With a nickname like Buxom Bandit, it’s hard to stay out of sight. So it goes for Samara Seward, accused of stealing the identity of a couple of Broward teachers, a crime for which she’s already been incarcerated. From the BSO release:Following a tip, Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives searched for…
Someone in the Miramar headquarters of Spirit has probably been told to pack their things and get the hell out, because he or she did not think of what Ryanair has thunk: We can sell tickets to people willing to stand through a flight — and also we can charge…
For those fretting about the effect of the Gulf spill on seabirds, fret not for the greater shearwaters. Yes, some 35 of those majestic birds have been found dead along the South Florida coast, from Delray to Cocoa Beach, but the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission assures us that…
Broward County Commissioner Sue Gunzburger is taking the fight to Broward Sheriff’s Office. A day after a press conference in which she accused Sheriff Al Lamberti of a political motive in launching a corruption investigation against her, Gunzburger is daring the sheriff to question her. A note from her campaign:At…
A look at what’s happening in South Florida this Friday morning:On the same day that Broward County Commissioner Sue Gunzburger accused her opponent, Steve Geller, of a dirty campaign trick, Geller admitted having “a number of conversations” with Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti, whose office is investigating Gunzburger for corruption. Of…
Correction: A previous version of this article suggested that Jeff Overcash may have resigned because of an Internal Affairs investigation. Overcash had announced his intention to resign prior to the video tape incident.Jeff Overcash, the Fort Lauderdale police officer who arrested Brennan Hamilton, resigned Tuesday, one day after giving a…
It’s one thing to break one of the Ten Commandments — in this case, Thou Shalt Not Steal. It’s another thing to break that commandment by stealing from a church — in this case, the St. John the Baptist Church on Bayview Drive in Fort Lauderdale.But this burglar turned a…
Hallandale Beach City Manager Mike Good has already been shown the door, but the purge of the ethically dubious may have just begun. Now the leading reformer, Commissioner Keith London, is going after Good’s enabler, City Attorney David Jove. And he’s got ammo.Based on records that London provided to Juice,…
Al Gore can have the electric cars. Allen West prefers a gas-guzzling, tricked-out hot rod with a deafening engine and a paint job that advertises a Higher Purpose — in this case, the cause of POW-MIA soldiers.”God bless America!” cries out an observer, overwhelmed by this patriotic scene in the…
Thursday’s local news roundup:Three officers with the Plantation Police Department have been arrested, along with a Lauderhill cop and an FBI agent, based on an undercover investigation that they conspired in a mortgage fraud scheme. Also arrested was Steven Stoll, who with his wife, Rebecca, is a major Republican fundraiser…
Once upon a time, the Mango Festival was a signature event for the city of Deerfield Beach. At its pinnacle in 2005, performers like R&B legend Keith Sweat graced the stage, and a whopping 60,000 attendees strolled through the gates. But times have changed. At the 2010 Mango Festival, which…
The Broward Sheriff’s Office is getting mighty ambitious with its corruption investigation. The Sun-Sentinel is reporting that County Commissioner Sue Gunzburger is a target of agency investigators who are looking at deals that her husband’s company made with Broward ten years ago. That husband, Gerry Gunzburger, has been dead for…
Twelve more hours till the stroke of midnight signals a feeding frenzy of NBA execs. They all want LeBron James. And if not him, then Dwyane Wade. And if not him, then Chris Bosh. And on and on. As if it’s not already complicated enough, another megastar, Carmelo Anthony, may…
Since last week, Deerfield Beach city officials have been trying to debunk a storyline being advanced by embattled Commissioner Sylvia Poiter, who insists that the city is to blame for the failure of the June 19-20 Mango Festival, not her nor her fellow festival organizers.But every time the city has…
Sen. George LeMieux will call off his hunger strike, or sit-in, or whatever he was planning to do next if Barack Obama didn’t send more skimmers to the Gulf of Mexico. Nobody knows whether LeMieux’s highly misleading rants about the need for skimmers had anything to do with the Obama…
The news in Palm Beach and Broward counties this Wednesday morning:Hollywood has a new Community Redevelopment Agency director (again). The brave soul is Charlotte Burnett, former director of corporate affairs and legal counsel for the West Palm Beach Housing Authority. She’s upbeat, but then let’s see if that lasts through…
No, that’s not the Buxom Bandit in question. But it is a buxom woman running, which might help you all to recognize the Buxom Bandit, who is officially “on the run” according to Broward Sheriff’s Office. She even has a name — Samara Leneece Seward. The news release says that…
In the summer of 2008, Joe Kessel was facing a predicament all too common to South Floridians: He was struggling to make his mortgage payment. Fortunately for him, he had some uncommonly generous friends — like former Hallandale Beach City Manager Mike Good.Juice has received a copy of a desperate…
During a recent campaign stop, U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Greene told a member of South Florida’s gay community that “I haven’t formed an opinion yet” on gay marriage. That seems doubtful. Rather, Greene is shrewd enough to give himself some wiggle room on that question if he makes it to…
