In the week after the horrific massacre of a dozen people at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, background checks for gun sales in Florida surged 14 percent from the prior week. All said, the Sunshine State recorded more than 2,300 background checks in the seven-day stretch that followed.Chris Mucha,…
Here’s a tip for future bank robbers: If you get picked up by the police, don’t tell them “You’ve got me red-handed” even if your hands and get-away car are soaked with red dye.Cedrick Shivers of Fort Lauderdale, according to the Justice Department, walked into a Wilton Manors bank earlier…
See also “DEA Storms Synthetic Pot Distribution Sites Across Florida” and “Synthetic Marijuana Ban Seems Like a Good Idea, Probably Won’t Do Much”The Drug Enforcement Administration on Wednesday launched a massive nationwide campaign aimed at distributors of herbal incense, or synthetic pot. All said, the feds arrested 90 people and…
See also “Synthetic Marijuana Ban Seems Like a Good Idea, Probably Won’t Do Much” and “Broward Commission Moves to Ban Bath Salts, Fake Weed”The war on synthetic drugs has gone federal, and in a big way.Officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration and Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday stormed…
See also “Synthetic Marijuana Ban Seems Like a Good Idea, Probably Won’t Do Much” and “Broward Commission Moves to Ban Bath Salts, Fake Weed”The Dania Beach City Commission on Tuesday evening cleared the way for a ban on selling bath salts and herbal incense, more commonly referred to as synthetic…
Updated at 10:48 p.m. to include comment from Steak 954 spokesman Chad FabrikantA class-action federal lawsuit filed on Friday alleges that Starr Restaurants Hotel Group stiffed employees on overtime wages. Starr Restaurants, according to its website, is the parent company of Steak 954 in Fort Lauderdale and Makoto in Bal…
If there’s one thing Disney movies have taught us, it’s that domesticated pets have an uncanny knack for surviving in the wild.The most recent real-world example happened when a car accident along I-75 sent an 11-year old house cat named Sam scurrying into the unforgiving brush of Big Cypress National…
A Canadian company has filed a lawsuit against Flo Rida and is seeking $200,000 from the Carol City rapper.The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in a Miami federal court, claims that Flo Rida’s decision to cancel a recent Canadian tour was a costly breach of contract. Spin Artist Agency, the company that’s…
See also “Six Ways to Avoid Red Light Cameras” and “Red Light Cameras May Increase Fatalities”A single-red light camera in Davie could save the city $177,000 the first year and more than $800,000 over five years. In Coral Springs, the numbers are more dramatic: $220,000 in savings after a year…
See also “Dash to Dubai: An FBI Fugitive Explains Why She Kidnapped Her Daughter and Fled Fort Lauderdale”Leslie Delbecq is a fugitive. She has a most-wanted profile, as do her parents.Since kidnapping her daughter from Fort Lauderdale in August of 2010 and fleeing to Dubai, Delbecq has been pursued by…
Leslie Delbecq’s voice crackles over the line. “I never had a criminal record,” she says with a nervous lilt to her Belgian accent. “I was in the military. I did my taxes on time.” In the picture of her on the FBI’s most-wanted list, she has a warm and radiant…
It’s easy to hate Anthony Crapella. He’s loud and sarcastic and has a penchant for dropping his pants and streaking through crowds.”My goal is to get famous before I’m famous,” he boasts.At first glance, the unemployed 25-year-old Coral Springs party bro looks like he just stepped off the assembly line…
See also “Octomom to Be Sued for Keeping Her Clothes On”This past weekend, Nadya “Octomom” Suleman donned a schoolgirl outfit and paraded around stage at the Playhouse South, a Hallandale Beach strip joint.But according to Gossip Extra, a weird legal drama unfolded between Suleman’s two performances that night.A process server…
See also “Genetically Modified Bugs Glow Red and Self-Destruct, but Can They Keep Away Disease?” and “Petition Against GM Mosquitoes Has Nearly 100,000 Signatures”The International Business Times on Monday morning published an article about the potential release of genetically modified mosquitoes in Key West. Unfortunately, the first sentence is a…
As far as identity thieves go, Coral Springs resident Dorothy Boulin is among the scummiest.Last week, Boulin was sentenced to five years in prison and three years’ probation for running a scam that pilfered the social security numbers of U.S. Marines and filed fraudulent tax claims in their names.Court documents…
See also “U.S. Fish and Wildlife Faces Lawsuit for Not Protecting Ten Florida Species”The nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity has filed a massive petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service demanding that a total of 53 reptiles and amphibians be granted protection under the Endangered Species Act.Ten of the…
Last month, the Department of Transportation announced that it will fork over an $18 million TIGER grant for the first phase of Fort Lauderdale’s proposed Wave Streetcar. The plan, which city officials have been molding since 2004, features a ten-station, 2.7-mile trolley-like system intended to shuttle folks around downtown. Reps…
See also “Genetically Modified Bugs Glow Red and Self-Destruct, but Can They Keep Away Disease?”A petition against the experimental release of genetically modified mosquitoes in Key West has garnered more than 95,000 signatures. In the past 24 hours, more than 10,000 people have signed it.But if the petition hits its…
See also “Reggae Great Buju Banton Is Locked Up on Drug Charges. Was He Entrapped?” and “Buju Banton’s Legal Team Blasts Feds”Buju Banton’s attorney on Tuesday filed a motion with the Middle District of Florida requesting that the incarcerated reggae star be granted a new trial.The filing follows a recent…
See also “Florida Government Keeps Tuberculosis Deaths of ‘Poor Black Men’ Secet as Disease Spreads” and “Are Medical Marijuana Claims Made in Reggae Songs True?”The Palm Beach Post’s Stacey Singer on Sunday delivered a stellar investigation into the state’s worst tuberculous outbreak in two decades and how the health department…
The big business brains over at Forbes compiled a list of 200 American cities that the magazine says are the best for “business and careers.”Don’t get your hopes up, folks. Fort Loddy Doddy did terrible, coming in 192 out of 200. We barely beat out notorious hellhole Flint, Michigan…
While most of us were basking in freedom hangovers and post-Fourth laziness, Fort Lauderdale officials released their proposed 2013 budget.Overall, the city plans to encounter $470 million in expenditures, including $300,000 for a few coats of paint on the revoltingly bland City Hall. City officials are looking for an operating…
