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Be on Lookout for Bank Robber; Looks Like Loser in a Paintball Match
Somebody’s been writing out his Christmas wish list early this year. But the guy in the Miami Hurricanes hat should have stipulated that he does not want an exploding dye pack with the rest of the cash in his bag. While running out of the Bank of America in Oakland…
Playboy No More: At Rothstein’s Social Events, Modesty Reigns
Over on Pulp, Bob Norman has posted the first in-person interview with Scott Rothstein since the investment went into a tailspin. The image of Rothstein at Capital Grille, tossing back a couple of lunchtime martinis and being shushed by his lawyer may not seem particularly modest, but you have to…
Another Palm Beach Snowbird Takes the Ponzi Plunge
Do they still put you in jail for a Ponzi scheme of less than $25 million? Or is that the kind of crime that just gets you laughed out of a Palm Beach country club? Ask Tony Young, the investor who in Palm Beach was a next-door neighbor to Bernie…
So… He Was a Punching Bag for Halloween?
Yeah, I know Halloween was nine days ago, but this video just posted, so shut up, and just enjoy the violence and scantily clad women that mark downtown Fort Lauderdale’s Halloween celebration. It’s not quite clear what the fellow in the blue-striped shirt did to offend his pummelers — the…
[UPDATED] Takin’ Care of Business: For Office Depot, Does That Mean Cheating Florida Cities?
Looks like Office Depot, which is based in Boca Raton, has a major scandal on its hands. A former senior account executive named David Sherwin has accused the office supply retailer of overcharging governments across the country, and there’s talk of a grand jury investigation in Florida.Judging by the article…
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Should Feds Let Charities Keep the Rothstein Money?
Based on this weekend’s Daily Pulp, we know that Scott Rothstein’s investors are going to try to get money back from the many charities that received his generous donations. That post triggered a conversation in the comments field about whether it’s appropriate for the investors to seek those funds, given…
Are Florida Kids More Violent? Or Are the Florida Courts?
Some of you may have heard this morning’s report on WLRN about the U.S. Supreme Court case that will determine on what basis it’s just to put a child in prison for life. There seems to be a lot of violent crime committed by children in South Florida, but I…
Morning Juice: Stogies With Scotty; Plane Crashes in Broward Everglades
Monday in the Broward and Palm Beach. Here’s the view from headlineville.Scott Rothstein gave a brief phone interview to the Miami Herald in which he said he was “doing good,” smoking cigars with his attorney, Marc Nurik, who then took the phone and retracted all that Rothstein had just said,…
Spellbinding Jeb Bush Speech on Education Ruined by Reality-Based Journalist
Your former governor was in Atlanta recently, earnestly pretending to be a frontrunner for the 2012 Republican nomination for president. Or maybe he was testing a theory about mind control: that if you keep telling people something that’s false, maybe they’ll come to believe that it’s true.If so, Jeb Bush…
Registered Sex Offender Betrayed by What Was Supposed to Be a 15-Year-Old Girl
Just slap on those handcuffs. His name may be David R. Forget, but he remembers this drill. According to police, the registered sex offender who lived in Plantation believed — truly believed — that when he arrived at their meeting place, he would see the 15-year-old girl with whom he’d…
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Counting the Mango Money: Deerfield Festival’s Mysterious 36-Grand
I’ve been stymied in my efforts to get an answer to the question I put at the bottom of this mammoth post from yesterday, about the Deerfield Beach’s Mango Festival. Namely, why did the city cut the Mango Festival a check for $36,000 in June 2008?Acting parks and recreation director…
Release the Hounds! Priceless Whisky Is Missing!
If the man who stole the bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue from the Weston liquor store thought that this blog — which covers only major breaking crime stories — was going to overlook this case, well, that person does not know this blog. We will solve this case, and we…
Nutritional Supplement Maker in Boca Convicted of Fraud
Poor Frank Sarcona, AKA Frank Sarcone, AKA Dave Johnson. Whatever the chap’s name, he lacks the creativity to concoct new scams. Sarcona — let’s stick with that — was convicted last week by a federal jury for a host of fraud charges, after he violated the terms of an injunction…
Death at Weston MedSpa May Bring National Reforms
I know this may come as bad news to the middle-class folks with a jones for cosmetic surgery, but the days of bargain Botox may soon be over. This is the kind of article that politicians tend to clip out, then paste into a new piece of legislation. It appears…
Reactionary Politics You Can Love
Usually, we’re skeptical when a campaigning politician cites a breaking news story as a basis for new legislation, but we’ll suspend that cynicism for the moment. State Sen. Dan Gelber, Democratic candidate for Florida attorney general, has seized on the recent corruption cases in Broward County to demand new laws…
Morning Juice: Let’s Try a News Round-Up Sans Rothstein
Well, it’s worth a try anyway. Here’s what’s going on in Broward and Palm Beach counties:The American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit against the state for its failure to provide Floridian family with a quality education — a point for which the Palm Beach County School District drop-out rates…
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Gibraltar Bank Releases Statement on Rothstein
A spokesman for Gibraltar Private Bank and Trust, Peter Whalen, just released the following statement about its association with suspected Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein.The law firm of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler maintained traditional banking accounts with Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust for law firm operations, including payroll. Gibraltar Private immediately reached…
Something Smells Rotten at Deerfield Beach’s Mango Festival
The Mango Festival of Deerfield Beach has a math problem: Its most recent festival, in June 2008, attracted a lot of people. But for some reason, it didn’t make a lot of money. And for the city, which has invested more than a million dollars in that festival over the…
Details Released in Shooting by Lauderdale Cop
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department has provided new information on the shooting by its officer yesterday afternoon near the bus station downtown. The man shot has been identified as 20-year-old Jonas Joseph. From the release: Sergeant Dean Schoen, a 12-year-veteren, received information from a citizen that the suspect, Jonas Joseph…