Chickens aren’t very good at flying — unless they’re allegedly coming from the throwing arm of Milton Talbert Jr.Police say Talbert was arrested early this morning after hurling a piece of chicken that hit his wife in the face.After popping her in the face with the poultry, the cops say…
Hey look, it’s Tom Cruise! He and a bevy of other stars are lurking around Fort Lauderdale’s Himmarshee Village filming the jukebox musical Rock of Ages, and you might just be tempted to whip out your camera for some celebrity shots as you walk to get a frosty beer. But…
If you placed a bet in a Broward County gambling den on the Miami Heat in game three of the NBA Finals, don’t count on getting paid.Broward’s Money Laundering Task Force took down three illegal gambling operations — one in Pompano Beach, one in Fort Lauderdale, and one in Hollywood.The…
Two bodies were discovered this morning — seemingly unrelated — one at a Lauderhill house, the other washed up on the shore in Fort Lauderdale.In Lauderhill, a man went to his 19-year-old nephew’s house around 7 a.m. on the 7000 block of Sienna Ridge Lane to find the teenager dead,…
It must’ve been a chick fight for the ages — a West Palm Beach man’s wife pulls in to a dead end street in her Mercedes-Benz SUV, ready for a fight with the man’s girlfriend, who rolls up in her BMW and a loaded .45-caliber handgun.The man’s girlfriend, 24-year-old Yanelys…
After allegedly burglarizing at least 26 Pompano Beach businesses in the last two weeks, Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies finally caught James Fraulo.According to the BSO, Fraulo, 41, has committed at least 26 burglaries since May 27 to help support his crack habit.His typical loot: Cash, cigarettes, and lottery tickets…
A Broward city says that a local business has run afoul of laws that ban people from raising chickens on their property, according to a recently filed lawsuit. But Hallandale Beach’s USA Express, Inc., has decided to fight the city’s charges in civil court…
You know you have a bad plan when it involves shooting up cocaine and ripping off an old lady to buy some cordless drills.That’s what Boynton Beach police are saying Chelsea Garber, 25, of Boynton Beach, and Carissa Harding, 24, of Delray Beach, were doing last week.After meeting at a…
It’s all fun and games driving a boat in a designated swimming area until you allegedly cause a 15-year-old girl’s leg to be partially amputated.That’s why two 16-year-old boys were charged in the February boating accident, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.Gabby DeSouza,15, was in the water near…
Amid the accusations of Ryan LeVin’s escape from prison time as an example of “checkbook justice,” he’ll get another shot at the slammer.According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Cara Smith — the chief of staff for the Illinois Department of Corrections — gave a call down to Broward County, asking for…
For women who want their junk to look like Barbie’s, the world of plastic surgery offers a plethora of options.Any intimate part can be enlarged, removed, enhanced, or reduced. According to an article in this month’s Atlantic magazine, cosmetic vaginal surgery is a growing trend, increasingly offered by gynecologists looking…
Turns out, pill mills pain management clinics might not be the bastions of medical ethics once thought.North Lauderdale’s Center for Wellness and Weight Loss, Inc. claims that two former employees pilfered confidential patient information via text and tried to poach these clients from the clinic, according to a recently filed…
A Broward woman says that an Oakland Park man — whose last name is actually Teebagy — and the city have to pay up, because a street-side tree permanently maimed her in 2009, according to a recently filed lawsuit.Kathleen Adelle Nickerson, “a single woman,” says that…
Apparently being a convicted rapist and practicing medicine have nothing to do with each other. At least that’s what the Florida Board of Medicine decided.That’s why 43-year-old Mark Seldes can continue to practice medicine in the state of Florida, fresh out of a three-year prison sentence for raping a medicated…
A 31-year-old Oakland Park man died shortly after being shot with a Taser by a Broward Sheriff’s Deputy early yesterday morning, police say.James Doe (yes, that’s his real name) was trying to kick in the door of his girlfriends apartment at the Lake Pointe apartment complex in Oakland Park when…
“It’s Hammer Time” probably wouldn’t be a good catchphrase for 40-year-old Roberto Montanez.That’s because the cops say Montanez decided to take a hammer to his girlfriend’s head early this morning, landing her in the hospital.A passing motorist noticed Montanez’ 22-year-old girlfriend running down the median of Forest Hill Boulevard around…
It turns out publicly lambasting a detective from your own department about criminal accusations may not be the best idea before that detective is found guilty.Broward County Sheriff Al Lamberti might have to learn that the hard way, since Albury Burrows — a 40-year-old detective of the Broward Sheriff’s Office…
It seems we weren’t the only ones thinking that hard-partying, Porsche-driving, Brit-killing douchebag Ryan LeVin bought his way out of prison last week.In case you forgot, Judge Barbara McCarthy sentenced LeVin to two years house arrest, ten years probation, and 1,000 hours of community service for making roadkill out of…
Alan Mendelsohn — the convicted government scam artist as well as a former Hollywood ophthalmologist, GOP fundraiser, lobbyist, and adviser to former Gov. Charlie Crist — has a lot of friends.Mendelsohn was sentenced to four years in prisons after he pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge alleging he was scheming…
Ryan LeVin — the hard-partying, Porsche-driving, Brit-killing douchebag — managed to escape prison time in his sentencing yesterday.Judge Barbara McCarthy sentenced LeVin to two years house arrest, ten years probation, and 1,000 hours of community service for making roadkill out of two British tourists in a hit-and-run on Fort Lauderdale’s…
The lawyer for Dalia Dippolito — the escort who was found guilty of trying to hire an undercover cop to kill her husband — has filed for a new trial, this time not to focus on the reality TV defense he tried last time around.Her attorney, Michael Salnick, filed a…
Ryan LeVin, the hard-partying, bad-boy scion of an Illinois costume jewelry company, came clean to a judge today, admitting that he mowed down two British tourists in 2009 and fled the scene in his Porsche. LeVin’s punishment: He got grounded.Judge Barbara McCarthy decided to throw the book at LeVin slap…
