Joshua Montez, the 17-year-old who is accused of cutting a Royal Palm Beach High assistant principal, will face his charges as an adult. Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Montez after a fight broke out at the school, and the assistant principal was injured. Montez, unlike the other students involved…
Yesterday we brought you news of poisonous caterpillars falling from trees. Well, it looks like the weird creatures invasion of Florida is nearly complete with the news that at least 50 giant African land snails were caught invading homes in the Davie area on Wednesday. The problem with these mollusks…
Le Palais Royal is a gaudy 60,000-plus-square-foot “palace” that will cast a garish shadow all across Hillsboro Beach with its supreme palatialness when it’s done being built by 2015. The home, which is inspired by the Palace of Versailles, boasts 11 bedrooms, 17 baths, a 4,500-square-foot pool with waterslide, a…
Palm Beach Sheriff’s deputies who were serving a warrant to arrest a Lake Worth man on child porn charges discovered fifty dead cats stuffed in freezers in the man’s home. Animal Care and Control were called in Wednesday to remove the dead cats from the man’s home. Neighbors claimed to…
Last month, Miami Marlins uber-slugger Giancarlo Stanton made it very clear that he was still unhappy about the way the team handles their business when it comes to building winners. Yet now, in news that can only be taken with a couple of barrels of salt — given the team’s…
Former WPTV-Ch. 5 weatherman (and former New Times Best Weathercaster) Rob Lopicola, who was sentenced to 56 months in prison after he engaged in unlawful sexual activity with a teen boy he met on Craigslist, might be in more hot water now, according to a report. Gossip Extra is reporting…
While we have our share of weird-ass species down here in Florida — lion fish, huge burmese pythons, super snakes, giant african snails, something called crazy ants — none seem to be more hazardous than a specific type of caterpillar Florida scientists are now warning us about. It’s called the…
Jose Padilla, the Fort Lauderdale-based jihadist who was convicted in 2007 on charges of supporting Al Qaeda and terrorism conspiracy, was handed a new 21-year prison sentence. The ruling came on Tuesday from an appeals court that deemed Padillia’s original 17-year sentence was too lenient. His lawyer argued during the…
Gov. Rick Scott has been spending millions on ads attacking Charlie Crist and his flip-flopping ways, pointing out how he much he screwed Florida the first time he was governor of the state. Now Crist is fighting back and, as he did with gay marriage rights, he’s attacking Scott on…
Polo mogul John Goodman’s fate continues taking detours and u-turns with the news that the jury selection in his DUI manslaughter retrial will take place in Tampa, not Palm Beach County. The news broke over the weekend when Hillsborough Chief Judge Manuel Menendez told the Tampa Tribune that jury selection…
James Yacobellis, the Coconut Creek cop who made headlines last year after the force suspended him for a year and a half for improper conduct but paid him his full salary anyway, was busted after walking into a Boca Raton spa that was actually a front for prostitution. Yacobellis, 39,…
“Does this sound like a rally to help the sick?” So says a 30 second ad from anti-medical marijuana group No On 2 in reference to John Morgan’s profanity-laced rant from a week ago. Morgan, the Orland-based attorney and medical marijuana advocate who has poured millions of his own money…
Broward Sheriff’s Deputies found the body of a 68-year-old woman who had been murdered and stored in a garment bag after they were called to check on the woman. The officers found a garment bag hidden inside a closet in an apartment located on 4255 Crystal Lake Drive after a…
Update: BSO has released the identity of the Wilton Manors man police shot and killed Sunday as Thomas Carberry. Carberry was 50. Original post: The suicidal Wilton Manors man who wandered outside his home with a gun, threatening to shoot his roommates and police, told the responding Wilton Manors Police…
They did it. They actually friggin’ did it! The Miami Dolphins managed to overcome their own Dolphiningness and decimated the New England Patriots 33-20 to start the 2014 season with a bang. Miami wrecked the haters in the face and took names as they sacked Tom Brady, forced turnovers, and…
Update 3: NORAD and the FAA confirm the plane crashed 14 miles off the coast of Port Antonio, Jamaica at about 2:15 p.m. Only the pilot and his wife were aboard the flight. Update 2: The AP is reporting that the plane has crashed in Jamaica. FlightAware.com no longer shows…
Your Miami Dolphins are set to kickoff the 2014 season this Sunday against the New England Patriots. And, if you haven’t noticed, there have been a few changes around here. The team finally came around to realizing how much Jeff Ireland sucks and hired a new guy who comes from…
Three Coral Springs Police Officers and former executive board members of the Coral Springs Police Union were charged with grand theft and organized scheme to defraud, according to the Broward County’s State Attorney’s Office. The three cops allegedly used police union credit cards for unauthorized ATM cash withdrawals. They also…
It had appeared as if maybe she wouldn’t, but late Thursday afternoon Florida state Attorney General Pam Bondi filed an appeal notice on behalf of Surgeon General Dr. John H. Armstrong, Secretary of Management Services Craig J. Nichols, and Washington County Clerk of Court Harold Bazzell. On August 21, U.S…
Anti-medical marijuana group Drug Free America Foundation has taken it up a notch on their “Amendment 2 has loopholes that will lead to legalized marijuana” talking point by putting up a billboard attacking John Morgan. Morgan, the Orland-based attorney and medical marijuana advocate who has poured millions of his own…
As you may or may not know, Donald Trump is a prolific tweeter. And by that, we mean he likes to get into beefs with people or corporations on Twitter and call them losers, in between tweeting about his hotels and saying derogatory things about Obama. And sure, it can…
Fort Lauderdale can be a bit of an enigma these days. It’s got a lot of canals, was once the spring-break capital of the world, and is often lost in the ubiquitous sexy glow of Miami Beach. So, is it a party town? A family town? Do people even go…
