Last night was the CNN/Tea Party Express Republican debate, which we live-blogged from Tampa right here on the Pulp.We knew we were in for some fun as soon as we saw the plane flying above the Florida State Fairgrounds before the debate with a banner reading, “Where’s the real birth…
Former World Series MVP and performance-enhancing drug user Manny Ramirez was arrested in Weston yesterday on a domestic-violence charge.According to a police report released late last night by the Broward Sheriff’s Office, Ramirez’s wife called the cops around 4:30 p.m., saying Ramirez had hit her in the face and caused…
The Pulp will be in Tampa tonight to live-blog the Republican presidential debate, hosted by CNN and the Tea Party Express.Eight candidates will take the stage for the debate — moderated by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer — from 8 to 10 p.m., and the event will be streamed live online, which…
In anticipation of the GOP presidential debate it’s hosting, CNN released its freshest poll numbers, with Texas Gov. Rick Perry leading the pack — ahead by 12 percentage points over second-place Mitt Romney.The poll showed that 30 percent of the 446 Republican voters surveyed said they’d be most likely to…
UPDATE 2: We’ve checked out the information about Edgar Bushey; find it after the jump.UPDATE: The scene is reportedly clear, and the surrounding streets will reopen. Police in West Palm Beach are investigating reports of a suspicious U-Haul truck on Banyan Boulevard.According to the Palm Beach County Clerk’s office, Banyan…
About a year after former Broward Circuit Judge Ana Gardiner resigned from her post amid a Judicial Qualifications Commission inquiry over allegations of a relationship with a former prosecutor, she’s now reported to be engaged to the lawyer who defended her through the investigation.According to GossipExtra’s Jose Lambiet, David Bogenschutz –…
The Florida Senate Committee on Justice — in response to a request from Florida TaxWatch — found that reducing sentences for youngsters in juvenile lockup facilities could save the state millions of dollars.In the most conservative move — reducing the length of stay for all juveniles by a week –…
An off-duty Florida Highway Patrol trooper says he was on his way to a 9/11 ceremony with his wife and kid when they were interrupted by 31-year-old Julio Mompeller, who was allegedly standing through the sunroof of a car and exposing his penis on the highway.According to Monroe County Sheriff’s…
For the second time this week, cops served a warrant on a child-pornography suspect and allegedly found pictures and videos of naked kids mid-download on their computer.On Thursday, police arrested 61-year-old William Kenneth Stewart of West Palm Beach as part of the ongoing operation by the Palm Beach County Sexual…
Maria Del Carmen Diaz died on May 7, 1981 at the age of 8 years old. Maria Del Carmen Diaz has also made $283,464.35 as a teller at a Palm Beach County Wells Fargo bank as of August 19 of this year.That would be because the Maria Del Carmen Diaz…
A deposition for Ponzi-schemer extraordinaire Scott Rothstein scheduled to be held in December will not be videotaped, a federal judge ruled earlier in the week.Rothstein is slated to be deposed on December 12 by creditors for several civil actions in state and federal courts related to his now-defunct Rothstein Rosenfeldt…
Welcome to the age of Twilight, where 22-year-old Josephine Smith thinks she’s a vampire and allegedly bit a 69-year-old homeless man sleeping outside a Hooters restaurant.According to an arrest affidavit from the St. Petersburg Police Department, the elderly gentleman was sleeping outside the Hooters around midnight yesterday when Smith got…
Sexual assault charges against Steven Feagin — the former Deerfield Beach High School football standout who went on to play running back at the University of Illinois — were dropped due to the credibility of the alleged victim, according to a closeout memo from the Broward State Attorney’s Office.Feagin, now…
Boynton Beach police are looking for a guy who made an ass out of himself stealing $1,300 worth of cigarettes from a Walgreens on Monday.The cops say the man went into the store with a woman who distracted the clerk of the store by asking where the wart medicine was.As…
Yo, Miguel Vargas, I heard you like tears.That may explain why you got tears tattooed on your face, so you can display your sadness while you display your sadness.Vargas, 27, was picked up by the Sanford Police Department on Monday for his fifth arrest since 2002, this time on charges…
Below the item about Sandra Bullock being “betrayed” by Ryan Reynolds but above the piece on Monica Lewinsky’s “sad and lonely life” on the front page of the National Enquirer, there’s a big old centerpiece on Casey Anthony’s “secret escape to Mexico.”In typical Enquirer fashion, they completely made it up,…
Roseann Spera Arces decided to settle a minor car accident in a bank parking lot by beating up the other woman for being Jewish. That would be a felony.Arces, 49, pleaded guilty and was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months’ probation, instead of the maximum prison term of five years for…
Boynton Beach cop/alleged meth trafficker/federal fugitive David Britto has been on the run since August 24, and according to a filing submitted yesterday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Britto hopped on a flight to Brazil that same day.In a motion filed in federal court by Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam Fels,…
You know that porn website you always wanted to start? Yes, the one with the 7-foot-tall women and the action figures. Well, you’ll have to wait a bit longer to register for the .xxx domain on it, since the company is allowing only preexisting porn sites to register for now.ICM…
Gov. Rick Scott has officially been crowned Worst Governor Ever.The Transport Workers Union of America found a way for people to vote for Scott again, as he beat out Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker for the high honor.”After Worst Governor Ever election…
In advance of tonight’s GOP presidential debate, the Democratic National Committee has released a report claiming that 9.5 million American jobs would be lost if a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution were implemented by next year — including the loss of 473,000 jobs in Florida.The reasons for the job losses,…
Cliff W. Reynolds — who went by “peter_rabbit57” in Yahoo! chat rooms — spent about five months talking dirty and sending kiddie porn to an undercover Boynton Beach cop over the web.That kiddie porn part is why Reynolds was sentenced yesterday to 7.5 years in prison, but the other details…
