If you’re in the market for a fake temporary license plate or a counterfeit insurance card you won’t be able to call “The Tag Man,” according to Boynton Beach police. Undercover officers arrested Fedelin Pericles, 36, on Wednesday after buying two fraudulent temporary tags and a false insurance card during three separate transactions, according to the police report. Detectives received an anonymous tip that someone known as “The Tag Man” was providing the temporary tags for $60... Read More
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Southwest flight makes emergency landing at Orlando International Airport
A Southwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Orlando International Airport Thursday afternoon after reports of a blown-out tire, according to airport officials. Southwest Flight 736, originating from Fort Lauderdale and bound for Denver, made an emergency landing shortly before 1 p.m., airport spokeswoman Carolyn Fennell said. The 737 landed safely without any impact to airport operations, Fennell said. Fennell said emergency equipment and first responders were dispatched to... Read More
The Corey Jones killing: What you need to know as jury selection starts for ex-cop’s trial
It’s been a quarter-century since a cop stood trial in Palm Beach County for an on-duty shooting. That streak is over because Palm Beach Gardens Police Officer Nouman Raja shot and killed stranded motorist Corey Jones during an encounter at 3:15 a.m. Oct. 18, 2015. The tipping point for prosecutors in their decision to charge Raja the following June was the discovery of a recording of Jones’ call to roadside assistance. Lannis Waters / The Palm Beach Post Nouman Raja leaves the... Read More
Peter Tork, endearingly offbeat bassist and singer in the Monkees, dies at 77
Peter Tork, a blues and folk musician who became a teeny-bopper sensation as a member of the Monkees, the wisecracking, made-for-TV pop group that imitated and briefly outsold the Beatles, died Feb. 21. He was 77. His death was confirmed by his sister Anne Thorkelson, who did not say where or how he died. Tork was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare cancer affecting his tongue, in 2009. If the Monkees were a manufactured version of the Beatles, a “prefab four” who... Read More
H. Wayne Huizenga’s $27 million mansion headed for auction
After would-be buyers looked but took a pass on the sprawling riverfront mansion that was home to the late billionaire H. Wayne Huizenga in Fort Lauderdale, the property is headed for auction next month. The auction of the 20,653-square-foot estate, known for its bell tower and status as a prime attraction for waterborne tourists traversing the New River, will take place from March 26 to 28. Huizenga — founder of the Fortune 500 companies Waste Management, AutoNation, and Blockbuster Video... Read More
Outfits suggested they were lawmen, but they were actually home invasion thieves
The two men at the front door wore dark clothing. One man’s vest said FBI, the other man wore a ball cap with the letters NYC. They may have looked like law enforcement officers when they backed into the driveway of a Miami Lakes home in a Chevrolet Silverado about noon on Jan. 30, but they were “police impersonators involved in a home invasion robbery,” according to Miami-Dade police. One give-away: The pickup’s license plate was covered. Surveillance video released by the agency... Read More
Kevin Durant personally renovated this Miami condo. Now you can own it.
Ever wondered what it’s like to live like a basketball star? Now you could enjoy a taste of the high life in a 3,793-square-foot Miami condominium previously owned — and personally renovated — by Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant. The unit, Penthouse 6307 at 900 Biscayne Blvd. in downtown Miami, was listed earlier this month by the husband and wife team of Michael Light and Jaimee Light of Douglas Elliman Real Estate in Coconut Grove. The price: $3.6 million. “A lot of... Read More
Park ranger furloughed during shutdown wins lottery jackpot
A park ranger furloughed during the partial federal government shutdown has claimed a $29.5 million lottery jackpot. The New Jersey Lottery on Wednesday announced Judith Smith had purchased the winning Dec. 17 Pick-6 ticket days before the shutdown closed the Fort Wadsworth recreation area in Staten Island, New York. The Bayonne, New Jersey, resident and her two children put the ticket in a safe place while seeking legal and financial advice before claiming the jackpot. The Pick-6 jackpot... Read More
Dozens of firefighters battle blaze in Tamarac warehouse
Flames lit up the sky above a warehouse in a Tamarac industrial park near Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, Wednesday night. The 3-alarm blaze happened about 8 p.m. in the 2800 block of Northwest 55th Court, officials said. Nearly 40 firefighters from Tamarac, Fort Lauderdale, Lauderhill, North Lauderdale, Plantation, Coral Springs, Margate, and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue combined efforts to control the heavy smoke and flames during an operation that lasted several hours. There were no... Read More
Not hungry? Proposed law change would let you take home rest of bottled wine anyway
You weren’t hungry enough to order the entree, but you still had to order that bottle of your favorite wine. And now you want to go home, but your waiter says you can’t take the rest of the bottle because you didn’t order a full meal. Help might be on the way, in a state Senate bill sponsored by Republican Jeff Brandes of St. Petersburg. Under the current “Merlot to go” law enacted in Florida in 2005, anyone wishing to take the rest of their wine home can only do so if they... Read More