The Fort Lauderdale Police Department, which recently came under scrutiny when a New Times investigation exposed how its loose off-duty detail policy has abetted bouncer violence at beach bars, has known security personnel at such establishments are too aggressive since at least 2010, according to an internal affairs investigation obtained…
Just when the grass was starting to look greener on the side of supporters for Florida marijuana legalization, Pam Bondi stepped in. The state’s attorney general has been a longtime naysayer regarding the statewide push for a prescription weed amendment. Last week, Bondi took the first legal step toward swatting…
On his Monday Night Football interview with ESPN, Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross revealed that he had reached out to Jonathan Martin via text and that the two were scheduled to meet Wednesday. But the NFL has stepped in and told Ross to postpone that meeting while it investigates the…
Neither land nor rescue craft was in sight. An hour after his 21-foot catamaran had plummeted 2,100 feet to the bottom of the sea, bulky Seattle boat broker Sandy Williamson was treading water in six-foot swells 15 miles off Miami. Just a few inches away, Corey Whittaker, a wiry and…
In a statement released on Tuesday afternoon, former Republican Gov. Jeb Bush has officially taken a side in the upcoming gubernatorial race and endorsed Rick Scott. It’s the least shocking news you’ll read today, as Bush is, number one, a Republican and, number two, not a big fan of Charlie…
Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein’s wife, Kim Rothstein has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, followed by two years of probation. The sentence was handed down Tuesday afternoon at Fort Lauderdale federal court. While prosecutors were pushing for at least two years, the judge cited Rothstein’s cooperation as to why…
On Monday morning, we broke the story of the armed Vietnam veteran who halted traffic on I-595 when he threatened to commit suicide. Fredy Gutierrez, 59, of Sunrise, who eventually surrendered to police, was not charged with a crime, according to Davie Police Capt. Dale Engle. See also: Turnpike and…
Putting teeth into the talk, the women scholars of FAU’s Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies are turning from theory to practice tomorrow afternoon with the program, “Ending Sex Trafficking in the State of Florida.” Florida Sen. Maria Sachs, for whom the issue is a major focus, will kick…
As the Miami Dolphins are reeling from a week where they became the face of bullying in America and then got their faces dented by the worst team in the league on Monday night comes even more distressing news that Jonathan Martin was repeatedly fined for being soft. According to…
Miccosukee Tribe Chairman Colley Billie won re-election as head of the tribe Sunday, according to Houston Cypress, a producer for film, television and video for the tribe. Billie beat his predecessor Billy Cypress, who had returned to run for the top spot again. Houston Cypress said that just under 300…
In the past few years, two trainers have been killed by orcas at SeaWorld, leading to news headlines, federal hearings, and a growing awareness that hey, maybe it’s not such a good idea to keep giant wild animals in tiny tanks and treat them as slaves for our entertainment. This…
Leicester Bryce Stovell, a Washington, D.C., lawyer who insists that he’s LeBron James’ biological father, has filed an appeal with a federal court after a U.S. District court judge shot down his previous lawsuit. Stovell has claimed that he and LeBron’s mother, Gloria James, had a one-night stand after meeting…
President Obama was in town over the weekend, and caught a round of golf with former Miami Heat star Alonzo Mourning at the same course where Caddyshack was shot. Mourning told the Sun Sentinel that the two had been planning a round, and were even set to play over the…
Update, 12:20 p.m.: According to the Davie police, the man at the center of today’s incident is Fredy Gutierrez, 59, of Sunrise. He is an Army veteran who served in Vietnam and was facing deportation. At 8:15, police received a call of a suicidal individual stopped on the flyover between…
On Sunday, Richie Incognito finally broke his silence, post bullying-gate, when he sat down with good pal Jay Glazer of Fox Sports for an exclusive interview. Glazer lobbed softball after softball and allowed Incognito a chance to tell his side of the story, which included revealing that he and Jonathan…
You spoke, we listened. Back by popular demand, welcome to this week’s Mug-Shot Monday, a longstanding franchise focusing on the week’s most eye-catching mugs from South Florida’s tat heads, tough guys, derp faces, and femmes fatale…
Two pit bulls have been rescued from a home where they were locked up in a garage, living in their own feces and urine, with no food or water. According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office arrest report, police found the female and male pit bulls after being contacted…
Richie Incognito apparently held offensive line meetings at a local strip club, according to a report that cites sources. According to the National Football Post’s Jason Cole, Incognito would fine players who did not attend said meetings and would also openly mock them for not showing up at the strip…
The South Florida sports landscape has been a hoot this week! What with the Dolphins-Incognito thing, the Jeffrey Loria art sale thing, and now this: After seven straight losses, the Florida Panthers have announced that they’ve fired pretty much everybody. Head coach Kevin Dineen has been given the ax, as…
The Miami Dolphins’ Richie Incognito-Jonathan Martin issue has been the biggest news in sports for the past week and a half. And last night, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart weighed in on it all. Stewart showed clips of newscasters reading transcripts from Incognito’s now-infamous voice-mail message in which he…
Misrepresenting your tax exempt status when dealing with the public and public officials? Not cool. Having the IRS make whole your puffery after the fact? Priceless. Just ask the folks at the Living Arts Foundation — the Florida non-profit that is sponsoring the Benzaiten Center for the Arts, a $1.75…
It’s terrifying when your kids can’t walk down the halls of school without ducking a possible sexual assault. Over at Blanche Ely High, one underaged girl was allegedly assaulted in a hallway bathroom by a fellow student Tuesday. Now the 18-year-old boy is in custody. The whole thing went down…
