Author Insists Jeffrey Dahmer Murdered Adam Walsh

On July 27, 1981, the mother of 6-year-old Adam Walsh left him in the toy section of the Sears department store in the Hollywood Mall while she went to look for a lamp. Weeks later, his severed head was found in a canal in Vero Beach. In 1983, convicted serial…

Probation Station: Radio Show Hosted by Former Probation Officer

Monalisa Weber remembers a 16-year-old boy standing in a Broward courtroom with a blank stare. He had broken his probation. A judge asked the boy why he didn’t attend the mandatory boot camp, and when the boy didn’t answer, the judge sentenced him to prison. “The streets raised him. You…

With Heroin and HIV on the Rise, Activists Run a Covert Needle Exchange

Every few months, a 38-year-old woman drives to Miami from Broward. She meets with Carlos Franco, a 66-year-old retired drug-rehabilitation specialist turned harm-reduction advocate. He hands her a box with hundreds of new, wrapped syringes, and she then in turn covertly hands them out to low-income intravenous drug users in…

Activists Protest Reinstatement of Cop Who Called Blacks “Hoodrats”

Over 30 activists attended the commission meeting Tuesday evening to discuss the reinstatement of Fort Lauderdale police officer Jeffery Feldewert, who was fired in June over racist Facebook comments and then brought back on the force last month. Six activists took to the podium to explain that officers like Feldewert…

The Megaphone: Shipping Container Will Serve as Art Hub for Sistrunk

Over the last few years, Sherryl Muriente noticed that almost every region of downtown Fort Lauderdale began to flourish with art and culture, except the historically black Sistrunk Boulevard area. She especially noticed the new trolley running between Sistrunk and FAT Village. Even though galleries were opening in Sistrunk, art…

In Florida, Emojis, LOLs, and Hahas Reign Supreme on Facebook

Floridians are a weird bunch. Geographic isolation has leant its way to bizarre habits, like an aversion to indicator signals and a pathological fear of cockroaches. We even have our own twang—we prefer “you guys” to “y’all” and “Publix” to “supermarket.” It should come as no surprise that we e-laugh…

Senate Candidate Pam Keith Vlogs About Sandra Bland

“At first, when I heard the Sandra Bland story, I wasn’t sure if I believed it,” Pam Keith tells New Times. Palm Beach County’s 46-year-old democratic Senate candidate, who lives in Juno Beach, knows how scary it can be to be pulled over by a police officer. She’s a woman…

Anti-Flakka Campaign: “Don’t Be a Guinea Pig”

Two years ago, flakka arrived in South Florida provoking a string of bizarre incidents involving paranoid, aggressive naked people under the influence of this cheap, potent stimulant. In January, a naked man was coaxed off a Lake Worth roof by a SWAT team. In March, a man who had taken…

Like Humans of New York, Blog Profiles Ordinary Broward County Residents

Sixty-five-year-old Anita Mitchell might be Broward County’s biggest fan. She loves living in Broward County. She loves meeting people from Broward County. But she especially loves writing about people from Broward County. Mitchell, a former English teacher turned reporter, recently launched “Broward People,” a site that posts profiles of Broward’s…

Prostitution Sting at Taco Bell, Lauderdale BMW

On Yelp, a commenter praised the Taco Bell at 1830 South Federal Highway: “For anyone visiting Fort Lauderdale, I would highly recommend that they make sure to experience Taco Bell not only for the nourishment but also for an experience they won’t soon forget,” Dave. M. from Washington wrote. His…

Is Cuban Developer Jorge Perez the Last Person to Stand by Trump?

They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. Those words about Mexicans from Donald Trump’s presidential announcement speech have been on a near-continuous loop since the comb-covered one uttered them on June 16. Within nine days, Univision, the largest Spanish-language TV network in the country, declared it would cancel its…

Florida Cracking Down on Massage Parlors

From May 13  to 15, across the state, a slew of “body rub” businesses were busted by the Department of Health for operating without proper massage licenses. Operation Trigger Point lasted only three days but the final count was 64 cease-and-desist orders being issued as a result of the sting…