Dr. Krishan Tripuraneni, a Wellington-based gastroenterologist who plead guilty to tax evasion in January, has been sentenced to two years in federal prison, plus one year of supervised release. Tripuraneni, who hid $18 million from the IRS, filed more than $6 million in fraudulent tax returns. Tripuraneni, 57, ran the thriving Palm Beach Gastroenterology…
Local activists last week protested Boca Raton-based GEO Group for abuses in the highly profitable private prisons it runs. Meanwhile, the company is under scrutiny by the Department of Justice for wasting at least $3 million while operating a troubled rural Texas prison that has seen riots and death in…
The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on two bills — SB1582 and SB1486 — that opponents are calling “The Fracking Secret Chemicals bill[s].” During the process of fracking, oil and gas exploration companies inject chemicals into the ground in pursuit of natural gas reserves. These chemicals could potentially end up…
The mangled flipper resembled a piece of rotting chicken, the shredded meat looking like it had been caught in the blades of a lawn mower. The flipper belonged to a loggerhead turtle, one of several endangered sea turtle species that nest in the sands of South Florida. But this mauling…
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will be deciding if they’ll be issuing Black Bear hunting licenses in Florida. The Black Bear, which is native to Florida, had at one time been an endangered species. But that was a mere three years ago, and the animal continues ti face…
In an effort to raise public awareness about exploitation of marine mammals, the Animal Activists Network (AAN) has held several peaceful protests this year in front of the Miami Seaquarium. This weekend, they’re trying a new venue: the home of a park executive. On weekends the animal rights activists regularly…
Florida is still living in the dark ages when it comes to marijuana – and the possibility of a medical marijuana bill seems to have been killed because lawmakers just can’t figure out how to write one, despite nearly half the country already implementing some sort of medical marijuana legislation…
A criminal complaint filed by the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida reveals how flakka is brought into the U.S. and distributed by a dealer. On Thursday, authorities announced the arrest of a 22-year-old Palm Beach woman named Jaime Lewis for importing flakka from China, where authorities say…
A police dashcam video captured a 2013 incident where a Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office deputy shooting down an unarmed black man. The video, obtained by WPTV, shows then-20-year old Dontrell Stephens riding on his bike as the officer is following him. When Stephens realizes he’s being followed, he jumps off…
A massive fire engulfed an 80-foot yacht docked behind the Bahia Mar resort on Fort Lauderdale beach Wednesday night. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue says they received a 911 call from Marina staff at around 10:30 p.m. at the marina located at 801 Seabreeze Boulevard. They say no one was aboard the…
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida has announced that they have arrested a 22-year-old Palm Beach woman with importing and possessing with attempt to distribute flakka. DEA Agents stationed in London received information from British authorities over several packages that had been intercepted from a chemical…
Investigators are one step closer to throwing some lights on what happened to a young woman discovered dead on the side of a road in rural Delray Beach. Yesterday, the Palm Beach Sheriff Office announced they had discovered the identity of the young woman found over the weekend: she is…
Barack Obama is an obvious reader of New Times. Because he apparently took our Earth Day advice and openly called out Gov. Rick Scott on the ridiculous ban on the term “climate change” from all Department of Environmental Protection reports, emails and memos. “Climate change can’t be denied, edited out…
Palm Beach County taxpayers have shelled out more than $28,000 for PBSO deputy Shatara Shatara to be on a paid leave during the past four months as Delray Beach police continue to investigate why the cop shot and killed his own son this past Christmas Eve. Shatara shot his 21-year-old…
Palm Beach County Commission has decided not to pursue their months-long quest to enact an ordinance that would force kava bars to put up warnings about kratom. Kratom and whether it should be banned has been in the headlines ever since the death of a 20-year-old Boynton Beach man named…
A man was lit on fire in an alley in Lake Worth Tuesday night. According to the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office, two men splashed a liquid on the victim and threw a flame on him, setting his face and upper torso ablaze. Police say they responded to the report in…
The FBI has been providing flawed hair analysis for decades and Florida is the state with the most defendants affected, with at least 10 of those ending up on death row and at least one execution. According to a report by the Washington Post, the hair analysis was overstated by…
Just after dawn, a gray van pulled up to Maria’s mustard-yellow house on the western edge of Immokalee, just a few blocks from the acres of tomatoes that draw tens of thousands of migrant workers to this remote town in Southwest Florida. Maria got into the van and sat next…
President Barack Obama is in our own backyard today to talk up climate change and Everglades restoration. It’s the first time the president visits the Everglades, which he has talked about spending $2 billion to restore. He’s going to use the opportunity to talk about the dangers of rising sea…
Today is Earth Day! You don’t seem excited, though! Well you should be, because regardless of your religion, race, or preference in One Direction band members, the Earth is the biggest part of your life. So show some respect, alright? Today there are lots of things you can do to…
Yesterday, Patricia Montes, one of two girls accused of being involved in a brutal beating and rape of a Hollywood teen, was sentenced to to four years in prison, and two years probation after agreeing on a plea deal with prosecutors. Today, her accomplice, Erica Avery, was sent back to jail…
Back in early February, a Lake Worth man stripped naked, climbed up on top of his apartment building with a handgun, and began to threaten to shoot himself and others. After hours of negotiating with the man, authorities say the man admitted to them that he was high on flakka…
