Fort Lauderdale police have arrested the owner of an emaciated doberman on charges stemming from an unrelated incident in Polk County, authorities said early this evening. When police investigated social media reports of a starving dog at 1636 Northeast 17th Avenue, they discovered 23-year-old D’Anthony Dontrel Davis — who had…
Even George Zimmerman’s own wife hates him. According to ABC News, Shellie Zimmerman has bailed on her marriage. In a recent interview with the same network, she said the fall-out from the 2012 Trayvon Martin shooting put a serious strain on the household bliss. No shit…
Jacob Ropp had a plan to rob a house. His plan went from bad to worse pretty quick. First, he fell off the ladder he was using to rob a home of more than $20,000 worth of stolen purses and a computer. And then his father made him give back…
In case you haven’t heard, the Miami Heat’s Udonis Haslem recently tied the knot with his college sweetheart, Faith Rein. The New York Times released a heartfelt wedding announcement on the couple, chronicling their relationship from when before Udonis made it to the big time and became the Minister of…
D’Anthony Davis, the owner of a doberman named Duchess, which neighbors allege he starved and kept chained outside during the hottest weeks of the summer, was arrested this afternoon, three separate witnesses told New Times. Amy Roman, who has championed the dog’s cause through her group 101+ Abandoned Dogs, says…
So, you’re taking a nice stroll in the park and decide to head on over to the soccer field to kick the ball around, maybe get into a quick pickup game and O MY GAWWWD THERE’S A HUGE FRIGGIN ALLIGATOR ON THE FIELD!! KICK THE BALL AT IT AND RUN…
Gerard Lopes Belmonte raped his mother before killing her. That’s what prosecutors in his case are alleging, citing DNA tests that reveal that Belmonte’s semen was found in his mother, Natalie Belmonte’s, body. Gerard was arrested and charged with murdering his mother two years ago. But it wasn’t until a…
About 10:45 p.m. Monday, a woman named Christiane Jung looked out her window and saw a six-foot-five, 280-pound, naked bald man staring at her. Terrified, she called for her husband, who confronted the naked man. But he was no match: The intruder pounded him with one hand while gobbling what…
We can probably all agree that pill mill doctors — physicians accused of acting like Pez dispensers for high-powered pain meds — should be legally accountable for their actions. But if a doctor’s patient ODs, should the doctor head to death row? This week, local prosecutors filed paperwork indicating they…
A lot of wild antics have inundated Fort Lauderdale beach this summer. First, Dirty Blondes. Then, the Fort Lauderdale police arrested the slackline guy six times and threw him in jail five times. And now this. A video has surfaced showing what appears to be a pair of Fort Lauderdale…
Chill, West Palm Beach. Take it easy. You too, Fort Lauderdale. Because, according to a new study, you guys are totally stressed out. The research firm, Sperling’s Best Places, recently ranked the most-stressed-out cities and, four cities in Florida are atop the list. West Palm Beach, the study says, is…
Benjamin Prows settled a pirate mask over his brown eyes, took a deep breath, and tiptoed out onto the slackline — nothing but 12 feet of air between him and the ground. Anything but a conformist, Prows dresses like Jack Sparrow, juggles daily, and lives on a 65-foot catamaran. But…
The name Booby Trap Love Stuff connotes a certain level of trashiness. Although it’s shaped like a cottage and customers enter through castle-like wooden doors, they have to flash an ID before they can behold rows of phallic objects and feather boas. But the Fort Lauderdale store, located 397 feet…
On August 8, the Broward Sheriff’s Office announced that a lucky break had led them to solve a grisly three-year-old murder. DNA taken in a South Beach drug bust had connected a muscular, 26-year-old man named John Snavely to the 2010 slaying of businessman Samuel Del Brocco. The case’s closing…
The South Florida Water Management District had been planning to uproot dozens of oak and gumbo limbo trees that sit along a canal between Nob Hill Road and SW 101st Avenue along the C-11 canal of Linear Park trail in Davie. But, after Davie residents, and Mayor Judy Paul, asked…
George Zimmerman has apparently returned to Florida from his “Have Gun, Will Travel, Will Likely Shoot an Unarmed Black Kid and Then Totally Get Away With It” Tour to Texas because, wesh.com is reporting that — just like in Texas — Zimmerman was pulled over for speeding. According to Lake…
When last we heard from Marco Rubio concerning the situation with Syria, he was busy saying he was all for military action, but Obama is leading from behind, so now it’s probably still a good time to strike, but if only Obama had done it sooner… er something. Well, Golden…
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has filed a new Health and Safety Complaint that basically says porn actors in Florida aren’t wearing enough condoms when making their movies. The AHF is on a crusade of sorts to get adult film actors to be more proactive in reducing the spread of STDs,…
Look, it’s always funny to see some backwoods Florida legislator publicly torch his or her credibility with an off-handed, unscripted remark. But then there are comments that are just whack, James Tracy-ish bullsh*t. State Rep Neil Combee stepped up to the plate and delivered the latter on Twitter yesterday The…
What kind of country do we live in where 18-year-old kids aren’t allowed to buy themselves a gun? Because that’s exactly the battle Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is fighting, as the Supreme Court grapples with a decision to overturn a law that poops all over the Second Amendment and…
Benjamin Prows settled a pirate mask over his brown eyes, took a deep breath, and tiptoed out onto the slackline — nothing but 12 feet of air between him and the ground. Anything but a conformist, Prows dresses like Jack Sparrow, juggles daily, and lives on a 65-foot catamaran. But…
A Tamarac woman who borrowed her apartment building manager’s laptop found that the man had a little more than Netzero on his desktop. She saw a file titled “Porn.” She opened it. And, as she was expecting, she saw the man’s porn. What she wasn’t expecting, there were videos taken…
