[This is a corrected version of this blog. See note at the end of the entry.]When Latrice Safford first brought her son to Baby Boomers International Preschool in Pompano Beach last August, she noticed some strange things about the classroom.There were no desks, for example. But the worst part, she…
The Broward State Attorney’s Office just released a closeout memo that explains its reasons for not filing a criminal case against attorney Marc Goldstone. The former general counsel of Broward Health, Goldstone was hired in late 2008, then fired by the public hospital district in mid-May 2009 after commissioners claim…
OK, here’s what I’ve been able to gather from good sources on the Scott Rothstein transfer from the Federal Detention Center in Miami to the local jail in St. Lucie County. 1. Rothstein was indeed admitted to an area hospital at some point. Apparently he believed he was having a heart…
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has scrapped plans for a billboard featuring Tiger Woods (“Too Much Sex Can Be a Bad Thing”), meant to encourage the spaying and neutering of pet kitties. They’d planned to debut the billboard in Tiger’s hometown of Windemere, Florida. But talks with…
At the end of this weekend’s interview of former Chicago Bulls Star Scottie Pippen, he’s asked about whether he’s prepared his Hall of Fame induction speech. “I think I’ll call my guy Michael Jordan up,” he began — a moment when all basketball fans should have held their breath or…
Among the statistics about pain clinics: a new one opens here every three days; doctors in Broward alone dispense nearly 10 million oxycodone pills a year; more than half of the illegal prescription pills in the country come from South Florida.But this weekend’s debate between Democratic attorney general candidates in…
The news in Broward and Palm Beach:Despite Miramar City Manager Robert Payton’s name surfacing in the FBI sting case against former commissioner Fitzroy Salesman, the current commission spoke Monday of its confidence in him. Payton hasn’t been charged with a crime and will testify for the prosecution when the bribery…
Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein is in custody at the St. Lucie County Jail, according to the National Victim Notification Network database VINELink. Click here and you can see the results of a Rothstein search on the website, which was created to help crime victims find inmates. Here’s what comes on the…
When Terry Verner was director of code enforcement for Palm Beach County, he led the charge to shut down the homeless services at Westgate Tabernacle on Suwanna Drive in West Palm Beach. Now a man claiming to be Verner’s former brother-in-law has come forward with allegations that Verner is a…
Renalto Obos was shot dead in November 2004 while sitting in a car on NW Third Avenue with his girlfriend. It was a robbery gone awry. The killer wore a mask, and due to the random nature of the crime, Broward Sheriff’s Office couldn’t find a suspect until last month,…
Sources are telling me that Debra Villegas — pictured second from left with NFL star Sam Madison at far right just days before her boss, Scott Rothstein, fled to Morocco — may be nearing a plea deal in the Ponzi case. Villegas, of course, was the queen…
In the market for a pile of tasseled silk pillows? A pair of matching swan figurines? Or perhaps you hanker to collect the tchotckes of disgraced former pols. Ex-U.S. Congressman Mark Foley has opened a furniture consignment store in West Palm Beach, the Post reported yesterday. The shop, at 1930…
Above: video evidence that Gov. Charlie Crist is acquainted with his wife, Carole. The two can be seen together at a party in New Port Richey. It’s not clear whether they came together or if they bumped into each other by sheer coincidence. The legitimacy of this marriage has been…
Sunday’s loss to the Magic felt like a setback to the Heat’s efforts to keep Dwyane Wade. Despite his return, the team was still overmatched in Orlando, which glided past a Heat squad that managed just 16 points in each of the final two quarters. Having missed several games with…
Those of us who live here year-round tend to bitch about tourists — their stupid questions, their slow driving, their unwillingness to open their wallets until they get to the pill mill. But bless those tourists for their way of expressing wonder for the very stuff we take for granted…
The most common reaction to the cover of the August 18, 2009, edition of New Times, was, in a word, “Ewwww.” The image, which you can see on the right, accompanied my feature article about people who identify as “zoophiles” — having love and sexual desire for animals.It made a…
[jump] the ol’ campaign chest can bring home a lot of vino, after all). It’s only fair — people spent the money trying to influence our government, after all. We should get a piece. But this isn’t all fun. Keechl is defining himself for voters. So remember, the mayor is “environmentally sensitive” (I hear he gets the…
A glance at the news in South Florida this Monday morning:In Deerfield Beach, a 10-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his 11-year-old brother while playing with their father’s gun, which had been left in the console of his truck. [Sun-Sentinel]Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts paid a visit Sunday to the…
Earlier this week we brought you the story of Chrissy Benoit, who owns Havana Hideout in Lake Worth. Not long ago, Benoit was approached by the Palm Beach County tax collector’s office and informed that she owed years worth of unpaid fees (plus interest) for what is know as the…
OK, we take it back. Lake Worth blogger and citizen activist Wes Blackman is a reasonable man: Maybe he didn’t dive headfirst into the deep end — he just dipped his toe in. Blackman sent the Juice an email of bullet points about his recent complaint to the Florida Department…
