What is it about Pembroke Pines that makes retired athletes flock there? We’ve told you about Kenny Anderson, the former New Jersey Nets star who recently invited a slew of his illegitimate children to the city, as well as Deon Thomas, the University of Illinois great who became a star…
In what appears to be a form-letter notice, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office yesterday announced that “a declared sexual predator, Ronald Earl Murphy… is now residing at Transient, Delray Beach, FL.” Transient is not the name of a hip new boutique hotel on Atlantic Avenue. It’s more of a…
That’s Boca Raton native and American soccer star Jozy Altidore in an interview he gave late last night to ESPN after the U.S. earned a 2-2 tie against Costa Rica. In doing so, the Americans won the draw, after having qualified earlier for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.The…
As we continue to watch for candidates in the race to replace Congressman Robert Wexler, let’s see what else is brewing in Broward and Palm Beach:Prosecutors have scored guilty pleas from six men accused of racketeering for the Bonanno crime family, but the alleged ringleader is still holding out for…
State Sen. Ted Deutch, whose district overlaps with U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler’s congressional district, just sent out a news release heralding an “important campaign announcement.” Sounds like he’s going to announce his candidacy for the Wexler seat.The Deutch news conference is for 3:30 at his home in Boca Raton.Your move,…
West Broward Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz will be profiled on tonight’s edition of the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, which begins in about an hour, at 6:30. The segment on Wasserman Schultz’s surviving breast cancer and her legislative cause against the disease will air toward the end of the…
From his boyish looks and broad smile, you’d think that’s a senior yearbook photo, but Broward Sheriff’s Office investigators say that the man pictured, John Jenkins, is a shooter. He’s the suspect in a chilling murder attempt that occurred last week in Dania Beach. According to BSO, Jenkins was wearing…
Here’s how it’s supposed to work: You’re so desperate for your paycheck that you visit a place like the Family Financial Center in North Lauderdale to get an advance on that check, in exchange for the center itself getting to skim from that check. But if folks are going to…
On your 18th birthday you can buy pack of smokes, watch an R-rated movie, cast a vote and joined the Armed Forces. Or, if you’re Chad Olah, you can be charged with adult crimes. He turned 18 on October 1. And on October 7, the man he’s accused of beating…
About two years ago, a couple of golfing buddies took the first tee at Parkland Golf & Country Club. A club official asked Mike and Paul if they’d agree to be joined on their round by a single player who’d just shown up and was to be joined later by…
Patrick Maxwell, wanted since Monday for shooting at two women upset over his infidelity, has been arrested by Boynton Beach Police and charged with attempted second-degree murder.The probable cause affidavit tells of how on Monday morning at a home on Northeast Fourth Court in Boynton Beach, Maxwell was confronted by…
Lamarcus Joyner must have looked at a football schedule recently and said, “Fine, then. I’ll fly out to watch USC play Notre Dame on Saturday.” And why not? Free plane ticket. Free ticket to the sold-out game. Free food. Free lodging. It’s good to be a star player at St…
In Barack Obama’s presidential election, Robert Wexler was one of those linchpins. As an early supporter, he convinced a great many wary Jewish voters in South Florida that Obama would be a friend of Israel, as Obama himself promised. It was crucial to winning Florida.But since Obama won election, he’s…
The headlines in South Florida this Wednesday:The latest on the Michael Brewer story is that one of his attackers was angry about a videogame the 15-year-old had borrowed. Just sickening. [CBS4]U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler is leaving Congress. [Miami Herald] Stacy Ritter is contemplating a run for Wexler’s seat. Is this…
In addition to the three teenagers who appeared in court today on charges they set fire to Michael Brewer of Deerfield Beach, the Broward Sheriff’s Office is now reporting the arrest of two more juveniles: Steven Shelton and Jesus Mendez, both of whom are also 15 years old, like the…
If the leprechaun and the tooth fairy ever mated, their children would probably have committed acts like the one that occurred August 11 in Boynton Beach. That’s when a 54-year-old man named Miguel Tomas Jan Pascual was attacked by three boyish but vicious creatures. According to the police report, the…
Police have been looking for Rodney Ragbirsingh since July, when witnesses said the 27-year-old man chased his ex-girlfriend, 24-year-old Greyssel Gomez, through Brooklyn’s streets before gunning her down inside an auto repair shop. Last week, investigators tracked him to Lauderhill, where he was arrested by deputies of the Broward Sheriff’s…
God knows the island of Palm Beach doesn’t hold grudges against greedy attorneys, but Brad Edwards, you’re pushing your luck. The attorney from Fort Lauderdale’s Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler represents a gaggle of Jane Does who say they were solicited and/or fondled by billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, a Palm Beach resident. The…
A bomb threat has led officials to evacuate Citrus Cove Elementary School on Lawrence Avenue in Boynton Beach. Police are on the scene. More information as it becomes available.UPDATE: School has been cleared…
Count Patrick Neptune among the droves of Broward residents who think they’re getting a raw deal from county judges. Neptune says he was recently ordered to pay child support for a 26-year-old daughter, even though that daughter had long since been adopted by the current husband of Neptune’s ex-wife. Mistakes…
