A Tamarac man is in custody on first-degree murder charges after killing a woman by running her over with his pickup truck twice. Lawton Cohen, 53, was arrested for killing Barbara Sapp, 55 years old, after the two got into an argument outside a food store in Pompano Beach on…
There have to be easier ways to make some money than stealing an ATM. That’s probably among the thoughts this morning speeding through the minds of the would-be criminal masterminds who have botched an overnight heist in Lake Worth. Police currently have two suspects in custody after a dramatic four-county…
John Goodman has been sentenced to 16 years in prison, the same sentence he received after his first trial. Goodman is being given credit for time served. He has served a total of 152 days in jail. In addition, a request for posttrial bond was denied by the judge. The…
Just weeks after moving to South Florida from Kansas, a 19-year-old man was found covered in blood and arrested for attempted murder after a Craigslist date that went horribly wrong. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office took Brandon Hinck into custody for allegedly stabbing 49-year-old Dave Sero, who was in town…
In the news business, we call that a headline that’s hard to ignore. Back in 2012, Boyd Corbin was involved in a Halloween brawl. Two things separated the scuffle from the likely thousands of other bar fights that happened that night: One, Corbin was wearing a cheeky KKK costume, his…
Just after midnight last night, a man opened fire at the Strozier Library on the campus of Florida State University. The gunman shot three students and was then killed by campus police. Throughout the incident, students posted videos and tweets from inside the library as they hid between stacks of…
Was a homeless woman doused in gasoline and set on fire in Delray Beach? That’s a question Delray Beach Police don’t want to answer just yet, nearly three months after a homeless woman was severely burned and taken into emergency care, where she remains today. Back on August 28, Melissa…
Homeless Man Arrested in Fort Lauderdale City Meeting to Raise Awareness for Homeless from Voice Media Group and Dylan Bouscher on Vimeo. Ray Cox, a homeless man, was stopped Tuesday by police officers as he was entering a City Commission meeting, where commissioners were proclaiming November 16-22 “National Hunger and…
A sex scandal involving rape allegations and a possible cover-up at a Broward Islamic private school has taken another turn. As we reported back in October, Tariq Ahmed (also spelled in some places as Ahmad) is currently wanted by police for alleged sexual activities with students at the Nur-Ul-Islam Academy…
Every city and county has its share of child sexual predators, prostitution, illegal drugs, aggressive drivers, and fugitives running amok. Each crime is dealt with in its own way. That is, unless you’re the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, which deals with those crimes in one fell swoop. In a massive…
Hal Kreitman, the “Gator Whisperer,” who was the subject of a New Times story last month, was recently arrested by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on “harassment of a protected species” charges. Kreitman could be facing a felony conservation charged. Kreitman received a bit of attention after our piece…
A West Palm Beach teenager’s conviction for possessing a half gram of weed was reversed because the cop who arrested him says he stopped the kid for truancy — but the kid wasn’t actually skipping school at the time, making the initial stop unlawful and the evidence obtained inadmissable. According…
Although the issue of sharing food with the homeless is viral right now, when the TV news station vans drive off, the city’s businesses in downtown will still be there. Some-business owners like Robin Merrill from the Upper Room Art Gallery are taking their support for the new food sharing…
Sean Petrozzino, a quadruple amputee who had been considered a “person of interest” in the shooting deaths of his parents, has committed suicide, according to Memphis police. Authorities had initially believed Petrozzino was headed for Coral Springs in his dead father’s car after police found his parents, Nancy Petrozzino, 64,…
The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office has been selectively taking names of police officers who get arrested off the booking blotter, effectively giving busted cops special treatment over regular folks who get their names, mug shots, and personal information put online for all to see when they get thrown in jail…
Aaron Jackson was prepared to be arrested for handing out 30 boxes of Little Caesars pizza in front of City Hall yesterday. Instead, Fort Lauderdale Police officers cited Jackson, the president of Planting Peace who is known as a “CNN Hero” for his work deworming kids in Haiti and for…
Underneath a beautiful photo of seashells on the beach with a sunrise-splattered ocean in the background, angry comments are spewed all over the “Visit Fort Lauderdale” Facebook page. “Feel free to add my name to the rapidly growing list of those who will not visit due to your Mayor arresting…
The weekend is finally here! Aww yeah… Time to get out there and unwind. Also time to get your drink on. Only, don’t get your drink on and then get behind the wheel of a car. Because that would be dumb. Not only could you cause a tragedy for yourself…
Sean Petrozzino, a quadruple amputee, is considered a person of interest for the shooting deaths of his parents. Police are also saying that Petrozzino, 30, who grew up in South Florida, could be heading to Coral Springs. Petrozzino is missing parts of his hands and feet as a result of…
Arnold Abbott, the 90-year-old who was issued a citation earlier this week for feeding the homeless without adhering to new rules that would require him to obtain a permit and provide portable toilets, was cited again Wednesday night for the same reason. Abbott since 1991 has made it a weekly…
A top Swiss banker accused of running a massive tax evasion scheme that helped superwealthy clients evade billions in taxes was acquitted in federal court in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday. He faced up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Prosecutors failed to prove that Swiss citizen Raoul…
Right now, Jeffery London is sitting in a quiet cell waiting for his second child sex abuse trial to start. Outside, the former charter school administrator’s actions are still resounding loud and clear. In September, a group of victims filed a civil lawsuit in Broward against a clutch of charities…
