Chalk one up for former Hollywood City Manager Cameron Benson and zero so far for the anonymous citizen who accused him of corruption in two letters sent to city commissioners this spring.The letters accused Benson of accepting a bribe from WastePro, which went on to win the city’s waste-hauling contracts,…
Tim Smith, the former city commissioner who once ran for mayor against Jim Naugle and is a frequent jogging buddy of Mayor Jack Seiler, runs a blog in which he sounds off on local issues. He blogged earlier this year about the Food Not Bombs house in South Middle River…
Francois Brown didn’t have an easy time getting access to the the South Regional Courthouse in Hollywood on Tuesday afternoon, especially after police say he put a box containing a loaded .40-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun and six other boxes of ammo — for a total of 133 bullets –…
As state legislators consider tougher regulations for companies that refer car accident victims to chiropractors and lawyers, one powerful Broward referral service has a family member gunning for a seat in Tallahassee.State House candidate Merick Lewin is a little-known Republican seeking to represent District 97 in western Broward County. Lewin lives…
South Florida cop killer Manuel Valle was executed by lethal injection inside the Florida State Prison at 7:14 p.m. today.Valle came within minutes of dying earlier in the day, before the U.S. Supreme Court halted the lethal injection for several hours before issuing this decision denying a stay of execution.The…
According to the Palm Beach State Attorney’s Office, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Deputy Jose Claudio’s method of making money on the side was stealing thousands of dollars from a woman living in a West Palm Beach trailer park.An arrest narrative states that a property owner sent in a complaint to…
Richard Russo, a former teacher for the Palm Beach County School District, has been charged with grand theft and official misconduct after allegedly submitting payroll sheets while he was hospitalized with a serious illness, according to the Palm Beach State Attorney’s Office.A probable-cause affidavit states that Russo, 63, was assigned…
Stephanie Pistey, 18, is one of five people who have been charged with either murder or accessory to murder in the killing of 16-year-old Jacob Hendershot in Parker, Florida.She also told a local TV station in a jailhouse interview that she became aware at age 12 that she’s a vampire…
In case you happened to see three people running around Lauderdale Lakes lighting things on fire Monday night, it was apparently a pair of ex-lovers and a third wheel attempting to work out their dispute using the arson method.In the third case in a week involving people lighting — or…
On the verge of the state’s first lethal injection under the regime of Gov. Rick Scott — convicted cop killer Manuel Valle is scheduled to be executed at 4 p.m. tomorrow — State Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda of Tallahassee has filed a bill that would end executions in Florida.Her reasoning…
Well, that was quick. Less than an hour ago, the Florida Supreme Court released a ruling saying the court will not hear the latest petition over issues with the new lethal injection drug to be used in Manuel Valle’s execution.Yesterday, Northern Irish neurologist Dr. David Nicholl asked the court to…
If you’re in Florida blasting obnoxious music from your car way louder than you need to, well, that’s your First Amendment right, according to a recent appellate court ruling.In Marion County, Shannon Montgomery learned that the hard way. After being pulled over for rocking out while driving, the cops also…
The execution of convicted South Florida cop killer Manuel Valle has been petitioned in the Florida Supreme Court yet again over issues with the new lethal injection drug, this time with the objection of a Northern Irish neurologist.The petition was filed by Dr. David Nicholl, just two days before Valle’s…
Amanda Rice Stevenson is 96 years old.She also allegedly shot and killed her nephew last night by firing a round from a .357 Magnum into his chest.St. Augustine Police Department spokesman Mark Samson says the cops got a call just before 9 p.m. Sunday about a possible heart attack at…
In the second over-the-weekend case involving people lighting — or attempting to light — things on fire in domestic disputes, the Broward Sheriff’s Office says Shawanda Robinson got mad at her boyfriend yesterday and ended up setting fire to their apartment.According to the sheriff’s office, a 911 call came in…
Michael P. Sutherland’s girlfriend was trying to kick him out of her home in May because he wasn’t paying any of the bills.Sutherland responded by dousing her in gasoline and attempting to light her on fire, then stabbing her in the chest — which is why he was sentenced to…
A 12-year resident of Broward County says that cops picked on him because he is dark-complected and of Trinidadian origin — and that they went so far as to detain him on bogus fraud charges, according to a recently filed lawsuit. Bhola Sookram was pulled over by a Florida Highway…
Ramon Rosario, a 19-year-old member of a racketeering enterprise known as the “Head Shot Committee,” was sentenced yesterday to 270 years in prison for what the State Attorney’s Office calls a string of crimes that “terrorized the northern end of Palm Beach County during the spring and early summer of…
Clem Beauchamp has been charged with the murders of his girlfriend’s children — who were found dead and stuffed in suitcases in a canal between Delray Beach and Boca Raton — as well as the death of the girlfriend herself, who had turned up dead at a trash dump seven…
The cops say 22-year-old Cody Wallace tried to run from police officers on two occasions Tuesday — both attempts ending with Wallace’s being blasted by a Taser.Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputy Becky Herrin says Wallace was driving near U.S. 1 and 48th Street in Marathon before being pulled over by deputies…
In August 2009, the Boynton Beach police took a gamble on a sexy case. A young, flirtatious, cosmetically enhanced newlywed named Dalia Dippolito was plotting to have her husband killed. She hired a hit man, who turned out to be an undercover cop.One morning, Dalia went to the gym as…
As he sat in court, the man known as Jose Alvarez looked better-rested than he did in his mugshot, taken in the groggy early morning nearly two weeks ago.Since his arrest, a federal grand jury has indicted “Alvarez” on charges of false statement in application and use of a passport…
