Lord have mercy.A lawsuit filed against the Haitian Christian Church in Palm Beach claims that its band director, James Prophete, sexually assaulted a minor.According to the suit, the pastor of the church, Etienne Prophete, appointed his son to lead the band even though he knew his son “had proclivities to…
Our neck of the woods will be a little more lawless than usual this weekend, thanks to the Republicans over in Tampa.At 10:30 this morning, nearly 100 deputies from the Broward Sheriff’s Office will gather at a substation in Weston before piling in for the drive across Alligator Alley. They,…
A Port St. Lucie man found that his unlocked car had been broken into, and his knife and loaded gun had been stolen on Tuesday.The man then called the cops to report the burglary. When he got back home, he found a plastic bag at his front door with his…
According to BSO officials, a fat guy and his two skinny buddies walked into the Radio Shack located at 167 S. Pompano Parkway in Pompano Beach last Thursday at 11 a.m. and robbed the joint. The whole thing was caught on camera.Surveillance cameras caught their white Enterprise Rent-A-Car van pulling…
Marathon swimmer, 62-year old Diana Nyad, has attempted to swim from Cuba to Florida four times because she’s vastly more badass that you are. Nyad first tried to cross the Florida Straights in 1978 when she was 28-year-old. Back then, she swam inside a steel shark cage. She ended her quest after…
Felipe Alex Torrealba, wanted in connection with a Broward County murder, is on the run again after BSO homicide detectives tracked him to his southwest Florida home. The 26-year old Torrealba, fled authorities Thursday night just before they arrived at the Lehigh Acres home near Fort Myers, where he was…
Updated at 3:10 p.m.: Judge James Moody has denied the request detailed below.Buju Banton’s legal team on Thursday filed a motion requesting that Judge James Moody reconsider his recent decision to deny the reggae star a new trial on a gun charge. It’s the latest development in a complicated tussle…
Broward County cops are on the hunt for two dudes who have been running around stealing cigarettes from stores all over South Florida.The Nicotine Bandits first struck on August 5 around 3 a.m., when they hit a Publix at 1297 S. State Road 7 in North Lauderdale. About an hour…
A man who allegedly carjacked an SUV in Fort Lauderdale tried to get away from law enforcement this morning by jumping into the ocean and swimming away near the intersection of East Las Olas Avenue and A1A.Spoiler alert: He didn’t get very far.According to police, the suspect attempted to snatch…
Getting pulled over for rolling through a stop sign is whack. But getting pulled over, having a gun pointed in your face, and then being strip searched on the side of the road in front of your two children for rolling through a stop sign is, well, really whack and…
Fort Lauderdale police are seeking the identity of a man dressed like a ninja who robbed a convenience store last Friday.Police released a surveillance video of the masked man yesterday, hoping someone has information on the identity of the bandit who robbed Marina Discount Beverage on 2705 SW 15th Ave…
Federal Judge James Moody on Tuesday denied Buju Banton’s request for a new trial. In his decision, the judge wrote that there is no need for a new trial in light of an Atlanta appeals court’s ruling that there was sufficient evidence to convict the reggae star on a gun…
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department added a new section to their website yesterday: It’s for “Nuisance Abatement,” and it contains “the addresses of properties where nuisance abatement warning letters have been sent and those properties that are currently under the jurisdiction of the Nuisance Abatement Board,” per a release.The way…
The TD Bank branch at 1601 W. Boynton Beach Blvd. was robbed around 1:30 yesterday afternoon by a guy dressed like an awkward golfer.Police did not say how much he got away with but did say he stuffed the money in “a light blue backpack and left the bank running…
On Friday, Rico Jerome Miller and Wardell Hall, both of the Bahamas, pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle six people into Florida.One would think that the craziest part of the story is that Miller and Wardell managed to sink the 22-foot vessel and had to be rescued by the U.S…
A confession: On Wednesday, some New Times folk wanted to eat Chick-fil-A. Music Editor Liz Tracy and video guy Jake Katel stopped by a store in Pembroke Pines and discovered the hullaballoo around “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day,” in defense of Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy’s statement that Americans are “inviting God’s judgment”…
A 35-year-old Fort Lauderdale firefighter has been arrested on extortion charges after, police say, he illegally recorded a conversation and tried to use it as leverage to get information out of union president William Humpherey about a criminal investigation.Steven Loleski was held on $51,000 bond yesterday…
Police say 30-year-old Brian T. Magan was riding a double-decker bicycle down Purdy Lane in West Palm Beach on Saturday night. He was wearing dark clothes and had his bike painted gray. He wasn’t wearing a helmet, and his mutant bike didn’t have reflectors.And he got hit by a van…
See also: Directors of Fort Lauderdale Airport Security Unlicensed; Company Ignored It, Investigators Say.Broward County Administrator Bertha Henry tried to downplay an investigation into the unlicensed managers of the company overseeing security at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and the Seaport, according to letters released this morning.A report from the Broward…
A man in Pompano Beach was suspicious — he was on his way to cash his paycheck July 5 at a store on NE 33rd Street, and he was pretty sure a short man in a blue Ford F-150 pickup was following him. At the store, he confronted the suspicious…
Cover story: Kids claim abuse at juvenile lockupOur colleague Lisa Rab has moved away from Broward County, but one of the most important issues she covered for New Times is still unresolved. Circuit court judges are still trying to figure out what to do about Thompson Academy, a privately run…
See also “DEA Storms Synthetic Pot Distribution Sites Across Florida” and “Synthetic Marijuana Ban Seems Like a Good Idea, Probably Won’t Do Much”The Drug Enforcement Administration on Wednesday launched a massive nationwide campaign aimed at distributors of herbal incense, or synthetic pot. All said, the feds arrested 90 people and…
