Man Accused of Robbing 70-year-old Neighbor with a Hammer

Early Friday morning, Wilton Manors police responded to a 70-year-old man living near the corner of NE 26th Street and Andrews. The man told them his neighbor had hit him with a hammer and robbed him. He was bleeding from the head. Yesterday, police arrested a man living two doors…

For Howard K. Stern, One Legal Odyssey Ends as Another Begins

This whole arrest-on-felony-drug-charges thing came along just when Howard K. Stern’s legal life had finally calmed. The attorney ex-boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith filed a lawsuit in Fort Lauderdale’s U.S. District Court in April 2007 against mega-millionaire attorney, John O’Quinn, accusing the lawyer of libel for statements O’Quinn made in…

Sen. John Kerry: Cruise Ships Should Have Laws

Sen. John Kerry knows a thing or two about boating safety. He actually drove one around during some stupid war in Southeast Asia. Now he’s trying to bring more safety to the cruise liners, which apparently are floating anarchies. Ship staff don’t have to report the crimes that occur outside…

Incident Report for Drug Czar Nominee’s Stepson

Below, the first of the two-page incident report for Jeffrey Kerlikowske, the stepson of Obama nominee for drug czar, Gil Kerlikowske. In October 2002 Jeffrey Kerlikowske was booked on battery charges after his live-in girlfriend accused him of slamming her head against kitchen cabinets and throwing her 6-pound Yorkie against…

Madoff Plea Somehow Not Quite Enough

This morning, MSNBC interviewed one of the many, many victims of Bernard Madoff, who entered his guilty plea to 11 felony charges this morning so he can go to prison to die. The victim, Peter Moskowitz, asks a good question: Is Madoff being a good general, jumping on the proverbial…

Murder Victim’s Infiniti Missing

The Broward Sheriff’s Office is hoping that the public will help solve a murder. Last night, friends of 68-year-old Larry Ellison wondered why he didn’t show up for a planned dinner. They stopped by his townhouse on NE 19th Street in Wilton Manors only to make a terrifying discovery –…

Flashy Florida Attorney Defends Former Detroit Mayor

Stuart-based attorney Willie Gary (pictured above with his wife) is not shy. On his website, he boasts of his three “posh waterfront offices” and his 32-passenger custom-designed Boeing 737, “appropriately named ‘Wings of Justice II.'”  When he posed for a Miami Herald photo, Gary flashed a giant diamond ring. And…

The Email That Started the Investigation in Deerfield Beach

I still haven’t heard back from Deerfield Beach City Manager Michael Mahaney, but his office just emailed a copy of the message that apparently was the basis for an investigation into whether the city’s firefighters played an improper role in the recently wrapped election.The author of the note is Deerfield…

Salesman Can’t Quite Outsmart the TV News

Your favorite, gun-toting, suspended Miramar commish, Fitzroy Salesman, woke early this morning to cast his vote without the television cameras. That plan didn’t quite work.Much to the chagrin of those reporters, Salesman did not whip out a gun and tell them to “back the fuck off.” Last week, a mistrial…

UPDATE: Thomas Noland’s Friends Rolled Over

BSO just made public its interviews with James Rosa and Anthony Russo, the two 20-year-olds who were among the four charged with petty theft in connection with stolen campaign signs.The report indicates that both Rosa and Russo implicated Thomas Noland,  son of Deerfield Beach mayoral candidate Peggy Noland, along with…

More on Deerfield Beach Signgate

Screw it. Let’s slap a “gate” on this puppy.One of those arrested this morning in connection with destroying campaign signs in Deerfield Beach, 20-year-old Anthony Scott Russo, told police he “kind of sort of used to date [Noland’s] daughter when in school.” Earlier today, Noland told the Juice that the…

Local Lawyer “Comes Out” as Pot Smoker

Local attorney Norm Kent serves on the Board of Directors of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. So it wouldn’t take a giant stretch of the imagination to picture him puffing on what my grandma used to call “the wacky weed.” Saturday, however, Kent made it…

Peggy Noland Denies Son’s Involvement in Campaign High Jinks

Deerfield Beach mayoral candidate Peggy Noland is beating back an 11th hour campaign scandal — early this morning her son 20-year-old son Thomas, a Deerfield Beach firefighter, was arrested on charges of criminal mischief for stealing campaign signs of ex-Mayor Al Capellini and others.I reached Noland just a few minutes…

Is There a Duck Serial Killer in West Broward? Are Humans Next?

Oh, sure. It starts with ducks. Then it’s cats, maybe a dog. Eventually, that loses its thrill and the sick bastard upgrades to humans. So we really have to catch the Miramar Duck Killer, who struck again yesterday. From a statement released today by the Humane Society:The second duck was…

Search Warrant Released in A1A Porsche Killings; LeVin to Be Cleared?

Fort Lauderdale Police have released the search warrant in connection with the deaths of two British tourists last month, struck by a white Porsche that was drag-racing on Seabreeze Boulevard. It appears that LeVin and his friend, Derek Cook of Tamarac, switched cars before the accident, the Sun-Sentinel is reporting.According…

Fanjul Family Hunts Art Thieves

According to the powerful Fanjul family, the State Department has launched an investigation into Bruno Scaioli, an Italian-Argentinian art dealer who is suspected of trafficking artwork the Fanjuls say is rightfully theirs. Not long after Fidel Castro took over Cuba in 1959, the wealthy Fanjuls fled to Palm Beach, taking…