A look at what’s in the news on this morning in South Florida:Frank Spinosa, the TD bank executive who handled Scott Rothstein’s investor funds, was fired last month and his attorney says Spinosa’s name was falsified in fraudulent documents provided to investors. [Sun-Sentinel]Broward parents’ protests were heard by the school…
The New Orleans Saints are having a splendid season, but despite their 12-0 record, they’re still a long way from the kind of immortality enjoyed by the ’72 Dolphins. But it seems no one bothered to tell Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who in public remarks today claimed that his beloved…
WSVN-7 has posted video of the 80-year-old man who perished last month while trying to walk across a drawbridge on Sheridan Street in Hollywood. Check it out and see whether you agree with the family of the victim and the family’s attorney, who are suing the bridgetender.It’s a tragedy, of…
Make room in the pool for a whale of a victim of the South Florida housing slump. Malcolm Glazer, a billionaire corporate raider/sports franchise owner, had to mark down a Palm Beach home he was listing for $27.5 million. It sold for just $24 million.What? You don’t feel sorry for…
On the right, that’s a portion of the fundraiser flier being circulated by West Broward land baron Ron Bergeron, who’s hosting an event for his favorite U.S. Senate candidate, Charlie Crist. (Click to enlarge.) I’ve highlighted the name of one headlining contributor, Joseph Cobo, the Broward Health commissioner currently under…
Eric Affholter, an attorney who practices in Pompano Beach, has had his law license suspension upheld by the Florida Supreme Court, based on Affholter’s arranging a fraudulent marriage designed to make his partner, a Peruvian man, a legal resident.It was a real-world consequence in the often abstract debate over whether…
Here’s what’s happening in South Florida this Tuesday morning:Disgraced Palm Beach mega-millionaire Jeffrey Epstein has filed suit against disgraced Broward mega-millionaire Scott Rothstein based on reports the latter attracted investment dollars by fraudulently claiming to have reached a cash settlement with teenaged victims of Epstein’s erotic massages. [Palm Beach Post]More…
Former Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion has agreed to enter a guilty plea in the federal corruption case against him.UPDATE: Just got off the phone with Eggelletion’s former colleague, Commissioner John Rodstrom. “I think it’s just a tragedy,” he said of Eggelletion’s fall. “It’s bad for everybody — bad for…
The Boynton Beach Police Department just released the probable cause affidavit in yesterday’s deadly hit and run. Leticia Flores, 28, is accused of accidentally killing 10-year-old Darness Brown, then leaving the scene.Flores, who is being held on $1 million bond, lives on SW Ninth Avenue, just a block away from…
That’s an ad from the Super Bowl, when Ed McMahon had only one foot in the grave and Hammer was merely a pitchman for Cash4Gold. Now the semiretired rapper owns an equity stake in the Pompano Beach-based company, according to CNNmoney.com.It should be noted that Hammer is a better rapper…
Broward Health Commissioner Robert Bernstein is known both for his emphasis on ethics and for his short temper. In a string of emails to the district’s CEO, it appears he was torn between those two impulses.On one hand, Bernstein was an enthusiastic supporter of ethics reform that occurred in 2007,…
News from over the weekend:These Fins have some fight in ’em! Yesterday in Land Shark Stadium, they knocked off the Patriots, 22-21, thanks to New England’s two turnovers in the red zone. Now the Dolphins have playoff hopes and the Pats have a losing streak. [NFL.com]Former Palm Beach prosecutor Michelle…
“I got a big problem with you wanting to be the Senator of Florida,” says the man in the video below, speaking in a folksy North Florida drawl to Charlie Crist. “Because in my opinion, after looking through your record as governor, I believe you are a Democrat. You are…
Welcome back to South Florida football, Larry King! In advance of your color commentary during the first half of this weekend’s game between the Dolphins and Patriots, Juice thought it would help get you up to speed about how our area and football team has changed since you were last…
Roger Stone, the battle-scarred political operative once employed by Scott Rothstein, told Juice today that Spencer Levine had been a regular at Rothstein parties before Levine received a coveted appointment from the judicial nominating committee of which Rothstein was a member.”He was a fixture at Rothstein’s — at his home,”…
Oh, relax! That’s only a temporary tattoo Sobel’s wearing. And this is kind of my fault. Recently, when I learned that former foes Stevie Moon and Sen. Eleanor Sobel had resolved differences over a tattoo regulation bill that Sobel had proposed last session, I suggested to Moon that he give…
These are the nation’s most eminent legal minds? Read this article in today’s New York Times, about the U.S. Supreme Court’s debate over whether to allow the state to claim beach property that it recovers through anti-erosion measures. Or let’s just cut right straight to the high court’s high-minded dialogue:”If…
It’s Friday. A list of news-related questions the South Florida media hope to answer for you in the weekend (and weeks) to come:Where is Paul Merhige? Jupiter’s Thanksgiving killer has managed to evade police for an entire week, and the manhunt has now gone national. [WPTV]This questions comes courtesy Broward…
