When the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office received a report about a landlord-tenant dispute that involved 73-year-old Gene Stimmler allegedly talking about his penis to a 15-year-old boy, a sheriff’s deputy had some questions for him.Then the deputy found Stimmler’s freezer, which was full of mangoes, a few parrots, and…
Memos from the city clerk’s office in Deerfield Beach accuse former Mayor Jean Robb throwing a fit in their office last week, tossing some insults and expletives and even dropping a “you people” line on employees.The memos, obtained by city activist Chaz Stevens, describe Robb coming into the clerk’s office…
Casey Anthony showed up to her third monthly probation meeting last week, and she apparently hasn’t been doing anything.The Florida Department of Corrections says Anthony’s probation reports are redacted to prevent people from knowing where she lives, so they send out monthly news releases to let everyone know how she’s…
If the youngsters out there need something a little more high-brow than a fart-noise application for their iPhones, there are now apps for that.Sen. Marco Rubio announced the release of the aptly named “U.S. Senator Marco Rubio” application for the iPhone, iPad, and Android devices this week, and it actually…
Mikel Jones, a former aide to Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings, was convicted for his role in a scheme to defraud a New York venture capital fund that financed the operation of his Philadelphia law firm.Jones, a 55-year-old Boynton Beach resident, was convicted of conspiracy, money laundering, 14 counts of wire…
Jakaris Taylor, one of up to ten people who took part in a West Palm Beach gang rape of a 35-year-old woman in 2007 and the beating of both the woman and her 12-year-old son, was resentenced today to 60 years in prison.Taylor was 16 at the time of the…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio — America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff” — is getting out of Arizona this weekend to be the headliner for the “Choose Liberty 2012” event, hosted by the Eastern Orlando Tea Party and the Koch brothers-funded Americans for Prosperity.According to the sheriff’s PR crew out in the…
The Boynton Beach Police Department announced today that 54-year-old William Dabbs was charged with first-degree murder, nearly two weeks after his boss was found dead in a Home Depot parking lot.According to a police report, the cops responded to a call about a man sitting in his car parked in…
The Broward Commission unanimously voted down a draft ordinance proposed by County Administrator Bertha Henry to require people to apply for and obtain permits to engage in “expressive activities” at county facilities — a mandate that many members of the public see as a stab at the First Amendment.However, the…
We’ve never heard a good excuse come from someone who nearly stabbed a baby, and two slices of bread sure isn’t a good one.Still, that’s what the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says 18-year-old Kenneshia Thurman did last night.Some time around 7 p.m. Monday, Thurman knocked on her neighbors’ door in…
Remember that attack on Rep. Allen West stating that he’d been in sort of a motorcycle “gang” that didn’t care too much for nonwhite people?Well, it’s true, West apparently admits — 13 months after NBC Nightly News ran a segment detailing his ties to the gang and after the congressman…
As we’ve documented here before, crimes in the Florida Keys are often strange, usually involving drugs, missing clothes, or some strange combination of both.Yesterday, someone tried to rob a Burger King with a sock. Specifically, by stuffing his hand in the sock and trying to tell people it was a…
Due to new rules from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the impending manatee season in Broward County, the Natural Resources Planning and Management Division would like to remind you not to slice up sea cows with your boat in the county’s waterways.Two manatees have been killed by…
“Nazis. I hate these guys.” — Indiana JonesGovernment agents seized a 500-year-old painting from the Mary Brogan Museum of Art & Science in Tallahassee on Friday, a work of art the U.S. Attorney’s Office says was stolen out of France by friends of the Nazis in 1941.Christ Carrying the Cross…
Gov. Rick Scott may not think Florida needs more anthropologists, but cruise-ship DJs — that’s a different story.The governor held another one of his borrowed “Let’s Get to Work” days this Friday at the Port of Miami, and among his duties, the governor’s office said Scott planned to “demonstrate his…
The Broward Commission loves the First Amendment right of the people to assemble, as long as you get a permit two days in advance, don’t bring tents or sound amplification, don’t have more than the maximum people allowed, are out by 5 p.m., and don’t outstay the maximum permit length…
On Thursday night, Fort Lauderdale cops Brian Christopher Dodge and Billy Charles Koepke turned themselves in at the Broward County Jail, charged with 36 crimes between them that include a maximum possible sentence of life in prison plus more than 100 years each. Tim Donnelly, assistant state attorney in charge…
Patrick Murphy, one of the Democratic hopefuls in the race for Rep. Allen West’s congressional seat, has joined several of his party colleagues — including DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and former Rep. Alan Grayson — to come out in support of the Occupy movement.In an email to campaign…
GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rick “I want to go to war with China” Santorum will be joining Reps. Allen West and Tom Rooney for a cute little picnic this weekend sponsored by the Republican Party of Palm Beach County.Santorum’s appearance at the “GOP Family Picnic,” as well as the appearance…
Two Fort Lauderdale cops were arrested around 8:30 p.m. yesterday, charged with 36 crimes between them that include a maximum possible sentence of life in prison plus more than 100 years each.Officers Brian Christopher Dodge and Billy Charles Koepke turned themselves in at the Broward County Jail last night on…
For the second time in four days, a plane somehow managed to crash on the Key West airport’s only runway.Add in a $165,000 embezzling scheme and a drunk guy making bomb threats and you’ve got one hell of a two-week stretch at the Key West International Airport.Shortly after noon yesterday,…
Gov. Rick Scott’s reaction on Wednesday to a former staffer for Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll being charged with illegally recording a conversation: “It is a disappointment.” (He said that twice.)His reaction to the part of that audio recording in which Carroll’s chief of staff said the governor isn’t leading: “That’s…
