Sad news today for all of Florida’s horse-humpers and goat-gropers — you have only four more months to have sex with animals.Gov. Rick Scott today signed the Legislature’s anti-bestiality bill — Senate Bill 344 — which makes it illegal for humans to get jiggy with other members of the animal…
Police say 36-year-old Omar Williams was traveling the country for seven years — impregnating women and living off their money along the way — after allegedly murdering his ex-girlfriend and her co-worker at a Lauderhill apartment complex in 2004.Thanks to an armchair detective watching “America’s Most Wanted,” his run is…
If you happen to have 40 pot plants growing in your apartment, you’re probably going to get caught if you leave a trail of cannabis crumbs inside your place for the cops to follow.According to court documents obtained by New Times, police allege that’s exactly what 26-year-old Jesse Duncans did…
Chances are, 17 percent of third-graders in Broward County and 18 percent in Palm Beach County couldn’t read that headline, according to the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test results released today.Only around 80 percent of the youngsters in both districts passed the reading test of the FCAT this year, which means…
The U.S. House is nearing two different votes demanding that President Barack Obama set a definite timetable on troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, but Rep. Allen West doesn’t want to hear any of that hippie talk. Instead, Lt. Col. West would prefer that congressmen urging an exit from Afghanistan head over…
Broward County is apparently running out of things to do with juvenile delinquents.That could possibly be why more than 30 of the troubled youngsters were bored to death enlightened by the Dillard High School Jazz Ensemble in Judge Merrilee Ehrlich’s juvenile delinquency courtroom yesterday.Now see, some of the kids were in…
People will do some crazy things to get out of a speeding ticket, but the cops say 38-year-old Victor Morales took it to a whole new level.According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, one of its deputies clocked Morales riding his motorcycle at 112 mph near I-95 and Gateway…
The only thing that seems to be on the up-and-up with Gov. Rick Scott is his disapproval rating.Floridians disapprove of the governor’s job performance more than they approve by a two-to-one margin, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released yesterday.But Peter Brown — assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling…
Just as a heads-up: If someone drops into your Pompano Beach business in the middle of the night through a vent or chimney, it probably isn’t Santa Claus — it’s more likely to be the “Rooftop Burglar” the Broward Sheriff’s Office is looking for.BSO spokeswoman Keyla Concepción tells New Times…
Think of all the things a Swiss Army knife can do — open a tin can or bottle of wine, file your nails, or even stab a former fraternity pledge, like the cops say 28-year-old Janseel Singh did yesterday.Police say Singh — one of the “founding fathers” of Florida Atlantic…
On May 1, television sports giant ESPN broadcast an exposé on gambling in the South Florida Youth Football League — including a segment of Pompano Cowboys Coach Osbert Small allegedly gambling in the stands of a kids football game.According to ESPN, Small — an employee of Pompano Beach for more…
If you plan on running for president, don’t go anywhere near Florida Gov. Rick Scott.In an interview on Pensacola-based NewsRadio 1620-AM this morning, host Rob Williams mentioned that the last time Scott came in to an interview, he noticed a guitar signed by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.Scott had said…
Gov. Rick Scott’s poll numbers are rising. Well, at least his disapproval rating is.According to survey results released today by Quinnipiac University, the governor’s disapproval rating is at 57 percent, compared to 29 percent who gave him the thumbs-up.In fact, out of the ten states that the university polls, Scott…
The Broward County Commission unanimously passed a new zoning and regulatory ordinance yesterday for pain management clinics in unincorporated areas of the county.This new ordinance requires all of the supposed “pill mills” in those areas to provide proof of registration with the Florida Department of Health, mandates a signed affidavit…
Fact of the day: You’re more likely to wind up dead while on a walk in Florida than in any other state.That’s according to what an advocacy group called Transportation for America released Tuesday, with Florida taking the cake for the highest “Pedestrian Danger Index” rank in the nation, earning…
West Palm Beach city commissioners are considering multiple methods to curb prostitution in the city, including printing the names, mug shots, and addresses of those busted trying to pick up a hooker — effectively creating a customer database for women of the night. The city has had a rough time…
West Palm Beach has a prostitution problem — its city ordinance to keep hookers off street corners has been deemed unconstitutional by two courts, and the city was sued the last time it published the names of men soliciting prostitutes in a local paper.At last night’s work session with West…
As soft-spoken former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is in South Florida today to court GOP voters for his 2012 presidential run, he got some Twitter love this morning from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.”I admire truth telling and t-paw sure did it to open his campaign,” Bush Tweets, including a…
The K.C. Wright Building in downtown Fort Lauderdale will play home to a lot of angry teachers tonight.Broward Teachers Union communications director John Ristow tells New Times that tonight’s protest — geared toward teacher layoffs and alleged budget mismanagement by the Broward School Board — could be one of the…
Here’s something 35-year-old Robert Craige learned today: If you’re trying to run over an 18-year-old woman with your SUV but get stuck in the bushes, as cops say he did, bribing the teenager’s uncle into helping you escape probably won’t work.According to documents obtained by New Times, the woman was…
We’re not sure who asked Gov. Rick Scott today if he plans on running for president in the 2012 election, but he made it fairly clear he’s not.Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush also says he’s not running for the commander-in-chief spot — which may or may not be true.Despite Bush…
Apparently a cardboard box semi-sealed by Scotch tape with wires hanging out is all it takes for someone to be pretty sure they just got a bomb in the mail.Boynton Beach police spokeswoman Stephanie Slater tells New Times that’s what happened to an employee at a World Savings bank mail…
