It has been less than a week since the Fort Lauderdale Police Department pulled back the curtain on a racism scandal among its own ranks. Last Friday four officers — James Wells, Christopher Sousa, Jason Holding, and Alex Alvarez — lost their jobs with the department after racist texts and…

After last week’s bombshell revelation of racist cops in the Fort Lauderdale Police ranks, the Broward criminal justice system is still reeling. The termination of three officers and resignation of another — James Wells, Christopher Sousa, Jason Holding, and Alex Alvarez, respectively — for racist text messages and other idiocy…

Snowbirds land in South Florida hauling all sorts of baggage. For one former Connecticut resident, that includes six lawsuits stemming from allegations of Catholic church sex abuse. The most recent allegations hit just last week. n the late 1970s and early 1980s, Father Walter Phillip Coleman was the priest at…

The Fort Lauderdale Police department has scheduled a 4:00 p.m. press conference regarding an Internal Affairs investigation. While police are not revealing which specific investigation is being talked about, a source tells New Times that it’s related to the abrupt termination and reassignments of four Fort Lauderale police officers last…

There’s always going to be money in hawking supplements to gym-rats looking to fast-track their way to Schwarzenegger-style bods. But one Boca Raton-based supplement company has recently been hit with a lawsuit filed by a competitor. The legal action claims that Blackstone Labs is trying to pass off its products…

It’s pretty likely 2015 will go down as a watershed year for transgender Americans. Thanks to a growing awareness and cultural acceptance, folks who identify as trans are feeling less sidelined. Still, some states are ahead of others. Refinery29.com recently dropped a study ranking each of the 50 states on…

Armor Correctional Health Services, the Miami-base medical provider embroiled in a lawsuit in Broward County, has been hit with another suit. This time, the legal action was filed in Sarasota County. Like the Broward case, it alleges that Armor staff failed to give proper medical attention to an inmate in…

It should be a given among criminals that if you get yourself in a pinch with the law, keep your mom and dad out of the mess. But a Boca Raton man who was busted for illegally selling firearms at gun shows only compounded his headaches by roping his parents…

The light-colored SUV was already parked when Keri Street wheeled into a neighboring spot at the KinderCare in a Seattle suburb. As Street gathered up her two kids, she ran a suspicious eye over the vehicle. The guy behind the wheel was cocooned in a baggy gray hoodie. A young…

A Palm Beach County couple recently took their grievances with the Boca Raton Resort and Club to the courthouse, filing a bizarre lawsuit and using a you-shoulda-known-that-I-drink-and-not-served-me argument. Christopher and Karen Walsh were members at the exclusive club, a 1 percenters’ playpen nestled on 356 beachside acres. They were members,…

West Palm Beach’s the Hippocrates Health Institute has been in operation since 1987, offering alternative medical practices on its swanky spa-like campus. But according to Canadian news reports, the institute and its top man, Brian Clement, are responsible for smooth-talking cancer patients away from traditional therapy, with disastrous results. One…

Dad jeans fashionista and former NBA godhead Michael Jordan has been living quietly as a South Floridian since setting up shop in Jupiter in 2010. His Airness’ retirement has included watching his terrible NBA team, puttering around his 11-room mansion, and a lot of golf. A lot. But that last…

The Broward Sheriff’s Office is responsible for housing all of the county’s bad guys and gals. Surprisingly, over the past decade, the department, which is the largest fully accredited sheriff’s department in the nation, has seen a dramatic dip in the number of people it’s housing…

It’s always unsettling when your doctor gets it wrong. You can multiply that feeling by 100 whenever cancer is involved. But according to one former inmate in the custody of the Broward Sheriff’s Office, not only did BSO’s medical provider bungle a cancer diagnosis, they failed to provide the agonized…

A recent lawsuit that dropped in a Miami district court spells out a sad tale of sexual assault at a foster home — a situation that could have been prevented had responsible adults paid attention. According to the detailed unveiled in the lawsuit filed by the mother, Precious Sharpe, the…