Convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein’s right-hand woman, Debra Villegas, may be getting her prison time reduced, if a judge listens to the prosecution’s recommendation. Villegas received the maximum sentence of a decade in prison in 2010 for her role in Rothstein’s $1.4 billion Ponzi scheme. But prosecutors are recommending U.S…
While the current Florida governor is doing everything he can to hide his email exchanges, one former Florida governor just released a bunch of his to the public. And there can really be only one reason anyone would do this: so that he can be transparent as he gets ready…
The Sun-Sentinel’s Gary Stein is FED UP. Fed up with you dirty no-good life-inconveniencing protesters! You just don’t know how to protest properly! That is to say, you’re not a proper protester and you will never get anything done because GARY STEIN SAYS SO. And so, he took to his…
It has been five long years since reggae super-star Buju Banton was busted by law enforcement in a shady operation that resulted in a ten-year prison sentence. The Grammy winner — born Mark Myrie — has maintained his innocence, and as we documented in a 2012 feature, it appears Banton…
The Miami Dolphins are once again the mediocre soul-swallowing suck monster we’ve come to know them as thanks to a 41-13 shellacking at the hands of division rival New England Patriots. Ryan Tanehill was inconsistent (SHOCKING!), the offensive line terrible (NOOO), the defense abysmal (WHAAAT) and Joe Philbin clueless (YOU…
Elf on the Shelf. It was cute for a while, but any parent knows that it’s a pain in the hoo-ha to hide that sucker every night, and even if you do remember to put it somewhere, your elf scenarios will never live up to the ones on Pinterest. We…
The FBI has one of the flyest pads in South Florida with a brand-new, technologically advanced building in Miramar — and it wasn’t cheap. The stylish new digs cost $156 million, but don’t worry about that, taxpayers, because it was built to be environmentally-friendly and help the Bureau save on…
Evan Rowe is an adjunct professor of history at Broward College. See Update at end of text. There were two arrests. It just so happens that Christmas 2014 is coinciding with social tensions over both police brutality and treatment of the homeless population. That should make for an interesting scene…
SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. announced that CEO Jim Atchison is stepping down from his position come January. The company made its announcement on Thursday amid free-falling stocks and failing P.R. stemming from the popular documentary Blackfish, a film that exposes the dangers of keeping orcas in captivity. In addition, the company…
The City of Lake Worth has accepted the request of an atheist to give a “Satanic” invocation before an upcoming commission meeting. Atheist and blogger Chaz Stevens sent his request to the city last week, after news broke that Lake Worth’s mayor and a few commissioners had walked out during…
Back in 2010, then-Broward School Board member Stephanie Kraft and her husband, Mitchell, a former Tamarac city attorney, were arrested on unlawful compensation, bribery, and other charges. On Thursday, a Broward jury found Stephanie guilty of official misconduct. The verdict ends a corruption odyssey that began in 2007, when Stephanie…
It takes varying degrees of balls to sling any kind of drugs. Even your down-the-block teenaged weed hustler is working on some equation of eff-the-system brashness plus a healthy dose of stupidity. But to try to smuggle drugs into the Broward County Jail? That just might belong more to the…
The Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Boat Parade takes place this Saturday night, and if you’re planning on going, this is your life-hack-guide to navigating the night. “The Greatest Show on H2O” aka “The World’s Most Watched Boat Parade” aka “Why Does A Boat Show Have Multiple Nicknames” is going with…
The 2014 Miami Dolphins’ season almost over. And while lots of other sites will be breaking down each game and listing reasons the Dolphins will or won’t win while analyzing players, coaches, and match-ups against their respective opponent week to week, we won’t. Not us. Not here. Instead, we’re focusing…
Have you ever bought a ticket from Ticketmaster, saw the amount of extra money you had to pay, and then felt like starting a revolution against the corporate fascists who came up with the idea of charging exorbitant fees for basically nothing? Well, the Florida Panthers have your back –…
According to Florida law, internal affairs investigations are available to the public. Also, it’s illegal to destroy public records. Yet high-ranking Hollywood cops are not going to face criminal charges for admitting to deleting internal affair files from the department’s computers. Assistant Chief Ken Haberland, age 47, and Maj. Norris…
Update: Reached for comment by New Times, spokesman for the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Gary Bitner, said that the growing and selling of marijuana on sovereign tribal land is “not on the Seminole Tribe’s radar.” Messages to the Miccosukee Tribe have remained unreturned. Florida remains one of the last few…
For Boyd Corbin, the long slog is over. After more than two years, five lawyers, and one quixotic mayoral campaign, the Wilton Manors resident has finally resolved the criminal charges filed against him after a 2012 Halloween brawl at Georgie’s Alibi. Corbin, dressed as a tiki-torch-wielding Ku Klux Klansman, faced…
On Wednesday, news came out that Florida ranks second in the U.S. in school shootings since the Sandy Hook tragedy two years ago. Also, Floridians took advantage of this year’s Black Friday and bought themselves a crazy amount of guns. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, it was…
It’s December, and you know what that means: lots of holiday parties. You know what else that means? Lots and lots of opportunities to completely embarrass yourself and erase everything you worked so hard for this entire year. Merry Christmas, everyone! Holiday parties are not created equal. Some are a…
Adam Meyer, the president and chief executive officer of sports betting consulting firm Real Money Sports Inc., has been indicted on federal fraud, racketeering, extortion, and brandishing-a-firearm charges by a federal grand jury in Milwaukee after allegedly orchestrating an elaborate plot that scammed the victim of millions over several years…
Update: Malika has returned home safe. Pembroke Pines Police have suspended their search for Malika James, a 28-year-old woman who went missing during Art Basel over the weekend. On Tuesday night, the Police Department released three photos of James that were taken at a Chase Bank in Winter Haven. According…
