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Morning Juice: Investigators Still Circling Broward Schools; Video Shows Tunidors Turning on Each Other
Your daily spin through the local headlines:Even with Broward County School Board member Beverly Gallagher on her way to prison, there are indications that the investigation has only just begun, as the district’s legal office is being asked by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to provide records of potential…
Off Day at the Pulp, Adler Goes AWOL, BSO Morale Problems
OK, kidzzzzz, I’m out of pocket today, so thought I would put up a comment cleaner, especially if anything big broke. Two things to ponder: I hear that former Scott Rothstein partner Russell Adler canceled three depositions scheduled for this week in the Larry Seidlin civil case. Is something up? Just FYI:…
Beth Kigel’s Political Career a Casualty of Crist?
A young political operative named Beth Kigel rocketed into Palm Beach County Republican leadership in 2006 after she put all her chips on the long-shot candidacy of Charlie Crist for Florida governor. Four years later, her champion has gone rogue, and now the vice chair of the county’s GOP is…
Famous Broward Murder Case the Subject of Cable Show
Denise O’Neill’s 1995 murder case will be the subject of Friday night’s episode of Forensic Files, a program on the cable network TruTV. Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives figure to have a starring role.The show highlights cases in which investigators have to build a case on the forensic evidence they find…
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With Middle East Policy, Rubio Goes Back to the (Dystopian) Future
Marco Rubio is correct in saying that Barack Obama’s policy toward Israel is a departure from that of past U.S. presidents. But in his Friday speech at the Republican Jewish Coalition, Rubio neglected to describe the Golden Age of Israeli-Palestinian relations produced by American diplomats’ deference toward Israel.Of course, that…
Morning Juice: As Pilots Strike, Spirits Cancel Flights; Dog Fight in Broward Over Kill Policy
Here’s what’s happening in South Florida this Monday morning:With its pilots on strike, Miramar-based discount airline Spirit has canceled flights through Tuesday, forcing local air travelers to scramble for another way to get to their destinations. [CBS4]In a much more uplifting story about air travel, the 22-year-old Haitian woman who…
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Debra Villegas Confesses to Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering in Rothstein Case
Debra Villegas, Scott Rothstein’s right-hand woman at his defunct law firm, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering this afternoon at a hastily rescheduled federal court hearing.Beginning in February 2008, Villegas admitted she fabricated documents for bogus legal settlements, which Rothstein used to lure investors in his massive Ponzi…
Kicking Off the World Cup in Boynton With Screaming Bafana Bafana Fans
By 10 a.m., the plates of ham, eggs, and bacon are steaming on the bar at Slainte Irish Pub in Boynton Beach, next to fresh bloody marys. Julie Murphy, a redhead wearing a yellow T-shirt with the words Ke Nako (“It’s Time”) emblazoned on the back, commandeers a stool in…
Villegas Pleading Guilty
Well, unfortunately I can’t be at the federal hearing before Judge Zloch involving Rothstein right-hand Debra Villegas, who is set to change her plea to guilty at 5 p.m. today. Five p.m.? What’s up with that? Seems to me the prosecutors and court are doing Villegas a solid favor by…
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Kids Say the Damnedest Things: 13-Year-Old Deerfield Student Drops C-Word on Today Show
That’s Kayla Manson in her appearance yesterday on NBC’s Today Show. At the very end of the video, host Meredith Viera asks the 13-year-old Manson what text messages she saw by Wayne Treacy, the 15-year-old accused of trying to murder Manson’s best friend Josie Lou Ratley.Manson says, “The [text] where…
Jozy Altidore Kicks the Hell Out of a British Tea Party; Can He Do This to American Tea Parties, Please?
Continuing his ESPN campaign as a poster boy for U.S. Soccer, Boca Raton native Jozy Altidore recorded this entertaining video with the cable sports network, in which he’s invited to kick a soccer ball at a couple OF British gentlemen trying to enjoy a spot of tea.That sprained ankle looks…
Former CEO of Broward Health Now Managing Louisiana’s Health Response to Spill
Maybe managing the massive, notoriously incestuous North Broward Hospital District wasn’t enough of a challenge for Alan Levine. He left that post in December 2007 to become secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. In a little more than two years, he’s had to deal with a major…
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Pompano Teachers Cleared of Religious Harassment Now Accused of Racist Remarks to Students
It looks like the holy water sprinkling was the least of the legal problems of two Blanche Ely High School teachers. Leslie Rainier and Djuna Robinson are accused of ordering Haitian students to stand by the trash can to signify the inferiority of Haitian people.The complaint, which was made to…
Rothstein Becomes Factor in McCain Race; And Who Bought the Princess Kimberly?
This week, the bizarro nature of Broward County really hit home. This week, Scott Rothstein stood in a courtroom shackled in chains and apologized before he was sentenced to 50 years in prison. This week, Joe Eggelletion waved goodbye in handcuffs and cried as he apologized for his own corruption…
Morning Juice: Major Drug Bust in Palm Beach County; Eggelletion Helps State Build Corruption Case
The local news for this Friday morning:Federal prosecutors announced the arrest of 16 South Floridians in a nationwide illegal drug trafficking investigation called Project Deliverance that was based in West Palm Beach. [Palm Beach Post]Another guilty plea coming in the Scott Rothstein case, this one from Debra Villegas, chief operating…
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The Next Big Thing in Broward
People wonder what sentence Scott Rothstein thought he would receive when he returned from Morocco to cooperate with the government. Answer: Under 20 years. I have that it on good authority that Rothstein said early on that he believed he would get something in the neighborhood of 15 years. And while that seems almost…
Debra Villegas Forfeits House, Maserati, Prepares to Plead Guilty
As she prepares to plead guilty to money-laundering in connection with Scott Rothstein’s massive Ponzi scheme, Debra Villegas has already forfeited a house and car that Rothstein bought her. Villegas, former chief operating officer at Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, has handed over her $475,000 house in Weston and her 2009 Maserati…
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Felony Past Puts Boyd Anderson Football Star in No Man’s Land
That video’s from an all-star game in January. These days, Demar Dorsey doesn’t have nearly as much to smile about. The Boyd Anderson star, who originally gave a verbal commitment to the Florida Gators, then switched to the Michigan Wolverines, now finds himself without a destination after the school released…