GEO Group Sued by Inmates Forced to Do Janitorial Work

A federal judge has allowed a lawsuit to go forward claiming that Boca Raton-based GEO Group, the nation’s largest federal contractor of private immigration detention facilities, is guilty of violating human trafficking laws by forcing detainees to perform manual labor for a meager $1 per day or no pay at…

Prostitution Sting at Taco Bell, Lauderdale BMW

On Yelp, a commenter praised the Taco Bell at 1830 South Federal Highway: “For anyone visiting Fort Lauderdale, I would highly recommend that they make sure to experience Taco Bell not only for the nourishment but also for an experience they won’t soon forget,” Dave. M. from Washington wrote. His…

Anthony “Big Tony” Moscatiello Convicted for Miami Subs Founder Murder

Anthony “Big Tony” Moscatiello, who, along with Anthony “Little Tony” Ferrari, had been accused of having Miami Subs founder Konstantinos “Gus” Boulis rubbed out in a Mob-style hit was convicted of first-degree murder and guilty of murder conspiracy Wednesday in the 2001 killing of Boulis.  Ferrari was was found guilty for his…

Broward Cops Get Awards While Under Investigation for Fatal Shootings

On September 27, 2012, 73-year-old security guard Earl Brown was working the night-watchman shift at International Global Meats, a meat-processing plant in Lauderhill, when he noticed somebody trying to steal junk metal on the property. Wanting to be safe, Brown called police for help in apprehending the suspect. But when…

Boy Scouts Protected Leader Who Showed Porn to Kids

The parent of a Broward County Boy Scout who objected to a parent leader showing hardcore porn to kids received a letter from the South Florida Boy Scout Council warning him that he will be kicked out unless he stopped making the accusations. Last week, Mark Kern, a former parent-volunteer…

Hallandale Shooting: Witness Who Called 911 Disputes Cop’s Story

On a January evening back in 2012, Willis Morgan, a retired pressroom supervisor at the Miami Herald, was trying to get a few winks in at his Hallandale Beach home before heading to his part-time concierge job. But the 64-year-old was jolted awake when he heard the startling screams of…

PETA: At Least 19 Police Dogs Have Died in Hot Cars

After a Hialeah cop left his two K-9 partners in a hot car all day, killing them, PETA is advocating for police departments to install heat alarms in K-9 unit vehicles. The animal rights organization says several K-9s die every year from being left in hot police cars. On the…

Not Much Is Known About Delray Beach’s Heroin Problem

According to numbers released by the Delray Beach Police Department Tuesday, if you did heroin in the beachside town last month and are still alive, consider yourself lucky. Delray Beach cops say seventeen people overdosed and three people died while chasing the dragon in May. Those numbers account for the…

Murder and Mayhem Blamed on Hialeah Health-Care Provider

The week before he was killed by a brick-wielding, 400-pound mental patient, Terry Young told his mother not to worry. It was a Saturday in late April 2013. Bettye White, a retired elementary-school principal, had made her weekly trip to see to her 53-year-old son at the Liberty City Hope…

Palm Beach Psychic Scammers Arrested in New York City

In the world of psychic scammers — fake mystics and fortune tellers who use New Agey mystical babble and a variety of old school tricks to con money from vulnerable victims — there is a strong pipeline connecting New York City to South Florida. Often, as we have documented in…