2 women accused in separate child neglect cases in Palm Beach County
Lydia LaShelle Young came home to find a cop waiting for her. He had been there for an hour and a half on Thursday night and wanted to know why she'd left five children alone in the home, according to...
View ArticleCouple cuffed after alleged fight at Backstreet Boys concert
Things got out of hand for a Riviera Beach police officer and his fiancee at the Backstreet Boys concert, deputies said. Obed Ferdinand Colon II, 32, is accused of slapping Amina Marukic, yelling at...
View ArticleBoca Raton pharmacist arrested after being caught with 180 pills, deputies say
A day after being arrested for allegedly hitting his girlfriend, a Boca Raton pharmacist was in custody again — this time, deputies say, for having more than 12 different types of pills without...
View ArticleIndecent exposure arrests at FAU campus, Wendy's drive-thru window
Three female students at Boca Raton's Florida Atlantic University were targeted by an 18-year-old man who exposed himself to them while he sat in a minivan, police said. Craig Paul Neiner, 18, of west...
View ArticleBoycott reflection
In a recent column, I concluded with a passing reference to the city of Ariel, a Jewish enclave that juts into the West Bank 10 miles beyond the Green Line. The column dealt with boycotts, and...
View ArticleMan accused of video voyeurism at women's restrooms arrested again
A man accused of trying to secretly film a woman and her young daughter at a Boca Raton beachfront restroom last year has been arrested again, this time after another woman said she caught him taking...
View ArticleOnline ad leads to prostitution charge for Lantana woman
Police busted a self-employed student on a prostitution charge after her landlord grew suspicious of the number of people coming to her apartment, according to a Lantana Police Department arrest...
View ArticleBroward Sheriff's unit out to arrest 'worst of the worst'
Christopher Ferguson, Patrick Joseph and Jorge Rodriguez are members of the exclusive "WOW" club — what the Broward Sheriff's Office considers the "worst of the worst." "We are going after what we...
View ArticleFHP: Road rage leads to arrest after driver pulls out gun
A case of road rage ended in a man's arrest Tuesday morning after he pointed a gun at another driver on I-95 near Boca Raton, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Ron Hachamoff, 42, of Coconut Creek, is...
View ArticleFather accused of burning daughter's hand on hot stove as punishment
A father was charged with aggravated child abuse Tuesday after being accused of punishing his 7-year-old daughter by holding her hand on a hot stove, according to Broward court records. Roberto Paul,...
View ArticleMan arrested after being seen on victim's cellphone video
The second of three suspected home invasion robbers is behind bars in Broward after he was seen mugging for the video camera in the victim's cellphone, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office....
View ArticlePerson of interest in missing Hallandale Beach woman case jailed on unrelated...
Antwan Kennedy hasn't kept out of legal trouble even after being labeled a person of interest in the high-profile disappearance case of a Hallandale Beach woman, court records show. Kennedy, 30, was...
View ArticleSecond suspect arrested in 2008 fatal Boca jewelry heist
Five years after a jewelry heist led to an afternoon shootout in the middle of a Boca Raton mall, detectives say they have hunted down the second in a trio of men who got away with $100,000 in gems....
View ArticleMan busted on drug charges after being caught having sex in car with adult...
On Sunday afternoon Barry Thompson got busted. Big time. Sometimes it's the price you pay for 'keeping it in the family.' When deputies noticed a 2005 Toyota parked in the entrance of Pride Elementary...
View ArticleIndecent exposure arrests at FAU campus, Wendy's drive-thru window
Three female students at Boca Raton's Florida Atlantic University were targeted by an 18-year-old man who exposed himself to them while he sat in a minivan, police said. Craig Paul Neiner, 18, of west...
View ArticleTwo attorneys indicted in Scott Rothstein case
Nearly four years after Scott Rothstein's massive Ponzi scheme spectacularly imploded, the long-simmering criminal investigation entered a new phase Friday with the arrests of two Broward County...
View ArticleYouTube-inspired escalator stunt is a fail; man arrested
This escalator helicopter had a crash landing – and it landed a 24-year-old Wellington man in jail. Brent Roberts' attempt to pull off an escalator stunt made popular on YouTube ended when he fell and...
View ArticleThree arrested in Hollywood 'drug house' case
The elegant green home has a manicured lawn, lush front-yard trees, a picket fence, and apparently not enough parking spaces for a drug house, neighbors say. Hollywood Police SWAT members stormed the...
View ArticleMan accused of video voyeurism at women's restrooms arrested again
A man accused of trying to secretly film a woman and her young daughter at a Boca Raton beachfront restroom last year has been arrested again, this time after another woman said she caught him taking...
View ArticleBroward Sheriff's unit out to arrest 'worst of the worst'
Christopher Ferguson, Patrick Joseph and Jorge Rodriguez are members of the exclusive "WOW" club — what the Broward Sheriff's Office considers the "worst of the worst." "We are going after what we...
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