Kenneth Hall — the Atlantis man who slit his dog’s throat and skipped out on his court date yesterday — showed up to the courtroom this morning to enter a plea agreement and be hauled off to prison.Last year, one of Hall’s friends told the cops he watched him cut…
Have you seen the Atlantis man who may or may not have slit the throat of his own dog recently?Neither have the Palm Beach County courts — which is a problem.There’s now a warrant out for the arrest of 40-year-old Kenneth Hall after he skipped out on a plea conference…
Police say 36-year-old Omar Williams was traveling the country for seven years — impregnating women and living off their money along the way — after allegedly murdering his ex-girlfriend and her co-worker at a Lauderhill apartment complex in 2004.Thanks to an armchair detective watching “America’s Most Wanted,” his run is…
If you happen to have 40 pot plants growing in your apartment, you’re probably going to get caught if you leave a trail of cannabis crumbs inside your place for the cops to follow.According to court documents obtained by New Times, police allege that’s exactly what 26-year-old Jesse Duncans did…
Ending a seven-month legal battle that raised questions about living conditions at private juvenile prisons, the teenagers who alleged they were physically and sexually abused at the Thompson Academy in Pembroke Pines have reached a settlement with the owners of the for-profit lockup.A federal class-action lawsuit, filed last October by…
People will do some crazy things to get out of a speeding ticket, but the cops say 38-year-old Victor Morales took it to a whole new level.According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, one of its deputies clocked Morales riding his motorcycle at 112 mph near I-95 and Gateway…
An activist group that plants itself in Stranahan Park claims police intimidation is making it increasingly difficult to give food to the hungry and homeless.Food Not Bombs member Phill Johnson said that several activists were arrested two weeks ago as part of an effort to force the group out of…
Just as a heads-up: If someone drops into your Pompano Beach business in the middle of the night through a vent or chimney, it probably isn’t Santa Claus — it’s more likely to be the “Rooftop Burglar” the Broward Sheriff’s Office is looking for.BSO spokeswoman Keyla Concepción tells New Times…
Think of all the things a Swiss Army knife can do — open a tin can or bottle of wine, file your nails, or even stab a former fraternity pledge, like the cops say 28-year-old Janseel Singh did yesterday.Police say Singh — one of the “founding fathers” of Florida Atlantic…
Cameron Benson has worked for the City of Hollywood since 1995 and as city manager since 2002. Historically, he has shunned attention — newspapers are still referencing interviews he gave in 1995 — despite periodic allegations of questionable behavior.He’s known around City Hall as someone who’s tight-lipped and sometimes unhelpful…
Here’s something 35-year-old Robert Craige learned today: If you’re trying to run over an 18-year-old woman with your SUV but get stuck in the bushes, as cops say he did, bribing the teenager’s uncle into helping you escape probably won’t work.According to documents obtained by New Times, the woman was…
In May, Options Media Group Holdings Inc., a tiny Boca Raton tech company, scored a major endorsement: Justin Bieber came out in support of the company’s app that shuts down phones while you’re driving, preventing someone from texting behind the wheel. The app is called PhoneGuard, and Bieber was quoted…
You wouldn’t expect private investigator Jim Rigney to find much when he does background checks for potential condo dwellers. But back in June 2009, the Ocean Riviera building on the Galt Ocean Mile hired him to do a check on a potential resident that turned up about 30 criminal charges.Rigney,…
Police say a gang of men came up with a novel idea for a series of robberies: Call escorts, meet them at hotel rooms, and then rob them at gunpoint. For some reason, the robberies sometimes ended in the men pepper spraying the escorts. In response, cops from Plantation Police,…
When Dalia Dippolito’s trial began on charges that she tried to have her husband killed, her defense attorney dropped a bombshell. Attorney Michael Salnick claimed in opening statements that Dalia’s husband, Michael, had planned the whole thing in an attempt to get on reality TV. It was a crazy defense…
If you believe the feds, the group of local Muslims arrested across South Florida this past weekend were supporters of terrorism and worked to fund those who would kill and kidnap in the name of Islam. The four-count indictment claims the six men conspired with Pakistani terrorists and provided $45,000…
Back when Johnny Depp played an undercover cop on 21 Jump Street, it seemed that gangs were the big problem in schools. Depp’s character regularly infiltrated some murder-hungry group with the intention of bringing them down from the inside.It’s hard to argue against cops in schools when it comes to…
Big news from State Sen. Eleanor Sobel (D-Hollywood): Legislation she originated in SB 758, which addresses the terrible dangers of texting while driving, has passed through the chambers and now awaits the governor’s signature in Tallahassee.It’s a no-frills kind of bill, running a good deal less than 400 words, which…
I hope Denise Harvey is too preoccupied with her own ongoing legal to dramas to keep abreast of the ones unfolding back home. Remember Denise? She was the 42-year-old Vero Beach baseball mom who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sleeping with a 16-year-old. Thusly sentenced, she did…
Cinco de Mayo celebrations in Boynton Beach apparently got pretty crazy — an officer states in the report below that “my working of the detail emphasized the bar area in which approximately 400 people were celebrating the Cinco de Mayo holiday and to which every officer in the city of…
Judge Merrilee Ehrlich of Broward is making juvenile delinquents write and perform poetry as a condition of their probation and in lieu of more intense community service.In a Sun-Sentinel story published this morning, Judge Ehlrich explains that she “wanted to make [their service] a creative endeavor; something positive. Something to…
Dear Esther Scott,Last year, when your son was running for governor, your lovely, white-haired mug appeared on television screens frequently in Florida. You told your fellow citizens how you raised little Rick in public housing, and he grew up, bought a doughnut shop, and “gave his mom a job.” “He’s…
