YOLO is a popular Fort Lauderdale restaurant named after the mantra that, “You Only Live Once.” But a former bookkeeper at the downtown hot spot may have taken those words too closely to heart. According to a report by The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 52-year-old Joanne Purstell of Oakland Park has…
A bailiff for the Broward County Sheriff’s Office was taken into custody by his own agency after prosecutors say the 33-year-old civilian employee freely spent money he knew was stolen by his now ex-wife. His former wife, who worked at a perfume store in Pembroke Pines as a clerk,was convicted…
A 52-year-old massage parlor employee in Margate was arrested following an undercover investigation by local police. Authorities say Jinping Yang, was routinely offering to masturbate male massage customers (known as a “happy ending”), and additionally was working as a masseuse without a license. Yang allegedly charged $45 for a half-hour…
A former principal of a middle school in Hollywood has avoided a DUI conviction when a jury deemed there was not enough evidence in to substantiate the state’s charges of drunk driving and cocaine possession. Forty-seven-year-old Steven Williams, who used to be employed by Driftwood Middle School, was arrested in…
Lazaro Castellon, or “King Speedy” as he is known within the Latin Kings “tribe” was sworn as the “Second Crown” of the South Miami sect of the gang about six months prior to his arrest earlier this year. He is now the fourth of two dozen Latin Kings gang members…
A 45-year-old man from Pembroke Pines is accused of attempting to solicit a 15-year-old boy for sex. However, as Kevin Jackson would later learn, the “boy” was in fact an undercover detective posing as a youth. Now, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports Jackson was being held on $250,000 bond. Adding…
A Florida woman has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing her husband seven times in their West Palm Beach home. West Palm Beach police reported 39-year-old Christina Balazi was arrested after her husband of 10 years was transported to a local hospital with knife wounds, which were not…
Admerson Cleber Eugenio Vicente was not supposed to be behind the wheel of a car. In fact, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the 24-year-old man from Jupiter was legally barred from doing so until 2020 because authorities had slapped a “habitual traffic offender” label on his record. And yet,…
An argument between two Pompano Beach roommates resulted in a violent act that left one man in critical condition with multiple stab wounds to the neck and another facing charges of attempted murder. Police haven’t indicated what the source of the conflict was between alleged victim Mark Gougeon, 57, and…
A single shove outside a Florida tire shop ended one man’s life and forever altered another. Casey Fletcher, 28, is facing a charge of manslaughter, following an altercation outside the store on Prospect Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. The fact pattern in this case has been described as “unique” for the…