Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein’s wife, Kim Rothstein, was charged in September with conspiracy to commit money laundering after it was discovered that she and her pals concealed more than $1 million of jewelry from the federal government, including a 12.08-carat diamond ring worth 450 grand. Prosecutors say Rothstein, her former…
Armando Cantero-Chavez was driving his Ford Expedition around in a reckless manner inside the mobile home community where he lives on Tuesday afternoon. His neighbor, Lorenzo Sanchez-Bellot, did not like this. So he put a stop to Cantero-Chavez’s crazy driving ways. By stabbing him in the chest. Yep. That’ll do it…
According to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, people who earn minimum wage in the Sunshine State will see a whole 12 cent increase in their paychecks starting this week. And with the whole fiscal cliff thing not happening now, it’s double good news for low wage earners today. Hooray!!…
Whole new year, same old FLORIDERP. Kenneth Rowe, 26, of Daytona, wanted to start the new year getting his rocks off with some boobies in his face. So he hit up local strip joint, Sharks Lounge. But, turns out Rowe is the father of an 11-month-old baby. And it’s kind of…
On the first ay of the brand new year, the House voted 257-167 to approve the Senate bill that would avoid major tax hikes and spending cuts and keep us all from falling over the so-called “fiscal cliff,” which would’ve been a terrible way to start 2013. The GOPers wanted…
An employee at Forever 21 clothing and apparels store in the Sawgrass Mills mall was arrested for allegedly recording female customers undressing inside the dressing rooms. Andre Clements, 30, was arrested after being reported by a female customer of peeping at her and others through the curtains of the store’s…
Charles Martin Jones and Michael Edward McCord were driving down State Road 52 near Darby in Pasco County when they saw a young deer on the side of the road and decided, what the hell, let’s shoot us a baby deer. Because, Florida! According to a Pasco Sheriff’s report, the…
This is your annual New Year’s Eve reminder to please not fire a gun into the air at the stroke of midnight, like an asshole. Yet it happens every year. The old year ends, the new one begins, and people suddenly turn into Mexican bandits from an old Western and fire…
The hell is the matter with the women of Manatee County? Or, actually, more to the point… the men? It was a little over a month ago that we saw a Manatee County woman beat the crap out of her boyfriend after he failed to satisfy her sexually. And now,…
No plans for New Year’s tonight? Why not help keep the roads safe and collect a bounty to boot? The Safety Council of Palm Beach County is once again running its “Mobile Eyes” program tonight, where they basically pay you a hundred bucks if you spot a drunk driver and…
In case you missed it, the Miami Dolphins got thoroughly pulverized with a sock full of pennies by the New England Patriots yesterday to the tune of 28-0, mercifully bringing the 2012 campaign to an end and ensuring yet another 7-9 season. Yet, on Black Monday — the Monday following…
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was admitted to New York Presbyterian Hospital Sunday after doctors found a blood clot related to a concussion she suffered ten days ago. Earlier this month, Clinton was sick with a stomach virus when she fainted and banged her head, causing a concussion and opening…
Here’s a nice little news item to warm your cockles before kicking off the last weekend of 2012: Batman visited the kids at Joe DiMaggio’s Children’s Hospital on Friday morning. The Dark Knight came complete with costume, the Bat Mobile and, of course, Robin, to lift the spirits of some…
Eva Leslie Weinberg, 52, was arrested Thursday by a Broward Sheriff’s deputy and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after she allegedly got into a domestic dispute with her son and then pointed a gun at him. Weinberg, it turns out, has been employed with the Broward Sheriff’s…
Beginning January 7, the Broward County Transit will be cutting the east-west 595 Express bus fares from $2.35 to $1.75, with monthly passes at $58. The move was made mainly to boost ridership, which averaged 80 riders a day on the Sunrise to Fort Lauderdale 595 Express route. In contrast,…
Brace yourself. Here comes the Most Florida Thing You’ll Read All Day!: Hernando County Deputies arrested a North Florida woman after the 9-year-old child in her care ate some crack cocaine. Kimberly Losurdo is facing child abuse charges after fire rescue officials were called to her home on a report…
Dwyane Wade has been suspended by the NBA for one game, without pay, for supposedly kicking another player in the balls. On Wednesday night in Charlotte, the Miami Heat were busy dismantling the Bobcats midway through the fourth quarter when Ramon Sessions fouled Wade. As he reached in for the…
Some robbery victims come home to find a missing television, or computer, or DVD player, or jewelry. Others have their furniture taken, while others have even come home to find their pet gone. And then others come home to find their driveway’s been stolen. Yup.At least, that’s what happened to…
Hey, Florida! Looks like we’re number one in yet another dubious category! Just a few weeks ago, we became number one in most concealed weapons permits (just days before Newtown, no less!). And now, it looks like we’re number one in sending convicted inmates to death row. Most concealed weapons and…
Nely Limeira, 73, of Oakland Park fell victim to a lottery scam that took advantage of her kindness. And now authorities are on the lookout for two women who perpetrated the shakedown that robbed Limeira of $12,300 in cash and jewelry. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, Limeira was approached…
The internet nearly stopped existing yesterday when sports blog Deadspin revealed what could possibly be the new Miami Dolphins team logo. Deadspin credited fan site DolfansNYC for leaking the possible logo, and Dolphins fans everywhere chimed in. Mostly, they hated it. And, if the leak is indeed the real logo,…
Two women, Ashlie Alewine, 22, and Nakilya Latisha Wright, 18, nearly pulled off the heist of the century when they robbed the InnPlace Hotel on Fifth Avenue South in Naples. They took money from the register. And they made a clean getaway. That is, until one of them accidentally ass-dialed the very hotel…
