In Killing of Police Dogs, Cops Usually Get Light Punishment

Hialeah cop who killed two police dogs in Davie by leaving them in the car all day is facing the wrath of a dog-loving public who is appalled that somebody, especially a cop, could commit such a heinous crime. However, Officer Nelson Enriquez won’t face charges of murdering a police…

PETA to Cryonics Leaders: Stop Freezing Dogs for Experiments

In a cover story published two weeks ago, we described the empire run by longtime business partners Bill Faloon and Saul Kent, who have built up a multimillion-dollar dietary supplement business called Life Extension, and who pump huge sums into projects and experiments related to extending human lifespans. These efforts…

BSO Conducting DUI Checkpoint in Fort Lauderdale Tonight

The weekend is finally here. Huzzah! Sure it’s been a short week, but still. You deserve a break. And a break you shall have! Time to hit up the city and get into some crazy. But heads up! The Broward Sheriff’s Office is conducting a DUI checkpoint tonight in Fort…

Roger Stone Planning Run for Marco Rubio’s Senate Seat

Roger Stone, Richard Nixon’s “dirty trickster,” Scott Rothstein’s former political czar, and Tricky Dick face tattoo owner, might be looking to throw his hat in the ring for Marco Rubio’s vacated U.S. Senate seat.  Stone, a Libertarian, has announced he is forming an exploratory committee to run for Rubio’s seat as…

Massive Pill-Mill Operation in Broward Leads to Eight Arrests

Proof that Broward is the pill mill capital of the world: more arrests are being made. Within a six-month period in 2010, a doctor and seven of her employees at the now defunct Real Care Medical Group in Plantation, bought more than 430,000 oxycodone pills from wholesalers and sold them…

Chubby Checker Sues Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom Over Kids’ Clothing Line

A Pennsylvanian man named Ernest Evans, better known by his stage name, Chubby Checker,  is suing a New York clothing company called Andy & Evan Industries for selling children’s clothing — some pieces of which, like “shirtzies,” are branded as “Chubby Checker” —without the singer’s knowledge or consent, or compensation…

Below-Normal Hurricane Season Predicted by NOAA

Don’t look now, but the 2015 Hurricane Season kicks off on Monday. That’s the bad news. The kind of good news: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting a below-normal hurricane season this year. NOAA’s prediction, released on Wednesday, says that there’s a 70 percent chance of 6 to…

Is the Flakka Scare Just a Bunch of Hype?

In the 1930’s, propaganda flicks like Reefer Madness tricked a significant part of the American population into believing that smoking marijuana turned one into a blood-hungry rapist who, after smoking a joint, went on the prowl for clean-cut victims. We know know that’s bullshit. So could the same one day…

Boca Raton Tribune Suspends Reporter For Serial Plagiarism

The staff at FAU’s student newspaper the University Press (UP) was shocked on May 16 when they discovered a reporter from The Boca Raton Tribune named Fred Hamilton had passed off a student’s reporting as his own.  Student journalist Emily Bloch, who is also a freelance writer for New Times, had…

The Rise and Fall of Haitian Drug Lord Jacques Ketant

It was supposed to be easy. Edouard Rene Joseph was a combat vet, Desert Storm, so he had trimmed the situation down to simple mission objectives: Get into the country, pick up the kids, leave the country. One day, tops. No big deal. “It’s not,” he would muse years later,…

High-Speed Chase in Boca Raton Ends With Three Arrests

A high-speed chase on I-95 in Boca has ended with four men in custody. The pursuit, which reached speeds of up to 100 mph, began early Tuesday morning when the suspects attempted to rob the bridge tender on Spanish River Boulevard at gun-point. After the man called 911, Boca Raton…

More Questions About Mystery Man Running for Broward Sheriff

Although the 2016 race for Broward Sheriff isn’t likely to be all that dramatic when voter finally head to the polls, there’s a side-show to the main event that just seems to be getting weirder and weirder. This centers on Edison Jules, the nominal challenger who’s filed the official paperwork…

More People Overdosing on Synthetic Marijuana Than Ever Before

Anxiety envelopes you. You’re drenched in cold sweat. There’s a jackhammer pounding inside your skull. You begin hallucinating and your mind begins to betray you. The muscles in your face tighten. Your legs feel atrophied. Your heart rate blasts through you like someone shot a firehose into your veins. Then…

Seaquarium Trainers in Danger Riding Lolita?

Recently, officials have been considering whether the act of trainers riding Lolita the orca at the Miami Seaquarium should be considered harassment under the Endangered Species Act. Meanwhile, activists are also arguing that such behavior poses a significant risk to the safety of the marine park’s employees.   In July of 2014,…

Heather Hironimus Signs Consent for Son’s Circumcision

Heather Hironimus has signed a consent form to allow the circumcision of her four-year-old son. Hironimus, who has been in jail for a week, was given a choice by Judge Jeffrey Gillen of the 15th judicial district in Palm Beach County to either sign the form or remain in custody…