A domestic-violence dispute early yesterday morning in Pembroke Park ended with a car plunging into a lake, one man dying, and sheriff’s deputies jumping in to rescue his wife and 3-year-old daughter.According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, someone phoned in a report about a couple fighting around 12:30 a.m. yesterday…
Rapist and three-time murderer Oba Chandler’s eighth attempt at appealing his death sentence was denied, and of course, he filed a ninth — which may be the last attempt before his scheduled November 15 execution.Chandler’s lawyer filed a motion in circuit court last week seeking to have Chandler’s death sentence…
Court documents call into question the timing of Palm Beach State Attorney Michael McAuliffe’s decision to drop felony charges against two former cops who kicked and beat a handcuffed suspect in the head.The memo an assistant state attorney wrote recommending that the charges be dropped is dated September 22, one…
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office got a hot tip yesterday on where the missing Captain Morgan statue was — he was “wherever the party was taking place.”Someone stole a statue of fictional rum salesman Captain Morgan from outside a Key West Walgreens store last week, and sheriff’s deputies found him…
Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal spends a lot of time pretending he’s a policeman.When the Big Aristotle/Shaqtus/Shaq-Fu/whatever announced his retirement in June, he said he planned on running for sheriff of Lake County or Orange County at some point in the future.According to an interview O’Neal did with the New…
A BOLO (be on the lookout) has been sent out to the entire state of Florida and the rest of the United States after two murder suspects escaped from the Indian River County Jail just before 5 a.m. today…
Missing: Five-foot-tall statue of a drunken pirate with one foot on a rum barrel.Someone stole a statue of fictional rum salesman Captain Morgan from outside a Key West Walgreens store last week, and it’s still missing, according to a Key West Police Department spokesperson.According to a police report, Captain Morgan…
Juan Carlos Atenco-Camacho pleaded guilty to killing his transvestite boyfriend this week, which means he’ll have to spend some time away from his wife and their kid, as well as his girlfriend/cousin, whom he’s been sleeping with since she was 14, and the child he had with her.Camacho, a 25-year-old…
An 81-year-old Palm Springs resident died yesterday morning, 12 weeks after being placed in a hospice for injuries suffered when a cop car rammed into him, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.Frank Muxella was riding his motorized chair on a sidewalk near the 1400 block of South Congress…
Riviera Beach Police Officer Cherline Cornelius decided to break up a fight between two kids, ages 9 and 12, by shoving the older kid, pointing a Taser at him, and nearly pulling a gun on a camp counselor attempting to intervene, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.The Palm…
Andre Miguel Beadle — a 35-year-old security guard at a Fort Lauderdale Publix grocery store arrested last week after allegedly sexually assaulting two women during their first dates with the man — has landed another allegation of sexual battery. Beadle now faces six charges, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office,…
After shooting a man he’d known for more than 20 years because the man’s uncle wouldn’t pay for fake drugs — and the 13 other criminal convictions on his rap sheet — Taurus Bryant received a mandatory sentence of life in prison.Back in November 2009, Bryant tried to sell some…
As we just mentioned a couple of hours ago, medical marijuana is not yet legal in Florida.That didn’t stop 56-year-old Lillian Jennen from dropping the medicinal purposes line when she was busted with 6.5 pounds of weed in her car, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.The sheriff’s office says…
Former Miami Dolphins wide receiver James McKnight was arrested yesterday in an alleged domestic-violence incident, according to records from the Broward Sheriff’s Office.McKnight’s alleged offense occurred in Southwest Ranches — the same town that played home to an alleged domestic-violence incident of another Dolphins receiver, Brandon Marshall.At the time of…
It took just over ten years, but 33-year-old Jennifer Finch managed to be arrested for the 50th time on Saturday and made her 50th trip to the Volusia County Jail.This time around, Finch was popped by the Daytona Beach Police Department for auto theft and driving on a suspended license,…
Janiber “Jane” Andrade Vieira — mother of former Boynton Beach cop/alleged meth trafficker/federal fugitive David Britto — accepted a plea agreement yesterday that may allow her to skirt prison time.Vieira, 51, aided her son’s escape to Brazil and was arrested in September on charges of contempt of court — which…
Rapist and three-time murderer Oba Chandler, who’s scheduled to be receive his lethal injection at 4 p.m. on November 15, doesn’t want to be executed. Imagine that.Chandler’s lawyer filed a motion in a circuit court today seeking to have Chandler’s death sentence thrown out, claiming the state’s judicial method of…
The issue of whether it’s the First Amendment right of Florida drivers to blast obnoxious music from their cars way louder than anyone needs to will be heard before the Florida Supreme Court.The court scheduled today for oral arguments to be heard on the matter on February 9.The case surrounds…
According to a decision last week out of Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach, an armed robbery isn’t really an armed robbery if the “weapon” used in the crime can’t kill or seriously injure the victims.The court ruled in its decision to reverse a conviction of…
Days after recommending that two former West Palm Beach police officers who repeatedly kicked a handcuffed suspect in the head should not face felony charges, the prosecutor handling the controversial case resigned from the Palm Beach State Attorney’s Office. Assistant State Attorney Danielle Croke submitted her letter of resignation on September…
Andre Miguel Beadle, a 35-year-old security guard at a Fort Lauderdale Publix grocery store, was arrested on Wednesday after police say two women came forward saying Beadle sexually assaulted them during their first dates with the man.According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, a woman came to police saying she arranged…
Here’s the thing about Florida’s “stand your ground” law: It doesn’t cover beating the burglar to death with a baseball bat when you find him later in a Walmart parking lot.A jury decided yesterday that 28-year-old John Henry did just that, convicting Henry of second-degree murder with a weapon –…
