Much to the chagrin of local authors, we do not do book reviews here at New Times, but on this blog, we do like to give some free pub to those who pick the most provocative subjects and titles.So this one goes out to you, Art Greenwald, the local author…
Of course there’s a pro paintball league! And as with more traditional sports, there are hazards for those whose talent (free time?) allows them to go pro. The Palm Beach Vipers wrecked against these treacherous rocks, at least judging by a statement released yesterday by the team’s owner, Ken Bryson…
So DNA tests seem to have exonerated another man wrongfully convicted by the State Attorney’s Office for murder in Broward County. That makes at least seven of them. Anthony Caravella, 41, has been locked up for the 1983 murder of Ada Cox Jankowski since he was 15. There never was any good evidence in…
Here’s what’s happening in the 954 and 561:Pari-mutuals are not fooled by the governor’s compact with the Seminoles, and they’re bringing all their lobbyist power — starting with Ron Book — to the fight that’s brewing in the Legislature. [Sun-Sentinel]How about the nerve of Dushuan Smith? He contacted CBS-4 a…
Bail bondsman William Staubs, AKA “Cobra,” pushed open the window to a condo. Inside, Cobra, a large man with stringy blond hair, a meaty face, and an unmistakable hillbilly twang, discovered a kitchen filled with pieces of PVC pipe, a handsaw, and grenades. A shooting target was set up in…
Dennis Giardina was walking up a sun-blasted hill just outside Homestead Air Reserve Base when he spotted the monster. From the forked black tongue to the whipping tail of tightly corded muscle, the creature stretched seven feet through the dead grass. Mottled green and yellow scales glinted in the sunlight…
You don’t get a nickname like “Cobra” unless you’re pretty good at finding trouble, and that’s why he’s born to be a bounty hunter. But as Lisa Rab explains in this week’s New Times feature story, trouble has found Cobra, who now has to convince prosecutors he’s not a loose…
While we’re on the subject of desperate times calling for desperate health-care measures, recent studies have shown that Americans are increasingly relying on the internet to diagnose and treat their medical conditions. What’s more, a local academic has discovered that these Googlers are getting rotten advice:”My overall impression is that…
An argument at a Shell gas station in Pompano Beach led to the early-morning stabbing death of a 33-year-old man, Edris Berry, and the Broward Sheriff’s Office is looking for two men in their 20s who were with Berry when the stabbing to took place. From the release:Both have short-cropped…
Aside from their eerily similar first names, there are compelling parallels among the missing-child cases of Jaycee Dugard, Caylee Anthony, and Haleigh Cummings. Each time, investigators have focused on the child’s parents. And each time, they’ve had wildly different results.Jaycee Dugard’s stepfather came under police scrutiny when the 11-year-old went…
Transgendered Lake Worth City Manager Susan Stanton seems to be adapting to her new dual roles as a female and as a city employee very well indeed. A group of citizens from the Tropical Ridge Neighborhood Association had spent months pestering Stanton to meet with them for a walking tour…
The first time I heard Chaz Stevens’ name, it was preceded by the words “Stay away from.” I was talking to a person involved in Deerfield Beach politics, and that person was concerned that my interest in the subject would lead to an encounter with the man behind the curtain…
Mega-wealthy lawyer, businessman, and political backer Scott Rothstein called me last week and told me he was the “Jewish Avenger” and was out to destroy me. Rothstein wasn’t joking; he was seething. He told me he was going to sue me and my wife and bankrupt my household. Rothstein, the managing partner of the law firm Rothstein Rosenfeldt &…
The past few months, this blog and Broward Health have had a strained relationship, to put it mildly; but hey, global pandemics make for strange bed partners. Juice is glad to report that the north county’s $1 billion public hospital district will not be caught by surprise by swine flu…
Corinthian Johnson was not going to wait till he turned 16 to start driving, as evidenced by his Clerk of Courts record. Nor was he going to wait till he was 18 to be arrested for a felony. Johnson allegedly stole a black BMW SUV in Aventura on August 28,…
In this week’s New Times cover story, “Cobra’s Last Stand,” Fort Lauderdale bail bondsman William Staubs, AKA “Cobra,” gets arrested for false imprisonment during his search for missing 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings. The confrontation that caused all the trouble was caught on video by independent, Atlanta-based journalist Art Harris.In the video,…
This week’s New Times cover story chronicles the adventures of a Fort Lauderdale bail bondsman, William Staubs, AKA “Cobra,” who fell into a world of trouble when he started searching for a missing 5-year-old from Putnam County, Haleigh Cummings. But before he began looking for Haleigh, Cobra briefly searched for…
It was supposed to be as easy as 1-2-3. At last Thursday evening’s budget meeting, Deerfield Beach Mayor Peggy Noland made it known that she was sick of working within the confines of the city’s ethics code. Vice Mayor Sylvia Poitier said the same. And Commissioner Joe Miller echoed their…
Let’s hope there’s not a Mexican version of Lou Dobbs ready to rage against all the Americans who may soon be tempted to go south of the border for health care. That article in the Arizona Republic quotes a retiree from Broward County who gives this ringing endorsement to IMSS, Mexico’s…
Remember that video the Sun-Sentinel put up on its high-powered homepage for two days that purported to show Michael Jackson jumping out of a coroner’s van after he was supposed to be dead? Well, it was, of course, a hoax. But more than that, it was an…
A glance at the headlines this Wednesday.In Broward County’s most ethics-challenged city, the ethics code survived the night. [Sun-Sentinel]A former Boynton Beach commissioner has an ethics crisis of his own as the Palm Beach State Attorney’s Office investigates allegations that David Katz took payments from tow-truck companies competing for city…
