Imagine you want to travel to a foreign country to work with the locals. You link up with a company that promises to handle the specifics across the ocean. Everything sounds legit, so you kiss the family goodbye and hop the thousand-some miles for the big adventure. But when you…
Earlier this year, Joel Lester, a Canadian living in Boca Raton, saw a void that needed to be filled. Head shops and corner stores across the country had been raking in big bucks from bath salts and so-called herbal incenses, better-known as fake pot. Then the feds tossed down a…
Back in October 2011, Tarvess David Taylor mailed five separate envelopes filled with a powdery substance to the Broward County Sheriff’s Offices and the State Courthouse of the 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida. The Broward County Fire-Rescue HAZMAT Team had to be called in, and the Sheriff’s Office and courthouse…
Our crack investigative team has uncovered startling information relating to Oakland Park terrorist suspect Sheheryar Qazi. He appears to be a bro — that certain genus of man subsisting purely on Jägerbombs and skank — plays warfare videogames on X-Box, and frequently tries to sell traumatically ugly bikes on Craigslist…
International Polo Club owner John Goodman, who had been under house arrest on a DUI manslaughter charge for killing 23-year-old Scott Wilson back in February 2010 with his car, was caught screwing with his ankle monitor back in October. Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Colbath had Goodman’s bond temporarily…
The good news: You can still get absolutely wasted at all your favorite Native American hangouts — and there’s nothing anyone can do to stop you. The bad news: All we had to do was sacrifice our society’s guiding sense of accountability. Earlier this week, the United States Supreme Court…
A St. Petersburg man was arrested after he killed his roommate by stabbing him in the chest with a kitchen knife. The reason for the murder? A dispute over a missing corn dog. Corey Lamont Walker, 36, was arrested on a second-degree murder charge after he attacked Anthony Kimball Smith,…
A man was taken to St. Mary’s Medical Center with a gunshot wound in the mouth after he and several accomplices allegedly tried to go all Ben Affleck in The Town and rob a Bank of America armored truck in West Palm Beach. According to the Palm Beach Post, around 7 a.m…
Orange County sheriff’s Capt. Angelo Nieves admitted on Sunday that detectives investigating the disappearance of Casey Anthony’s 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, overlooked evidence that someone in the Anthony home did a Google search for “fool-proof suffocation.” During the June 16, 2008, search, detectives looked through several entries only from the computer’s…
Incarcerated reggae star Buju Banton is heading back to court at the end of December and may well end up getting a whole new trial on the questionable drug and gun charges that he’s currently serving ten years for. Last week, Judge James Moody decided to grant Buju an evidentiary hearing and bring…
A prostitution sting conducted by Boynton Beach Police on Monday and Tuesday netted 16 arrests, including juvenile prostitutes and cocaine seizures. The undercover sting was part of an effort to crack down on human trafficking and sexual exploitation throughout South Florida, which has become a hot spot for the illegal…
Ricardo Salamanca took Rosita Rosario out on a date to a Plantation nightclub back in October. Afterward, the two went back to her place. But Salamanca wanted a little more than a nightcap, so he made his move. But Rosita was having none of it and spurned his advances. So…
JC Penney employee Marco Bartolon-Velasquez is facing video voyeurism charges after his cell phone was discovered hidden inside the store’s ladies room, according to Delray Beach police. On Monday morning, the West Palm Beach store’s Loss Prevention Officer walked into the ladies room and noticed there was something a little…
Anthony V. Mangione, head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for South Florida, faces a mandatory five years in prison for child pornography. Prosecutors are shooting for up to seven years. In 2011, Mangione was placed on paid administrative leave after his internet provider, AOL, reported his having four child-porn…
Town of Palm Beach police officer Artemis Saridakis has filed a gender-discrimination and harassment lawsuit. Turns out the 27-year-old Saridakis models swimsuits and other sexy outfits, reports Gossip Extra. As it is with these kinds of things, Saridakis claims in her suit that her supervisor, Capt. Scott Duquette, said she…
Every few months the Florida Supreme Court lays down the law on attorneys who’ve been acting a fool.Last time around the court doled out 22 reprimands, including the disbarment of five attorneys. This round is a bit more tame: 18 attorneys disciplined, including two who were disbarred and five who…
While Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was busy raping little boys in the shower, his bosses apparently not only looked the other way but tried to sweep the whole thing under the rug. Because nothing ruins the hallowed sanctity of a university with a long, rich tradition like telling authorities little…
Arguments were heard in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta in Florida’s appeal of a lower court Thursday on the decision halting enforcement of a 2011 state law mandating drug tests of applicants for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. Basically, the law says that those who…
A set of motions filed Monday night delayed the resentencing of reggae singer Buju Banton on a federal gun charge.One motion again asked for the judge to reconsider resentencing Buju, while the other requested an entirely new trial on all charges based on New Times reporting that indicates a juror…
Nine men have been arrested for gambling on pee wee football games, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. The Lauderhill and Fort Lauderdale police departments, as well as the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office and the United States Marshals Service, all joined forces in an 18-month-long investigation called “Operation Dirty…
The Internet exploded with gruesome curiosity last week over news that Gilberto Valle, a New York police officer, was arrested for allegedly plotting to kidnap, cook and eat 100 women.While not something we’re proud to lay claim to, it must be noted that Florida is first when it comes to…
Less than a week before Buju Banton walks into a Tampa courtroom for re-sentencing on a gun charge, the reggae singer’s attorney has asked the judge to reconsider the ten year sentence that he’s currently serving on two drug charges.It’s the latest development in a drawn out and complex legal…
