Former pro wrestler “The Future” Donovan Ruddick was arrested by Hillsborough County Sheriff’s deputies for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend to death. Police found a woman stabbed multiple times inside a unit at the Del Lago apartments on Tuesday evening. The woman, who remains unidentified, died at the scene. Police put…
The Broward Sheriff’s Office arrested a Pompano Beach fortuneteller over the weekend for allegedly defrauding a California woman. The fortuneteller, Peaches Miller AKA Shanna Young (we’re not sure which name she uses as a fortuneteller. We’re gonna go with Peaches, although Shanna sounds mystical too), had an out-of-state felony warrant,…
A Florida cop pulled over a car in Sumter County after running the tag and discovering that the vehicle’s registered owner did not have a driver’s license. And what should have been a routine traffic stop soon turned into a Taser-palooza, as the deputy went all Oprah and pretty much…
A Wellington man was arrested for allegedly imprisoning his wife for the past three years, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. The wife of the suspect, Qasem Alabed, 42, claims that, along with not allowing her to leave their home, he also beat her with a television remote…
Just days after authorities released the results of iGuardian, a national child predator sting, Stephen Paulsen was arrested Tuesday for arranging a meeting with a Boynton Beach police officer whom he believed was a teenager under the age of 16. Even Jerry Sandusky would have thought that was bad timing…
A five-week operation by federal authorities has nabbed 255 suspected child predators, with 58 of those arrests coming from Florida. Authorities have confirmed that of those 58 men arrested in the sting, five of them are from South Florida, including the Weston and Dania Beach areas. The sting, called Operation…
With people on all sides making loud angry noises following the George Zimmerman not-guilty verdict and debates raging about whether justice was done because of the legal system and due process and yada yada yada, one thing remains abundantly clear: Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law is a mystifying clustercrap of…
George Zimmerman’s brother, Robert Jr., the same guy who went on a rant on his Twitter feed comparing Trayvon Martin to a black Georgia teen accused of killing a baby, decried people using the race card on his bro during a Sunday interview with Piers Morgan. He also told Morgan…
George Zimmerman — a guy who deliberately disobeyed the cops when they told him not to follow Trayvon Martin by doing the exact opposite of that, chased Trayvon, confronted Trayvon, and then shot and killed Trayvon, even though Trayvon was unarmed — was found not guilty. Naturally, emotions and opinions…
If you spot itchy coke bros waxing extra douchy in the club this weekend or your stoner pal suddenly starts complaining about the $50 you owe him, here’s why: South Florida’s drug supply a hit last week. The federal government busted a shipment coming in off the coast of the…
In a gruesome act of violence, a Lake Worth woman allegedly attacked her mother, dragged her by the hair, broke her arms and nose, and then cut her eyes out with a kitchen knife. The victim’s eyes were found in a pool of blood next to the knife by Palm…
The George Zimmerman verdict is expected to be handed down in the coming days. So the Broward County Sheriff’s Office has decided to preemptively racially profile an entire community by releasing a public service announcement video urging folks to “raise their voices, not their hands” when the verdict is read…
Last month, Boca Raton was rocked with one of those stories that keep parents sleepless at night: a high schooler cut down too soon. But when the first reports on the June 13 death began circulating online, drugs were fingered as a possible culprit. Since then, the story has ballooned…
Lonely men looking for love went and found some at a social site called Mocospace.com. There they met up and chatted with a flirty, attractive woman with shoulder-length hair who complimented them, seduced them, and eventually invited them over to her place at the Boardwalk Apartments in the 2900 block…
Nearing the final outcome in the murder trial of George Zimmerman, local leaders addressed the threat of street riots. Representatives of South Florida law enforcement, faith, and legal communities joined more than a hundred attendees in a packed house at the North Dade Regional Library on Tuesday for a public…
Anderson Cooper of CNN wants to see him next week. Last week it was Piers Morgan. “Everybody wants the exclusive,” said Rod Vereen, following a community briefing on the George Zimmerman murder trial in Miami yesterday. His client, 19-year-old Miami resident Rachel Jeantel, testified last month as the prosecution’s star…
Three minors face several felony charges in a case of burglary and criminal mischief at a Deerfield Beach private school. The incident happened last week when the three boys broke into St. Ambrose Catholic School, located on 363 SE 12th Ave. From the Broward Sheriff’s Office news release: “The group…
Stick a stolen item under a black light, then watch it turn glowstick-yellow and lead you back to its rightful owner. That’s the hope for the recently announced partnership between the Riviera Beach Police Department and SmartWater CSI. SmartWater CSI, based in Fort Lauderdale, produces “forensically encoded liquids,” invisible inks…
On the way to the beach two Fridays ago, I witnessed a Florida Highway Patrol officer interacting with a homeless man near the ramp to get on and off I-95 in Boynton Beach. As the officer drove away, I pulled over into a nearby parking lot, sought out the homeless…
Based on New Times’ reporting, a federal judge in Tampa last week tossed out one of two convictions that sent reggae giant Buju Banton to prison in 2011. The decision — which hinged on juror misconduct dug up by the newspaper — is just the latest plot twist since the…
Radio station 97.7 FM played Mexican music and advertised Hispanic businesses in the Marion County area. Only problem is that it was being run by two guys in a mobile home. And that makes it illegal. According to Marion County deputies, two men were illegally operating a radio station. Unfortunately,…
Tyree Lincoln Smith, a Florida man who allegedly beat a homeless Connecticut man to death with an axe, and then ate his eyeball and parts of his brain, is having his fate decided by a three-judge panel starting this week. At the time of his arrest in January 2012, Smith…
