The Miami Marlins’ season started Wednesday. By Sunday, news outlets across the country were writing about all the people calling for manager Ozzie Guillen’s resignation.The hubbub is over an article from Time magazine that quotes Guillen saying pretty much the one thing Miami public figures should be told not to…
The Broward Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man they say is connected to two muggings at the end of March — they want you to know that he’s six feet tall, gets around in an old, gold-colored Nissan, and is… fat.In an announcement headlined “Big Boy Wants a Purse,”…
Florida Congressman Connie Mack hasn’t been using his real name. Not in Federal Election Commission filings, not in his Congressional bio, not in federal financial disclosure documents. Even on forms that ask for “Full Name” or “Name of Candidate (in full),” he writes — and later signs — “Connie Mack.”It’s…
The Broward County Commission passed a resolution Tuesday to pursue a strategic plan for instituting “no kill” animal shelters, which would greatly reduce the number of animals housed in the county’s two shelters that are put down.Would it make that big of a difference? For the 9,672 animals Broward County…
Felony charges have been filed against 24-year-old FAU student Jonatha Carr, according to her sister, in connection with her classroom outburst in which she was filmed threatening to kill a professor and classmates.Her family spoke to the Pulp last week about Carr’s long struggle with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Despite…
UPDATE, 4/10: The not-so-tame police report is up.UPDATE, 4/6 12:15 p.m.: Hollywood Police Department has confirmed that Rosenberg was arrested Thursday on alcohol-related DUI charges, but that the police report would not be ready until next week. Broward Court Records now also indicate there are as-yet unfiled charges for DUI…
The Sun-Sentinel announced last week that its website would soon have a shiny new feature — a paywall, erected around the main daily paper serving Broward County.The paper will start “offering memberships” on Monday, though details have been in a letter to readers from Publisher Howard Greenberg that outlined what…
Congressman Allen West deserves some credit for holding an event at West Palm Beach’s Century Village senior community Wednesday — there aren’t many indications he has too much support there, which was emphasized when the 1,200-seat auditorium had about 75 people in it, according to the Palm Beach Post.But in…
UPDATE, 3:24 p.m.: Tyson’s been fired, according to the Sun-Sentinel.Original post, 10 a.m.:Brace yourself — this one’s a story about the Boca Raton Police investigating an unmarked Lantana Police car crashing into an unmarked Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office car. There’s been a lot of crime stuff on the Pulp lately,…
The Florida Lottery’s popularity is shooting through the roof, according to officials, who raked in $1.2 billion in sales in the first three months of 2012 alone.The sales for both the quarter and for March are all-time records for the state; March saw almost $429 million in lottery sales, beating…
We told you yesterday about Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Deputy Patrick Burt, who authorities said drove his patrol car to Boca Raton (while he was supposed to be patrolling Wellington) to hang up signs about his ex-girlfriend at her workplace on Valentine’s Day, calling her current boyfriend a “cheater who…
The University of Wisconsin’s Population Health Institute released its third-annual county health rankings earlier this week, offering a huge pile of statistics on more than 3,000 U.S. counties that reveal, among other things, that fewer car crashes happen in the Northeast and teen pregnancy is highest in the South.But the…
Sarah Palin reiterated her belief yesterday that Congressman Allen West is the best choice for vice president, touting his military service and saying that the eventual Republican nominee shouldn’t feel obligated to pander to the Republican establishment.”When I talk about going rogue, what I want is to encourage the GOP…
Palm Beach Sheriff’s Deputy Patrick Burt was arrested Monday and accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend by putting a GPS tracker on her car and hanging up signs at her workplace that call her current beau a “home wrecker and a cheater,” according to the Sun-Sentinel.Police say he was on duty…
Michael Ragusa grew up in Fort Lauderdale. When it came time for job hunting, he applied to the Broward Sheriff’s Office and the police departments in Fort Lauderdale and Cooper City, among others. They all rejected him.But Miami hired him as a police officer — even though his application included…
You may have heard all the hubbub about the NFL’s new lineup of jerseys, but don’t go grasping for that Modell’s member card yet.NBC’s Darren Rovell was tweeting all kinds of pictures from the Nike unveiling yesterday, including a picture of the Dolphins’ new home jersey, which bears a striking resemblance to…..
Last time we saw Florida Republican congressional candidate Mark Oxner, he was on the U.S.S. Obamaboat turning Democratic opponent Alan Grayson into a parrot and Barack Obama into the captain of a slave ship. He promised to make more ads, and he delivered, this time with one that he claims will…
Eric Brody won a $30 million lawsuit seven years ago in connection with the brain damage he suffered when his car was T-boned by a speeding Broward Sheriff’s deputy. To get the money, however, the state Legislature needed to approve it. After four years of political maneuvering, Gov. Rick Scott…
The LGBT Leadership Council is hosting an “LGBT Campaign Briefing and Reception” at Hollywood’s Westin Diplomat Hotel, and you can still grab a ticket. Indeed, you can see President Barack Obama, the leader of the free world and famous Kenyan socialist, for the rock-bottom price of $2,500…
It’s not clear in the mug shot of 32-year-old James Ayers what is written on his chest — all you can make out is “Than M.” But Ayers, who was arrested on first-degree murder charges March 29, has a Facebook profile — and it reveals what the rest of the…
The FBI announced a $5,000 reward yesterday for information leading to the arrest of a man they say robbed a Pembroke Pines Wells Fargo bank on March 29.Police say the man fled on a dark-colored sport bike with the money stuffed in a black backpack. The backpack then opened on…
A suspect wearing black pants and a white shirt tried to swipe two impact drills from a West Park Home Depot last month but ended up staging one of the clumsiest almost-robberies we’ve seen on tape.The security footage shows the man grabbing the drills and actually taking them to a…
