See also “Dash to Dubai: An FBI Fugitive Explains Why She Kidnapped Her Daughter and Fled Fort Lauderdale”Leslie Delbecq is a fugitive. She has a most-wanted profile, as do her parents.Since kidnapping her daughter from Fort Lauderdale in August of 2010 and fleeing to Dubai, Delbecq has been pursued by…
Leslie Delbecq’s voice crackles over the line. “I never had a criminal record,” she says with a nervous lilt to her Belgian accent. “I was in the military. I did my taxes on time.” In the picture of her on the FBI’s most-wanted list, she has a warm and radiant…
West Palm Beach activist (and convicted drug-runner) Robert Platshorn wants to get marijuana legalized, and he says the key to doing it is simple: old people. He’s been traveling extensively and giving talks to senior citizens as part of his “Silver Tour,” which he launched in 2010 to reach out…
In 2010, the formula for OxyContin, a slow-release form of the powerfully addictive painkiller oxycodone, was changed to make it harder to abuse. It became almost impossible to grind up and dissolve effectively, making it mostly useless to addicts who would snort, smoke, or inject the drug to get an…
In 2003, Texas geologist John Amoruso had a hunch that there was a lot of natural gas — and big money — in a previously unexplored geological area about midway between Houston and Dallas. It was a long shot. To prove his theory, Amoruso needed somebody willing to take a…
Conservatives of South Florida — do not go see The Dark Knight Rises. It is a piece of liberal progressive Marxist propaganda, and it is all an elaborate scheme by Barack Obama to make you hate Mitt Romney.So declareth West Palm’s favorite genius, Rush Limbaugh, who first called the film…
Congressman Allen West’s campaign isn’t paying its taxes.The question, however, is if it owes any. A review of campaign finance disclosure documents shows West has spent well over $300,000 since the beginning of 2012 on consulting, staffers, and costs directly associated with his staff. But, while Democratic opponent Patrick Murphy,…
Everybody is getting their collective jimmies rustled over the allegations that Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll was caught having a lesbian liaison with aide Bibi Ramos and then fired Carletha Cole, the woman who discovered them. Everyone’s honed in on the lady-on-lady action, but there are way, way shadier things going…
How mad is Rep. Connie Mack at Barack Obama? So mad. And Big Socialist Barry is going to be on a tour of Florida in the next few days, so it looks like Mack decided to get all hopped up on scotch and 5-Hour Energy drinks and write a really…
It’s easy to hate Anthony Crapella. He’s loud and sarcastic and has a penchant for dropping his pants and streaking through crowds.”My goal is to get famous before I’m famous,” he boasts.At first glance, the unemployed 25-year-old Coral Springs party bro looks like he just stepped off the assembly line…
Well, this is awkward. Gov. Rick Scott’s state is playing host to the Republican National Convention in Tampa next month, and nobody can say whether they’re going to let the guy speak at it.When RNC Chair Reince Priebus was asked about Scott and Sen. Marco Rubio’s roles in the convention,…
Delray Beach 20-year-old Vitaly Zdorovetskiy raised eyebrows last month when he traipsed around Miami pretending to be a face-eating zombie. He posted a second, less timely prank last week in which he, dressed in a suit, makes a Boca man think his briefcase is about to explode. The Boca man…
On Sunday, the Tampa Bay Times editorial board members explained to readers why they thought Republican Dave Weldon was a better choice than Rep. Connie Mack to face Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson in the fall. They were not kind:Rep. Connie Mack IV of Fort Myers has the famous name, the…
See also “Octomom to Be Sued for Keeping Her Clothes On”This past weekend, Nadya “Octomom” Suleman donned a schoolgirl outfit and paraded around stage at the Playhouse South, a Hallandale Beach strip joint.But according to Gossip Extra, a weird legal drama unfolded between Suleman’s two performances that night.A process server…
Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll has finally responded to accusations that she fired a staffer because the staffer discovered her in the midst of a gay tryst with an aide: “Usually black women that look like me don’t engage in relationships like that.”Oh dear.WTSP found Carroll over the weekend at the…
Riverside Market’s uncertain fate has had a lot to do with the parking lot next door; this spring, café owner Julian Siegel wanted to buy the empty lot from the city to expand the parking at his beer- and dog-friendly spot. But before he noticed, the plot was swept up…
A jury has found 17-year-old Wayne Treacy guilty of attempted first-degree murder for using steel-toed boots to attack 15-year-old Josie Lou Ratley after she sent him a text making fun of his “dead brother.”Treacy had reportedly discovered the body of his older brother several months before the attack; he had…
Good news, Florida druggies! You’re no longer burdened by that whole “innocent until proven guilty” thing — the Florida Supreme Court last week upheld a 2002 law that forces some defendants caught with drugs to prove their innocence, rather than placing the onus on prosecutors to prove anything. Phew!Oh, wait…
See also “Genetically Modified Bugs Glow Red and Self-Destruct, but Can They Keep Away Disease?” and “Petition Against GM Mosquitoes Has Nearly 100,000 Signatures”The International Business Times on Monday morning published an article about the potential release of genetically modified mosquitoes in Key West. Unfortunately, the first sentence is a…
Investigators say BSO Deputy Gerald Wengert beat up a 17-year-old and had a police dog chew on him because Wengert’s girlfriend told him to.The incident in question happened December 1, 2010: 17-year-old Mark Visconti was driving on Stirling Road in Cooper City after school when he and a passenger spotted…
Many blogs have already been written of Congressman Allen West’s Friday announcement that he’d raised well over $2 million between April and the end of June. What we didn’t know until Sunday afternoon, however, was how he spent it. Documents filed with the Federal Election Commission reveal West took in…
Previously: What if New Sun-Sentinel Owners Decide to Sell?If you hadn’t noticed, it’s a hell of a time to be in the newspaper business. Last month, we wondered aloud about the imminent sale of the Tribune newspaper company — which includes our local beacon of truth and coupons, the Sun-Sentinel…
