Eduardo Josue Ortizromero, an 18-year-old suspected of raping two women, aged 18 and 25, has been arrested by Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies in Dania Beach. Judging by the news release, he made it easy for cops and prosecutors — riding the bike associated with one rape and then giving a…
Look at a map of zones where sex offenders are allowed to live in Palm Beach and Broward counties, and the picture bears a creepy resemblance to old-style European ghettos. A Broward task force took up the problem in July and found that a new proposal to prohibit sex offenders…
You may have seen Daniel Rosenblit’s van cruising by the beach in Fort Lauderdale, or parked next to him as he preaches on the streets of Broward county. The large cargo van has the paradoxical phrase “Living Martyr” on the side. Recently Broward Sheriff’s deputies charged the Living Martyr, a…
Childhood ambitions gone terribly awry: That’s the theme of today’s Broward Sheriff’s Office news release, which begins:An automotive engineering student who dreamed of someday building race cars was arrested this week by Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives for operating a chop shop in Pompano Beach. On Sept. 7, a BSO deputy…
Canada may have a better health-care system than the U.S., but when it comes time to punish a Ponzi schemer, our neighbors to the north look south with envy. Bertram Earl Jones, a Montreal financier, is that nation’s version of Bernie Madoff. He stands accused of committing a Ponzi scheme…
In a region of the country that’s home to Bang Brothers and other amateur pornographers, the only shocking part of this story is that it hasn’t happened yet in South Florida.But if a fake Big Brother could happen in Turkey, it could happen here. So watch out, ladies.Then again… Reading…
Broward Circuit Court Judge Dale Cohen has dismissed a motion by former Deerfield Beach Mayor Al Capellini to dismiss the felony corruption charges against him, a spokesman for the prosecutor told Juice a moment ago.We reported on Cohen’s order yesterday, based on hearing of it from a source with knowledge…
For Bernie Madoff, the bulls never shat. And no bull ever failed to float. We’re speaking literally, of course. Figuratively, the bullshit was mountainous and doomed to sink him. But we learned this week that his Palm Beach mansion and Manhattan penthouse were festooned with bronze bulls and that in…
That was quick. Here we expected to wait two weeks for Broward Circuit Court Judge Dale Cohen to rule on the motion to dismiss felony corruption charges against former Deerfield Beach Mayor Al Capellini — and now comes word from a well-placed source that Cohen will deny that motion.Having learned…
Hard up for dough? You might not want to be in too big a rush to send off your Rolex, your class ring, your MC Hammer-inspired gold pants, or that solid-gold golf club. Chances are that unlike Ed McMahon, you’re going to be disappointed with the $11 check you get…
The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office is reporting that Antonio Flores, a 24-year-old Lake Worth resident, was driving drunk and without a license when last Thursday he crashed a gold Saturn into a pole on Sixth Avenue South in Lake Worth. Today he was charged with DUI manslaughter in the deaths…
Last week’s New Times cover story features William Staubs, AKA “Cobra,” a Fort Lauderdale bail bondsman with a Forrest Gump-like knack for getting involved in high-profile cases. One of his best jobs was a stint shadowing O.J. Simpson after the football star was arrested for attempting to steal sports memorabilia…
The sleezetastic trial of Thanos Papalexis finally came to a conclusion Friday. This one had a little bit of everything. Papalexis, a Briton who moved to a Palm Beach mansion paid for by his Greek family’s shipping business, makes a splendid villain: a lying, cheating, narcissist accused of having arranged…
If you don’t know the backstory, later this month in Seattle, Marc Emery, the so-called “Prince of Pot,” is scheduled to be sentenced to five years in American prison for selling marijuana seeds through the mail. The Canadian — and publisher of Cannabis Culture Magazine — claims to have sold…
The Palm Beach Sheriff’s office has just announced it’s searching for a violent rapist with a strange penchant for beating and biting his victims. Investigators believe the man has attacked two women since April, a 21-year-old and a 53-year-old, both in Palm Beach County.Here’s what they know so far, from…
It’s not exactly prime time, but local bail bondsman William Staubs, AKA “Cobra” — the star of this week’s New Times cover story — has already received coverage from Discovery’s Investigation Channel.The Criminal Report Daily, David Lohr’s blog on the channel’s website, chronicles the troubles Cobra encountered when he began…
A 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged with the murder of Edris Berry in the early-morning hours of Wednesday at a Shell Gas station in Pompano Beach. The news release from Broward Sheriff’s Office:The victim, 33-year-old Edris Berry, was at the gas station at around 1:50 a.m. when two…
An argument at a Shell gas station in Pompano Beach led to the early-morning stabbing death of a 33-year-old man, Edris Berry, and the Broward Sheriff’s Office is looking for two men in their 20s who were with Berry when the stabbing to took place. From the release:Both have short-cropped…
Aside from their eerily similar first names, there are compelling parallels among the missing-child cases of Jaycee Dugard, Caylee Anthony, and Haleigh Cummings. Each time, investigators have focused on the child’s parents. And each time, they’ve had wildly different results.Jaycee Dugard’s stepfather came under police scrutiny when the 11-year-old went…
Transgendered Lake Worth City Manager Susan Stanton seems to be adapting to her new dual roles as a female and as a city employee very well indeed. A group of citizens from the Tropical Ridge Neighborhood Association had spent months pestering Stanton to meet with them for a walking tour…
Corinthian Johnson was not going to wait till he turned 16 to start driving, as evidenced by his Clerk of Courts record. Nor was he going to wait till he was 18 to be arrested for a felony. Johnson allegedly stole a black BMW SUV in Aventura on August 28,…
In this week’s New Times cover story, “Cobra’s Last Stand,” Fort Lauderdale bail bondsman William Staubs, AKA “Cobra,” gets arrested for false imprisonment during his search for missing 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings. The confrontation that caused all the trouble was caught on video by independent, Atlanta-based journalist Art Harris.In the video,…
