Today, the Fisher Auction Co. gave us a preview of the Scott Rothstein auction, which is a testament of the wonderful things that other people’s money can buy. Let’s start with Rothstein’s cognac bottle. Your narrator is eloquent and knowledgable Louis “Benny” Fisher, founder of the auction company and father of Pompano Mayor Lamar…
The ultrasound manufacturing company where Mike Fernandez works as a general manager has been selling products to Broward Health during the same period that Fernandez has occupied a powerful position as a commissioner of that hospital district. Documents obtained by Juice suggest that Fernandez has been violating state ethics law…
This week’s New Times cover story explores the bizarre marriage between Michael Dippolito, a convicted fraudster; and his wife, Dalia, who’s accused of trying to have him killed. The Juice has been covering the Boynton Beach couple for nearly two months, so if you’re hungry for more details about their…
In one respect, Living Water Ministries was lucky when it came to helping Haitian victims of last week’s earthquake: They already had a large network of employees and contacts in Port-au-Prince and many others in outlying villages in the far Northwest, where the charity has set up schools and medical…
Andrew Yogan entered this week’s Ontario Hockey League All-Star festivities rated as North America’s No. 65 prospect for the NHL Entry Draft on June 25 — putting him uncomfortably on the fringes, needing a standout performance this week to increase his fortunes.He got it. The 18-year-old Boca Raton native advanced…
No comedian is as popular or as despised as Dane Cook. For the past year, he’s avoided making movies or doing TV appearances, choosing instead to tour the country, playing to sold out stadiums everywhere he goes. He finishes this “ISolated INcident” tour at the BankAtlantic Center the night before…
Hear about the new book coming out from former Judge (and RRA client) Larry Seidlin? It is — surprise — about the Anna Nicole Smith case, and its provocative title can be seen on the cover above. The book, from Transit Publishing, is expected out in June. From a summary in…
In the days following the November 3 murder of 31-year-old Chad Fleming in Taunton, Massachusetts, the case seemed a hopeless riddle. A “friend,” Nelson Melo, had dropped a bloodied and beaten Fleming at a hospital — after Fleming had already been dead for several hours. Melo told conflicting stories about…
Your daily glance at the headlines in South Florida:The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office closed a 25-year-old cold case yesterday with the help of DNA evidence that linked a Fort Myers man to the 1984 murder of Vickie Lynne Long in Jupiter. The suspect, Todd Clayton Campbell, was 22 and lived…
As Juice commenters have pointed out often enough in our coverage of the murder of Stephen Febonio, neither the accused nor his victim were angels when it came to prior criminal history. And despite a string of felony charges, neither man had much trouble slipping out of doing any real…
On July 31, a man called the Boynton Beach Police Department to report that a friend named “Delilah” was planning to kill her husband. The informant had once known Delilah well. She was lithe and slender, with long dark hair, green eyes, and a cosmetically enhanced figure. The two had…
Filings by state regulators reveal more evidence of fraud by Fort Lauderdale real estate agent Denny Hughes, who was jailed last month after he failed to deliver a down payment that had been entrusted to him by a homebuyer.That victim, Ronald Boyle, was from Buffalo, New York. This one is…
Well, I’ve been busy with other things today (hint: a national cable news network is preparing a piece on a certain Ponzi schemer who used to do some of his best thinking on a toilet made of gold), but there is one interesting development at the Broward Sheriff’s Office to report. Before…
A Broward Sheriff’s Office sting aimed at catching a suspected thief turned into a gunfight this afternoon at the 19th Street Food Shop in Lauderdale Lakes. From the BSO release:The suspect, a man in his 20s, was the subject of an investigation by BSO and other agencies into several recent…
In a Washington, D.C., news conference Tuesday, Congressman Anthony D. Weiner declared Pompano Beach-based Cash4Gold “a golden opportunity for citizens to be ripped off.”Wait, you mean we can’t trust Hammer and deathbed-ridden Ed McMahon?Weiner’s news conference is a prelude to legislation he’s crafting to more closely regulate companies like Cash4Gold…
When the Juice called Michael Dippolito in early December to ask about the 11-year-old son he fathered and abandoned, his response was simple: “I don’t even know what you’re talking about,” he said. “I can’t talk to you, I apologize.” Then he hung up.But of course, Dippolito did know that…
Evan Sneider, a freelance P.R. professional and full-time public relations manager for a technology based company in Aventura, says you can end up killing any chance of press coverage if you go about it the wrong way on Twitter. Evan lives here in Broward County and talked about some of the…
Looks like Boynton Police had the same hunch as Juice: that Dieuny Pasius, who was dumped at Bethesda Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound on January 11, is the man who shot and killed 23-year-old Benton Lineau that same night.Lineau was shot at a vacant home along the 2000 block…
The long arm of the U.S. Marshals Service finally caught up to Angel L. Rivera, who was wanted for an August 2008 sexual assault of a minor in Boca Raton. Acting on a tip from South Florida, marshals swooped in to arrest Rivera at a home in Wilmington, Delaware.The news…
Tell us the best boutique in Broward and Palm Beach counties in the comments section below. Voting ends May 26.Need some suggestions? Click here for an archive of articles about boutiques.And click here for a master list of all Readers’ Poll items…
A woman arrested on felony charges for helping kill more than 2,000 greyhounds from all over the state has been training racing dogs again in Florida as recently as last week.Ursula O’Donnell was charged with felony animal cruelty in November 2002 after allegedly hiring an Alabama man to shoot and…
