As we told you in Morning Juice, Joe Namath’s been having to defend the beastly behavior of his two dogs, which he apparently trusts to keep “gawkers” away from his Tequesta home. But whose fault is it that people are curious about how the Super Bowl III MVP spends his…
On this chilly, spooky Friday the 13th, let’s see what’s in the news:Scott Rothstein alleged fraud may have been in the neighborhood of $1 billion. Special Agent in Charge John Gillies says there are “tentacles” and wants our help identifying them. So keep your eyes out for that. [WPLG]Eww. Hallandale…
Since May, Sam Goren has been the acting general counsel of the North Broward Hospital District, a position that allows him to dole out millions of dollars in legal work and makes him one of the county’s most powerful attorneys.But the manner in which Goren landed that job keeps getting…
A 22-year-old man was murdered early this morning in Pompano Beach. Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives say that Michael Frank, a Lighthouse Point resident, was sitting in the passenger seat of his friend’s car around 2 a.m. when someone walked up and fired at him. It occurred in the 200 block…
What does he mean when he says he’s embarking on a mysterious mission that involves “constructive problem solving”? Given Lou’s loathing of illegal immigrants, let’s hope it doesn’t involve a bottle of whiskey, a rifle, and a sniper’s nest with a view of the Rio Grande.Rather, this might give Dobbs…
On a semiweekly basis, we like to have fun at the Panhandle’s expense, and this week our victim is the very pitiable Kimberly Negron. The Fort Walton Beach resident has a depressing job and, according to local police, hatched an even more depressing criminal enterprise. From the Northwest Florida Daily…
Edmundo Velasquez is the name of the 49-year-old man whose plane crashed Sunday in the Everglades of West Broward. A resident of Oviedo, Velasquez’s plane was found partially submerged, roughly 200 feet north of I-75. Here’s the news release from Broward Sheriff’s Office.And here’s a link to the 911 call…
After you pay $57 million to get access to funds awarded in a phony court judgment, like Ed Morse did, you’re liable to worry about whether you can round up the money to pay for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner — you know, with the caviar, the Kobe steak, and the…
That’s a video presentation by Susyn Stecchi, a former Fort Lauderdale employee who in 1990 had the idea to turn the FEC railroad crossing at Riverwalk into a gigantic gator mouth. But according to the comments she attached to this video, the technology for this zany idea wasn’t available –…
Your daily dose of news from around Palm Beach and Broward:The FBI’s due to hold a news conference this morning to ask for public assistance in agents’ ongoing investigation of Fort Lauderdale attorney Scott Rothstein. [Miami Herald]Curious about how Rothstein tricked Ed Morse into doling out $57 million? Brittany Wallman…
Shortly after Marc Goldstone began his new job as general counsel of Broward Health in November of last year, he found that the public hospital district — which is among the nation’s largest — had been violating a range of federal laws and court orders, some of which jeopardized the…
A glance at what’s in the news this Wednesday.A source told the Herald that Rothstein cheated his friend Ed Morse by faking a victorious lawsuit, then inventing a pretext through which Morse had to wire more than twice the amount of the judgment in order to get the funds out…
Margarito Andres, a 22-year-old from Boynton Beach, is being sought by police after his 13-year-old stepsister reported Andres had been sexually assaulting her since she was 10 years old. In the probable cause affidavit, the victim told police that she’d been left home alone with Andres on Thursday and that…
It would be hard to blame former investors if they saw dollar signs the moment Jeffry Picower turned up dead in the pool of his Palm Beach mansion. After all, the billionaire was among the most prominent feeders of investment money to Madoff and received some of the most massive…
Dude, thank your for your service to this nation in time of war, but… um…. can you save the bullets for the terrorists, please? The man pictured in wanted in a road rage case after he allegedly fired a shot at a dump truck that offended him when it made…
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyMove over, Alan Grayson. There’s another Florida Democrat who’s not afraid to ruffle Republican feathers — West Broward Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. In yesterday MSNBC segment (roughly 3:15 of the video above) she was given the chance to recant…
A recently released study by an agency for analyzing transportation policy found that the four most dangerous cities for pedestrians in the nation are Florida’s four metropolitan areas. The very thin silver lining in this chalk outline in the crosswalk? Orlando and Tampa were both more deadly than Miami/Fort Lauderdale…
A 51-year-old Fort Lauderdale woman named Roomy Khan is prepared to testify against her former boss at Galleon, a $3 billion hedge fund ensnared in one of the nation’s largest-ever insider trading cases.But Khan will be taking quite a bit of baggage to the witness stand…
Here’s a look at what’s happening in South Florida this Tuesday morning:Derek Hayward of WSVN-7 delivered a methodical, metaphor-rich report of Monday at the Scott Rothstein estate, where boats and luxury cars were seized by federal agents. “I’m alone now,” intoned Rothstein. “I have very few friends.” [WSVN]Three of the…
