It remains to be seen whether the serial cat killer grabbing airtime on local television news is the real thing or media-fueled hysteria. Now that a mutilated cat has turned up in Broward County, let’s try to be careful about conflating a serial feline killer with a serial human killer.Here’s…
Monday marked the start of hurricane season in South Florida, but it seems a few youngsters in the region couldn’t wait for an actual hurricane to start the looting. BSO reports:Last night, at approximately 2:42 am, Deerfield Beach Deputies responded to Deerfield Beach Elementary in response to a silent alarm.Upon…
[jump] That incident occurred on March 1 of this year, after Burress was pulled over in Pompano Beach. Sadly, Burress is accused of being rude to another police officer — this time a different Broward Sheriff’s deputy — when he was pulled over on the westbound side of I-595 less than…
It’ll be weeks, at least, till we learn how Gov. Charlie Crist intends to respond to the politically explosive packet of material he received last week from the North Broward Hospital District. It’s the report of a former assistant U.S. Attorney retained by the North Broward Hospital District Board to…
I’m in line at Gamestop the other day, breaking down and finally buying the much-hated NCAA Football ’09, when I hear the clerk ask the guy in front of me for his fingerprints. He’s returning a game, and the clerk breaks out some kind of form. He swipes his thumb…
For 15 years, Leslie Stanford from Columbus, Ohio, had been working. She owed that employment, in part, to a diploma she earned at a correspondence school in Coral Springs. She had paid the so-called Clarmont School $200 admission, performed whatever assignments it sent in return, and in exchange the Clarmont…
Brian Holmes, a 24-year-old from Delray Beach, is accused of sucker-punching a clerk at an Upper Darby, Pa., gas station and then taking $100 out of her cash register. It seems to have been a crime of opportunity for a guy who had a cocaine and Oxycontin habit and who…
Consider this a prequel to this morning’s post about the Boca business dealings of Howard Needle. That post begged the question: Where did Needle get the original electronic cigarette that proved such a valuable tool for luring an investor like Richard Gladstone? It’s a story that Ron MacDonald can tell…
On a holiday weekend for honoring those who would put themselves in harm’s way for the good of the nation, it’s a relief that Officer Paul Kempinski will survive his encounter with a man armed for war. The Coral Springs cop was wounded Saturday while chasing Yancy Polk, fleeing a…
It’s the worst kind of brutality: swift, unforgiving, and ushered in by a waxed, turned, well-spun piece of man hair. If you didn’t see it last night, the Marlins lost to the Diamondbacks 4-3. And the winning pitcher only appeared in the seventh inning. It was also his first time…
It’s hard out here for the pimped. Last week, Craigslist announced the site would eliminate its “Erotic Services” section and replace it with an “Adult Services” category, which employees are said to monitor for illegal activity. The change comes after national media attention on Philip Markoff, the accused “Craigslist Killer,”…
If federal indictments are to be believed, Michael Riolo is a first-class sleazebag. The Boca Raton man whose business was based in Coral Springs is accused of cheating more than 80 investors out of $44 million over the past ten years. But prospective investors didn’t have to wait till today’s…
The Broward Sheriff’s Office has caught what it believes to be a serial toy bandit — a 34-year-old man who lives in South Miami-Dade and has allegedly confessed to some 300 thefts. His ingenious method? Altering the bar codes on toy packages. Here’s the description of his capture, courtesy BSO…
Frank Avellino is the business partner of Michael Bienes, the alleged philanthropist who according to New Times’ Bob Norman deserves to be scrutinized as an alleged co-conspirator in the government’s cases involving Bernard Madoff. And now it looks like Avellino, at least, is getting that scrutiny.A refresher, from Norman’s article:…
The Cypress Creek Cinemas 16 at the corner of Andrews and Cypress Creek in Fort Lauderdale was robbed yesterday morning. According to police, the culprit – a 5’5, 200-pound white guy – confronted the manager with a gun as he entered the theatre in the morning, rounded up and bound…
North Broward Hospital District Commissioner Joseph Cobo may have exploited his public position in seeking favorable publicity, a private jet trip, and more generous terms for clients of his private consulting firm in their business dealings with the health care system, according to the investigative report released last week.Despite these…
Former Fort Lauderdale resident Henry Lee Jones was convicted this week of a double murder in Memphis. Now the question remains whether Jones will be sent back to Florida to face murder charges in Broward County.Police have said they’re considering whether Jones might be responsible for the unsolved murder of…
Somehow, an alleged madam to the stars has turned up in Boca, and the national media has largely ignored it. Michelle Braun is accused of running an online prostitution site that sold the services of porn stars and fashion models. Sounds like a story for Nancy Grace, right?Well, if you…
Yep, this one looks real bad. For the primer on the investigation of North Broward Hospital District Commissioner Joseph Cobo, check out this post from earlier this afternoon. Cobo is alleged to have used his public position to private advantage in his capacity as president / CEO of Florida Medical…
Judging by the report delivered yesterday to the North Broward Hospital District commissioners by an investigator, Commissioner Joseph Cobo is in deep trouble. Attorney Martin Goldberg, a former assistant U.S. Attorney, found five instances of possible misconduct by Cobo to be credible and that together they “may constitute a misuse…
Man, it’s going to be a long day for gorgeous men like us, isn’t it? Seems the Boca Raton police are searching for an ATM thief whose distinguishing feature is that he’s “handsome.”Which makes me, at least, a suspect. Suddenly I’m scared to drive my car, much less walk down…
We’re supposed to be happy that public officials in Broward are getting a primer on ethics. U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta will pay a visit to the Broward County Commission to stage an ethics tutorial (You had better be taking actual notes, Ritter, not doodles or love letters to a certain…
