You won’t find any articles in South Florida — or even the U.S. — about Global Petroleum Strategies, which is based in Boca Raton. Nor will you find any complaints against it with the Florida Better Business Bureau. But over the past year, there has been a slow domino effect…
A 27-year-old man from Hollywood died from gunshot wounds this weekend after he was shot during a struggle with another man in Lake City. But detectives are only recently pieced together the sequence of events that led to his death, according to the Gainesville Sun.Police believe that the Hollywood man,…
FWM Laboratories, a dietary supplement company in Hollywood has a big advertising budget, but it’ll have to get a little bigger to fight the latest round of bad publicity. The company, which is headquartered in an industrial park just west of I-95 between Stirling and Sheridan, plays the villain in…
Here what’s happening this morning in South Florida:CBS4 has video that includes a photo of the two victims of a shooting in Miramar — Faith Bisasor and her son Damion Bishop — as well as an interview with a family friend who says Bisasor never opened the door to strangers…
Thirteen years after watching her nephew get convicted of murdering his step grandfather, Gloria Jean Williams from West Palm Beach has stepped forward to testify that the real killer is her own mother, Mae Daisy Latty.Alphonso Latty, 59, was murdered at his home in Orlando in October 1994. An article…
Faith Bisasor, 49, and her 15-year-old son Davion Bishop are two of the three people who were found dead yesterday at 9581 Encino Street in Miramar, both apparently victims of gunshot wounds.The Miramar Police Department released their names a few minutes ago. The name of the third victim has still…
When living as a fugitive of justice, especially one who has escaped from prison, it’s advisable to stay away from convenience store cameras. But Palm Beach Sheriff’s deputies say Scott Bosley, last seen in June 2008 fleeing the Loxahatchee Road Prison, couldn’t resist the invitation of liquor stores with rooftop…
Two years ago, the athletic director of Everglades High in Miramar was desperate to hang on to the school’s promising young coach, Mike Palmieri. A 2007 article in the Sun-Sentinel (sorry, I can’t find a link to a web version) details how Everglades lost Palmieri — who it paid about…
Wednesday marks the seven-year anniversary of the murder of Melissa Karp, a 17-year-old runaway whose body was found in the Everglades by a fisherman on August 19, 2002. Broward Sheriff’s investigators are still trying to find the person who shot her to death, and tomorrow they’re going to hold at…
Before Marc Goldstone was fired as general counsel of the North Broward Hospital District in mid-May, he had expressed concern that his job would be threatened if he followed through on the district’s request to reduce its billings to outside law firms — in particular, the firm of Gray-Robinson.The firm,…
Just spoke with Tania Rues, spokeswoman for the Miramar Police Department. She says that in about an hour, she’ll give a statement about the slayings on Encino Street. Rues expects to then release the number of dead and shed at least a little more light on what remains a very…
American tennis fans sick of getting whipped in international tournaments may depend on South Florida — and Broward County in particular — for a new generation of stars. This weekend in San Antonio, Jake Albo from Plantation entered that derby by beating Californian Greg Goway in the finals of the…
So far, the morning brings no new information on what, exactly, happened yesterday in Miramar — just that whatever it was was horrible. WPLG has some video with interviews from neighbors. In the meantime, here’s what else is happening in South Florida:The U.S. Justice Department has indicted Albert Gonzalez –…
Several people have been found dead at a home on Encino Street in Miramar, along with at least one survivor who is at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood. Still no word on a suspect, a motive, nor the cause of death or even an exact number of those killed. We’re…
Cletis Mays hasn’t been quite the same since he shipped off to Vietnam. The adventure left him with some memories he won’t revisit, and it cost him his legs. But Mays, who lives in Fort Lauderdale, survived. He then had a son. And now Corey Mays is a linebacker for…
A 35-year-old man from Lake Worth was stabbed to death early this morning near Second Avenue North and North A Street, according to a news release by the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office.Richard J. Daniels, a 33-year-old man, also of Lake Worth has been arrested in the death of James H…
By correctly spelling arsenic, Prajwal Chummar, a sixth-grader this fall at Silver Trail Middle School in Southwest Ranches, clinched a berth in the National Spelling Bee September 26 in New York City.According to a news release, regional bees were held in 26 locations across the country — the South Florida…
Two men suspected of robbing a 71-year-old man last night in Fort Lauderdale led police on a 30-mile high-speed pursuit into Palm Beach County before being arrested near Woolbright Road in Boynton Beach.Kyle Smith, 23, and Ivan Camacho, 24, are in custody on charges of armed robbery and resisting arrest…
Brandon Knight, the 6-foot-3 point guard from Pine Crest Academy in Fort Lauderdale, is ranked by recruiting service Rivals.com as the top high school senior in the nation. And you can bet he noticed how last week, a player who was neck-and-neck with Knight for that honor, Jeremy Tyler, broke…
And speaking of bad ideas, how about this one: The Broward Democrats are planning to roast themselves.I love roasts. Roasts are fun. But there are at least two essential prerequisites for a successful roast: that the roasters are prepared to be ruthless; and that the roastees have a thick skin.This…
