Hookers in 19th-century London knew to be very, very afraid of a serial killer who was slitting the throats and occasionally disemboweling the working girls of Whitechapel. They called him “Jack the Ripper” because of his particular modus operandi. Life as a prostitute was no fun back then, and it’s…
Eric Hammond was one of former Miramar Commissioner Fitzroy Salesman’s most generous campaign donors and most devoted allies. An engineer in Plantation, Hammond is of Caribbean descent, like Salseman, but before they met in the Caribbean American Democratic Club they met as a fellow activists. Having run for numerous city…
Celestine “Skip” Aniekwu and Luke Facarazzo Jr. are the most recent businessman to be charged in the federal sting against corrupt Broward County officials. They’re accused of asking FBI agents posing as crooked businessmen for help funneling $50,000 bribes to Miramar officials.It’s not yet known whether one of those officials…
It seemed inevitable that Bill Scherer’s name would come up in the wide-ranging federal investigation that is enveloping Broward County right now. Scherer, a prominent attorney, landowner, and power broker, has always had his hands in a lot of pots. One of them was Gulf Building Corp., a construction company that is…
That’s the trailer for I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, the movie for audiences who thought The Hangover was too subtle. It’s based on the best-selling book of the same name by Tucker Max. The film, which is limited release this weekend, is sure to linger for an uncomfortably…
With the latest arrests in the part of the federal corruption probe involving Miramar construction projects, another big name is coming to light: Hall of Fame Miami Dolphin Dwight Stephenson. Stephenson Although there’s no indication that Stephenson did anything wrong, his politically connected construction firm, D. Stephenson Construction, is involved in Miramar city projects that federal…
In June, New Jersey detectives asked Karen Sosa to give them an interview. They hoped the secretary could offer a clue about how more than a half million dollars disappeared from a Bloomfield car dealership between 2007 and 2008. When she didn’t show, that was a clue. When she vanished…
A mysterious illness has infected the highly paid, privately contracted top administrators at the City of Pembroke Pines, causing them to become suddenly squeamish about their paychecks. First, City Manager Charlie Dodge volunteered to slice $20,000 off his company’s annual salary of $755,000. Then, Wednesday night, moments before the City…
A corruption-littered week in Broward County limps to a close. Will there be more criminal charges today?Two businessmen have been charged for allegedly asking undercover federal agents posing as crooked lobbyists to help them conceal the source of $50,000 used to bribe Miramar officials. [Sun-Sentinel]Art Kennedy, a Republican who has…
If you’ve seen the Sun-Sentinel video of Beverly Gallagher’s exit from the courthouse, you’ll not soon forget the big boy in the middle of it. The video starts with Gallagher and daughters Annie and Meghan running for the parking garage stairs as a gaggle of reporters and cameras follows. As they get to the stairs, you…
More than 12 years after she disappeared, leaving not a trace to console her grieving relatives, Gail Schoening’s body was discovered in a submerged magenta Mitsubishi Eclipse not 100 yards from her Plantation condo at Gatehouse on the Green. A New Jersey blog, mycentraljersey.com, reported yesterday that Shoening’s body was…
Christine Levinson of Coral Springs is the wife of Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent turned private investigator who in 2007 followed a case to Kish Island in the Persian Gulf and hasn’t been seen since. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s in New York, where today he gave a speech to the United…
Jazzy, ain’t it? That little ditty is by Lloyd Marcus, whose musical genius works like a dog whistle on the Tea Party crowd. Marcus will be joined by Joe the Plumber (no, that wasn’t a campaign-season nightmare — he really exists!) at Revolution/America’s Backyard in Fort Lauderdale on October 3…
Then-Broward County Commissioner Joe Eggelletion trusted his friend Ronald Owens with his money and his freedom. And in the end, Owens betrayed him. Eggelletion’s federal criminal complaint shows that when it came time to be paid his share of a Bahamian money-laundering scheme that was part of an FBI sting, Eggelletion refused to…
Alan T. Brown of Hollywood is the subject of an article in the most recent issue of Newsweek. Paralyzed from the chest down since colliding with a rock at age 20, the now 42-year-old Brown has long hoped medical technology would discover a means for him to walk again –…
In about 90 ten minutes, the Deerfield Beach City Manager’s Office will have a meeting in the second-floor conference room of City Floor to review a new batch of bids among restaurateurs who would fill a precious piece of real estate at the end of the city’s pier.Last month, city…
… isn’t going to be Alain Jean. Jean Jean’s name was on the banter list for the Gov. Charlie Crist’s replacement for the federally charged and suspended Joe Eggelletion. Why? He’s a Democrat who might be able to hold onto the office in the 72 percent-strong Democratic district while he also has ties to the…
Carla Borrego was a netball prodigy in Jamaica, but she left the sport and moved to Fort Lauderdale, where she tried to play a game similar to netball — except with a backboard. That is, basketball. At 6-foot-4, she dominated the opposition at Broward Community College, leading to a berth…
Josephus Eggelletion: Surprised at his home at 7:30 a.m. by federal agents who arrest him and take him away. Fitzroy Salesman: Busted by masked feds when he was still in bed. Beverly Gallagher: Allowed to enjoy a breakfast with her family and self-surrender in her own good time. Why the special treatment for Gallagher? Did…
Drive slowly through this week’s New Times feature lest your propeller slice the mountainous flesh of the Manatees. Gus Garcia-Roberts gets close to the men whose jiggling performance art captivates Florida Marlins’ fans during the sixth-inning stretch.For those also inclined to forge a career from an expanding waistline, New Times…
Used to be, the young people would flock to Fort Lauderdale and clash with the old. It was called “spring break,” and the mighty beast was slew in the ’80s, according to the carbon dating of fossil remains. Now the old flock to Fort Lauderdale for the young. We know…
