Back in April, we told you about the insanely creepy giant invasive African snails that were invading Florida and were going to kill us all in our sleep. (OK, maybe not the “kill us in our sleep” part, but definitely insanely creepy and invasive). The snails eat all of the…
Jonathan Bleiweiss, the former BSO deputy who offered illegal immigrants help for sex, has been slapped with another lawsuit. Eight undocumented immigrants came forward with the same story back in 2009. Bleiweiss is facing charges stemming from those accusations. This latest suit, which is unrelated to the original charge, says…
A day after pleading guilty to perjury, Shellie Zimmerman appeared on Good Morning America and said that things ain’t so hot anymore between her and husband, George. She told GMA how she and George have had to go into hiding since the shooting death of Trayvon Martin and how they’ve…
Several Haitian immigrants were smuggled onto the shores of Palm Beach on Wednesday morning, investigators say. One of them, a 14-year-old girl, was found dead on the beach. The U.S. Coast Guard, and a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s helicopter searched the waters for the vessel that had smuggled them into…
When we were diving into the world of fortuneteller fraud for a feature story earlier this year, what hit us over the head as incredible was how often scammers would simply use the same schtick on the victims. Every scam had a similar textbook pattern, down to the types of…
In a case of a bank manager acting like a bank manager, a Missouri bank chairman admitted earlier this week that he misappropriated nearly $400,000 worth of TARP money — and instead bought a luxury home in South Florida. According to court documents filed on Tuesday, the money, which the…
Fane Lozman has seen plenty of rampant corruption in Riviera Beach. He’s also convinced there’s more, so he’s putting his money where his mouth is. Lozman, along with the Palm Beach Sun newspaper (to which Lozman contributes occasional columns), is offering a $50,000 reward for information about city councilmen Cedrick…
Our robotic governor last week nominated a youngish IT gazillionaire and an Indian River County advertising executive to fill two vacancies on FAU’s Board of Trustees. Whether the nominations constitute an honor or a cross remains to be seen. Daniel Cane, 36, of Boynton Beach, was nominated to fill the…
Anthony Lee had to answer the door. Of course he did. If something needed to be done and done right, it was in the 49-year-old’s nature to take charge. Instead of pausing when he saw a stranger at his friend’s door, the bald giant with a quick temper demanded the…
A charismatic Cuban-American with gelled-back curly hair and a goatee, 43-year-old Ernesto Perez, the head of a company called Florida Education Centers, is one of the most politically influential for-profit college owners in Florida. His schools, which operate as Dade Medical College, have campuses in Homestead, Miami, Miami Lakes, Hollywood,…
In what might be construed as a victory for defiant kids everywhere, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal has ruled in favor of a teenaged girl who refused to give her name to a cop after he arrived to bust up a gathering of kids with red, glossy eyes and…
Before it came for him, Dan Robinson watched the thing grow. It began as a bolus that descended out of the storm, projecting needle-like vortices that lanced the wheat fields near a lone pump jack. Columnar towers a hundred yards wide gathered and darkened against the pale light to the…
Now that Tamarac Commissioner “Positively Patte” Atkins-Grad’s recall has been made official, it was time to wait for the recall election date to be announced. And that time is today. On Wednesday morning, Broward’s chief judge announced that the recall election will be held on October 15. It will be…
Twitter. It’s made for comedy gold. The Miami Dolphins. Also made for comedy gold. So it’s only natural to combine the two. And that’s exactly what Dolphins fans have decided to do on this work-weary hump day. To celebrate the Fins’ perpetual mediocrity, Dolphins fans @ben01 playfully tweeted about the…
Shellie Zimmerman, the wife of George Zimmerman, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor perjury charge on Wednesday after she lied during a bail hearing following George’s arrest for shooting and killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Shellie was facing a felony charge that would have put her behind bars for up to five…
A shootout erupted at an Oakland Park Days Inn hotel Wednesday morning. A Broward Sheriff’s deputy as well a hotel guest were shot. The suspect was shot and killed by police. The deputy and civilian who were shot are both expected to be fine…
Kids may want to stay out of the water in Volusia County, because the sharks there apparently keep trying to eat them. Back in May, on Memorial Day weekend, a shark bit an 11-year-old boy off the coast of Volusia County. The boy suffered only minor injuries. And now comes…
His name is Vulture. And he has the most incredible party trick this side of that one guy who could turn water into wine. It’s called “buttwater,” and while entirely infantile and moronic, this is just about the coolest and funniest thing we’ve seen in a looooong time…
Another day, another tree-removal controversy in our neck of the woods. This time around, it’s the South Florida Water Management District that is planning to uproot dozens of oak and gumbo limbo trees that sit along a canal between Nob Hill Road and SW 101st Avenue along the C-11 canal…
UPDATE 9:03 a.m. Jackie Schutz says “Governor Scott asked Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart to convene the summit to provide the opportunity to openly discuss ideas and options to continue improving Florida’s public school system. Governor Scott was not scheduled to attend.” She also provided a list of invitees, posted…
So Robin Campbell of Maitland, Florida, decided to take his dog for a walk. Naked. When cops approached the 20-year-old and asked him what’s the deal with his walking the dog all naked, Campbell replied, “This is God’s house.” A sound explanation! Oh, and he was tripping ballsack on ‘shrooms…
Tom Rooney, your 17th Congressional District rep, isn’t too fired up about the U.S. possibly taking military action in Syria. Or, as the Palm Beach Post puts it, he’s “apprehensive” and “wary” of any action. “I’m pretty against getting involved in a Sunni-Shia civil war,” Rooney says. According to an…
