Advocates and supporters of Antonio Balta, the man sentenced to 20 years in prison for allowing his daughter to die in a hot car as he gambled, were given sad news over this holiday season: The same clemency board that voted to pardon long-deceased rocker Jim Morrison chose not to…
By the time he sat down for an interview with the FBI in September 2009, Detective Joseph Passaro had worked for the Riviera Beach Police Department for seven years. His current post was in the detective bureau, investigating the worst crimes in this town where nearly a quarter of the…
Yesterday at New Times we received a humorous incident report from the Broward Sheriff’s Office media relations. The report stated that someone had reported seeing a toddler locked in a car in Weston. But when an officer arrived, he found: “The report of a toddler in a locked car in Weston…
Where is the line between cyberbullying and free speech? If one exists, it’s wide, gray, and quite cloudy, and Katherine Evans walked it for two years as she sued her former Pembroke Pines Charter High School principal for his decision to suspend her for three days for her actions on…
Yesterday we brought you news of the massive overtime scandal at the Riviera Beach Police Department. Detective Lee Ann Schneider has been charged with 152 counts of forgery and official misconduct for allegedly signing her supervisor’s name to official documents so her boss could collect overtime. Schneider has pleaded not…
The FBI and the Palm Beach State Attorney’s Office have been investigating an overtime scam at the Riviera Beach Police Department for nearly two years. Yet the highest-ranking officer at the heart of the scandal, Sgt. Pat Galligan, has so far escaped criminal charges.Det. Lee Ann Schneider faces 152 counts…
Michael Dippolito, the Boynton Beach man who gained national fame when his wife was accused of plotting to have him killed, wants to keep his finances secret, for fear he may be charged with a crime.Dippolito, a felon, has spent more than a year battling a paternity suit accusing him…
Welcome to the first post of 2011, and Happy New Year. Let’s hope it’s a great one for all the dedicated Pulpsters — and casual readers too, of course. Thought I’d get in/ a post about the homicide of graffiti and tattoo artist Jonathan “Ynot” Corso, who was run over twice…
A male named Carlos Arroyo was arrested in Broward County this morning on charges of criminal mischief (200 dollars and under), pot possession (under 20 grams), and a violation of probation. …
We all know that three Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies were arrested earlier this month and charged with supplying contraband to inmates and having sex with them. dentity of the prisoner whom one of the female jail guards was romancing and supplying with contraband. Kiara Monet Walker, a 21-year-old deputy, was consorting with Dietrick Johnson, according…
UPDATE: New Times was kicked out of a press conference at the International Polo Club today. More details after the jump. Will criminal charges accusing him of causing a fatal, drunken car accident keep Wellington polo mogul John Goodman off the playing field this year?The new season at the International…
Update: Zachary Knox turned himself in to authorities at the Broward Sheriff’s Office on Sunday and is charged with “dealing in stolen property.”Four thieves swiped a 250-pound bronze horse statue that cost $3,500 from the Polo Club, a new restaurant/club in Pembroke Park, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office and…
UPDATED: The SAO just announced that it has filed charges in the case of graffiti artist Jonathan “Ynot” Corso. The release: The Broward State Attorney’s Office has charged Reynaldo Rodriguez, 32, with vehicular homicide in the July early-morning death of a man in the parking lot of a Davie nightclub. Davie police…
The crime is among the most famous in Fort Lauderdale history: Nearly ten years ago Miami Subs-founder and gambling boat mogul Konstantinos “Gus” Boulis was driving his black BMW sedan through downtown when the truck in front of him stopped short. Boulis slammed on his brakes, and when he did,…
Justice, or even injustice, is a concept often taken for granted as a function of democracy served in a courtroom. That is, until weeks like this come along and we are reminded of what happens when people take justice into their own hands, in and out of the courts. Sometimes…
This week, our favorite local virgin published her most vapid screed yet at Human Events, her “editorial home.” Wondering why our nation’s top “legal eagles” have yet to make a compelling case for the criminal prosecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, she draws on her lawyerly training to make the…
The state Department of Juvenile Justice has denied New Times’ request to tour Thompson Academy, the detention center in Pembroke Pines where some teenagers have alleged they were physically and sexually abused.Samadhi Jones, a spokesperson for DJJ, offered little explanation for the decision. She said law enforcement officials and the…
So the Broward Sheriff’s Office arrested three jail guards on charges they helped bring contraband into the jail. The mugs of the correction officers were published at the top of the Local section of the Sun-Sentinel with the words: “Inquiry focuses on contraband and sex at a county jail.” One…
When is child neglect not actually child neglect?On Monday evening, Romilus Duvelsaint left his house on Whitehall Drive in Boynton Beach to run some errands. He left his four-year-old son with his two aunts, Mirlande and Piercina Duvelsaint. Before he shut the door, he shouted to Piercina that he was…
Nine months before a federal lawsuit alleging physical and sexual abuse was filed against a juvenile detention center in Pembroke Pines, the facility held a morale-boosting event designed to “keep the peace.”The January event was organized by Thompson Academy administrator Craig Ferguson. Youth Services International, the for-profit company that’s contracted…
This is the video from the school board shooting in Panama City. It’s chilling to the bone, but one question stands out: Why didn’t security guards knock this homicidal idiot off before he got off so many shots? (Gimmesamore in the comments says the guard is a hero and for the record, I…
Last week’s New Times cover story was an investigation of the 1-800-411-PAIN Referral Service, a network of chiropractors and lawyers that solicits clients who have been in car accidents. Some readers requested we list the names of the professionals involved in the network. Since it’s a private company, we don’t…
