Federal prosecutors won’t be charging Buju Banton jury foreman Terri Wright with criminal contempt charges, even though a New Times report revealed that Wright admitted to misconduct. Thanks to that New Times report, a federal judge in Tampa tossed out one of two convictions that sent Banton to prison in…
Pinellas County bus driver John Moody will not face criminal charges after a brutal beating of a teen boy went down on his bus last month. On the afternoon of July 9, three 15-year-old boys attacked a 13-year-old boy aboard a school bus. The three stomped on the boy more…
A manager at a Goodyear tire store in Winter Haven thought he might defraud a customer to get more money in his pockets. And he chose the perfect target. An entire sheriff’s office. FOOLPROOF…
The Miami Dolphins opened up the 2013 NFL preseason by dropping what was a slopfest to the Dallas Cowboys 24-20 Sunday night. As part of the Hall of Fame Game, the Fins were poised to reveal their new-look uniforms, and a new-look team, bringing irrational, over-the-top enthusiasm for the fans,…
Greg Oden will sign with the Miami Heat. Oden, the former first-overall pick of the 2007 NBA Draft, has agreed to a two-year deal with Miami worth the veteran’s minimum, with an opt-out next Summer, according to ESPN. Oden, who has had what was a promising career derailed by knee…
It appears that Broward Sheriff Scott Israel has had an ethics complaint filed against him. According to Bob Norman, the complaint was filed by a former Broward Sheriff’s Office commander over a five-day cruise to the Bahamas that Israel took his family on aboard a campaign donor’s $35 million superyacht…
It looks like Florida’s State Board of Education has found itself a replacement for recently resigned education chief Tony Bennett. At least until they can find a full-time replacement. And it so happens to be the same person they appointed when the last education chief had to resign. The Board…
A kid got sucked into a drainpipe in Fort Myers during a storm. One moment, he was splashing and playing in a water-filled ditch; the next, he was sucked into the netherworld. Like some damned Neil Gaiman novel. Amazingly, the boy — who survived the ordeal — was underwater for…
This not-at-all-creepy-looking bespectacled gent you see here was arrested twice in the past week for having sex with two different dogs, with one other dog possibly awaiting the man’s amorous advances. The 52-year-old James Lee Lyons, who also happens to be a registered sex predator, because of course he is,…
A Florida man was sentenced to 24 years in prison in Brooklyn federal court Thursday after he was found guilty of being part of plot to murder Long Island Judge Joseph Bianco and prosecutor Lara Treinis Gatz, then preserve their heads in formaldehyde as souvenirs. Dejvid Mirkovic, 38, of Lake…
A Broward Sheriff’s deputy shot and killed an Oakland Park man who was wandering the streets with a Winchester air rifle. According to the BSO, the man was ordered by the deputy to drop the gun several times. Instead, the man pointed the rifle towards the officer, prompting the deputy…
In a bid to prove that most city commissions hate fun, the West Palm Beach City Commission is trying to figure out how to get rid of those trucks that drive around town advertising strip clubs. Some of the trucks are straight up ads, featuring photos of women and advertising…
Several men in military-style garb and armor, armed with machine guns and various weapons, were spotted on the roof of a parking lot in Boca Raton. Alarmed onlookers immediately called police, who rushed to the scene. Once there, they converged on the armed men and drew their firearms, demanding the…
UPDATE: Bennett has officially resigned. See his press conference statement below Tony Bennett, Florida’s Education Commissioner, will resign after allegations of his changing a charter school’s grade in Indiana to benefit a big money bags Republican donor cropped up earlier this week. The news of his resignation comes a day…
Looks like George Zimmerman is taking his “Have Gun, Will Travel, Will Likely Shoot an Unarmed Black Kid and Then Totally Get Away With It” Tour to Texas because, according to a report by TMZ, he was stopped for speeding in Forney. And yes, he had a gun with him…
So, apparently, the Rev. Jesse Jackson called Florida an “Apartheid State” and the “Selma of our time” and made a comparison between Gov. Rick Scott and historically racist 1960s Alabama Gov. George Wallace. Naturally, Scott is demanding an apology. Jackson made the comments while visiting the Dream Defenders, who are…
UPDATE: Police say they are still investigating the matter, but that no one was hospitalized, as some other outlets had reported. Bimini Boatyard Bar & Grill general manager, Jeff Hallick, had no comment when reached by New Times. The restaurant is currently open for business. Original post: Kitchen workers at…
You know, with all the crazy things going down in Florida, such as a law that makes it perfectly legal for a person to shoot and kill another person because they feel threatened, and with all the internet cafés being shut down to keep them dastardly old people from gambling,…
It appears that a couple of kids were left all alone in a West Palm Beach water park by their summer camp, making it either the most terrifying summer camp experience or the most AWESOME. The Department of Children and Families is investigating whether the camp, a Kids World of…
Miami-Dade County Judge Antonio Marinhas has ordered Dwyane Wade to let his two sons visit their mother, Wade’s ex-wife, Siohvaughn Funches. The boys, Zaire, 11, and Zion, 6, had been visiting their mother on a weekly basis, but after she staged a bizarre sit-in on the streets of Chicago where…
A Florida man who was arrested for driving without a license on Sunday decided to have himself a pee party at his local police station. While in custody of the Gainesville Police, the man decided that he not only needed to take a piss but that doing it on an…
Apparently the Goodship Yeyo was headed to Blowtown, USA, because federal agents found themselves a boat with a crapload of cocaine earlier this month. U.S. Customs, Border Protection officers, and a Fort Lauderdale Marine Unit were called in to investigate a sinking boat that was being reported to have contained…
