Welcome to this week’s post of the Broward-Palm Beach edition of Mug-Shot Friday, a longstanding franchise focusing on the week’s most eye-catching mug shots from South Florida’s tat heads, tough guys, and femmes fatale. Check out Miami New Times’ Riptide blog for the Miami-Dade edition…
Updated at 3:10 p.m.: Judge James Moody has denied the request detailed below.Buju Banton’s legal team on Thursday filed a motion requesting that Judge James Moody reconsider his recent decision to deny the reggae star a new trial on a gun charge. It’s the latest development in a complicated tussle…
A Lake Worth man really didn’t feel like voting in Tuesday’s primaries. He allegedly attacked his girlfriend with a hammer when she tried to convince him to do so.Police arrived at the home of the woman — whom police declined to name — a half hour before polls closed Tuesday…
Broward cops arrested a man who claims to be named Jackmeoff Mudd last Friday night.The 54-year-old Jackmeoff was taken in on six charges, including assault, disorderly conduct, and possessing alcohol in a public area.Jackmeoff also rubbed the cops the wrong way, because he was also booked on charges of resisting…
Did you hear about that fatal car crash Mitt Romney was in? The incident happened in France in June 1968, when Romney was serving as a Mormon missionary. It made the U.S. papers in 2007, but considering that the man is running for president, it’s surprising that the story has…
Bob Butterworth is something of an avuncular elder statesman of Florida politics, brought in to mend fences and rout corruption when something’s amiss. The former attorney general and Broward sheriff served a stint as Sunrise mayor after that city was plagued by scandal in the ’80s; after the head of…
See also:Paul Ryan Stays Away as Mitt Romney Hits Florida This Week; Paul Ryan Will Talk About Medicare When He Does Eventually Come to Florida A Republican-Democratic run poll done in a dozen battleground states found that Paul Ryan gave Mitt Romney a slight bump everywhere but Florida. The poll, called Purple…
It’s been a rough year for the cruise ship industry. From a showboating captain who jumped ship after crashing off the coast of Italy to passengers falling down steps and dying to outbreaks of norovirus and other diarrhea-inducing ailments, the industry has seen its fair share of woe.Now, a woman…
Islamorada cops arrested 60-year-old Steven Andrews for allegedly having copious amounts of weed in the back of his van. But Andrew tried to get out of it by attempting to draw the cop in with some crazy circular logic. That, or he was probably high as balls.Deputy Luis Gomez was…
A Connecticut woman was parasailing tandem with her husband in Pompano Beach yesterday afternoon when the unthinkable happened. Her safety harness broke and she fell about 200 feet.The victim, identified as 28-year-old Kathleen Miskell, was taken to Broward Health North, where attempts to save her life were unsuccessful…
“We are here today to reorder your thinking,” said Robert Beatty, his careful pronunciation banishing doubt with every word. The meticulously dressed, gray-haired publisher of the South Florida Times, an African-American newspaper, stood behind the lectern of the Worldwide Christian Center Church in Pompano Beach. Behind him sat an unlikely…
Marc Criffield clutches a small receiver in his hand and peers through the window of a single-engine Cessna. Suddenly, the device lets out an electric chirp. A second later, another chirp, and then another. Criffield has pinpointed FP197, a burly 4-and-a-half-year-old panther in the prime of its life. But something…
The results are in: Broward County just didn’t have a single crap to give when it came to the primary elections last night.According to the Florida Division of Elections website, Broward posted 10.69 percent turnout, which is pretty darned low, even for Broward’s traditional meh stance on primary election nights,…
See also:Marco Rubio Will Introduce Mitt Romney at RNCMarco Rubio will be giving a speech at a Forum Club of the Palm Beaches lunch at the Palm Beach County Convention Center next week.But, per the Florida senator’s request, Rubio’s speech won’t be heard by the media.”He was glad to speak…
See also:Paul Ryan Stays Away as Mitt Romney Hits Florida This WeekWhen Mitt Romney hit Florida earlier this week, his running mate, Paul Ryan, went to Iowa instead. The Romney campaign insisted that they just wanted to spread the wealth (haha — see what we did there?) and get things…
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) recently announced changes to the harvesting on lionfish. Namely, that you no longer need a fishing license to catch one (when wearing certain gear).Which means you’re totally screwed, lionfish!Now before you go thinking this is some kind of act of animal cruelty,…
Michael Sorrentino, the pervy loudmouth of MTV’s Jersey Shore, has filed a lawsuit against Headrush Brand Apparel, a purveyor of hideous clothing.Sorrentino, who dubbed himself “The Situation” because of his abs or something, claims in the lawsuit that he’s an “internationally known TV star” and that Headrush owes him a…
Last night’s episode of Hard Knocks featured gut-wrenching moments, scrappy white receivers, Sean Smith shutting people down, David Garrard getting injured, Chad Johnson getting fired, and rookies getting cock-and-balls-shaped haircuts.It was a jam-packed episode. Here’s your recap:…
Broward County cops are on the hunt for two dudes who have been running around stealing cigarettes from stores all over South Florida.The Nicotine Bandits first struck on August 5 around 3 a.m., when they hit a Publix at 1297 S. State Road 7 in North Lauderdale. About an hour…
Previously: Voting in Florida today? Good luck!Banyan Creek Elementary School in Delray Beach is a polling place that’s open for voting in today’s primary. But when voters from a couple of precincts get there, they’re greeted by this sign, turning them away:Notice anything funny in the picture above?…
Yesterday morning, Dolphins linebacker Karlos Dansby went on Sid Rosenberg’s morning show on 640 AM and said that the team releasing Chad Johnson is a bigger distraction than Johnson himself. Because Dansby figured the best thing he could possibly do to help avoid distractions was to go on sports talk…
Jose Canseco has a knack for always tweeting out interesting things to his 482,520 or so followers on a daily basis. And by “interesting,” we mean “batshit nutty.” Yesterday, the steroid-drenched slugger took to Twitter and tweeted out this ominous message:”Yes time travel is possible. Will explain later.”So the world waited…
