Could army of buses and ferries replace Uber? Virginia Key poses challenge for Ultra

For Ultra Music Festival’s first year on Virginia Key after being kicked out of Bayfront Park, festival planners have traded disgruntled downtown neighbors for a logistical minefield. The annual electronic … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Hollywood police make drug bust at corrections officer’s home

Hollywood police busted a couple on Thursday who were selling heroin and other drugs out of their home near an elementary school, an arrest report said. The west Hollywood house where Adina Spry, a 33-year-old Miami-Dade corrections officer, and her 35-year-old boyfriend Marcus Wright, aka Pop, lived on 71st Avenue was littered with large quantities of narcotics when police served a search warrant Thursday morning, according to the report. Investigators confiscated nearly 2 1/2 ounces of... Read More

Rescuers find five bodies in plane that crashed into Lake Okeechobee

Five people died when a small plane crashed into Lake Okeechobee Friday afternoon, authorities said. At 3:26 p.m. Friday, the small plane crashed into the lake about 400 yards from shore a little north of Pahokee Airport, said Teri Barbera, spokeswoman for the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. Rescue divers searched the lake after a person had been seen swimming away from the wreckage in the water, Barbera said. Divers from Palm Beach County Fire Rescue found the five bodies when they... Read More

Florida woman shoots boyfriend for snoring too loudly, cops say

What do you do if your partner is snoring too loudly? Hopefully, not what a 47-year-old Florida woman is accused of doing. Lorie Morin, of Cocoa, grabbed a shotgun and fired at her boyfriend, injuring him, according to WFLA.com. And now she faces charges of attempted murder and aggravated battery. Her boyfriend, who has not been identified, is still recovering from his injuries in a local hospital, clickorlando.com reports. Brevard County deputies said the shooting happened Wednesday night... Read More

Broward Sheriff’s Office settles with deputy who complained about use of force in arrest

The Broward Sheriff’s Office has agreed to pay $390,000 to a deputy who complained about the unnecessary use of force by Fort Lauderdale police in the 2013 arrest of murder suspect Walter Hart. Deputy Jeffrey Kogan, an 18-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, continues to work with the agency out of Pompano Beach. The settlement represents attorney fees plus what Kogan would have earned on the job had he been promoted four years ago. According to his attorney, Tonja Haddad Coleman, Kogan... Read More