The racing world suffered a loss this past Sunday when an experienced track worker at the Palm Beach International Raceway died during a race when an unmanned, out-of-control motorcycle crashed into him. Robert “Goofy” Hoffstetter, who had more than 30 years’ experience as a corner marshal (the guys who help…
The Delray Beach Police Department is currently investigating Shatara K. Shatara, an off-duty PBSO deputy who shot and killed his own son last week. But don’t expect to see any updates about the case on the department’s Facebook page — every statement related to the case has been removed from…
Update: All of the posts related to the Shatara shooting on the Delray Beach Police Department’s Facebook page have been removed. But we have inserted screenshots of those now-missing posts in the story below. Almost a week after off-duty PBSO Deputy Shatara K. Shatara shot and killed his 21-year-old son,…
Update: Two days after the shooting, the Delray Beach Police Department confirmed that the victim, Khamis Shatara, is the son of PBSO Deputy Shatara K. Shatara. An off-duty PBSO deputy shot and killed one of his own relatives on Christmas Eve, but police are mum on details, releasing only minimum…
Mark Jusevic drank five beers and a bottle of NyQuil before jumping into his car, falling asleep behind the wheel, and crashing into an innocent woman sitting at a bus stop, according to reports Monday. The tragic situation occurred Sunday just before 7 p.m. when Jusevic’s GMC Safari hit Jamie…
The City of Fort Lauderdale has decided to not look like the meanest people in the world by ticketing people for feeding the homeless on Christmas with a decision to not enforce its own outdoor feeding ban for 45 days. As challenges to the controversial law move through the courts…
A Palm Beach County funeral home mixed up the ashes of dead bodies not once but twice in the past two months, according to two lawsuits filed in Palm Beach County court. The latest incident started this past summer. Shaquille Burroughs Jr. died on July 5, not long after he…
A retired NYPD cop who moved down to South Florida after fighting crime in the Big Apple has been arrested for raping a teenage girl in Boynton Beach. On Thursday, Daniel Guadalupe, 56, who is reportedly a former member of New York’s finest, was arrested by the Palm Beach County…
Jeb Bush announced that he’s thinking about running for president Tuesday, which means he will run because that’s what Bushes do. “Once a Bush, probably a president,” as the old-money saying goes. So any Floridians getting excited that somebody who’s kinda sorta one of their own shouldn’t be so excited…
If you would like to read a heartbreaking story that will make you sad for the rest of the day, keep reading. Beautiful horses are getting sick and dying at the Masterpiece Equestrian Center in Davie because of some tainted feed. As of today, four horses have died since November…
The FBI has one of the flyest pads in South Florida with a brand-new, technologically advanced building in Miramar — and it wasn’t cheap. The stylish new digs cost $156 million, but don’t worry about that, taxpayers, because it was built to be environmentally-friendly and help the Bureau save on…
Have you ever bought a ticket from Ticketmaster, saw the amount of extra money you had to pay, and then felt like starting a revolution against the corporate fascists who came up with the idea of charging exorbitant fees for basically nothing? Well, the Florida Panthers have your back –…
A Royal Palm Beach man who called himself “King” was convicted of pimping women, keeping their money, and beating them when they didn’t do as he said, sometimes even using a hair iron. He got 37 years in federal prison. Jesse Lewis, 28, was sentenced to 30 years in federal…
A former Broward College student who would become one of the most wanted men in the U.S. government’s war on terror was reportedly killed in Pakistan Saturday morning during an attack orchestrated by that country’s military. Adnan el-Shukrijumah, 39 at the time of is death, was said to have been…
A Delray Beach man who didn’t have a lot of nice feelings toward police officers expressed himself during an inconvenient time — a standoff with an armed suspect. But police didn’t appreciate the distraction, so they arrested the opinionated man. On November 28, Delray Beach Police were busy trying to…
When Clausel Pierre pulled into a parking space at a Deerfield Beach shoe store in January 2011, he didn’t expect to get into an altercation with an off-duty BSO officer for not giving up the spot. But according to a lawsuit last month, that’s exactly what happened, so he’s suing…
The living room of MaryAnn Macias’ Miami Beach condo is sparsely furnished, with few decorations other than photos of herself with her swarthy, barrel-chested husband, Jaime. There’s one snapped soon after they moved in together. Another was taken at their wedding. A third shows them seated together in Jaime’s aunt’s…
The woman who alleges she was raped at gunpoint by a Boynton Beach Police officer has filed a lawsuit that holds no punches against the beleaguered police department. Back in October, Boynton Beach Police Officer Stephen Maiorino was charged with armed sexual battery, armed kidnapping, and unlawful compensation or reward…
A Christian high school teacher caught having sex with a 14-year-old student plans to plead guilty this week and could face up to 20 years in prison. But his attorneys are asking for leniency, claiming their client is just a hopeless romantic. Eric Beasley, 25, was a biology teacher at…
Jose Lambiet’s Gossip Extra is reporting that FBI agents seized internal affairs records from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office related to an officer accused of using force 18 times in 14 months. The feds were looking for records of officer Russell Brinson, who is under investigation for the nonfatal…
Last night, Ferguson protesters took to the streets after St. Louis County prosecutors announced a grand jury’s decision to not indict police officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown on August 9. The massive protests that began over the summer inspired several solidarity rallies around the…
A Tamarac man is in custody on first-degree murder charges after killing a woman by running her over with his pickup truck twice. Lawton Cohen, 53, was arrested for killing Barbara Sapp, 55 years old, after the two got into an argument outside a food store in Pompano Beach on…
