Sean Petrozzino, a quadruple amputee, is considered a person of interest for the shooting deaths of his parents. Police are also saying that Petrozzino, 30, who grew up in South Florida, could be heading to Coral Springs. Petrozzino is missing parts of his hands and feet as a result of…
Arnold Abbott, the 90-year-old who was issued a citation earlier this week for feeding the homeless without adhering to new rules that would require him to obtain a permit and provide portable toilets, was cited again Wednesday night for the same reason. Abbott since 1991 has made it a weekly…
A top Swiss banker accused of running a massive tax evasion scheme that helped superwealthy clients evade billions in taxes was acquitted in federal court in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday. He faced up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Prosecutors failed to prove that Swiss citizen Raoul…
Right now, Jeffery London is sitting in a quiet cell waiting for his second child sex abuse trial to start. Outside, the former charter school administrator’s actions are still resounding loud and clear. In September, a group of victims filed a civil lawsuit in Broward against a clutch of charities…
A 90-Year-Old and Two Reverends Cited for Feeding the Homeless in Fort Lauderdale from Voice Media Group on Vimeo. UPDATE: Arnold Abbott, the 90-year-old homeless advocate who was originally cited for feeding the homeless in this video, has once again been stopped from feeding the homeless and cited by police…
Hal Kreitman, the subject of a New Times story just a few weeks back, was arrested this week in a sting conducted by Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers. The KeysNet.com reports that Kreitman is facing a felony conservation charge, and currently has a $2,500 bond…
A Boynton Beach Police officer is being charged with kidnapping and raping a 20-year-old woman who was a passenger in his patrol car. Officer Stephen Maiorino was officially charged with armed sexual battery, armed kidnapping, and unlawful compensation or reward for official behavior. A criminal complaint was filed against Maiorino…
UPDATE: More alleged abuse victims have come forward in the case against former Nur-Ul-Islam Academy teacher Tariq Ahmad. New details are shaking out over the alleged off-limits activities of one Broward private school teacher and his students. Last week, Pembroke Pines Police announced they were looking for Tariq Ahmad, a…
Moms and pops are suckers for their own little ones, especially in those sunny preteen days when nearly every kid could be a Gap model or at least mug on the cover of a cereal box, you know, before little Timmy and Sue get mugged by puberty. That brand of…
This past spring, New Times published a cover story detailing widespread sexual abuse in competitive swimming. The story detailed many Florida connections, including allegations about one Fort Lauderdale coach who was accused of videotaping boys in a bathroom but was barely investigated. Now, California Congressman George Miller has asked the…
Te Andre Gomion, a candidate for the Lauderdale Lakes commission, was found over the weekend slumped behind the wheel of a vehicle that was still running. He was allegedly inebriated, according to police. According to a Broward Sheriff’s Office report, Gomion’s car was parked and his foot was on the…
By Michelle de Carion A onetime Indy 500 Rookie of the Year is about to realize a dream he never thought possible: to be released from prison. He had been serving life without parole for marijuana trafficking. Randy Lanier’s days of playing chess and practicing tai chi in prison are…
Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies busted thee people whom they’re calling a counterfeit crew who used phony credit cards at ATMs in Weston. The three suspects were caught withdrawing bundles of cash using the fake cards, albeit not in a very conspicuous fashion. All told, the trio was allegedly caught with…
Two men clad in black hoodies and masks and armed with guns strolled into a Family Store in Pembroke Park as employees were ready to close up for the night last Tuesday. According to a Broward Sheriff’s Office report, the two men held four women at gunpoint as they robbed…
Ketut Pujayasa, an Indonesian citizen accused of beating, raping, and trying to throw a female passenger off a nudist cruise ship last Valentine’s Day, has pleaded guilty before a federal judge. There was no plea bargain offered to the 29-year-old Pujayasa, who claimed he assaulted the woman because she insulted…
Chock-a-block with delightful weirdness is the tale of slackliner Benjamin Prows, whose whimsical athleticism on the beaches of Broward County is seen by some as a threat to law and order. See also: Benjamin Prows Just Wants to Juggle on a Slackline — Cops Won’t Relent Cited multiple times by…
Pembroke Police say that they have surveillance video of three suspects leaving a dresser covered in anti-Semitic graffiti and a racial slur on Flanagan High School’s grounds that caused a bomb scare panic Wednesday morning. During a press conference following the all-clear Wednesday afternoon, Pembroke Pines Police Captain Al Xiques…
Palm Beach County Commissioners will listen today to the pleas of a couple of fat-cat baseball club owners seeking $145 million in public funds to build a spring training facility in West Palm Beach. See also: Houston Astros Owner Has Controversial Past, Courts Public Subsidies What’s in it to the…
A blonde seductress that used the Blue Martini Bar locations in Fort Lauderdale and Miami to lure men in and then rob them has turned herself in to the Broward Sheriff’s Office and now they’re asking for any other victims to come forward. The woman, Ashley Done, 26, has victimized…
They say that your new boyfriend or girlfriend’s ex can always be a problem, but Ronald Attie probably didn’t expect his run-in with Anthony Dippolito to end up how it did. According to police, a Wednesday night confrontation between the two men ended in a bloody homicide. Although police haven’t…
This is pretty amazing, considering we’re talking about a talent pool that contains Rick Scott, a man with the social poise of a 13-year-old in sex ed, and Charlie Crist, a man who probably would fail the replicant test from Blade Runner, but we might have The Derp Face of…
James Yacobellis, the Coconut Creek cop who made headlines last year after the force suspended him for a year and a half for improper conduct but paid him his full salary anyway, was busted after walking into a Boca Raton spa that was actually a front for prostitution. Yacobellis, 39,…
