On the World Wide Web, even tea party activists can be hot. But they still ain’t buyin’ what Charlie Crist is sellin’. The video above was made last week and was to be furnished to “millions” of potential voters. I was the third to watch it. Maybe traffic will pick…
Sounds like the Wolaks needs a visit from a pet therapist. The Deerfield Beach family is featured in an article in today’s Wall Street Journal about people whose love for their pets damages their human relationships. In the Wolaks’ case, that pet is Buck, a 1-year-old German shepherd who was…
This was a straightforward criminal plot: The bad guys wanted drugs. A pain clinic wall blocked their access to said drugs. So they destroyed that wall. (1) Smash; (2) Grab. Almost elegant in its simplicity. And the score was huge: some 56,000 pills of hydrocodone, oxycodone, and other prescription-strength painkillers…
The news in Broward and Palm Beach this Tuesday:Police in Rye Brook, New York, say that an anonymous letter they received in July contains details of the Ben Novack murder case that, during the subsequent investigation, have proven accurate. Among the claims: that the death of Novack’s mother in Fort…
A question for the taxpayers in South Broward: How many of your tax dollars would you care to invest in a museum exhibit that will help your child get a firmer grasp of boogers, belches, and farts?”Not much,” replies every parent. “My kid’s already an expert on all three.” Well,…
The list of candidates for the Broward Health board is full of attorneys, contractors, politicians and health-care business owners. They are vying for at least one open seat — the one formerly belonging to Maureen Jaeger, who left this fall to join George Lemieux’s U.S. Senate staff. Commissioner Rebecca Stoll’s…
Melissa Minsk Donoho isn’t much interested in political gossip. She’s too busy with her criminal defense law practice in Fort Lauderdale and with raising three kids. But when Donoho filed for candidacy for Broward County Court Judge, Group 12, she entered one of the region’s most gossip-friendly races. That’s because…
George Ludwigsen will soon be sentenced for breaking into safety deposit boxes in Mississippi with a saw — and that’s not nearly the most exciting criminal caper the 40-year-old Hallandale Beach resident has to his credit. Earlier in the decade, Ludwigsen and his more famous younger brother, Chris Paciello, partied…
A look at what happened over the weekend in South Florida;Neal Jacobson, the Wellington man who on Saturday admitted to murdering his wife and two sons, was still hospitalized Sunday, either from the complications of swallowing a bunch of pills or from the car crash that occurred after the murders…
A source at Broward Health tells us that the public hospital district CEO Frank Nask is walking with a skip in his step today, reportedly because he learned that Gov. Charlie Crist is close to appointing two new commissioners to the board.There is one unfilled seat on the board –…
Back in the 1990s, there was a fad for “voice stress analysis” as a way of detecting lies and solving mysterious crimes. The technology was supposed to be superior to the traditional polygraph, and a West Palm Beach company was at the vanguard of the trend: the National Institute for…
A group of four Boynton Beach adolescents, ranging from age 14 to 17, are behind at least six cases of armed robbery, according to Boynton Beach Police who apprehended the four today and are investigating whether the teens committed even more robberies.Their names: Gary Finklea, 17; Tydarius Williams, 15; Decarius…
On January 14, Barbara Patrick of Beechfern Circle in Tamarac heard a knock. She opened the door to see a polite, well-dressed stranger — he looked like the guy in the drawing on the right. We’ll let the BSO release take it from here.The tall, slender visitor told her he…
The shirt you’ll need to stay on the City Commission dais. It’s a good week to be corrupt. And I’m not talking about the corrupt health care industry, which managed to blast a gaping hole in an already listing ship trying to bring reform to port. Rather, the big score…
Cornelius Edwards of Boynton Beach introduced himself to the world Wednesday night by splitting his pants on national television. Below, his moment in the spotlight (listen carefully for the iconic phrase that will follow Edwards the rest of his life):”I done split my pants,” said Edwards, who has friends who…
Here’s what’s happening in Broward and Palm Beach this morning:Ronald Owens, accused of handling $900,000 in dirty money on behalf of former Broward County Commission Joe Eggelletion, will plead guilty today in federal court, according to his lawyer. It appears that Owens was flipped by authorities two years ago, offering…
You know all about Dalia Dippolito, but after you read this week’s New Times feature by Lisa Rab, you’ll wonder whether the trophy wife can make an argument at trial for justifiable (attempted) homicide. Because he husband Michael Dippolito was some kinda sleazy. The guy may not have deserved to…
This week’s Republican upset in the Massachusetts Senate race cost Democrats their filibuster-proof majority and dealt a powerful blow to the party’s hopes for health care reform. This afternoon I asked West Broward Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz whether it’s triggered any panic in the House Democratic caucus. “I would not…
The ultrasound manufacturing company where Mike Fernandez works as a general manager has been selling products to Broward Health during the same period that Fernandez has occupied a powerful position as a commissioner of that hospital district. Documents obtained by Juice suggest that Fernandez has been violating state ethics law…
