— OK, I told you I was going to tell you when the Rothstein Ponzi posts broke a million hits — and that happened Thursday. Here are the Top 5 most clicked posts since November 1, when it began: 5. The Women of RRA. (I think the reason this one got so…
‘Tis the season for those fantastic nondenominational holiday office parties. It’s a magical time of year (several weeks before Christmas) when you take a few hours to stop thinking about your family and the friends you care about deeply and focus on celebrating the season with the people you see…
Here’s a recap of what loyal readers learned this week — and what sporatic readers may have missed:Michael Dippolito, the target in an alleged murder plot by a gold-digging wife, has a warrant for his arrest that dates to 1993 — and it’s active.The University of Tennessee is under investigation…
DNA test results show that Michael Dippolito is the father of an 11-year-old boy who lives west of Boca Raton, according to a confidential source. The child’s mother, Karen Tanne, alleges in a paternity suit that Dippolito abandoned her when the child was an infant, and has never paid child…
Father-and-son developers Bruce and Shawn Chait were charged today with bribery, accused of paying for a golf membership for former Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion in exchange for his support for a controversial housing project on two golf courses in Tamarac. The State Attorney’s Office also reports in the complaint against the Chaits…
Six months after Florida tattooists organized, hired a lobbyist, and gunned down her bill regulating the industry, Sen. Eleanor Sobel will introduce a new bill — this time with those same adversaries as allies.We told you last week how Fort Lauderdale tattooist Stevie Moon took a lead role in the…
Commenters on this blog have been asking about Michael Dippolito’s arrest record in his native Philadelphia. At this point, we don’t know much, except that there is an active bench warrant, issued in 1993, after Dippolito was arrested by the Philadelphia police for possession of a controlled substance (drug), and…
This February 4, Yakoub Levy would have had his 10-year anniversary as a fugitive from justice. Instead, the man wanted in a 2000 homicide in Fort Lauderdale will spend it in a jail cell. The Fort Lauderdale Police are reporting that Levy, one of three suspects in a killing that…
[Updated with quote from a source who knows Rothstein, after the jump.]Fort Lauderdale residents pay for Police Chief Frank Adderley’s cell phone calls. And so Fort Lauderdale residents are entitled to look at his cell phone bills, especially in light of his having been spotted with Scott Rothstein at the…
UPDATE: A University of Tennessee sports web site is reporting that Richardson says he is not participating in the NCAA investigation of the school’s recruiting practices. He’s quoted saying: “I’m not involved in that.” These are Richardson’s first public comments after being arrested for armed robbery. He also says he…
Ain’t no sunshine in Sunshine Village today. Yesterday the Palm Springs City Council voted unanimously to change the zoning at this trailer park off 10th Avenue North to commercial, thereby making way to clear the park for an incoming Wal-Mart.Residents like Michael Garcia are wondering why…
Of course this is a bit of a comment cleaner, but one of the beauties of doing the Pulp is that I get to put out the interesting stuff other people are doing. In this case, it’s my wife at the Sun-Sentinel. She’s come out with the most detailed story…
Last week, I attended the SouthFloridaDomainers.com event, which was put on by the company Oversee.net. Most of the early innovation in domain name trading, development, and selling originated right here in South Florida. The founders of SFD, Mike Ward, Stu Maloff, and Brian Diener, are some local Domainers in South…
This coming week’s cover story in the National Journal will reveal the results of a survey of political and Capitol insiders, who speak candidly about their political colleagues in exchange for anonymity. It’s a little bit like a high school yearbook poll, isn’t it? Largely irrelevant to society at large,…
Let’s do a quick review of recent law enforcement visits to the suburban West Palm Beach nightclub El Toro Loco:This past January, 17-year-old Maciel Martin Videla was in the club when he was lured outside, allegedly by his girlfriend, on the pretext of a drug deal, only to be stabbed…
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is reporting that a man broke into a woman’s car early this morning. After the woman came outside to investigate the alarm, the thief sexually assaulted her, say police.Javerros Wright, 22, was arrested in connection with the incident, which occurred along NW Third Avenue between…
Lots of news on this Friday morning in Broward and Palm Beach. Umm, sorry. None of it good:City officials appear to agree with blog commenters that the blurry figure standing next to Scott Rothstein at the site of an August crash involving his then-friend Moe Sohail was Fort Lauderdale Police…
I spoke with Kim Rothstein’s bodyguard, Joe Alu, this evening, and he provided some real news. Here are some the revelations that came from the conversation. — A former bodyguard of Rothstein’s, Robert “Bobby” Scandiffio, went to Morocco to accompany Rothstein on his trip. Scandiffio did not fly with Rothstein…
Earlier today, I posted claims made by attorneys representing alleged sex abuse victims of Jeffrey Epstein in which they alleged that Epstein attorneys have been crude and unprofessional in their questions during pretrial depositions. But as you can see in the video below, it’s been rough on both sides of…
Every month, George Nemeth gets a check in the mail from the Florida Department of Corrections. Sometimes it’s for $8, sometimes $9.12. Once, the amount spiked to $10.18.At this rate, it will be 167 years before Nemeth recovers the $20,000 he lost in Michael Dippolito’s investment scam. “He got the…
Maybe gambling should be treated like any other addictive substance. Researchers have found that the same antidepressants typically used to combat addictions to alcohol and drugs can help people who have a compulsion to gamble themselves into poverty.That report is one of the highlights of this week’s science conference at…
