Boynton Beach Police Officer Alex Lindsey — who once famously arrested a woman named Merry Christmas — was arrested today on charges that he lied in an arrest report, according to the State Attorney’s Office.According to prosecutors, Lindsey wrote in a police report that he’d found a gun on 42-year-old…
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that the cause of death for 53-year-old Thomas Swindal — who died after snorting an unknown white powder from a brick he found floating in the Florida Keys — was a cocaine overdose.The autopsy results have not come back from the Miami-Dade Medical…
When your NHL team draws more fans to an away game than it does to its home games, it’s time for a marketing ploy.The Florida Panthers announced yesterday afternoon that they’re starting the “Red Zone” for Cats fans, with “the promise that no visiting fans are allowed.”The Panthers are big…
Gov. Rick Scott received his highest approval rating and lowest disapproval since April, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.The new survey shows 35 percent of respondents approved of the way the governor is handling his job, compared to 52 percent who said they disapproved.”Gov. Scott still has a…
ITropical Storm Emily was declared dead by the National Hurricane Center at 5 p.m. yesterday.What was once the cause of alarmist hurricane threats, South Florida’s weekend weather forecast is now a 50/50 chance of raindrops.The weather prophets over at the NHC had originally warned that Emily had the potential to…
Duuuuuuuuude.There are some bong-ripping writers and opinion-givers out there who believe that Eric Perez — the 18-year-old who died at a West Palm Beach juvie lockup last month — died because of the prohibition of marijuana.Perez was already on probation for a robbery when he was younger and was sent…
The Christian Family Coalition — a local gay-fearing clan — loves to make ridiculous statements, and we’ve begun to chronicle their rise to Westboro Baptist “Church” status for their outrageous accusations.The latest out of the CFC is that the Wilton Manors Business Association is a gang of “anti-American extremists and…
Earlier in the week, the state Department of Management Services announced that it was consolidating the number of HMOs offered to state employees to one per county.In a move the DMS says was “following the governor’s direction,” the department predicts the change will save taxpayers $400 million in two years.The…
In its second fax-bomb attempt in a matter of weeks, the South Florida Tea Party is asking its supporters to send a prewritten fax to Sen. John McCain of Arizona, requesting that the Maverick not urinate on them.They’re apparently not too happy with McCain, who said he agreed with a…
When hurricane season comes around, it seems like weather forecasting is about as effective as homeopathy.The National Weather Service and its subsidiary, the National Hurricane Center, have been putting out updates every few hours over the past couple of days on the latest happenings of Tropical Storm Emily.Emily was declared…
President Barack Obama turns 50 years old today — according to both his “Kenyan” birth certificate and the real one — and policy decisions aside, it’s been a magical ride.That’s right, magical. The president has managed to invent a few new states, made fun of Nancy Reagan, and even had…
We’re not sure what it says about the state of youth football in Fort Lauderdale when the cops send out reminders not to drink alcohol, do drugs, or gamble while you’re watching the youngsters duke it out on the gridiron.This reminder may have something to do with ESPN’s Outside the…
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jacqueline Hogan Scola cleared one more roadblock to the lethal juicing of South Florida cop killer Manuel Valle.After a hearing ordered by the Florida Supreme Court to decide the effectiveness of the state’s new lethal-injection drug, pentobarbital, Scola ruled that Valle’s defense “failed to present any credible…
The Boca Raton-based MagicJack team of Women’s Professional Soccer has been in South Florida for just one year.Thanks to an owner who makes Mark Cuban look like a saint, WPS has announced that the league plans on ending the franchise at the end of the season, leaving 21 footballers –…
Gov. Rick Scott’s office announced yesterday that he’s ripping off former Gov. and Sen. Bob Graham’s idea of working with Florida’s commoners in their workplace.In what Scott is calling “Let’s Get to Work” days, he started his first job today at a doughnut joint in Tampa, selling rings of fried…
An internal internet poll from the South Florida Tea Party currently shows that 33 percent of its members support running a new candidate against Rep. Allen West in next year’s election due to his vote on the debt deal.Of course, we should mention this is a highly unscientific polling method,…
A tornado — yes, a tornado — touched down in Broward County yesterday evening, according to the National Weather Service.The NWS says the tornado was first spotted on the east side of Tamarac, although it was reportedly seen in North Lauderdale and Margate as well.The preliminary guesstimate from the NWS…
Rep. Allen West’s wife, Angela, gave a sermon titled “tolerance” on her Facebook page last night, in response to the Wilton Manors Business Association’s canceling the congressman’s appearance due to his controversial views of homosexuality.Angela West says if they actually would have let her husband speak at the event, they…
It’s a general observation that crowds like to boo at things, and Miami Dolphins quarterback Chad Henne is no exception.The Phinsider is reporting that at last night’s “Monday Night Back to Football” event at Sun Life Stadium, around 10,000 fans were in attendance — many of them booing Henne.The consensus…
In today’s newsrooms, using Windows 95, connecting to AOL 3.0 with a 56k modem, and using Adobe PageMaker to complete a newspaper would sound like an absolute nightmare.Then there are the collegians at Florida Atlantic University who decided to make it even worse — taking newspapers back to a day…
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona congresswoman shot in the head during a Tucson shooting rampage in January, made her return to the House floor yesterday to cast her vote on the debt deal.Giffords’ spokeswoman told reporters that it’s unknown what her political future is — her reelection bid is still…
A 28-year-old convicted sex offender is now a convicted murderer.Kendrick Herring of Miramar was convicted yesterday of first-degree murder after stabbing his 51-year-old father to death through his eyes in their home in 2007.According to the Associated Press, Herring’s lawyers argued the killing was due to insanity, while prosecutors maintained…
