Local Drummer Dead After Bar Fight at Fishtales Bar & Grill

Local drummer Jimmy Pagano died last night while reportedly trying to break up a knife fight at Fishtales Bar & Grill Fort Lauderdale. The 54-year-old was playing his weekly Pro Jam session at the venue when the fight broke out. Five others were stabbed in the incident. Click here for the…

Video Shows 76-Year-Old Man Beaten and Robbed on Hollywood Broadwalk

While taking his Sunday-morning stroll along the Hollywood Broadwalk shortly after 6 a.m. last weekend, 76-year-old Paul Spates was brutally beaten by two men who also relieved him of his watch and house keys. The Sun Sentinel reports that on Thursday, Hollywood police released surveillance video of the vicious attack…

Nun Allegedly Sexually Abused Boy: Church Responds Stupidly

In a debate with Archbishop John Onaiyekan and former British MP Ann Widdecombe about the virtues of the Roman Catholic Church, Christopher Hitchens pilloried the pope’s promise to provide the victims of pedophile priests with “loving pastoral care.” “I’m sorry,” said Hitchens, “they’ve already had that.”Quite right they have, but…

ICE Chief Probed for Child-Porn Allegedly Found on Home Computer

The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for South Florida, Anthony V. Mangione, might be leaving the job a little earlier than he expected. Mangione had planned to retire this summer, but the 50-year-old ICE chief who often railed against child porn has recently been placed on paid administrative…

Would-Be Palm Beach Media Mogul Charged With DUI

The lady to your left is Jill Mary Duggan. I’m including her middle name so subsequent Google searches of “Jill (No Middle Name) Duggan” don’t snag upon this story, which will reveal that Duggan has just been arrested on a charge of DUI in Palm Beach County.And why does that…

Vero Beach Sex Offender Found in Saskatchewan

Denise Harvey, a 42-year-old woman, did a very, very bad thing. In 2006, she had sex with a 16-year-old boy.Why’s it a bad thing? Because Denise Harvey lives in Florida. If Denise Harvey lived just a few hours north — in Alabama or Georgia — having sex with a 16-year-old…

White Powder Sent to Allen West’s Office

At the moment, we’re waiting for news on what, exactly, the mysterious white powder sent to Allen West’s office might be. Anthrax? Ajax? High-grade cocaine to fortify West’s body for grueling battles against liberal Islamofascinazies?Probably not the latter. West doesn’t seem like a partier, and the white stuff came packed…

Dalia Dippolito’s Trial Rules (Shhh. Don’t Mention She Was an Escort)

Dalia Dippolito, the Boynton Beach newlywed accused of plotting to have her husband killed, was in court yesterday preparing for her April 25 trial. Her lawyers and prosecutors from the Palm Beach State Attorney’s Office set some ground rules for the court proceedings, including a ban on mentioning allegations that…

In Alleged Sex Assault at Thompson Academy, Polygraph Results Are Murky

This week’s New Times cover story explores allegations of abuse and violence at the Thompson Academy juvenile detention center in Pembroke Pines. One of the most disturbing allegations, outlined in a federal class-action lawsuit, involves a 15-year-old boy who says he was twice forced to have oral sex with a…

88-Year-Old “Stiffs” A Prostitute, Gets a Beatdown

This is a heartbreaking little story from the Palm Beach Post about a woman who assaulted an 88-year-old man and robbed him. Why’d she do it? Apparently, the old fella hired the lady a month ago to fellate his wrinkly old wang and neglected to pay up. So police say…