Edward Crisante Jr. was, by his parents’ account, struggling with depression at the age of 32 in July 2010. He was a Fort Lauderdale barber with multiple felony counts in his past, including many drug charges, but it was a traffic ticket that led him to his death.After failing to…
Mike Woika sounded dismayed, perplexed, and just a tad angry as he worked his way through our post from last week about Boca Raton’s water supply and a recent Notice of Violation handed down by the Palm Beach County Health Department.See also-Boca Raton Utility Order to “Immediately” Fix Water Contamination…
Remember when the 2012 NFL schedule was released and everybody saw Arizona on it and were all, LOLOLOL we’re so gonna win that game? So much for that. The Cardinals are currently one of two undefeated teams at 3-0, in first place in their division, and a solid home team…
Being a teacher takes up a lot of one’s time. There’s barely time to chitchat, let alone have conversations to iron out some misunderstandings. So naturally, the best thing to do in that situation is hire a hit man to murder the fellow teacher you’ve got a beef with. Pretty…
Some asswipe in Williston, Florida, decided it would be a good idea to bury a two-week-old puppy alive.However, the puppy was found, dug up, and rescued by police, and he appears to be doing fine, making this the most horrible/adorable story you’ll hear all day…
Rick Scott is back on the voter-purge horse because Rick Scott is a voter fraud crusader! *Trumpet blast* On Wednesday, state officials sent local elections supervisors a list of 198 people on the voter rolls who are supposedly noncitizens. The state said about 38 of those registered voters had cast…
Protesters interrupted an Allen West event the other day at Pirates Cove Resort & Marina from their balcony above the congressman.West was six minutes into his speech Wednesday after noon and was probably just about to get into how Obama wants to marry terrorists and paint the White House red…
The state has decided not to renew its contract to house juvenile convicts at the privately run Thompson Academy. But officials from the Department of Juvenile Justice insist the move has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Thompson has seen abuse complaints, shifts in administration, judicial review, lawsuits,…
Steve Sipek, former star of a Spanish Tarzan flick and all around badass, wants his pet tigers and leopard back. But that’s proving difficult.See also:- Steve Sipek, Former Tarzan Actor, Is Cooler Than You’ll Ever Be: Four Reasons WhyEarlier this year, Florida Fish and Wildlife and Conservation Commission officials seized…
According to his girlfriend, Bryan Perez took her car to get dinner at popular Lake Worth Mexican restaurant Tacos Al Carbon on Tuesday night. It should have taken him about five to ten minutes to get the food. Instead, Perez was away for more than half an hour. When he…
Traffic in and around the Golden Glades Interchange slowed to a crawl (slower than usual, anyway), after a Broward County Transit bus had to be evacuated following a bomb threat, according to transit officials. The driver brought the bus to an isolated area of a Park & Ride parking lot…
He’s like the crazy uncle who comes to your family holiday party and says awkward things but always has a dollar to give ya ’cause he thinks you’re awesome, squirt. Unfiltered. Off the cuff. A little nutty. He’s Uncle Joe Biden, and he’s hitting up the Sunshine State for a…
Yesterday we told you about 84-year-old Carol Hough being found bleeding in a Lake County canal from an apparent alligator attack. We also told you the alligator ripped her arm off. BECAUSE IF ARMS GET RIPPED OFF FROM TORSOS, IT LEADS … er something. Anyway, that alligator should’ve thought twice…
Things are not going so hot for one Mittington Willard Mitt Romnom Dog Torturer Mittbot RoboRomney Romney down here in Florida. He’s trailing in polls, and old people hate his running mate. Ah! But guess who’s back-back, back again? That’s right. Betty Douglas — Paul Ryan’s Enthusiastically Waving Mother –…
If you’re going to drop $100,000 on rehab, the place better live up to its plush promises of personal chefs and nutritionists. It’d also be nice to come out of the place not addicted to whatever vice drove you there, but there are no guarantees in life.Scott Dickenson of Atlanta…
A pair of alleged armed robbers were caught when one of their victims spotted them on a Facebook page bragging about their crimes, according to police. The photos on the Facebook profile show one of them in various poses with open wads of cash spread out. The name of the…
Plantation mom and triathlete Molli Serrano survived pancreatic cancer but never stopped riding her bike. She once participated in a 62-mile race with a portable chemotherapy pump. But she really started making headlines in May, when a Weston cop pulled her out of a group ride and gave her a…
Last September, 26-year-old Aaron Stinson sat around a friend’s apartment in upstate New York drinking some beer and smoking Relaxinol, a brand of so-called “herbal incense.” Manufacturers would usually stamp warning labels on these products to indicate that they were “not for human consumption,” but users knew that smoking them…
Fairly, or unfairly, Miami Dolphins rookie quarterback Ryan Tannehill is being Dan Marino-ed at every turn. The way he throws, the way he handles the huddle, the way he handles losses — they all get compared to the Dolphins Hall of Famer. Lofty expectations are heaped upon anyone stepping into…
As he mills around his sandy front yard, Douglas Harrison, a tanned 69-year-old, worries about his neighbor, a gray-haired retiree named Glen Tucker. For more than two decades, the two have lived on one of the quietest blocks in South Florida. Tucker has always been reclusive, usually staying inside his…
Looks like the scrutiny and tales of abuse were too much for Youth Services International’s Thompson Academy, a private boys’ jail under contract with Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice. After a New Times cover story, the departure of an embattled administrator, and an unprecedented review by a judicial panel, the DJJ…
The 1-2 Miami Dolphins are in Arizona this weekend to face the 3-0 first-place Cardinals. During midweek interviews with the media, Dolphins linebacker Karlos Dansby, who was a member of the Cardinals 2008 Super Bowl team, told Arizona reporters that this current Dolphins team has more talent than that ’08…
