With all the scandal and intrigue that followed the fall of Scott Rothstein in early November, it was easy to gloss over the precise instrument he used to commit his billion-dollar-plus fraud. Even for former U.S. Attorneys, like Kendall Coffey. When he sued Rothstein on the firm’s behalf, Coffey incorrectly…
As we wind down 2009, a glance through the local headlines:In the Acreage, the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office had a lengthy standoff with one of its own, 41-year-old Gary Gionnatti, who deputies feared had weapons and allegedly made threats to use them on himself. [Palm Beach Post]Not even the Coral…
A talentless, vacuous celebrity versus a fad-diet-pitchman. Must someone win this lawsuit? The legal clash of tabloid Titans concerns a few of Kim Kardashian’s Twitter posts in October. The first one to offend Cookie Diet’s Dr. Sanford Siegal, from October 29:”Dr. Siegal’s Cookie Diet is falsely promoting that I’m on…
Surely, you veteran political observers of Palm Beach County remember ol’ Andy Martin. He ran for governor and senator and dog-catcher while he was in Florida. More recently, Martin made waves on a national stage because he was the one political figure shameless enough to publicly peddle the rumor that…
The thief remembered his gun. He brought the cord with which to bind the clerks at GameStop in Pompano Beach. And he had a Christmas shopping list, judging by the roughly two-dozen game systems he stole before the clerks could free themselves from the storeroom and phone police.His single tactical…
Anyone who has seen the documentary Lost Boys of Sudan (and everyone should) can appreciate the story of Thon Luony and Mathiang Muo. Both are Sudanese refugees who possess the height and athletic ability that is prized by basketball scouts who troll through those communities and pluck out a few…
If you’re a victim of Fort Lauderdale’s Ponzi king, Scott Rothstein, here’s a grand way to spend your last $16. Granted, that’s a bit more than you pay for Charmin, but this is a luxury product. There’s simply no way to put a price tag on the satisfaction that comes…
Let’s skim through the headlines for this Tuesday morning in Broward and Palm Beach:Shortly after Scott Rothstein’s law firm made a $200,000 donation to the Florida Democratic Party, gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink’s chief of staff helped the firm be placed in consideration for lucrative legal work with the State Board…
In this week’s cover story, Scott Foundas tells of his conversations with Clint Eastwood and the view from behind the camera, as the iconic actor-turned-director puts the wrap on a legendary career in cinema.Restaurants and the foodies who love them weathered a miserable year, and now New Times restaurant critic…
Jonathan Bleiweiss is the Broward Sheriff’s deputy who in August was arrested on charges he extorted sexual favors out of illegal immigrants. But when the 29-year-old wasn’t on duty, he could often be found in gay chatrooms on AOL. Or at least, that’s where man named Juan claims to have…
Since late last year, when Sen. Mel Martinez announced he wouldn’t be running for reelection to his seat in 2010, it was Charlie Crist’s to lose. He was one of the nation’s most popular governors, with a knack for charming his detractors that bordered on Reagan-esque.After Jeb Bush declared he…
Gawker may be a Manhattan media website, but you just knew that their Douchebag of the Decade contest would have to reach toward Florida, which (Let’s just admit it, OK?) is Douchebag Ground Zero.The poll launched (or re-launched, I suppose) last week, started auspiciously for Max, whose family is from…
On the eve of Christmas Eve, let’s have a look at what’s inside your local news stockings:Is that Jeffrey Epstein or Kris Kringle? The billionaire sex offender is handing out cash money settlements to girls who may have had an encounter with his lap. Four of them, for now. As…
We held out for as long as we could. Property values in Florida — especially South Florida — were always so much higher than those other Southern states. We were so smug, weren’t we, in 2006?That’s the year when the housing bubble was stretched to its very limit, and from…
Maybe it was a subconscious desire. Or a sign of how deeply she’s committed to her role in Desperate Housewives. When the time came to craft a seductive fragrance Eva Longoria Parker was drawn to a man named Falic .Jerome Falic, to be exact. He’s the CEO of Duty Free…
A man lurking in Fort Lauderdale’s Sunview Park Monday evening used a gun to force a 9-year-old into a port-o-pottie, where the boy was sexually assaulted, according to a report by the Broward Sheriff’s Office.The release is here.The children described the man as tall and slim, with white or light…
That’s the only explanation I can offer for Charlie Crist’s appointment of Rico Petrocelli to the Broward County Housing Authority, which Buddy Nevins is reporting on Broward Beat. Petrocelli, of course, was defeated in his bid for the Plantation City Commission. His campaign, which was bankrolled by high-profile lobbyists and…
Andre Eggelletion, brother of corrupted Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion, is a target of the investigation by the Broward State Attorney’s Office, according to an article published in South Florida Times.That revelation appears to have triggered the recent cancellation of Andre Eggelletion’s radio program on WFTL. The newspaper reports that…
Here’s what in the local news this morning:Local targets of the FBI corruption sting were apparently unimpressed by the case that was made against them. The same day that former Broward County School Board member Beverly Gallagher entered a not guilty plea to selling her office, former Miramar Commissioner Fitzroy…
