Republican operative and longtime Donald Trump friend Roger Stone faced fresh legal trouble Friday after a federal judge ordered his attorneys to explain why they failed to tell her before now about the imminent publication of a book that could violate his gag order by potentially criticizing the judge or prosecutors with special counsel Robert Mueller III. The order by U.S. District Amy Berman Jackson of Washington, District of Columbia, late Friday came barely eight days after Jackson... Read More
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Bankruptcy filings show contractor MCM struggling to survive after FIU bridge collapse
Facing lawsuits from a collapsed bridge it helped build, Munilla Construction Management is asking a bankruptcy judge to protect it from creditors while borrowing millions of dollars to make payroll, … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Safety board investigates crash that killed pilot of plane towing banner
National Transportation Safety Board investigators have begun working to find out what caused a small plane, towing an advertising banner, to crash into a Fort Lauderdale condominium. The Friday morning crash killed the pilot, who has yet to be identified. Investigator Tim Monville said the NTSB has talked with the FAA and the owner of the banner-towing company, Aerial Banners Inc., along with several witnesses. The wreckage of the plane, a Piper PA-25, was removed from the pool deck of the... Read More
He said strippers robbed him at gunpoint on his houseboat. Cops arrested him instead
A Florida Keys man who accused two exotic dancers of robbing him at gunpoint following seaside sex aboard the man’s houseboat has been arrested on a misdemeanor charge of filing … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Raiding massage parlors isn’t hard. But proving human trafficking is
With names like Ting Ting Spa, Jade and Jee Jee, Asian spas are ubiquitous sights in strip malls across South Florida. For many people, the establishments with conspicuously covered windows … Click to Continue » ... Read More
NTSB investigators search for cause of fatal banner plane crash
National Transportation Safety Board investigators were working Saturday to find out what caused a small plane towing an advertising banner to crash into a Fort Lauderdale condominium Friday. The crash killed the pilot, who has yet to be identified. Investigator Tim Monville said the NTSB has talked with the FAA and the owner of the banner-towing company, Aerial Banners Inc., along with several witnesses. The wreckage of the plane, a Piper PA-25, was removed from the pool deck of the Berkley... Read More
A woman was found shot dead in her home. Her estranged husband has been arrested.
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Pompano Beach man suspected of killing his estranged wife Friday, police said. Jon Vincent Eberle, 44, is being held without bond at … Click to Continue » ... Read More
When he was 7, he was a viral video star. Now his college acceptance has gone viral.
Remember that kid from the “David After Dentist” video on YouTube, the one who sat dazed and confused in the back seat of his dad’s post-dental surgery car pondering life? … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Brightline says it’s ready to build its Orlando extension, requests $950M in bonds
Brightline rail service largely drew praise from businesses, transportation officials and communities where stops are planned, during its request Friday to issue another $950 million in tax-exempt bonds. But a … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Video released in case of driver who flashed teen and recorded it on his phone
Pembroke Pines police have released surveillance video they say shows the vehicle driven by a man who exposed himself to a 17-year-old girl and recorded the encounter on his cell phone. The video shows the suspect’s vehicle to be a white, older model SUV with a black, front driver side door panel. The girl was walking home after leaving her school bus stop near the 2000 block of North Douglas Road shortly before 3:15 Feb. 22 when the incident happened. According to police, the man who is... Read More