Police are looking for a blue pickup truck or SUV in connection with a hit and run that killed 17-year-old Gabriel Amaya last night.The Broward Sheriff’s Office reports that Amaya was riding his bike east on Prospect Road around 9:40 last night when a GMC or Chevrolet truck hit his…
Update, 4:25 p.m.: The post has been changed to reflect that the line of questioning was specifically about Preve and did not involve Levin.Last month, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against George Levin and Frank Preve, who they say used their firm, Banyon Investments, to shovel millions of…
Earlier this week, we told you about the latest allegations that Charlie Crist paid men to cover up gay affairs and about how they weren’t coming from anyone who’d actually investigated anything. They were coming from a lawyer in the Jim Greer corruption trial — and now all the drama…
The Allen West fundraising machine lumbers on.Last month, he formed a joint fundraising committee with Georgia Rep. Paul Broun, who likes using phrases like “walk up the hill of liberty” and is a fellow fan of calling Barack Obama a Marxist. This month, it’s a different Georgia congressman — Lynn…
Gov. Rick Scott spent $73 million of his own money in the 2010 governor’s race. When asked in April if he’d be cutting more checks for reelection in 2014, he responded, simply, “I won’t have to… I don’t know what it will cost, but we’ll have the money to win.”And…
Fort Lauderdale police are looking for a white male shown in surveillance footage from a Hustler store in connection with a May 20 strong-armed robbery.The man waited outside the store at 1500 E. Sunrise Blvd., talking on his phone around 11:15 p.m. — he stood near the door and robbed…
Are you sick and tired of paying to defend yourself in court after you kill someone? Are you concerned that one day you might have to stop killing people? Well don’t put down that gun yet, friend, because the National Rifle Association has a deal for you.For the bargain-basement price…
Are you addicted to drugs? Will you be anywhere near Boca Raton tomorrow? Do you want $300? If so, say no more, drug person, because Barbara Harris has an answer.Harris runs Project Prevention, a nonprofit that’s gone all over the country giving drug addicts $300 each — to get sterilized…
Police are still investigating the details, but they said yesterday evening that an “ailing” 82-year-old woman found shot to death in her Tamarac home was killed by her 86-year-old husband, who then killed himself.Someone police described as “the couple’s caretaker” heard gunshots shortly before 6 a.m. yesterday and ran outside…
A former Deerfield Beach High School football star was convicted today of the rape of a woman who was attending the University of Illinois, where he also played football. It took the jury less than an hour to find him guilty.Prosecutors said 42-year-old Steve Feagin raped a UI senior at gunpoint…
Last month, MAOS blogger (and new Sunshine Brigade member) Chaz Stevens submitted a complaint to the Federal Election Commission after we questioned whether Rep. Connie Mack’s $18,000 postcard “mistake” actually constituted an illegal campaign contribution.Mack, who today announced an endorsement from Attorney General Pam Bondi, says it was a mistake that…
Congressman Allen West gave a 25-minute speech on his 2012 platform over the weekend — expect more in the coming days. Today, though, we tackle education.”Washington has a good day when it manages not to screw things up too badly. That is equally true when it comes to education. No…
A 35-year-old teacher from St. Petersburg’s Lealman Asian Neighborhood Center was arrested yesterday on child-abuse charges after police say she convinced several teens to hurt each other to get rid of demons.Danielle Harkins is accused of gathering seven kids around a campfire near the St. Petersburg Pier on Saturday evening, according…
Last week, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office shot three people in six days — two of those people shot at police, and one of them shot a lieutenant and a police dog.This week, the Boynton Beach Police have trouble of their own.Boynton Beach officers spotted what they suspected to be a…
Update: The team tweeted this morning that Ochocinco has been given number 85; I missed it. No word yet on whether he did anything to get it.The Dolphins confirmed yesterday that they’d signed wide receiver Chad Ochocinco, whom you may recognize from his role last year as Tom Brady’s last…
You may not be familiar with the latest scandal surrounding the Miss USA pageant, because it is stupid. But Miss Florida USA is involved, so now, so are we.It all started when Miss Pennsylvania USA, Sheena Monnin, resigned her crown June 4, claiming the Miss USA pageant was fixed.”In good…
The Broward Sheriff’s Office has just put out a surveillance video showing an unidentified salami swiper driving away with a tractor-trailer containing $150,000 of meat destined for a grocery distributor.Police say a white truck pulled up behind the semi just before 8 a.m. on May 29. The driver went inside…
We told you yesterday about the first-degree murder charges levied against 52-year-old Roosevelt Mondesir, who police say attacked his baby mama and set her on fire before hiding in a bush for, like, three hours before getting arrested.Police haven’t released anything new about the condition of the victim, who was…
Congressman Allen West touched on every issue under the sun in his half-hour of remarks at his campaign kickoff event over the weekend — we’ll be looking at a bunch of them this week, but one thing that stuck out enough to pass on today was the congressman’s view of…
Update 3, 6/12: Mondesir is now in jail; the victim is still in the hospital, and the couple’s child is with a family member, per BBPD.Update 2, 11:40 a.m.: Added details of the crime to the bottom of the post, including details that were incorrectly reported by police earlier in…
There’s been plenty said about the sexual orientation of former Gov. Charlie Crist, but if you’ve been seeing headlines the past few days similar to the Huffington Post’s “Charlie Crist Gay? Former Governor Allegedly Paid Men to Cover Up Affairs,” take them with a grain of salt. The allegations aren’t…
Broward Sheriff’s Office Lt. Eric Wright turned himself in on Friday on charges of fraud and 14 counts of grand theft after he was accused of working side jobs while he was technically on duty as a supervisor at least ten times between August 2010 and May 2011.In addition to…
