The Florida Bar is finally paying attention to the 1-800-411-PAIN Referral Service, in part because other lawyers have been complaining.411-PAIN is a Broward-based network of chiropractors and lawyers that solicits clients who have been in car accidents. Although many of its ads have been approved by the Florida Bar, some…
Apparently “Bieber Fever” can drive a person to steal a life-sized cutout of the pint-sized pop singer from a Manatee County mall.According to a police report from the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, 23-year-old David Dowling and a friend took the cutout from an FYE store at the Desoto Square Mall…
Several months after New Times raised questions about the 1-800-411-PAIN Referral Service, the Florida Bar is taking a closer look at the local company and its competitors.At its annual convention this summer, the bar held a public hearing on for-profit lawyer referral services. The bar has received written criticism about…
A sickle cell anemia patient went to a Broward hospital for a life-saving, emergency surgery, but the operation she received might have lead to her death, according to a recently filed lawsuit.Ashley Polk, then 19, went to the emergency room on August 19, 2010, for abdominal pain and swelling, said…
An arrest report from the Hollywood Police Department says 29-year-old Jason Kertesz — who’s been charged with the murder of his 62-year-old mother — may have beaten her to death with a baseball bat.Irene Kertesz’s husband found her dead in her Hollywood home around 9 p.m. July 30 after becoming…
A 55-year-old Lake Worth man has been charged with DUI manslaughter and two counts of causing injury while driving under the influence for a December car crash that killed an 80-year-old woman, according to the Palm Beach State Attorney’s Office.Joseph Sterlicchi was booked into the Palm Beach County jail on…
If you’re running low on people to sell your weed to, you might as well try selling it to the cops.At least that’s what 39-year-old Jennifer Knopp ended up doing, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.MCSO Deputy Christian Galls was hanging out at the po-lice substation in Marathon last…
A “slinky metal thief” has been caught on video stealing copper wires and tubing from Oakland Park air conditioning units, the Broward Sheriff’s Office reports. “It was just after 4 a.m. Wednesday when Amos Issac finished stripping another air conditioning unit for its copper tubing and wires,” according to the…
Andrew Florvil was turned down while begging for a cigarette and $1 last night, and he may have overreacted a bit.According to Delray Beach police, a nanny was going on a walk over a bridge around the 3800 block of South Lake Drive when she was approached by 27-year-old Florvil,…
A 12-page report released today by the Florida Department of Children and Families says Casey Anthony is “responsible” for Caylee’s death and is also responsible for threatening harm upon her and failing to protect her.As part of an investigation that spanned nearly three years, the DCF report says that through…
The last words from 25-year-old Clairemathe Geffrard before she was executed, allegedly by Stanley Beasley, at the Check Cashing Store on Tuesday: “Tell the police to leave; he’s got a gun to my head.”That’s what Geffrard told a coworker over the phone around 10 a.m. Tuesday, half an hour after…
Jason Kertesz, the 29-year-old Hollywood man police identified last week as the lone suspect in the killing of his 62-year-old mother, has been charged with premeditated murder, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.Irene Kertesz’s husband found her dead in her Hollywood home around 9 p.m. July 30, and her son…
The FBI has confirmed that Lacoochee’s Dougherty siblings — who’ve been on the run since shooting at a Zephyrhills cop on August 4 — were captured in Colorado today.Lee Grace Dougherty, a 29-year-old stripper; Ryan Edward Dougherty, a 21-year-old sex offender; and Dylan Dougherty Stanley, their 26-year-old half-brother, were captured…
After being arrested twice in January 2010, 24-year-old Ismael Ambrosio decided to show his distaste for law enforcement by getting “Fuck the Police” tattooed across the middle of his face.Ambrosio managed to avoid jail for more than a year and a half before being arrested in Pinellas County yesterday on…
One person is dead and two others are injured — including the suspect — after a shooting broke out during a robbery yesterday morning at a check cashing shop in central Broward County, according to police.The Broward Sheriff’s Office says 33-year-old Stanley Beasley robbed the Check Cashing Store at 2927…
Toussain Puddie, the 30-year-old former TSA screener who says he mistakenly took home a Montblanc pen belonging to car dealer Rick Case, was arraigned on Monday for grand theft charges relating to the incident. Case’s daughter filed a missing-property report with the Broward Sheriff’s Office on June 6, and Puddie…
Fort Lauderdale police say a 79-year-old man shot a 12-year-old kid in the abdomen last night because the kid and his buddies were harassing the man all day.James McIvery told the cops that a few youngsters had knocked on his door at an apartment in the 700 block of NW…
Former South Florida Democratic Congressman Tim Mahoney faces a DUI charge after Palm Beach Gardens cops found him sleeping one off in his car early Saturday morning.As you may remember, Mahoney had a tough time with purported sex scandals during the single two-year term he held office.Mahoney was elected to…
Say you buy a house. You’re probably really excited about all the cool perks that come along with home ownership (you can garden naked and nobody can say anything, you can swim in your pool naked and nobody can say anything, you can change your oil naked and nobody can say…
Boynton Beach Police Officer Alex Lindsey — who once famously arrested a woman named Merry Christmas — was arrested today on charges that he lied in an arrest report, according to the State Attorney’s Office.According to prosecutors, Lindsey wrote in a police report that he’d found a gun on 42-year-old…
Here’s some uplifting news if you have a healthy fear of elevators. A Palm Beach resident says that a freight-elevator door fell on her head, permanently maiming her, according to a recently filed lawsuit.Montisha Mann, then an employee of a Sunrise IKEA, says that Le Group Manufacturier d’Ascenseurs Global Tardif…
This week’s cover story in New Times is on Elroy Phillips, a convict who says he has gathered the evidence from prison to show he’s not guilty. If you’ve read the story and still aren’t convinced, below are bits of the court file, evidence Phillips has collected, and responses from…
