A Tampa man was arrested after authorities say he disturbed passengers and crew on a Silver Airways flight to Key West by being a total jerk. Richard Alan Calderoni, 50, who is reportedly a managing member of GI Entertainment & Restaurant Group, was cuffed and taken into custody by deputies…
So, while you were sleeping, dreaming about the wonder and excitement that is going back to work on Monday, a tropical storm up and decided to pop up in Atlantic waters. And, from the looks of it, we’re kind of in its path. Weeeeee! Tropical Storm Chantal, the third named…
Remember that bill that was recently passed that outlawed Internet cafes? Well, apparently, one cafe owner is suing the state because, as he puts it, the bill basically makes smartphones, computers, and pretty much the entire internet illegal in Florida. Consuelo Zapata, owner of Incredible Investments, LLC, says in his…
Palm Beach County police are assisting Greenacres police over a suspicious item that was found at Paul’s Motel in Greenacres. Authorities were called about the item earlier this afternoon about something that looked like a bomb. The bomb squad was dispatched as well. Paul’s Motel is located in the 5400…
The warnings come out every year, and yet every year, it happens. A woman was watching fireworks with her family yesterday when she was struck by a stray bullet. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, April Johnson, 26, was watching a fireworks show in Fort Lauderdale when she suddenly noticed…
Broward Fire Rescue was able to save a dog that had traveled five miles trapped between the axle and steering mechanism of a PT Cruiser. Fire Rescue workers were probably expecting a call or two having to do with people getting injured from fireworks on Thursday. Instead, they got an…
It’s the Fourth of July! It’s a day to BBQ, throw down some cold ones, and enjoy the one day off before having to go back to work and then get the weekend off again. So what the hell are you doing on the internet? Oh well. Since we’re here,…
Two thieves dressed like ninjas tried to rob a Seminole County pawn shop on Tuesday. And they would’ve gotten away with it all too, if it hadn’t been for a confounding door that did not do what it was supposed to. Namely, open. Because ninjas are apparently agents of the…
Alyza Rachel Russell, the 22-year-old Fort Lauderdale woman who plowed her 2012 Porsche Panamera through some bushes and into a parking lot, slamming into two men and killing them both, has turned herself in to police. See also: Two Men Killed After Being Struck by Porsche; Driver May Have Been…
Ever wake up and think to yourself, what I really need in life is a goat? But maybe you don’t want the long-term responsibility of caring for a goat. What with all the crap they eat, and the smell and the fact that it’s a goat. But what’s a person…
Back in May, a teacher at Wiregrass Ranch High School confiscated an iPhone from a 15-year-old female student who she suspected was using the device to cheat on a test. When school administrators searched the phone for evidence of crib notes, they stumbled onto a photo of a 15-year-old boy…
Radio station 97.7 FM played Mexican music and advertised Hispanic businesses in the Marion County area. Only problem is that it was being run by two guys in a mobile home. And that makes it illegal. According to Marion County deputies, two men were illegally operating a radio station. Unfortunately,…
Two teenaged girls were rushed to the hospital after their parasail detached and sent them slamming into a nearby condominium. According to reports, the parasail the two girls were riding on detached from the boat that had been pulling them on Monday afternoon. The girls spun and crashed into a…
On August 10th, 2007, Broward Sheriff’s Sgt. Chris Reyka was gunned down with a semi-automatic handgun as he sat in his cruiser at a Walgreens parking lot in Pompano. Today, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office has announced that they have a suspect. Broward Sheriff Scott Israel announced Shawn Labeet as…
Tyree Lincoln Smith, a Florida man who allegedly beat a homeless Connecticut man to death with an axe, and then ate his eyeball and parts of his brain, is having his fate decided by a three-judge panel starting this week. At the time of his arrest in January 2012, Smith…
Robbers and hold-up men live fast go-go lifestyles like the rest of us. Just like you, they need a more convenient means in which to get their work done, living in our 24-hour social media get-after it world. Take Anthony Williams of Orlando, for example. Instead of parking his car,…
A 9-year-old Fort Lauderdale girl is safe and sound today after she was able to escape from her abductor’s car on Monday. The girl was walking along NW Ninth Avenue and Second Street when a man grabbed her and threw her into his car. She managed to escape from the…
Last week, we told you the horrifying news of a man who strangled his pit-bull puppy, sliced it into pieces, and cooked it for dinner. Thomas Elliot Huggins, a 25-year-old Tampa man, was arrested and booked in the Hillsborough County Jail on animal cruelty charges Friday. See also: Florida Man…
Ex-crackhead Rep. Darryl Rouson, who sponsored the bill that eventually became the “bong ban” law on Monday, is unhappy about how watered down it turned out to be, when all was said and done. Rouson believes that The Pot is a gateway drug to things like The Crack. Therefore, he…
Two Putnam County Sheriff’s Office deputies are out of a job after pulling some shenanigans and ballyhoo at a local bar that included one of them whipping out his literal gun during a fight, and the other one whipping out his figurative gun in the restroom with a lady. According…
A gay Fort Lauderdale married man has become the first person in a same-sex marriage to be approved for a green card. Traian Popov, a Bulgarian immigrant who is married to an American citizen, received the notice of his green card approval via email on Friday, just days after the…
Chaz Stevens, who has used his blog to battle corruption in Deerfield Beach, has filed a civil lawsuit against the City of Lauderdale Lakes. “According to Lauderdale Lakes City Manager Jon Allen,” Stevens tells New Times, “when it comes to obtaining public records, I need to pay to play.” Stevens’…
