last year, Goodman hired a renowned lawyer to defend him against charges…
By the time he sat down for an interview with the FBI in September 2009, Detective Joseph Passaro had worked for the Riviera Beach Police Department for seven years. His current post was in the detective bureau, investigating the worst crimes in this town where nearly a quarter of the…
Yesterday we brought you news of the massive overtime scandal at the Riviera Beach Police Department. Detective Lee Ann Schneider has been charged with 152 counts of forgery and official misconduct for allegedly signing her supervisor’s name to official documents so her boss could collect overtime. Schneider has pleaded not…
The FBI and the Palm Beach State Attorney’s Office have been investigating an overtime scam at the Riviera Beach Police Department for nearly two years. Yet the highest-ranking officer at the heart of the scandal, Sgt. Pat Galligan, has so far escaped criminal charges.Det. Lee Ann Schneider faces 152 counts…
Michael Dippolito, the Boynton Beach man who gained national fame when his wife was accused of plotting to have him killed, wants to keep his finances secret, for fear he may be charged with a crime.Dippolito, a felon, has spent more than a year battling a paternity suit accusing him…
