Public defender Matt Shirk had a shower built in his office, and he allegedly asked a female employee to join him in it. Also, Shirk built the in-office shower without the proper permits, according to Jacksonville plumbing officials. Shockingly, Shirk has been embroiled in other incidents inappropriate for a public…
GOPers sure do love them death penalty executions. Especially here in Florida. Except, of course, when they get in the way of fundraisers, like one did for State Attorney General Pam Bondi. The state was set to execute Marshall Lee Gore on Monday for the 1988 raping, strangling, and stabbing…
Yesterday we wrote about how a rescue person in Lake Park had found a kitten infected with rabies. The person had to be treated for rabies, while the kitten eventually died. And now, to make sure rabies doesn’t spread throughout the county, Animal Care and Control is looking to trap…
Tyree Lincoln Smith, a Florida man who beat a homeless Connecticut man to death with an ax and then ate his eyeball and parts of his brain, was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a Connecticut psychiatric hospital for up to 60 years. A three-judge Bridgeport…
Hey. Whaddaya know. George Zimmerman gets to go free. Again. Despite apparently pulling a gun on his wife, Shellie, and allegedly threatening her and punching her father, charges won’t be pressed against George Zimmerman. According to Lake Mary Police Chief Steve Bracknell, Shellie and her father told authorities they would…
Update: Audio of Shellie Zimmerman’s 911 call has been released. You can listen to it here. “He’s in his car and he continually has his hand on his gun and keeps saying step closer,” Shellie says. “He’s just threatening all of us.” Shellie also adds that Zimmerman puncher her father…
Gov. Rick Scott is taking time out of his voter suppression crusade to launch his “Ain’t No One Got Time for Taxes” Tour 2013. It’s actually called the “It’s Your Money” Tour, but we think ours is snazzier. Scott kicks off the tour Tuesday morning right from our own backyard,…
A stray kitten that was found near Lake Park in the 9000 block of Old Dixie Highway has died of rabies, and the person who rescued it is being treated. According to the state health department in Palm Beach County, the Florida State Laboratory found that the kitten, who was…
There are slightly fewer hookers walking around central Broward today, thanks to a sting operation by the Broward Sheriff’s Office that netted a dozen suspects. The sting was actually done with the cooperation of Broward residents, who helped cops nab the alleged streetwalkers and their alleged pimps. Cooperation!…
Update: The lanes at Dixie Highway and Glades Road in Boca Raton have re-opened to commuter traffic. A person apparently ended his life Monday morning when he jumped in front of a train in Boca Raton. The incident happened at the intersection of Dixie Highway and Glades Road, shutting down…
The Miami Dolphins faced the Browns to open the NFL season on Sunday and proceeded to hand the city of Cleveland more misery by taking the 23-10 win. It was a helluva way to start the season. A win is a rare things around these parts — particularly an opening-weekend…
Looks like George Zimmerman’s lawyer has parlayed his success in getting his client set free for killing an un-armed teen into a sweet TV gig. Mark O’Mara, the Orlando-based criminal defense attorney who helped win Zimmerman’s acquittal for shooting Trayvon Martin, is officially the new legal analyst for CNN. On…
Apparently a couple named Harry & Potter were busted for having sex in an abandoned hotel in Ft. Lauderdale. Sometimes the Floriderp Files find something so Floriderpy, we think it’s made up. But, nope. It’s true!…
One state senator would like to get spray paint cans out of the hands of kids. Particularly, he says, by imposing a $500 fine for businesses caught selling anyone under the age of 18 a spray paint can. State Sen. Darren Soto, D-Orlando, filed a bill that says that the…
The police t-shirt police were out in full force at the Universal Studios theme park in Orlando when they basically ruined a girl’s sweet-sixteen when they kicked her and her family out of the park. The girl’s father, it turns out, was wearing a t-shirt that said “Police” on it…
Ah. Gators fans. They smell. They’re loud. They drink cheap beer. They love to wear jorts. They love mullets. And they’re set to invade Sun Life Stadium for the big showdown with the Hurricanes on Saturday afternoon like an orange STD, infecting every crevice of South Florida like a horde…
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…
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…
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…
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…
