Deerfield Woman Hides Murdered Roommate in Garment Bag

Broward Sheriff’s Deputies found the body of a 68-year-old woman who had been murdered and stored in a garment bag after they were called to check on the woman. The officers found a garment bag hidden inside a closet in an apartment located on 4255 Crystal Lake Drive after a…

BSO Conducting DUI Checkpoint Tonight

Labor Day weekend is upon us. Woo-hoo. That means three-day weekend, beaches, BBQs, and no more wearing white for the rest of the year. It also means getting totally friggin’ SLOSHED! So, there’s a DUI checkpoint being conducted by the Broward Sheriff’s Office on Friday night that you should know…

Miami Firefighter Arrested in Underage-Sex Sting in Broward

A Pembroke Pines underage-sex sting netted a Miami Fire Rescue lieutenant on Wednesday after he engaged an undercover officer posing as a 15-year-old. Ramon Marti, 47, was busted after Pembroke Pines Police set up a fake classified ad back in July. Marti, police say, answered the ad and eventually got…

Local Police Got M-16s, Mine-Resistant Vehicles From the Military

Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, have raised questions about the militarization of American police departments. When angry protesters took to the streets to demand justice, Ferguson police responded with force. Cops in riot gear fired tear gas and stun grenades at marchers. At least one officer pointed his loaded assault…

BSO Conducting “Aggressive Driving” Patrol Friday Night

Whatever your plans for this Friday evening, just be sure of one thing: Do not drive like an asshole. That’s because the Broward Sheriff’s Office is unleashing a cavalry of units known as the Broward County Aggressive Driving Task Force onto the streets to make sure you people pump the…

Boca Rock Duo Wolfcat Write Pam Bondi a Song About Gay Marriage

The Sex Pistols railed, “God save the queen/She ain’t no human being.” The Dead Kennedys sang, “Blow it out your ass, Ronald Reagan.” And now, here comes Wolfcat, getting all up in the face of our twice-divorced, thrice-married, yet gay-marriage-denying attorney general, asking her (more tunefully than their punk predecessors):…

Diego Rastrojo, Colombian Drug-Trafficking Kingpin, Sentenced to 30 Years

Diego Rastrojo, the extradited drug kingpin authorities say was the leader of a Colombian organization mainly responsible for drug trafficking to the U.S., was sentenced in a federal court in Florida, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Wifredo A. Ferrer, announced Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Patricia A…

Three Teenagers Shot Dead in Palm Beach County; Victims Identified

In one of the bloodiest incidents in recent Palm Beach County history, three teenagers were murdered Monday in Mangonia Park. Nineteen-year-old Carley Chapman and 17-year-olds Martavious Brown and Se’sawn Danford were shot to death in a Mangonia Park apartment on Australian Avenue, Palm Beach deputies say. Neighbors reported shooting just…

When Your Medical Marijuana Business Fails, You’re Screwed

As support for Amendment 2 picks up across the state, Floridians are eager to get their hands in the medical weed industry game. But it’s become clear recently that the Republican-controlled Legislature might cap the number of dispensaries and limit the number of people who can cash in. Consider California…

Florida to Execute Convicted Child Rapist and Murderer Today

Eddie Wayne Davis, from Polk County, will be the seventh execution in the State of Florida so far this year when — at 6 p.m. today — he’s injected with midazolam hydrochloride, vecuronium bromide and potassium chloride. In 1994, when Davis was 25, he was in a community development in…

The Onion Founders Locked in Hilarious Palm Beach County Lawsuit

Although it flopped like a dead grouper when it hit in 2008, the straight-to-DVD “The Onion Movie” was a rare misplayed hand by the world leader in smart-ass news. Since launching in 1988, The Onion has burrowed a niche deep into the American news cycle by uncorking snark and scathing…