December 1, 2023 Had the goods but not sworn to serve: Man pleads guilty to impersonating a deputy U.S. Marshal This man’s troubles started when got into a pickup truck and drove around with red and blue emergency lights activated, and a siren blaring.
November 30, 2023 ‘Anomalies in the rear bumper’ lead Border Patrol agents to $3M in meth weighing 100+ lbs. A suspicious-looking car had local deputies asking the Border Patrol for help, and they ended up seizing a whole lot of meth.
November 29, 2023 Man charged with missing wife’s murder, ‘It appeared someone tried to clean up a crime scene,’ police say A man charged with murdering his wife has been arrested, but his wife’s body has not been found. She was reported missing in May.
November 22, 2023 Car dealership owner convicted in $1 million murder-for-hire to cover up affair, stop extortion A former executive for his family’s car dealerships was convicted of wiring more than $1 million to have his mistress and her estranged boyfriend murdered.
November 17, 2023 Aryan Brotherhood gang member who tried to bribe officers with drugs, guns gets 30-year prison sentence A member of a hate group is going to prison for drug crimes, rather than acts of violence, a district attorney near Dallas announced.
October 27, 2023 Sexual abuse victims from across the country identify themselves in man’s child pornography photos A man has been sentenced to 60 years in federal prison for two counts of production of child pornography. He lives in Florida but his crimes stretched across the country.
October 13, 2023 Traffic stop turns up quite a catch: 40,000 ‘deadly’ fentanyl pills worth $120,000, deputies say A routine traffic stop on a teenage driver ended with a monumental drug seizure.
January 18, 2023 Dry again, for now: Woman pulled from storm drain 3rd time in less than 2 years A woman with a history of being rescued from storm drains was pulled from another one, her third in just under two years.
January 7, 2023 Rare, illegal animal found clinging to front door A very unusual sight led to a chase for Animal Care Services. Friday, someone came face to face with an unfamiliar creature that didn’t seem happy.
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 ā not the one with a fence ā that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order getting the National Guard involved.
January 1, 2023 Wanted: Police searching for man in violent ‘jugging’ incident, 4 others arrested Police are searching for the latest suspect in a string of violent robberies known as “jugging.”
October 24, 2022 DeSantis, Crist shake hands after name calling, sparks flying in Fla. gubernatorial debate The name-calling started early in the only debate between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who’s running for reelection, and Charlie Crist, who wants to unseat him in two weeks.
October 18, 2022 Migrants from Texas seen boarding plane to Martha’s Vineyard, Fla. paid for more flights The office of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis released video showing dozens of migrants lined up on a runwayĀ before being flown to Martha’s Vineyard, while the governor’s spokesperson said the flight won’t be the last.
September 22, 2022 DeSantis on sending ‘the unwashed masses’ to sanctuary cities: ‘They don’t want to pay’ Gov. Ron DeSantis denounced Chinese communist influence in Florida and doubled-down on flying Venezuelan migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard.
June 8, 2022 DeSantis slams Texas ‘drag show,’ deciding whether Fla. ‘child protective statutes’ enough In commenting about an inappropriate show in front of children in Texas, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he’s exploring new legislative ways to protect children.
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.
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,…
November 5, 2020 Hey Trump! Call it quits or history will judge you even more harshly Two days have passed since the election for President of the United States, about a third of the 100 Senators and all 435 members…
October 2, 2018 News starting out good but going downhill fast It’s a happy moment at CohenConnect.com. (Online definition of moment: “a very brief period of time.” The italics are mine.) September’s blog numbers were…
July 13, 2018 The FCC’s war on American children, adults The Federal Communications Commission has a very important mission, but it’s not being fulfilled.In fact, the opposite has been happening over the past few…
May 18, 2018 It happened again, and again There’s never a good time to write a story like this. We know there has been a school shooting in Texas, apparently between Houston…
April 10, 2018 Distorting history, stirring up stereotypes It’s not easy being a moderate. That’s definitely what I consider myself and it seems to make people on both sides angry. Either that,…
March 30, 2018 Tiffany Trump’s trouble, what unions could do to Amazon and the media It’s nice when Americans exercise their First Amendment rights (freedom ofĆ religion, speech, the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and…
February 18, 2018 Famous man, 80, suing famous man, 77, for age discrimination What’s famous to you obviously relies on where you’ve been and what you’ve noticed, but these people have had national exposure for at least…
January 18, 2018 Sad stereotypes too strong to silence (for now) Last night, I did something I rarely do: open a Facebook post to the public, rather than just friends. Today, I’m blogging about the…
