Back in October, New Times published a feature on people doing hard time for marijuana. One of the men profiled in the piece, Richard DeLisi, was sentenced in 1989 to 90 years for marijuana-related crimes, including trafficking and conspiracy to traffic. Aging and in declining health, the 65-year-old DeLisi’s fate…
A former Broward College student who would become one of the most wanted men in the U.S. government’s war on terror was reportedly killed in Pakistan Saturday morning during an attack orchestrated by that country’s military. Adnan el-Shukrijumah, 39 at the time of is death, was said to have been…
In December 2011, Jared Bretherick and his family were tooling around Orlando when the visitors from Indiana were cut off in a road rage incident. According to reports, a driver named Derek Dunning almost sideswiped the car Bretherick’s father was driving. Dunning allegedly slammed his car to a halt, got…
Several people were airlifted to Broward County hospitals following a bizarre and deadly accident that involved a black bear and multiple vehicles out in the Everglades According to reports, a Cadillac SUV traveling on Big Cypress Seminole Reservation struck a black bear Sunday evening. Tragically, three people who were traveling…
A Broward graffiti artist is reportedly in critical condition after being hit by an unmarked Miami Police Department car Friday morning. The man, 21-year-old Delbert Rodriguez Gutierrez of Pembroke Pines, was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital after he was seen tagging a wall in Wynwood. Wynwood is the site in…
Planting Peace, the group best-known for trolling the Westboro Baptist Church bigots with its rainbow-colored Equality House in 2013, has come up with a similar campaign to go after an Arizona pastor whose antigay rhetoric from a sermon he delivered has gone viral. Pastor Steven Anderson made headlines this week…
The 2014 Miami Dolphins season is well underway! 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…
If you were the kind of person who liked to sniff out plots and nefarious designs in headlines, you might raise an eyebrow over the recent actions of Florida’s utilities. Over the course of the summer and fall, Florida Power & Light and others basically blocked the state’s private solar…
Last year, Deerfield Beach activist, blogger, and self-proclaimed “militant atheist” Chaz Stevens made headlines when he put up a Festivus pole in the Florida Capitol rotunda. Now Florida officials have approved Stevens’ request to put up the pole in the rotunda again this year. Last year’s pole — which was…
A Delray Beach man who didn’t have a lot of nice feelings toward police officers expressed himself during an inconvenient time — a standoff with an armed suspect. But police didn’t appreciate the distraction, so they arrested the opinionated man. On November 28, Delray Beach Police were busy trying to…
Broward County has sent a letter to Uber and Lyft, warning the companies that their drivers are facing arrest and having their cars impounded. The letter outright tells them that they must “cease operations in Broward County” until their drivers fall in line with county taxi laws and transportation regulations…
Back in May of 2011, Rick Scott signed into law a bill requiring that Florida’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) welfare recipients pass a drug test. That’s right. Scott wanted poor people needing government assistance to first piss into a cup before begin granted said assistance. This, in turn,…
Undercover Sunrise Police officers posing as drug dealers have been luring people down to South Florida with the promise of cocaine deals and have apprehended several suspects — one of them, a New York Police officer who was once named “Officer of the Year” at his precinct. According to reports,…
This is not what Miami Heat fans signed up for, and it’s definitely not what the Miami Heat organization has been bragging about for months; right now, the Miami Heat are just not that good. The Heat loss to the Atlanta Hawks 112-102 Wednesday night drops it to an even…
The holidays are the warm and fuzzy time of year, but for one Broward dad, it’s especially tough now. Earlier this summer, we brought you the sad, frustrating story of Robert Baumann, a father who spent two years locked in a custody battle stacked against him; when he finally got…
When Clausel Pierre pulled into a parking space at a Deerfield Beach shoe store in January 2011, he didn’t expect to get into an altercation with an off-duty BSO officer for not giving up the spot. But according to a lawsuit last month, that’s exactly what happened, so he’s suing…
The 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida has denied Pam Bondi’s request for an extended stay on same-sex marriage in the state, which means same-sex marriages may begin as soon as January 5. The stay, placed by U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle upon request from Bondi, expires on that date. Back…
After being rebuffed by officials last holiday season, the Satanic Temple has been given the green light to erect its holiday display in the Florida Capitol rotunda this year. According to the Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Florida’s Department of Management Services has agreed to allow the…
West Palm Beach native and former mega movie star Burt Reynolds recently announced he is auctioning off memorabilia from his own collection. And while it’s natural to assume this is another case of a washed-up, cash-strapped star needing some dough, Reynolds insists he’s not going broke. The 600 or so…
The living room of MaryAnn Macias’ Miami Beach condo is sparsely furnished, with few decorations other than photos of herself with her swarthy, barrel-chested husband, Jaime. There’s one snapped soon after they moved in together. Another was taken at their wedding. A third shows them seated together in Jaime’s aunt’s…
Update, 10:15 a.m.: Arnold Abbott’s arraignment on his first summons for violating Fort Lauderdale’s food sharing ordinance was postponed this morning by Judge Kal Le Var Evans. Original story: Exactly one month after Fort Lauderdale police ordered 90-year-old Arnold Abbot to “Drop that plate” in exchange for handing him a…
Update: Moore has been captured. According to the FBI, Moore was caught at the Mangonia Park Tri-Rail station in West Palm Beach at around 3:15 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. Moore is being held in federal custody and is facing federal charges. He is scheduled to appear in court Thursday morning. Original…
