Arrest Made in 2004 Carjacking Murder

Renalto Obos was shot dead in November 2004 while sitting in a car on NW Third Avenue with his girlfriend. It was a robbery gone awry. The killer wore a mask, and due to the random nature of the crime, Broward Sheriff’s Office couldn’t find a suspect until last month,…

Florida’s First Couple Attend Weekend Event (Together!)

Above: video evidence that Gov. Charlie Crist is acquainted with his wife, Carole. The two can be seen together at a party in New Port Richey. It’s not clear whether they came together or if they bumped into each other by sheer coincidence. The legitimacy of this marriage has been…

Wade-ing Game: Will Heat Star Return?

Sunday’s loss to the Magic felt like a setback to the Heat’s efforts to keep Dwyane Wade. Despite his return, the team was still overmatched in Orlando, which glided past a Heat squad that managed just 16 points in each of the final two quarters. Having missed several games with…

The Wonder of a Big Ship, Through Tourist Eyes

Those of us who live here year-round tend to bitch about tourists — their stupid questions, their slow driving, their unwillingness to open their wallets until they get to the pill mill. But bless those tourists for their way of expressing wonder for the very stuff we take for granted…

Juiced: The Week in One Gulp

We had a colorful start to the week here on Juice, thanks to Lisa Rab’s slideshow capturing all the pageantry of the Lake Worth Street Painting Festival. Here’s a look at what else we covered this past week on your Broward/Palm Beach news blog:Congressional candidate Allen West compared the religion…

Democrat AG Candidates Play Round of Endorsement One-Upmanship

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz this morning announced that she had given her endorsement in the Florida Attorney General’s race to State Sen. Dan Gelber. But Gelber’s news-cycle victory was short-lived. Because just a few hours later, his opponent, State Sen. Dave Aronberg, announced that Congressman Ron Klein was endorsing Aronberg’s…

Is Kendrick Meek Campaign Scandalously Dull?

Charlie Crist sparked controversy by hugging President Obama; Marco Rubio had a whirlwind romance with Florida Republicans only to be blindsided by a credit card spending scandal. But neither of those campaigns for U.S. Senate has been dealt as devastating a blow as Kendrick Meek’s. The leading Democrat candidate’s crime:…

We Got Issues: New Times in Print

Max Mermelstein is said to be the greatest informant in U.S. law enforcement history, but the man who brought down the Medillin cocaine cartel had vanished into the FBI Witness Protection Program for a quarter-century when filmmaker Brett Tabor went on a quest to find Mermelstein and tell his story…

FAU Campus in Uproar Over Hazing Allegations

Looks like the University Press has hit a nerve with this week’s article about hazing at Florida Atlantic University fraternities. Editor Devin Desjarlais, who also works part-time for Juice, reports that since the paper came out Tuesday, more than 900 issues of the paper have been stolen from the bins…

Bikini Dancer Terrorizes Lauderdale Beach

We know it’s rough out there, but for people of a certain body type (see below), exotic dancing is simply not a viable career.Truly indecent exposure. Maybe we’re supposed to pay him to put his clothes on?…

Jeb Bush Criticizes Crist for Supporting Stimulus

He still hasn’t officially endorsed Marco Rubio, but former Gov. Jeb Bush is sending plenty of signals that that’s his pick for Florida’s next U.S. senator. The most recent piece of evidence came in an interview with a conservative website, Newsmax, in which Bush called Charlie Crist’s support of the…