Boynton Beach Looking for Child Rapist

Margarito Andres, a 22-year-old from Boynton Beach, is being sought by police after his 13-year-old stepsister reported Andres had been sexually assaulting her since she was 10 years old. In the probable cause affidavit, the victim told police that she’d been left home alone with Andres on Thursday and that…

Deputies Looking for Ex-Marine Who Shot at Trash Hauler

Dude, thank your for your service to this nation in time of war, but… um…. can you save the bullets for the terrorists, please? The man pictured in wanted in a road rage case after he allegedly fired a shot at a dump truck that offended him when it made…

Finally Some Answers in Murder of Deerfield Beach Man

A Massachusetts television station, WPRI, is reporting that Aaron Morin of Assonet, Massachusetts, has been arrested and charged with the November 3 murder of Chad Fleming, 31. The Bristol County district attorney says that the case is still active, setting Morin’s pretrial hearing for December 8. The Deerfield Beach man’s corpse…

Playboy No More: At Rothstein’s Social Events, Modesty Reigns

Over on Pulp, Bob Norman has posted the first in-person interview with Scott Rothstein since the investment went into a tailspin. The image of Rothstein at Capital Grille, tossing back a couple of lunchtime martinis and being shushed by his lawyer may not seem particularly modest, but you have to…

So… He Was a Punching Bag for Halloween?

Yeah, I know Halloween was nine days ago, but this video just posted, so shut up, and just enjoy the violence and scantily clad women that mark downtown Fort Lauderdale’s Halloween celebration. It’s not quite clear what the fellow in the blue-striped shirt did to offend his pummelers — the…

Should Feds Let Charities Keep the Rothstein Money?

Based on this weekend’s Daily Pulp, we know that Scott Rothstein’s investors are going to try to get money back from the many charities that received his generous donations. That post triggered a conversation in the comments field about whether it’s appropriate for the investors to seek those funds, given…

More Questions Than Answers in Murder of Deerfield Beach Man

​Here’s what we know: This past Tuesday, Chad Fleming, 31, from Deerfield Beach was delivered to a Massachusetts hospital — after he had already died. In fact, doctors found he’d been dead for several hours. Fleming had been beaten to death. The man who dropped him off at the hospital,…

Release the Hounds! Priceless Whisky Is Missing!

If the man who stole the bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue from the Weston liquor store thought that this blog — which covers only major breaking crime stories — was going to overlook this case, well, that person does not know this blog. We will solve this case, and we…

Nutritional Supplement Maker in Boca Convicted of Fraud

Poor Frank Sarcona, AKA Frank Sarcone, AKA Dave Johnson. Whatever the chap’s name, he lacks the creativity to concoct new scams. Sarcona — let’s stick with that — was convicted last week by a federal jury for a host of fraud charges, after he violated the terms of an injunction…

Reactionary Politics You Can Love

Usually, we’re skeptical when a campaigning politician cites a breaking news story as a basis for new legislation, but we’ll suspend that cynicism for the moment. State Sen. Dan Gelber, Democratic candidate for Florida attorney general, has seized on the recent corruption cases in Broward County to demand new laws…

Gibraltar Bank Releases Statement on Rothstein

A spokesman for Gibraltar Private Bank and Trust, Peter Whalen, just released the following statement about its association with suspected Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein.The law firm of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler maintained traditional banking accounts with Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust for law firm operations, including payroll. Gibraltar Private immediately reached…

Details Released in Shooting by Lauderdale Cop

The Fort Lauderdale Police Department has provided new information on the shooting by its officer yesterday afternoon near the bus station downtown. The man shot has been identified as 20-year-old Jonas Joseph. From the release: Sergeant Dean Schoen, a 12-year-veteren, received information from a citizen that the suspect, Jonas Joseph…

Little-Known Gibraltar Bank Will Loom Large in Rothstein Case

With investigators already sifting through the documents left behind in Scott Rothstein’s law office on Las Olas, it’s only a matter of time before they take their warrants across the street to the front doors of Gibraltar Private Bank and Trust.The Sun-Sentinel coverage has focused on TD Bank, which is…

Unemployed? Beware the Work-From-Home Scam

This week’s feature follows one kind of internet scam: 419 fraud, usually originating in Africa or Asia, and the people fighting the scammers at 419Eater.com. But one of the fastest growing scams in tough economic times is the “work from home” fake employment scam, and many of these can be…

Rothstein’s $5 Million Mistake

It’s a good thing Scott Rothstein isn’t a more diabolical criminal mastermind. On Tuesday, I pulled county documents that show how he transferred several Fort Lauderdale properties — whose total value came to about $13 million — into the hands of individual private corporations registered in Delaware, which happens to…

Mailman Gets DUI After Passing Out on Route

Just after noon today, Boynton Beach Police responded to a report that a mailman was slumped over the wheel of his mail truck. Cops say that the mailman, Kevin Michael Crocilla, then scored a spectacular .264 on a Breathalyzer test — more than three times the legal limit. From the…

Suicide in Broward Jail

John Hammond, a 37-year-old man who had been in the Broward Main Jail since last week for stealing a car, committed suicide Tuesday night, according to a Broward Sheriff’s Office news release:On November 3, a BSO detention deputy was conducting a security check around 9 p.m. when he was alerted…