Couple 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 ArticleHallandale Beach woman's documentary to show how Trayvon protests jolted...
With George Zimmerman's acquittal in the slaying of South Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, a post-verdict legacy of songs, movies and analysis may be on the horizon. So far, Martin's mother, Sybrina...
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 ArticleDavid Cassidy, despite spotlight from recent DWI arrest, known as low-key...
When entertainer David Cassidy moved to Fort Lauderdale in 2002, he brought with him a huge celebrity and a longing for a low-profile existence far from the one he knew as a 1970s TV star and teen...
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 Article2 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 ArticleDentist botched root canals while working with a suspended license, deputies say
The owner of the Terrific Smiles of the Palm Beaches dental practice is in trouble – and deputies say she left two patients in a terrific amount of pain. Deputies say Dr. Miriam Rubano, 34, of Lake...
View ArticleBoca man blew over four times legal limit, police say
A Boca Raton man is accused of blowing over four times the legal limit during a breath test, according to an arrest report. William Joseph Scaggs, 25, pulled up to a house in the 600 block of Southwest...
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 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 ArticleBSO deputy instigated wrongful arrest, lawsuit says
An ugly confrontation involving an off-duty deputy in a store parking lot cost a Margate man his job — and has resulted in a federal lawsuit against the Broward sheriff and two deputies. Lewis Bradley...
View ArticleBrooklyn murder suspect may be in South Florida, detectives say
The search for a fugitive in a 1992 murder case has led two New York City police investigators to South Florida. Detectives Robert Schulman and Stephen Hunter said Wednesday that they are trying to...
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...
View ArticleSkinny dog's owners arrested on unrelated charges
A Fort Lauderdale couple, who animal activists accused of mistreating a dog, was arrested Thursday on unrelated charges, police said. D'Anthony Dontrel Davis, 23, was picked up on warrants out of Polk...
View ArticleChase ends with crash and arrests in Coral Springs
Two men were arrested and a woman required hospital treatment late Thursday following a chase and crash in Coral Springs, police said. It started around 9 p.m. when officers tried to pull over a white...
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