A Deerfield Beach woman got stunning news this morning. The woman (who asked not to be named) has been receiving unemployment benefits from the state for a few months now. But today, she was told her benefits are done. She was told she had a job working at an accounting…
First, I want to bring to your attention a man who sources say was a major player in bringing big money from New York into Scott Rothstein’s Ponzi: Ari Glass. Glass is president of Platinum Management, a hedge fund that reportedly loaned George Levin’s fund, Banyon, some $50 million for the scheme. I’ve already examined Platinum’s…
In case you missed it, here’s a rundown of the action on Juice this past week: We answered a riddle posed by AG candidate Dave Aronberg, who claimed that there were more pain clinics than McDonald’s restaurants in Broward County.A leading opponent of the homeless shelter at Westgate Tabernacle in…
As the Broward judicial races heat up, candidates are looking to seize upon every possible advantage. So it seemed a suspicious bit serendipity last week when Lisa Porter, the Broward Circuit Court judge running for reelection, appeared in a photograph with Broward Public Defender Howard Finkelstein on the legal community’s…
Next week, Scott Rothstein’s former political czar, veteran Republican operative Roger Stone, will be deposed in the federal bankruptcy case involving the RRA firm. At issue is an $80,000 “loan” that Rothstein allegedly gave him. Stone says he doesn’t ever recall getting a loan from Rothstein. “There was never any…
As speculation swirls about a possible plea deal for Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein’s assistant, Debra Villegas, the Juice has obtained court documents that reveal more about Villegas’ friendship with Melissa Britt Lewis.Lewis, an attorney with Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, was found strangled and murdered two years ago. Debra’s estranged husband, Tony…
Muhammed Malik really knows how to spoil the fun of an anti-terrorism rally. The executive director of South Florida’s Council on American-Islamic Relations is actually glad that Joe Kaufman’s Americans Against Hate will be demonstrating outside the Broward County Convention Center tomorrow during CAIR’s fundraiser.”I don’t know whether to thank…
In the early morning of this past Tuesday, a white Ford Crown Victoria pulled up in front of a home on NE Third Terrace in Oakland Park. Whoever was in that car started firing shots into the home as a woman, her adult son, and a roommate ducked for cover…
Now there’s an interview with a strange arc. The CliffsNotes version:Fox News: Marco Rubio, you’re all about fiscal discipline, but what’s this about you charging personal expenses to the Republican Party’s credit card?Rubio: That’s absolutely not true, pretty much. Let’s talk about something else.Fox News: OK, will you please be…
Sure, all those coffeehouses, Gay Marts, and laser hair-removal clinics may make Fort Lauderdale or Wilton Manors look like a mecca for aging queer snowbirds. And Lake Worth was voted most gay-friendly city of its size years ago. But this handy scorecard from eQualityGiving.com tells the real story: It totally…
A small circle of eager 4-year-olds gathers on the floor of the Baby Boomers International Preschool classroom in Pompano Beach, watching their teacher explain how to write the date “Thursday, March 4, 2010” on a paper easel.The children sit in a room filled with toys and puzzles and their artwork…
Here’s video posted yesterday of maggot-encrusted meat that, according to the activist who made the tape, is the last meal Shashawana the white tiger had at the Vanishing Species wildlife sanctuary in Hollywood — a lapse of some five days.According to the video’s description, the Vanishing Species owners were recently…
Let’s see what’s happening in Palm Beach and Broward this morning:For the second day in a row, Broward Circuit Court Judge Ana Gardiner, who this week was formally accused of judicial misconduct, didn’t show up at the courthouse. The Florida Bar Association has reopened an investigation of the attorney, Howard…
The enigmatic Heath Miller is the subject of this week’s New Times feature story. Lisa Rab tells of the popular band teacher at H.L. Watkins Middle School in Palm Beach Gardens who has a happy trigger finger and a habit of getting uncomfortably close to his students and fellow teachers.Before…
The new Broward County School Board construction chief has a nickname for Mark Dorsett, a manager in the district’s maintenance department. Deputy Superintendent Thomas Lindner calls Dorsett “Want Ad.” Why? Because Dorsett has so many relatives working at the School Board. One relative, his brother Philip, also works in the maintenance…
This week’s New Times feature story tells the strange tale of Heath Miller, a popular Palm Beach Gardens band teacher who killed a man, then was accused of raping his own middle school students.For those who want more details about Miller, here’s a roundup of the best Juice blogs on…
Edwin Febonio says it didn’t pain him to see his son’s alleged murderer in court this morning. “I wanted to see him,” Febonio said simply, referring to Jose Alfaro, who stood shackled, wearing a gray and blue prison uniform just feet from where Febonio was sitting with his friend Michael…
Back in June 2000, a man named David Joseph ran into a hotel lobby in Oakland Park, screaming that his cousin had been shot. He just didn’t stick around to be questioned by investigators. His cousin, Vernon Williams, died from gunshot wounds. The Holiday Inn room in which Williams died…
Wheelabrator, the division of trash-hauling giant Waste Management that owns Broward County’s two mammoth incinerators, is desperate to persuade cities to renew a contract for dumping waste at their facilities. But that’s a tough sell, especially if you read articles like the one I wrote in September 2008, in which…
The slugging match between Palm Beach County and Westgate Tabernacle in West Palm is nearly a decade old, but the two sides keep trading punches, including a flurry this past week. Will taking Westgate Tabernacle’s Dumpster be the knockout blow?For a primer on the two combatants, check out the video…
Shortly after the doors closed last night at the Best Buy on North Federal Highway, a U-Haul truck driver decided to open them back up. Fort Lauderdale cops are looking for three men who rammed a truck into the store’s south door, then ransacked the store of laptops and iPods.From…
