Olivia Sprauer, a 26-year-old English teacher at Martin County High School, was fired by the school for moonlighting as an “eyecandy model.” Sprauer, who lives in Boca Raton, was reportedly called into the principal’s office on April 29 and shown one of her modeling photos that made its way to…
Either great white sharks love the warm waters of Florida or we’re just super delicious, because another one has been spotted swimming around our neck of the woods like it’s all good. See also: -Great White Sharks Spotted in Florida Waters -Fishermen Catch Great White Shark Off Florida Coast (VIDEO)…
A Deltona, Florida, man must have read our account of that one dude who tried to pick up a single mom by whipping out his dong in front of her and her kids. Because he apparently tried something similar with a woman by showing up to her door naked. See…
Gary Karp again is taking over the reins. As he has countless times in the decade since his teenaged daughter, Marissa, was found dead in the Everglades, yesterday the Broward man held a news conference, reminding South Florida about the unsolved case. The recent occasion was Karp’s trip this week…
There are crimes — the sort we normally write about; stealing, killing, abusing, drug dealing, and drug abusing. And then there are crimes. That’s what Florida man Eric Prokopi was into. His misdeed involved stealing dinosaur fossils, smuggling them into the United States, and then selling them while managing his…
Well now. That was a bit rough. A depleted Chicago Bulls came into the American Airlines Arena for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals, saw fans clad in white, watched LeBron James receive his MVP trophy, and then went on to systematically bludgeon the world champs by having Joakim…
Every year, New Times publishes a special Best Of issue with our picks for the best bars, restaurants, parks, beaches, shops and services in all of Broward and Palm Beach counties. And every year, our readers chime in with picks of their own through our annual readers’ poll. This year,…
A Daytona Beach woman was attacked and mauled by a pack of pit bulls as she shielded her 6-year-old daughter from the animals. Brandy Bookamer, 27, went for a stroll with her daughter by their home on Holly Lane in Daytona North on Sunday evening when they were suddenly and…
According to a police report, Conrad N. Hilton, the 53-year-old grandson of the Hilton Hotel chain founder, Conrad “Connie” Hilton, was arrested on a charge of domestic battery. He’s also apparently a deadbeat when it comes to paying a restaurant bill too…
Dozens of Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies descended on Cypress Bay High School on Friday to quell an on-campus disturbance involving hundreds of students. Thanks to the quick-thinking hand of justice that is the BSO, the disturbance was quickly and efficiently silenced, and the suspect, a 17-year-old male whose name is…
Apparently, 43-year-old Jennifer Lopez was filming a video for the song “Live It Up” on Fort Lauderdale Beach yesterday when shots were fired in the vicinity. Entertainment Tonight co-host Rob Marciano tweeted that he was interviewing her when shots rang out: “BREAKING: Gunshots fired on Fort Lauderdale Beach DURING my…
Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw’s counter-terror tattletale program C-PAT (Community Partners Against Terrorism) first drew widespread attention in late April, with news of a $1 million grant of state money for “Prevention Intervention” units to act preemptively on tips gathered from the program. C-PAT’s soft opening was in mid-April,…
The Florida Legislature is kind of like that family friend who comes and crashes your pad for two weeks, rearranges everything in your cupboards, tells you exactly what kind of person you are, and then leaves so you can live in the mess they just created. After two more quick…
Back in 2008, a former Boca Raton employee named Christine Ferrigan alerted government regulators about possible problems with the city’s water department. Ferrigan claimed she was fired after raising concerns, and she filed a whistleblower suit. See also – Boca Raton Utility Ordered to “Immediately” Fix Water Contamination Problems -…
A Fort Lauderdale teen was surfing the sweet waves of Melbourne, Florida, when the good times suddenly came to a gnarly end after he was attacked and bitten in the leg by a shark. Michael Adler, 16, who is an experienced surfer, wiped out on a wave. As he swam…
After weeks of anticipation, it looks like John Goodman is going to get another trial. The “polo mogul” — which, if you translate that into middle-class English, means rich dude with nothing better to do all day — wasn’t given a fair shake in his original courtroom appearance, a Palm…
In the least shocking news in the history of forever, LeBron James is going to be named the 2013 NBA Most Valuable Player for the fourth time in his face-wrecking career. Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Wilt Chamberlain are the only other players with at least four MVP…
Allen West is so mad. NAY. OUT. RAGED. at something President Barry Socialist OTrotsky did days ago that Col. West is just tweeting about his outrage today. Because it’s never too late for a heaping serving of FREEDOM STEAK! Apparently, Obummer proclaimed April 28, 2013, Worker’s Memorial Day, in honor…
Ain’t no free lunch in this country. Ain’t no bargain prices either, unless someone’s cutting costs. Globalization lets corporations ship jobs from countries with high labor costs (like decent wages and working conditions) to countries with low ones so Walmart shoppers get blue-light specials while workers in Bangladesh get crushed…
On a sultry evening in early March, Robert Cournoyer met a beautiful mysterious woman at an upscale restaurant in Fort Lauderdale. She was exotic, possibly Hispanic, in her late 20s, and very much into him. She said her name was Crystal. Cournoyer would invite Crystal to his home to continue…
In case you forgot, it rained a crapload of buckets yesterday. Some places — like Delray Beach — reported as much as 11 inches of rain. And while the day is amazeballs gorgeous this early Friday afternoon, it’s probably going to get nasty again very soon. Because, Florida!…
A Port St. Lucie man was walking around a cop funny. And then he told the cop he “may have some needles between his cheeks.” And, according to a St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office arrest affidavit, it would appear that the man had more than just needles between his cheeks…
