Alan Mendelsohn — the Hollywood ophthalmologist, GOP fundraiser, lobbyist, and adviser to former Gov. Charlie Crist — will be sentenced in federal court today after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge in December.Mendelsohn’s conspiracy charge specifically claimed scheming to bilk the U.S. government — trying to hide $82,000 in political…
According to Florida law — and now the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals — doctors’ sometimes-deadly mistakes have a financial limit: $500,000.The law was being challenged by Michelle McCall, who the Associated Press reports died after giving birth to her son in 2006 after a nurse decided not to tell…
Just about everyone has had something to complain about with Gov. Rick Scott lately, and you can add Sir Elton John to that list.On behalf of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, John wrote a letter to the governor asking him to protect a program that gives help to HIV/AIDS patients…
Remember that campaign talking point Gov. Rick Scott had about President Barack Obama’s stimulus package being a “disaster,” when Scott said he would endlessly fight the stimulus money?Well, he managed to leave $370 million of that federal “disaster” cash in the state’s budget he signed last week.So who’s selling the…
There’s something to be said about a man slapping another man, but when the recipient of that slap is a JetBlue flight attendant — that’s going to be a legal problem.Police say 48-year-old Bryan Garnett, from Utica, New York, was on Flight 442 yesterday, taking off from Palm Beach International…
Curtis Renie, the 38-year-old information technology head of Ponzi scheme mastermind Scott Rothstein’s law firm, turned himself in to the feds today.Renie, of Fort Lauderdale, is the third person to turn himself in to authorities to be indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with…
It seemed pretty innocent that 79-year-old Alfred Orzechonski and his 63-year-old neighbor were arguing about whose dog was smarter — except for the part where the police say Orzechonski pulled a gun on him.According to Palm Beach Gardens police, Orzechonski and the man were going back-and-forth on the dog IQ…
Apparently Palm Beach County Sheriff’s investigators decided people with skin problems didn’t need thousands of oxycodone pills — especially if they’re dead.That’s what prompted 63-year-old Dr. Henry Blady — a dermatologist — to plead guilty this morning to attempted drug trafficking, a second-degree felony.Blady became addicted to oxycodone after a…
Typically, being caught with a backpack and car full of “herb” would land an easy arrest. But for Hollywood resident Robin Brown, her herb was the cooking variety — 50 grams of sage.Brown, 49, was arrested in March 2009 after a deputy from the Broward Sheriff’s Office was apparently convinced…
If your family’s pet goats go missing and your first inclination is that somebody ate them, you might live in Jupiter Farms.But that’s what Stephanie Tesley tells the Palm Beach Post she believes happened, apparently very distraught over her family’s missing goats.”I know a lot of people don’t understand how…
Here are your tax dollars at work: The Broward County Civil Rights Division filed a federal lawsuit last week on behalf of a 68-year-old Deerfield Beach woman who says her Chihuahua is prescribed to her by a doctor for emotional support.In what Phyllis Schleifer’s attorney calls a “prescription pet lawsuit,”…
James Way likes to trespass — a lot.According to court records, the 52-year-old Lauderhill man has been arrested 15 times in the past three years — 14 of those for trespassing.There’s nothing too out-of-the-ordinary about misdemeanor trespassing — even though 14 times is probably a few too many — except…
Lauderdale Lakes City Commissioner Gloria Lewis had some attitude to give before ousting City Manager Anita Fain Taylor last week — including a rip on Ray Charles and blind three-legged dogs.Apparently not a fan of Lauderdale Lakes’ $9 million budget deficit or still owing millions of dollars to the Broward…
Four more people were charged late last week for their alleged roles in the Ponzi scheme of former Fort Lauderdale lawyer and scam-man extraordinaire Scott Rothstein.The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced on Friday that Howard Kusnick, 58, of Tamarac, Stephen Caputi, 53, of Lauderhill, William Corte, 38, of Plantation, and Curtis…
Apparently spreading propaganda isn’t easy — that’s why the Republican Party of Florida is asking for your help.On the Republican Party of Florida-sponsored website rickscottforflorida.com, they politely ask that you please take the “talking points” they have listed on the page and flood radio stations, newspaper editors, Facebook, and Twitter…
Kenneth Hall — the Atlantis man who slit his dog’s throat and skipped out on his court date yesterday — showed up to the courtroom this morning to enter a plea agreement and be hauled off to prison.Last year, one of Hall’s friends told the cops he watched him cut…
If you’ve ever wanted to own a fishing vest, jumper cables, or a $169,000 painting that once belonged to Ponzi scheme legend Bernie Madoff, now’s your chance.The U.S. Marshals Service is holding a two-day auction on tons of things from Madoff’s Palm Beach County mansion, both online and live from…
Gov. Rick Scott wants you to know he’s the king of cutting budget fat — with vetoes totaling a record $615 million out of the $69.1 billion budget.He did away with what he calls the “special interests” and the “short-sighted, frivolous, wasteful spending” to look like the budgeting champ.Then again,…
Former Fort Lauderdale lawyer and Ponzi schemer extraordinaire Scott Rothstein is almost a year into rotting away in his 50-year prison sentence, and now four more of his old pals have a chance of joining him in the joint for a few years.The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today that charges…
Have you seen the Atlantis man who may or may not have slit the throat of his own dog recently?Neither have the Palm Beach County courts — which is a problem.There’s now a warrant out for the arrest of 40-year-old Kenneth Hall after he skipped out on a plea conference…
When Rep. Allen West said in his weekly newsletter that he was going to make a “careful assessment” on the Patriot Act extensions, it sounded like we could already pencil him in for a “yes” vote — especially since he just recently voted for the 90-day extension.It appears he was…
If you thought February’s grand jury report alleging the Broward County School Board wasted away hundreds of millions of dollars on contractors and lobbyists was as bad as it could get, think again.Meet 52-year-old Reynolds Hedland III, the hundred-grand-a-year cleaning instructor on the Broward School District’s payroll.What exactly does he…
