Public employees in Amarillo, Texas, have been wondering why the name of their new traffic engineer, Jihad El Eid, is being brought up in relation to the FBI raid on Southeast Underground Utilities in Plantation last week.It’s likely because El Eid — Broward County’s former traffic engineering department director –…
In Rhonda Hollander’s train of thought, taking pictures of a man about to relieve himself at a courthouse urinal isn’t a crime because it’s “a public restroom,” the cops say.According to an arrest report obtained by New Times, Hollander — a 47-year-old attorney and traffic magistrate — was busted last…
An Oregon man is accused of threatening President Barack Obama, the U.S. Attorney’s offices in Portland and Seattle, and — strangely enough — the Palm Beach County Commissioner’s Office, the Associated Press reports.Darryl James Swanson, a 45-year-old Portland resident, allegedly left 44 voice-mail messages with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in…
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 Britto, 28, was allegedly slangin’ meth between June 2009 and March 2011, officials say, although no further details of his alleged…
Police have arrested the girlfriend of 70-year-old Ronald Vinci in connection with his death last week.Vinci’s death, as you may remember, was considered “a suspicious death” by police after his body was found wrapped in duct tape in his Fort Lauderdale mansion last week.Fort Lauderdale police Det. Travis Mandell says…
It’s pretty clear that HLN’s Nancy Grace has thought Casey Anthony “Tot Mom” killed her 2-year-old daughter in 2008, regardless of the jury’s acquittal yesterday on charges that she killed Caylee.Even after the verdict was announced, Grace still relayed to CNN that she hadn’t abandoned her beliefs:”There is no way…
There aren’t many things more spine-chilling than Gov. Rick Scott saying he’s already planning on running for a second term — except maybe the governor hinting that he wants to run for president.Both of those things came out of his mouth in an interview this weekend, according to the St…
The circus that is known as the Casey Anthony trial has come to an end with “Tot Mom” being found not guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated manslaughter, and aggravated child abuse.Was the evidence circumstantial? Sure. Did Casey Anthony’s lawyers deliver some of the worst defense in modern TV-courtroom history? Of…
The First Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale: a place for worship, celebration, and a forum for Rep. Allen West to discuss his possible bid as vice president in the 2012 election.During the church’s “Faith, Freedom and Fireworks” celebration on Sunday, Rev. Larry Thompson, on stage next to West, told the…
When Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez are having an Independence Day party on a 155-foot yacht in New York, you better bet former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is in on it.Wait, what?That’s what the celeb chasers are saying today, in a strange boat party that apparently also included Russell Simmons…
A hacker going by the name Abhaxas claims to have hacked part of the Florida voter database and publicly posted his findings.Using his Twitter account, Abhaxas posted this text file of Florida voting information, saying, “Who believes voting isn’t being tampered with?”From the names of the files the hacker allegedly…
Yet again, the Broward Sheriff’s Office is entitled to another told-ya-so moment.Year after year, the BSO invites media members to see the fire marshal and the bomb squad blow up fireworks on mannequins, including the Gallagher-esque watermelon explosions, as a safety demonstration.And year after year, people still light fireworks off…
If you illegally downloaded a copy of Dexxxter — the porn parody of Showtime’s serial-killer drama Dexter — it might cost you a bit more than your dignity if Pink Lotus Entertainment has its way.Pink Lotus Entertainment, the proud producers of pornographic movies such as Not Another Asian Porno, Horat,…
If your child goes to a school in the Palm Beach County district, you may want to consider telling him or her to never, ever open a closet at school.Just a couple of weeks removed from Bak Middle School of the Arts janitor Juan Rivera-Ortiz being fired after being found…
Gov. Rick Scott keeps talking about how he’s creating jobs left and right, but the evidence has been a little hard to come across.Good thing we came across a tweet from the governor’s Twitter account that claimed his office has proof he’s been getting Florida back to work:”Passed this sign…
Apparently the footage exists of hidden-camera pervert-catcher extraordinaire Chris Hansen with his alleged mistress, WPTV (Channel 5) reporter Kristyn Caddell.It’s been quite possibly the biggest rumor of the week since the National Enquirer announced that Hansen — the most famous “gotcha” guy in all of television as the host of…
Floridians like to complain every once in a while — like the 45,536 complaints sent by consumers sent to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services over the past year.The agency today released a top-ten list of the most consumer complaints that came into their office during Florida’s fiscal…
Apparently it takes a $1.2 billion train for the Tea Party folks to figure out they don’t really like Gov. Rick Scott.”Rick Scott IS A LIAR,” the South Florida Tea Party says.”This decision has completed the governor’s transformation from businessman to political insider,” Republican Sen. Paula Dockery says in a…
He didn’t like the idea of an almost-free high-speed train, and he vetoed plans to restore a Holocaust rail car, but Gov. Rick Scott finally found a train he likes — the SunRail, with a price tag of $1.2 billion, including a cost of more than a half-billion dollars to…
U.S. District Judge James Cohn ruled this morning to delay Scott Rothstein’s return to South Florida for a deposition in bankruptcy court, the Sun-Sentinel reports.Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney’s Office entered an objection to a ruling a few weeks ago from a U.S. bankruptcy judge ordering the return of Rothstein…
Gov. Rick Scott has approved the first jailhouse coup de grace of his governorship, the Miami Herald reports.Manuel Valle — convicted of killing a Coral Gables cop in 1978 — is scheduled to be executed on August 2.According to the Florida Department of Corrections, Valle, now 61, has been locked…
Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court found Arizona’s matching-funds campaign law unconstitutional, a Florida federal court judge halted a similar provision in this state.The issue, unsurprisingly, was brought up in a lawsuit by then-candidate Rick Scott, who said his right to free speech was being violated by the state…
