The sentencing of convicted murderer John Goodman hit a wall yesterday during courtroom interviews Judge Jeffrey Colbath conducted to look into accusations of juror misconduct.Jurors were called in one by one and asked if jurors had said they’d made up their minds before the trial was over, if Goodman’s wealth…
Rachael Barach and her fiancé spent months planning their dream wedding: a small ceremony on the remote Caribbean Island of Jost Van Dyke. Pulling it off would require some effort: flying from Fort Lauderdale to St. Thomas, then taking a ferry over to Jost Van Dyke; hiring a wedding photographer,…
UPDATE, 5/1: A new post is up with more information about the juror responses and the new court dates.Original post, 4/30:Expect much more soon (the hearing is still going on), but a juror in the John Goodman murder trial referred to as “Mr. St. John” just told Judge Jeffrey Colbath…
NOTE, 3:15 p.m.: The headline has been changed from “Is Acting Stupid” to “Was Acting Stupid,” as we can’t really tell how stupid they’re being at the moment.For the latest (hint: a juror said he was innocent), check out our latest post.Original post, 12:06 p.m.:If Wellington rich guy and convicted…
For all their talk of small government, Florida’s Republicans sure do like a bill that would let Big Brother spy on all the stuff you’ve been doing online.The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act would remove the legal barriers between the websites that have your data and the government that wants…
He rode into the Palm Beach State Attorney’s Office promising to fight corruption, but in Riviera Beach, Michael McAuliffe failed spectacularly.Three years ago, McAuliffe charged three Riviera cops with felonies ranging from official misconduct to tipping off a murder suspect about an impending arrest. This was the ambitious prosecutor’s chance…
Jimmy “Boo Boo” Clemons is into some shady business, and it may have gotten his mother and aunt killed.The 17-year-old Boynton Beach man was arrested yesterday evening in connection with the March 16 killing of 22-year-old Valley Alexandre, whom a witness said Clemons targeted because he believed Alexandre to be…
For members of the public (including the news media), getting court files from the Broward County Clerk of Courts has been a somewhat arduous process in recent years. The clerk’s offices are crowded and short-staffed, and members of the public need to awkwardly sign in on a clipboard while an…
Lauderhill 32-year-old James Ayers has been officially charged with first-degree murder in the March death of 19-year-old Juliana Mensch, according to court documents. He will be arraigned at 8 a.m. April 30 in room 5780 of the Broward County Courthouse.Police say Ayers used a stolen car to visit a friend…
Two young women throw punches and tear at each others’ hair while a crowd of onlookers shouts around them. Teenagers hold cell phones to record the fight as the women tumble to the ground. In the center of the video frame is a man wearing a T-shirt bearing the logo…
On a Tuesday at the end of February, two Pittsburgh detectives were driving down the road around 3:45 p.m. when they saw an armored car parked on the road. Two men wearing Garda Security badges were standing in front of it. The detectives, it seems, thought this weird and pulled…
A strong message was sent late last week to Florida judges who think it’s OK to habitually show up late to court proceedings for no reason: Meh, it’s cool.Ocala Circuit Judge William Singbush has been the subject of an investigation by the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission, which was looking into…
…that had been torn down after a day. Which is a shame, because the originals are painfully misguided and strange. …
The lawyers of Wellington polo mogul John Goodman are trying to get him out of jail while he appeals his March conviction for DUI manslaughter, failure to render aid, and vehicular homicide in connection with the death of 23-year-old Scott Wilson, whom Goodman rammed off the road while he was…
On April 12, a 97-year-old woman was out with her 85-year-old sister, doing what old folks do. Police didn’t say what they were doing, exactly — probably drinking milk shakes and talking about Herbert Hoover or how crazy air travel is or whatever people talk about when they’re pretty much…
Yesterday we told you about the latest charges brought against Tarvess Taylor, a 26-year-old man from Miami Springs who police say mailed five letters containing a powdery substance to the Broward Sheriff’s Office and the Broward County Courthouse last October. He’s set to be arraigned today.Available documents only include tidbits…
Update 5:45 p.m: The jury acquitted Det. Lee Ann Schneider this afternoon.A Riviera Beach detective could spend hundreds of years in prison for helping her boss pad his overtime, while he has escaped testifying at the trial that is largely about him.Detective Lee Ann Schneider is on trial this week…
Just so you know, police just sent out a notice at 5 p.m. today that the Broward Sheriff’s Office SWAT team is conducting a training exercise at the Sun Trust Bank at the intersection of West Hillsboro Boulevard and State Route 441 — the helicopter and heavily armed men are…
If you’ve ever wondered what it would look like if an old lady plowed a Camry into a supermarket, you won’t believe what YouTube has in store for you.The video after the jump was taken at a Palm Coast Publix store last Saturday. In it, you’ll see a bunch of…
A 26-year-old Miami Springs man is set to be arraigned Friday on charges that he sent five envelopes containing threatening letters and a powdery substance to the Broward Sheriff’s Office and the Broward Courthouse last October, according to newly released documents.Tarvess Taylor sent one powder-filled letter to the courthouse at…
Angelmi Gutierrez is a 20-year-old Coral Springs man who just can’t seem to stay on the right side of the law — he’s got a rap sheet that includes charges for speeding, running a stop sign, running a red light, battery, criminal mischief, multiple charges of burglary and theft, and,…
Barbara Britton, making a rare appearance outside the home where she has been on house arrest since 2010, was in court yesterday to plead guilty as an “accessory after the fact” to the murder of David Jackson, the father of her son, in June 1988.When Judge Raag Singhal declared her…
