March 13, 2024 Accused of battery on her mom: ‘Grabbed some of the grits she made & hit her in the face’ A woman with a history of arrests is accused of slapping her mother with a handful of grits over kitchen cleanliness and what to eat for breakfast.
March 11, 2024 Repeat DUI suspect got to jail with ‘handcuffs straddled in between his legs,’ cops say A man was charged with his fourth DUI after a police officer saw his “driving pattern” and pulled him over, and he later arrived at jail a bit tangled up.
March 1, 2024 Tasered and ‘fell to the ground, and the stolen merchandise came falling out of her purse’ “Best Buy staff recognized her from previous encounters in which she stole a laptop,” her latest arrest report said, so they watched this woman closely.
February 21, 2024 2 women charged with ringing up low-priced items, stealing expensive ones from Walmart Walmart employees and sheriff’s deputies had a busy evening and when it was over, two women were taken from the self-checkout area to jail.
January 25, 2024 Senior shoplifting suspects go to jail together, wife with ‘no recollection’ faces felony A senior citizen couple is accused of shoplifting from a Walmart. He’s charged with a misdemeanor but she’s facing a felony for a much longer list of items.
December 28, 2023 Man charged with threatening deputy niece, then battery on another during his arrest A man is accused of sending a threatening message to his niece, who is a sheriff’s deputy, and his arrest a few days later involves another deputy’s Taser.
December 26, 2023 Woman’s home invasion included stabbing dog, biting 2 human victims A woman is headed to prison after pleading guilty to an unusual home invasion. She “attacked the homeowners’ dog with a knife and bit two of the victims.”
December 20, 2023 Burglary suspect arrested with old taser prong attached, had to be ‘redirected’ to the ground in jail A man is facing charges after hotel guests told police “someone had entered their hotel room and stolen several high-value items,” his arrest report said.
December 13, 2023 Florida facing federal lawsuits: Mom for transgender treatment, teachers over personal pronoun law Three teachers in Florida filed a federal lawsuit over a state law on titles and pronouns in schools, and a trial is underway over restricting treatment for transgender people with puberty blockers and hormone therapy.
November 30, 2023 Man’s latest arrest was for possession of 2 controlled substances, exposure of sexual organs (again) A man is under arrest for at least the sixth time in two years. He was wanted for exposing himself. Authorities say it wasn’t his first time. They also charged him with three other crimes.
November 27, 2023 Lawmaker wants to ban Florida, a former slave state, from paying reparations to descendants of slaves A lawmaker in Florida wants to make sure no government money in the former Confederate state goes to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves.
November 21, 2023 Bank robber did it again, just one month into supervised release for robbing 5 banks A man with a history of robbing banks has been sentenced to federal prison again for his latest heist. He’s already serving three years for violating his last supervised release, which didn’t go well.
November 13, 2023 Bill would protect historical monuments, memorials in Florida, including those honoring Confederates Protecting the state’s history, or those who tried to break up the U.S. and lost the Civil War? Those are two ways to look at a controversial bill introduced to the Florida House of Representatives.
October 30, 2023 What’s the penalty for not stopping your golf cart at a stop sign? Jail for this guy A man in Florida went from a golf cart to a police squad car after he didn’t come to a full and complete stop at a stop sign.
March 27, 2023 Woman accused of killing partner in domestic violence incident streamed on Facebook A woman in Mississippi is being held without bond on charges of killing a man in a domestic violence incident, with the whole incident streamed live on Facebook.
March 17, 2023 In loving memory: ‘Redneck, SOB’ father remembered as daughter roasts him in obituary A well-written obituary can make a reader feel as though they knew the recently departed. That’s what one woman managed to do when she lost her father.
February 1, 2023 Teacher charged with 3 counts of sex offenses at high school involving student A sheriff’s office got a call about a sexual assault at a high school and at the end of the investigation, deputies arrested a teacher.
January 6, 2023 DeSantis sends National Guard to Fla. Keys after Biden’s tougher stance on migrant influx So many migrants have been descending on a southern U.S. border — not the one with a fence — that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order getting the National Guard involved.
January 6, 2023 House adjourns until Friday night after 4 days, 13 votes on who should be next speaker Friday marked the fourth day of the House of Representatives in session without a speaker and the votes started to go Kevin McCarthy’s way — until members decided to adjourn.
January 5, 2023 Congressional deadlock: 3 days, 11 votes, and still no Speaker of the House Congress may have gone back in session on Tuesday but there’s nothing going on in the House of Representatives except nominating, discussing, voting, and repeating.
November 18, 2022 Answer to suit: ‘Publix denies any liability’ for grandmother, toddler’s murders in store “Publix denies any liability” for the murders of a grandmother and toddler at its grocery store on Royal Palm Beach Boulevard last year.
October 26, 2022 Man accused of grabbing senior by the face, saying ‘you ain’t gonna use that phone today’ An older man approached a police officer and said he was battered by Curtis Rolle, who was also arrested both before and after the incident.
June 24, 2022 Abortion ruling divisive in South Florida, just as the issue had been It’s either “righting a grievous wrong” or it’s “a tragic day,” depending how one feels about women’s abortion rights.
June 9, 2022 Beyond the U.S. Capitol doors – window, in one case – and the Florida rioters’ sentences Authorities say many of the Jan. 6 riot suspects ended up in handcuffs after friends and coworkers turned them in. Many also appeared in social media photos of the spectacle.
May 31, 2022 FAU: South Florida homes much less overvalued than other places as we near ‘peak’ prices It’s no secret homes are overvalued and people looking for a place to live are often disappointed, but it may be surprising that South Florida’s real estate isn’t as overpriced as dozens of other places around the country.
February 14, 2022 Medical examiner: Brian Laundrie’s bones were under water, chewed by animals Most of Brian Laundrie’s bones were recovered, and the medical examiner revealed animals chewed on them. That’s according to his newly-released autopsy report.
February 10, 2022 Lawyer: Boy in box ‘fantasizes about killing people’ The lawyer for the parents charged with keeping their 14-year-old adopted son in a box in their garage is telling her clients’ side of the story.
December 5, 2020 Dan Rather: Raising a ruckus in a good way from Texas to TV, and now the Twitterverse You may not have heard much about Dan Rather lately. I don’t remember seeing him on TV except as a guest on NBC News,…
January 22, 2019 Martin Luther King Day, a victim of the (official) Women’s March First off, yes, I may be a day late, but this is definitely not a dollar short! I wanted to make sure this post…
September 23, 2018 Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh, justice and becoming a Justice President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will be giving the Senate Judiciary Committee calendars from 1982 to back up his continued denial of…
June 16, 2018 Making your Father’s Day happier, no matter your situation Father’s Day is upon us again and I wanted to get this post out before the holiday because I just read a lot of…
May 29, 2018 The lousiness of laziness and liars I hate lazy people (and stupid ones, but that’s a blog for another time). I can understand being sick. Last year, I showed up…