Prominent Haitian broadcaster hides from immigration in plain sight
Faced with deportation, Haitian immigrant James T. Leger did not lay low to avoid authorities, like most people living in the U.S. illegally might do. Instead, he leased a radio station, hosted a...
View ArticlePolice overreacting to open container law
What is going on with the police busting people for peacefully having a beer on the beach? I read the article on the mayor's open container law. The police aren't just asking you to dump out the beer....
View ArticleBoca Raton couple accused of stealing, pawning golf clubs
Forty minutes after leaving a Boca Raton golf shop with six Nike clubs stolen from a display, deputies say Joshua Popper stopped by a pawn store and sold them for cash. It wasn't his first time running...
View ArticleCoral Springs woman accused of using counterfeit bills
Seven months after being arrested for using a fake $100 bill, Monalisa Cardozo is again behind bars, accused of repeating the same crime. Cardozo, 29, of Coral Springs, was arrested Monday after...
View ArticleWoman charged with child neglect after going on photo shoot
Gwendolyne Nanette Vazquez might photograph models, but deputies are accusing her of not being a model mom. The 26-year-old substitute teacher and aspiring photographer is charged with leaving her...
View ArticleTwo men, two women arrested on prostitution-related charges in Lake Worth
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office deputies said they busted two brothels in a Lake Worth neighborhood Friday, arresting two men who ran the homes and two women who worked in them. Sheriff's Office...
View ArticleTexas woman arrested in latest bar-scam theft
— Cash and a watch worth $12,500 were stolen from a South Florida man in what appeared to be the latest instance of bar-hopping temptresses scamming men they go home with. Travis Kania, 42, of Fort...
View ArticleWellington man arrested outside of gentleman's club
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office deputies on Tuesday arrested Justin A. Feitzinger, 22, after Cheetah's Gentleman's Club manager reported Feitzinger trying to get inside by banging on all the doors...
View ArticleMurder suspect held after alleged accomplice pocket-dialed 911
A second suspect has been arrested in a man's slaying after his alleged accomplice mistakenly pocket-dialed 911 and was recorded discussing the murder plan, officials said Tuesday. Ronel Desinor, 27,...
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Employee of synthetic pot company gets house arrest
A former employee of a West Palm Beach company that once was one of the country's largest synthetic marijuana manufacturers was sentenced Thursday to six months of house arrest. Michael Bryant, 30,...
View ArticleReport: Broward man arrested after leaving traffic court; gets 5 new charges
Brian Lavince Mathis, of Broward County, had a St. Lucie County traffic court appearance in Fort Pierce on Tuesday for driving with a suspended license, according to an arrest affidavit from the St....
View ArticleWanted sex offender imprisoned for beating US marshal at courthouse
A convicted sex offender who went to file a civil lawsuit – despite being a wanted man – was sentenced this week to two years in prison for assaulting a deputy U.S. marshal while he was being arrested...
View ArticleCouple accused of more than 50 thefts from kids' stores
A couple suspected in more than 50 elaborate thefts of children's products worth $36,000 was arrested Tuesday as they shopped with two children, Broward Sheriff's detectives said. Yanderi Soto, 30, and...
View ArticleDeputies: Man arrested on warrant stabbed himself with needle
It's never a good idea to needle the cops. Detectives went to a Plantation Key to arrest Cole Alan Peacock on charges of Fraud and Grand Theft for allegedly applying for a credit card through Citibank...
View ArticleLawsuit: BSO detective wrongfully arrested woman
The ex-wife of a local attorney is suing her former husband and a Broward Sheriff's detective over what she says was her wrongful arrest following a June 2009 traffic stop. Marcy Romeo alleges...
View ArticleDelray man accused of staging convenience store armed robbery
The dangers of working late nights became a reality for a 7-11 clerk when a masked man walked into a Boca Raton convenience store and held a knife to the clerk's stomach, according to a Boca Raton...
View ArticleLantana shop owner charged with operating illegal lottery – again
Lantana shop owner Daniel Reyes is again accused of running an illegal lottery — known as a bolita — in his grocery store, according to an arrest report. It's the second time since December that police...
View ArticleWoman claims she stole 138 articles of clothing for family, say police
Maybe she has a big family? After police say Lashonda Shaprell Ryland admitted to shoplifting, she said she "was only stealing enough for my family," according to a Boca Raton police arrest report. The...
View ArticleSuspect arrested in bar-hopping temptress theft ring
One of four women suspected of being part of a ring of bar-hoppers who drug and rob men they accompany home turned herself in to Miami-Dade police Thursday evening. But Keshia Clark, 27, spent only the...
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