Miramar home invasion robberies unrelated, police say
Three men who claimed to be FBI agents in a Miramar home invasion robbery Friday were not the same fake cops involved in an armed home invasion Thursday, Miramar Police said. Dontrey Williams, 22,...
View ArticlePolice: Man made fake bomb threats outside Walmart
Trevor Cordell Harris' "stupid" bomb-threat prank at the Palm Springs Walmart store backfired, police said. Harris, 23, of Boynton Beach, warned several customers Thursday night at about 10 p.m. about...
View ArticleDelray police: Woman arrested after claiming Dilaudid pill is her nipple
The Delray Beach police officer saw something protruding from Tiana Nicole Calandro's chest pocket. So he asked the 21-year-old woman what it was, according to an arrest report. "It's my nipple," she...
View ArticleGoodman appeals order keeping him on house arrest
Wellington polo magnate John Goodman on Tuesday appealed a judge's order last week denying his freedom from house arrest before his new trial. In a petition filed with the 4th District Court of Appeal,...
View ArticleNJ man targets cars, buildings in drunken Delray outburst, say police
If what cops say is true, Jason Stoveken gives new meaning to the term 'punch drunk.' An intoxicated New Jersey "jerk" punched several cars and peed on a building in a post-midnight stumble down...
View ArticleThree caught, one sought in Miramar home invasion case
Three of the four home invasion robbers who impersonated police officers and terrorized a Miramar man, beating him and stealing $20,000 in cash and jewelry last week, have been arrested, Miramar police...
View ArticleJudge upgrades contempt charge for ex-Goodman juror
The judge didn't provide a warm welcome Thursday for the former juror whose alleged "antics" turned the Palm Beach County courtroom into another sideshow. There was Dennis DeMartin, now sitting in...
View ArticleFAA may have played role in South Florida terrorist arrest
Federal aviation officials may have played a role in the arrests of two Oakland Park brothers accused in a poorly-planned attempt to explode a terrorist bomb in New York City. But government...
View ArticleCondo president gambles away community's money, police say
Luck finally ran out for a Pembroke Pines condo association president accused of gambling away the community's maintenance money at a casino. Nancy Marquez, 58, was arrested on charges she stole...
View ArticlePreschool music teacher fired after molestation accusations
A music teacher accused of molesting two young girls was fired from his job at the Discovery Pre-School Center in Coconut Creek late Tuesday, school officials said. Olakunle Omomowo, 38, of Lauderhill,...
View ArticleWoman accused of chasing ex with baton, trying to slash tires
She wanted to talk. He wanted to walk. It's an argument that led a woman armed with a collapsible baton to chase her ex-boyfriend through a Delray Beach Arby's parking lot on Tuesday, according to a...
View ArticleSmell of marijuana: Who needs a search warrant when police use their nose?
Who needs a search warrant when you've got a nose? It's a common phrase in South Florida arrest reports: the scent of marijuana wafting from a suspect's vehicle. And while the detail may seem amusing,...
View ArticleDeputies: Man opens door of patrol car, gets in, gets arrested
Thomas R. Quinlan opened the unlocked door of a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office patrol car and leaned in over the front seat. Within minutes he would be in the back of another. That's because the...
View ArticleTow truck driver accused of pepper-spraying baby and then offering deputy a...
A routine trip to tow an illegally parked car ended up with a baby being pepper-sprayed, a false report of shots fired and the tow truck driver arrested on bribery charges. It all began shortly before...
View ArticleLake Worth man accused of indecent act on business' door
An employee at a Hypoluxo business whipped out her iPhone, called 911 and started filming as a man began performing a sexual act on the business' door on Monday. It began when the employee, who was not...
View ArticleMan accused in break-in; his third arrest in less than a month
It was Brian Blake Bienvenu's third visit to the Palm Beach County Jail in less than a month. Boca Raton police arrested the 24-year-old Sunday after he broke into a home in the 2300 block of North...
View ArticleWoman arrested after foul-mouthed tirade
Edinsa Martinez-Henao wasn't getting up without a fight. According to a Delray Beach police arrest report, the 58-year-old was found passed out in some bushes in the 200 block of Northeast Sixth Avenue...
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