ADT, the home security systems company based in Boca Raton, protects its customers from the conventional thieves — prowlers, smash-and-grabbers, and your garden-variety home burglars. But who will protect ADT from the pack of thieves who defraud the company from the front steps of houses across America?Maybe the courts? Security…
The sleezetastic trial of Thanos Papalexis finally came to a conclusion Friday. This one had a little bit of everything. Papalexis, a Briton who moved to a Palm Beach mansion paid for by his Greek family’s shipping business, makes a splendid villain: a lying, cheating, narcissist accused of having arranged…
After three years of apprenticeship under the best quarterback in West Virginia Mountaineers history, Jarrett Brown finally took the controls this weekend in the team’s opening game against Liberty University. In the Big East Conference preview, an ESPN analyst named Brown as the single player who faced the most demanding…
Back to work, wage slaves. But first, let’s procrastinate by scanning the South Florida news.There’s Maalox-mashing in nearly every Broward city, but the pressure’s most intense in Pembroke Pines, Davie, and Deerfield Beach, where Sun-Sentinel coverage shows commissioners slaughtering sacred cows by the herd.There are only two firms bidding to…
Most pirates need a shower. But they don’t want a shower. Especially not the kind offered by the Nemesis 5000. That’s the brand name of the pirate deterrent technology pioneered by SAFE Solutions, a private security company based in Deerfield Beach.You can see the Nemesis in the video above. SAFE,…
Former Deerfield Beach Mayor Al Capellini was in Broward County Circuit Court this afternoon to present his motion to dismiss the felony corruption case against him. He was represented by the ubiquitous David Bogenschutz. Two weeks till the judge rules on the motion.This report brought to you by a source…
A 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged with the murder of Edris Berry in the early-morning hours of Wednesday at a Shell Gas station in Pompano Beach. The news release from Broward Sheriff’s Office:The victim, 33-year-old Edris Berry, was at the gas station at around 1:50 a.m. when two…
Carl Willis is the name of the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office community aide killed in a crash Tuesday. Here’s the release from PBSO:It is with deep regret and great sadness that Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, District 14 (Lake Worth) informs you of the passing of Community Service Aide Carl…
Much to the chagrin of local authors, we do not do book reviews here at New Times, but on this blog, we do like to give some free pub to those who pick the most provocative subjects and titles.So this one goes out to you, Art Greenwald, the local author…
Of course there’s a pro paintball league! And as with more traditional sports, there are hazards for those whose talent (free time?) allows them to go pro. The Palm Beach Vipers wrecked against these treacherous rocks, at least judging by a statement released yesterday by the team’s owner, Ken Bryson…
Here’s what’s happening in the 954 and 561:Pari-mutuals are not fooled by the governor’s compact with the Seminoles, and they’re bringing all their lobbyist power — starting with Ron Book — to the fight that’s brewing in the Legislature. [Sun-Sentinel]How about the nerve of Dushuan Smith? He contacted CBS-4 a…
You don’t get a nickname like “Cobra” unless you’re pretty good at finding trouble, and that’s why he’s born to be a bounty hunter. But as Lisa Rab explains in this week’s New Times feature story, trouble has found Cobra, who now has to convince prosecutors he’s not a loose…
While we’re on the subject of desperate times calling for desperate health-care measures, recent studies have shown that Americans are increasingly relying on the internet to diagnose and treat their medical conditions. What’s more, a local academic has discovered that these Googlers are getting rotten advice:”My overall impression is that…
An argument at a Shell gas station in Pompano Beach led to the early-morning stabbing death of a 33-year-old man, Edris Berry, and the Broward Sheriff’s Office is looking for two men in their 20s who were with Berry when the stabbing to took place. From the release:Both have short-cropped…
The first time I heard Chaz Stevens’ name, it was preceded by the words “Stay away from.” I was talking to a person involved in Deerfield Beach politics, and that person was concerned that my interest in the subject would lead to an encounter with the man behind the curtain…
The past few months, this blog and Broward Health have had a strained relationship, to put it mildly; but hey, global pandemics make for strange bed partners. Juice is glad to report that the north county’s $1 billion public hospital district will not be caught by surprise by swine flu…
Corinthian Johnson was not going to wait till he turned 16 to start driving, as evidenced by his Clerk of Courts record. Nor was he going to wait till he was 18 to be arrested for a felony. Johnson allegedly stole a black BMW SUV in Aventura on August 28,…
It was supposed to be as easy as 1-2-3. At last Thursday evening’s budget meeting, Deerfield Beach Mayor Peggy Noland made it known that she was sick of working within the confines of the city’s ethics code. Vice Mayor Sylvia Poitier said the same. And Commissioner Joe Miller echoed their…
Let’s hope there’s not a Mexican version of Lou Dobbs ready to rage against all the Americans who may soon be tempted to go south of the border for health care. That article in the Arizona Republic quotes a retiree from Broward County who gives this ringing endorsement to IMSS, Mexico’s…
