Man gets 4 years in prison for deadly car-surfing stunt inspired by Jackass show
By at 3 February, 2011, 7:36 am
An Orange County jury convicted Michael A. Smith on Wednesday of vehicular homicide after a juvenile stunt, sparked by daredevil television show Jackass, killed his 18-year-old friend in 2008, reports the Orlando Sentinel . Florida Highway Patrol troopers said Cameron Bieberle had been holding Read More
Read More >>The devil made him do it: Exorcist priest admits to ‘violations of chastity’
By at 3 February, 2011, 7:27 am
Thomas Euteneuer, a Catholic priest and exorcist assigned to Palm Beach Diocese, who abruptly left a high-profile post in August, has confessed to “violations of chastity,” reports The Palm Beach Post . Euteneuer said his actions involved “one person only, an adult woman under Read More
Read More >>Report: Boyfriend hires man to beat pregnant girlfriend
By at 31 January, 2011, 6:56 am
reports the St. Petersburg Times . The boyfriend drove his nearly three-months-pregnant girlfriend, 17, to the edge of an apartment complex in New Port Richey at 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 1. Once there, the boyfriend made a call on his cell phone. A few minutes later, a man showed up and slid into the Read More
Read More >>Woman charged with stealing deputy’s credit cards
By at 30 January, 2011, 9:14 am
Merri Cindy Snyder, of West Palm Beach, was charged with fraud after Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office detectives say she stole a retired sheriff’s deputy’s wallet, reports The Palm Beach Post . On Jan. 21, retired deputy Debra Hill was shopping at Baer’s Furniture, 2324 Read More
Read More >>Police officer pleads guilty to fencing stolen headsets
By at 29 January, 2011, 10:28 am
Ricardo Martinez, a former Miami police officer, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to helping fence a shipment of about 10,000 stolen Bluetooth headsets with plans to sell them on the black market, reports The Miami Herald. Martinez, 40, who was charged last month with receiving and having Read More
Read More >>FloriDUH: Fake death scam fails
By at 27 January, 2011, 8:56 am
Ismael Rodriguez, 45, the owner of two Cazadores Mexican Restaurants in Pensacola, will spend the next five years in prison for faking his death with his wife’s help, reports the Pensacola News Journal . A senior U.S. District Court judge sentenced Rodriguez on Tuesday and will sentence Read More
Read More >>Report: TV exec acts like drunken stripper at restaurant
By at 27 January, 2011, 8:39 am
One of the top managers at WPEC-Ch. 12 in West Palm Beach was arrested Sunday night in Delray Beach for allegedly acting like a drunken stripper in a Delray Beach restaurant called The Office, reports The Palm Beach Post’s Jose Lambiet. Advertising executive Randi Goldklank was acting like Read More
Read More >>Cops: Man lost bet that he could get away with shoplifting
By at 27 January, 2011, 8:30 am
Ivan Bakh is 54-years-old — and proof that wisdom doesn’t always accompany age. Walmart employees in Cape Coral told police Bakh entered the store Tuesday morning, picked out more than $400 worth of electronics and walked out without paying, reports The News-Press in Fort Myers. Read More
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