Two track coaches accused of having sex with students

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Two track coaches accused of having sex with students
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By Rachel Hatzipanagos, Sun Sentinel

March 24 2010, 7:37 PM EDT

FORT LAUDERDALE -- Two track coaches at Hollywood Christian Academy are accused of having sex with underage students, police said.

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Florida justices forbid falsifying criminal court records, abolish secret dockets

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Florida justices forbid falsifying criminal court records, abolish secret dockets
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By Dan Christensen, BrowardBulldog.org

March 21 2010, 5:11 PM EDT

TALLAHASSEE -- Following up on a decision three years ago that barred judges and court clerks from hiding civil court cases from public view, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the same ban on secrecy also applies to criminal cases.

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Suspect arrested in burglary of dead man’s home in Dania Beach

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Suspect arrested in burglary of dead man’s home in Dania Beach
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Sun Sentinel

March 19 2010, 7:32 PM EDT

DANIA BEACH -- A second suspect has been arrested for helping to burglarize a home while the owner's body was decomposing inside, the Broward Sheriff's Office said Friday.

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Comatose Deerfield Beach Middle School fighting for her life after campus attack

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Comatose Deerfield Beach Middle School fighting for her life after campus attack
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Family’s plea: Talk to children about teen violence in wake of assault on Josie Lou Ratley

By Rafael A. Olmeda, Sun Sentinel

March 19 2010, 4:20 PM EDT

FORT LAUDERDALE -- As Josie Lou Ratley remained in a medically-induced coma Friday, stunned family members struggled to understand why someone she barely knew could become angry enough to allegedly try to beat her to death.

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Former Broward commissioner Eggelletion sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison

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Former Broward commissioner Eggelletion sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison
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By Paula McMahon, Sun Sentinel

March 12 2010, 6:47 PM EST

WEST PALM BEACH Former Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion tearfully apologized for lining his pockets in an undercover money-laundering sting and was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison Friday.

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Lake Worth doctor indicted on murder charges in overdose deaths

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Lake Worth doctor indicted on murder charges in overdose deaths
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Dr. Sergio Rodriguez had been investigated in connection with illegal pain pill prescriptions

By Brian Haas, Sun Sentinel

March 12 2010, 4:19 PM EST

A Lake Worth pediatrician has been indicted on murder charges in the overdose deaths of three men to whom he prescribed prescription pain medication, prosecutors said Friday.

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FAU student arrested on gun charge

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FAU student arrested on gun charge
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School police were tipped off by mail-order ammunition sent to campus

By Jerome Burdi, Sun Sentinel

March 11 2010, 8:22 PM EST

Florida Atlantic University junior Ryan Beauchamp was arrested Wednesday on a weapons possession charge.

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Pembroke Pines man accused of DUI in fatal Miramar crash

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Pembroke Pines man accused of DUI in fatal Miramar crash
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Charges include six counts of DUI, including two of DUI manslaughter

By Alexia Campbell, Sun Sentinel

March 5 2010, 7:54 PM EST

POMPANO BEACH -- Alcohol led Michael Brammer to lose his job, his driver's license and even his will to live, his sister said. The Pembroke Pines man's life had spiraled out of control by the time he got behind the wheel of his BMW on Aug. 18 and allegedly killed a man while driving drunk in Miramar, she said.

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Delray Beach girl, 16, charged as adult in killing of mom’s boyfriend

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Delray Beach girl, 16, charged as adult in killing of mom’s boyfriend
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By Eliot Kleinberg, The Palm Beach Post

March 5 2010, 8:21 PM EST

WEST PALM BEACH -- A 16-year-old Delray Beach girl accused of killing her mother's boyfriend has been indicted as an adult.

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Broward sheriff’s deputy accused of trying to intimidate family of juvenile suspect

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Broward sheriff’s deputy accused of trying to intimidate family of juvenile suspect
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By Juan Ortega, Sun Sentinel

March 5 2010, 9:26 AM EST

The Broward Public Defender's Office says a sheriff's deputy tried to intimidate the family of a juvenile delinquency suspect by leaning over them after he testified and asking, "Did I answer all of your questions, cuz?"

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Wives of Ponzi schemers: Can they be charged with crimes too?

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Wives of Ponzi schemers: Can they be charged with crimes too?
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A Boca Raton mother of three will be sentenced in federal court on Friday

By Jon Burstein, Sun Sentinel

March 4 2010, 5:34 PM EST

They once could be found at the sides of their charming, wealthy husbands — leading lives of privilege and glamour.

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Driver sentenced to 15 years in prison for fatal hit-and-run crash near Lake Worth

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Driver sentenced to 15 years in prison for fatal hit-and-run crash near Lake Worth
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The Palm Beach Post

March 2 2010, 9:22 PM EST

WEST PALM BEACH -- Angelo Louis Perez pleaded guilty on Tuesday and was sentenced to 15 years in prison for colliding with a bicyclist who died and for twice fleeing from police.

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Arrest made in 2004 Pompano shooting death

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Arrest made in 2004 Pompano shooting death
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The victim, Renalto Obas, was sitting in a car with his girlfriend when a robber attacked him, investigators said.

By Sofia Santana, Sun Sentinel

March 1 2010, 5:44 PM EST

POMPANO BEACH -- Broward sheriff's investigators have arrested a suspect in the November 2004 shooting death of a man who was attacked as he sat with his girlfriend inside a car.

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Homeless ex-con may get help from V.A.

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Homeless ex-con may get help from V.A.
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Veteran arrested for wrong address on state ID

By Brittany Wallman, Sun Sentinel

February 28 2010, 3:36 PM EST

FORT LAUDERDALE -- A homeless, convicted child-killer arrested last week in downtown Fort Lauderdale was still in jail Sunday, but will likely be transferred to a hospital for military veterans, officials said.

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Court proceedings delayed for accused teens in Michael Brewer burning case

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Court proceedings delayed for accused teens in Michael Brewer burning case
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By Alexia Campbell, Sun Sentinel

February 26 2010, 5:06 PM EST

FORT LAUDERDALE -- Lawyers for the three teens accused of setting Michael Brewer on fire got more time Friday to get ready for trial.

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Davie woman pleads not guilty in alleged anti-gay attack

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Davie woman pleads not guilty in alleged anti-gay attack
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By Alexia Campbell, Sun Sentinel

February 25 2010, 6:00 PM EST

FORT LAUDERDALE -- A Davie woman pleaded not guilty Thursday in what police say was an anti-gay attack on a Fort Lauderdale man.

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SeaWorld Orlando investigation: Killer whale pulled in trainer by ponytail

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SeaWorld Orlando investigation: Killer whale pulled in trainer by ponytail
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Trainer Dawn Brancheau was pulled underwater by her ponytail; She died from "multiple traumatic injuries and drowning," a new report says

By Anika Myers Palm and Walter Pacheco
Orlando Sentinel

February 25 2010, 6:01 PM EST

By Anika Myers Palm and Walter Pacheco Orlando Sentinel

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Four students arrested in break-in at West Boca high school

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Four students arrested in break-in at West Boca high school
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By Missy Diaz, Sun Sentinel

February 22 2010, 8:14 PM EST

West Boca -- Four Olympic Heights High School students were arrested Monday and charged in connection with an early-morning break-in at the school.

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Kim Rothstein living rent free, bankruptcy trustee says

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Kim Rothstein living rent free, bankruptcy trustee says
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Prosecution and bankruptcy trustee disagree on how to distribute Rothstein assets

By Paula McMahon, Sun Sentinel

February 19 2010, 9:19 PM EST

Bankruptcy lawyers handling the financial fallout from Scott Rothstein's mega Ponzi scheme are taking issue with the way federal prosecutors are dealing with the convicted felon's multi-million dollar properties.

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Dozens arrested and hundreds of guns taken off streets of Fort Lauderdale

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Dozens arrested and hundreds of guns taken off streets of Fort Lauderdale
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Operation Smoking Gun targeted weapons and gangs in Broward County

By Rafael A. Olmeda, Sun Sentinel

February 19 2010, 7:03 PM EST

FORT LAUDERDALE -- Dozens of criminals have been arrested and charged with a slew of offenses related to drugs, illegal gun dealing and identity theft, law enforcement officials said Friday.

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Woman robs Deerfield Beach bank, deputies say

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Woman robs Deerfield Beach bank, deputies say
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By Sofia Santana, Sun Sentinel

February 19 2010, 8:44 PM EST

DEERFIELD BEACH -- A woman robbed a BankAtlantic branch Friday morning by handing a teller a threatening note demanding money, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office.

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Teen charged with fatally stabbing mother’s lover will remain in juvenile detention

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Teen charged with fatally stabbing mother’s lover will remain in juvenile detention
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By Jerome Burdi, Sun Sentinel

February 18 2010, 7:27 PM EST

Berenice Juarez, 16, had a plan that was basic but lethal, police say: Text her mother's lover pretending to be her and ask for an early-morning meeting. Knock on the SUV window when he arrived. Plunge the knife in his chest. Toss the weapon.

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Why was Judge Lebow so inflexible about schedule in tossed murder case?

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Why was Judge Lebow so inflexible about schedule in tossed murder case?
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After evidence mix-up, judge cited ‘scheduling issues' in denying delay

Michael Mayo
News Columnist

February 17 2010, 6:39 PM EST

One of the big mysteries of Broward Circuit Judge Susan Lebow's controversial decision to toss a first-degree murder charge earlier this month: Why was she so inflexible about the trial schedule, insisting the jury had to be in deliberations by a certain time?

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Lawyer for Miami-Dade DUI suspect claims victims sought lie to aid civil lawsuit

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Lawyer for Miami-Dade DUI suspect claims victims sought lie to aid civil lawsuit
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David Ovalle, The Miami Herald

February 15 2010, 5:37 AM EST

Miami-Dade County -- The lawyer for Gabriel Delrisco, accused of killing three Homestead children in a January 2009 drunk-driving wreck, says the victims' family attorney hounded him with an unsavory proposition:

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Woman says God told her to shoot at neighbors, charged with attempted murder

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Woman says God told her to shoot at neighbors, charged with attempted murder
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The Associated Press

February 14 2010, 10:41 AM EST

MERRITT ISLAND, Florida — A Brevard County woman claiming to be God's messenger has been charged with attempted murder after reportedly shooting at a family on their back porch.

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FBI, state officials arrest corrections employees

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FBI, state officials arrest corrections employees
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The Associated Press

February 11 2010, 2:22 PM EST

TALLAHASSEE -- Authorities have busted 15 corrections employees at two South Florida prisons in a drug sting operation.

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Warren Sapp released from Fla. jail on $1,500 bond; ex-NFL star is accused of choking woman

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Warren Sapp released from Fla. jail on $1,500 bond; ex-NFL star is accused of choking woman
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By Associated Press

February 7 2010, 12:25 PM EST

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Former NFL star Warren Sapp was released from jail Sunday on $1,500 bond, a day after being arrested for allegedly choking a woman in his hotel room.

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Miami federal judge awards $22.4 million to Liberian torture victims

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Miami federal judge awards $22.4 million to Liberian torture victims
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The Associated Press

February 5 2010, 2:32 PM EST

MIAMI -- The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, who commanded a brutal paramilitary unit in his father's government, was ordered Friday by a federal judge to pay $22.4 million in damages to five Liberians who were tortured and abused during the West African nation's bloody civil war.

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Retired Hollywood priest sentenced in child pornography case

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Retired Hollywood priest sentenced in child pornography case
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Kenneth Hasselbach, 69, retired to Hollywood after leaving the Diocese of Rockville Center, in New York

By Sofia Santana, Sun Sentinel

February 3 2010

A former New York City-area Catholic priest who moved to Hollywood has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for possession of child pornography, according to court records.

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Six teens charged with spraypainting Coral Springs synagogue

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Six teens charged with spraypainting Coral Springs synagogue
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By Joel Marino, Sun Sentinel

February 2 2010, 8:06 PM EST

CORAL SPRINGS -- Six teenagers have been arrested and charged with spraypainting gang signs on a Jewish synagogue in Coral Springs. All have been charged with criminal mischief for defacing a place of worship, a felony.

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Fort Pierce man allegedly attacks relative with knife after TV gets turned off

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Fort Pierce man allegedly attacks relative with knife after TV gets turned off
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By Laurie K. Blandford, TCPalm

February 1 2010

FORT PIERCE — A 30-year-old Fort Pierce man is accused of attacking a relative with a knife because the relative had turned off the TV, according to a St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office arrest affidavit.

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Daughter of disgraced former Palm Beach County commissioner Tony Masilotti charged with DUI

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Daughter of disgraced former Palm Beach County commissioner Tony Masilotti charged with DUI
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Jane Musgrave, Palm Beach Post

January 31 2010, 12:07 PM EST

The daughter of imprisoned former Palm Beach County Commissioner Tony Masilotti was arrested early today on drunk driving charges, according to Palm Beach County sheriff's records.

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10 American Baptists detained trying to take 33 children from quake zone across border

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10 American Baptists detained trying to take 33 children from quake zone across border
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FRANK BAJAK
Associated Press Writer

January 31 2010, 2:32 AM EST

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Ten Americans were detained by Haitian police on Saturday as they tried to bus 33 children across the border into the Dominican Republic, allegedly without proper documents.

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Manatee man found guilty in heinous murder of mother, grandfather

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Manatee man found guilty in heinous murder of mother, grandfather
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The Associated Press

January 28 2010

BRADENTON -- A Manatee County man has been convicted of brutally murdering his mother and grandfather.

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Manatee man found guilty in heinous murder of mother, grandfather

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Manatee man found guilty in heinous murder of mother, grandfather
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The Associated Press

January 28 2010

BRADENTON -- A Manatee County man has been convicted of brutally murdering his mother and grandfather.

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Casey Anthony guilty of check fraud charges, now a felon

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Casey Anthony guilty of check fraud charges, now a felon
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By Amy L. Edwards and Bianca Prieto, Orlando Sentinel

January 25 2010, 6:29 PM EST

Casey Anthony is now a convicted felon.

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Wellington man accused of shooting to death wife and two sons remains in hospital

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Wellington man accused of shooting to death wife and two sons remains in hospital
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By Sonja Isger and Michael LaForgia
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January 24 2010, 11:28 AM EST

The man who authorities say admitted he gunned down his wife and twin boys Saturday, remained in the hospital Sunday morning, unable to make his first appearance before a judge, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff's officials and representatives from the State Attorney's office.

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Judge allows bail for deputy accused of sexually harassing immigrants

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By Tonya Alanez, Sun Sentinel

January 22 2010

A suspended Broward Sheriff's Office deputy accused of intimidating eight undocumented male immigrants into performing sex acts with him will be allowed to go to Oregon until his trial, a Broward County judge ruled Friday.

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Former tennis star's mother charged with child neglect

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Former tennis star's mother charged with child neglect
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Alla Kournikova, mother of Anna Kournikova, is accused of leaving son home alone while she ran errands

By Erika Pesantes, Sun Sentinel

January 19 2010, 7:28 PM EST

Palm Beach -- Tennis star Anna Kournikova's mother was charged with child neglect Tuesday after leaving her 5-year-old son alone in her Palm Beach home while she ran errands, police said.

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Driver charged after cyclist killed near Key Biscayne

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The driver barely paused, dragging the mangled bike for blocks, witnesses said

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January 18 2010

A bicyclist is dead following a hit-and-run crash on a South Florida causeway.

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Wasserstrom starts jail sentence for official misconduct Monday

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By Tonya Alanez, Sun Sentinel

January 15 2010

Former Hollywood Commissioner Keith Wasserstrom will begin his 60-day jail sentence for two felony convictions of official misconduct at 8 a.m. Monday, a Broward County judge ordered Friday.

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Posted on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010

Burn victim Michael Brewer tells of attack

By RAFAEL A. OLMEDA AND JUAN ORTEGA

There were things Michael Brewer remembered vividly about the day he was set on fire.

The Deerfield Beach teenager remembered the cool feeling of rubbing alcohol splashing onto him. He remembered the burning sensation, the impulse to run and jump into the swimming pool. He remembered wanting to stay in the water, and seeing the first results of the horrific attack he had just endured.

Detectives recorded their Nov. 23 interview with Brewer, 15, who survived burns over two-thirds of his body. Prosecutors on Monday released the recording, along with dozens of other documents related to the case.

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Longtime fugitive is arrested again

(AP) -- A man accused of escaping a Florida prison 30 years ago has been arrested again in Missouri, weeks after being captured and released on bond.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Saturday in a news release that Oscar Richardson, 61, was picked up Friday at his home in the southwest Missouri town of Ridgedale on two outstanding warrants.

One was an extradition warrant from Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, and the other stems from allegations that Richardson failed to file Missouri income taxes.

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Disgraced South Florida attorney sent to prison

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Disgraced South Florida attorney sent to prison
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Worked with a 'crew' for the mob

By Jon Burstein, Sun Sentinel

January 8 2010

A disbarred South Florida attorney was sentenced Friday to 43 months in prison for participating in schemes orchestrated by a local crew of mobsters affiliated with the Bonanno crime family of New York.

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Bail set at $250,000 for teen accused of lighting Michael Brewer on fire

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Bail set at $250,000 for teen accused of lighting Michael Brewer on fire
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Jesus Mendez, 16, is accused of flicking the lighter that set his Deerfield Beach schoolmate ablaze

By Tonya Alanez, Sun Sentinel

January 8 2010

FORT LAUDERDALE -- A Broward County judge ruled Friday that a 16-year-old teen accused of flicking the lighter that set Michael Brewer on fire could await trial at home with his mother.

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Death sentence ordered for convicted Sunrise triple murderer

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Death sentence ordered for convicted Sunrise triple murderer
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Gunned down 28-year-old mother, then 2 men near Swap Shop

By Tonya Alanez

January 7 2010, 6:51 PM EST

One of his victims was a mother of two he pumped no fewer than 23 bullets into. The others he met near the Swap Shop and gunned down for no apparent reason – one man as he headed to his car with snacks for a drive-in movie, the other as he sat at the wheel of a parked car.

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Davie man accused of beating wife while she drove, causing roll over near Boynton

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Davie man accused of beating wife while she drove, causing roll over near Boynton
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By Jerome Burdi, Sun Sentinel

January 6 2010

First Dwight Robotham hit his wife while she was driving, but it was him grabbing the wheel that caused the car to overturn on Florida's Turnpike near Boynton Beach, injuring several passengers, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

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Hialeah school employee accused of having sex with student

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Hialeah school employee accused of having sex with student
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The Miami Herald

January 5 2010, 3:44 PM EST

A computer technician at a Palm Springs Middle School was arrested Monday on charges he had sex with a 13-year-old female student in the school's media center.

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Disney World worker arrested on 200 counts of child pornography

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Disney World worker arrested on 200 counts of child pornography
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By Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel

January 4 2010

CLERMONT -- Detectives from the Lake County Sheriff's Cyber Crimes Unit arrested a Walt Disney World employee on 200 counts of possessing child pornography.

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Posted on Sunday, Jan. 03, 2010

Police apprehend Paul Merhige -- Thanksgiving Day murder suspect -- in Keys

By CAMMY CLARK AND SERGIO BUSTOS crline cclark@MiamiHerald.com

Paul Michael Merhige, accused of killing four relatives on Thanksgiving Day in Palm Beach County, was tapping the keyboard of a computer in a Keys motel room late Saturday when police officers burst through the door and took him into custody, authorities said.

On Sunday morning, he was denied bond and sent to the Palm Beach County Jail to await his next court appearance. He faces four counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder.

His arrest late Saturday night marked the end of an intense 38-day manhunt by Palm Beach County and federal authorities who got a tip from a Keys motel owner who had been watching a preview of an upcoming story about the murders on the television show America's Most Wanted.

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Palm Beach police arrest 2 state employees for stealing from patient

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Palm Beach police arrest 2 state employees for stealing from patient
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BY MICHAEL LaFORGIA, Palm Beach Post

January 2 2010, 1:37 PM EST

Two women employed by the state to protect a vulnerable elderly woman instead preyed on her, stealing about $20,000 from her bank accounts while she was hospitalized for dementia.

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Man accused of watching woman, young girls undress

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By Rachel Hatzipanagos, Sun Sentinel

December 31 2009

Deerfield Beach -- Authorities have arrested a Deerfield Beach man they say fondled himself as he watched a woman and two young girls undress.

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Posted on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009

Out of prison, man still awaits freedom

By PAULA MCMAHON

It has been 107 days since Anthony Caravella was released from prison, but he says he's still not free.

It will take more time, he thinks, to catch up on what he missed during the 9,389 days he spent behind bars for a Miramar rape and murder that recent DNA testing suggests he did not commit.

Caravella was 15 when charged with the brutal 1983 slaying. He served about 26 years of a life sentence before Broward prosecutors took the extraordinary measure of seeking his temporary release Sept. 10 while they check the accuracy of the results and test other evidence.

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Teen charged with sexually assaulting boy at park

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Suspect, 17, pretended to be officer, carrying toy gun and handcuffs, deputies say

By Juan Ortega and Tonya Alanez, Sun Sentinel

December 24 2009

FORT LAUDERDALE -- A teenager accused of pretending to be a police officer and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old boy at a park will remain in custody for 21 days while prosecutors decide whether to charge him as an adult, a judge said Thursday.

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Mom of Deerfield teen burn victim focused on recovery, not criminal case

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Mom of Deerfield teen burn victim focused on recovery, not criminal case
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By Rachel Hatzipanagos, Sun Sentinel

December 23 2009

MIAMI -- The mother of Deerfield Beach burn victim Michael Brewer said today she has no opinion right now on whether the teens accused of setting him on fire two months ago should be tried as adults.

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Davie man pleads guilty to sex tourism charges

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Davie man pleads guilty to sex tourism charges
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Officials say he forced young girls in Philippines to be his sex slaves

By Joel Marino, Sun Sentinel

December 22 2009

FORT LAUDERDALE -- A Davie man pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges he traveled several times to the Philippines to have sex with children.

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Killer of 9-year-old Sherdavia Jenkins to be sentenced

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Killer of 9-year-old Sherdavia Jenkins to be sentenced
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David Ovalle, The Miami Herald

December 22 2009

A Miami-Dade judge is scheduled to sentence Damon Darling Tuesday for the July 2006 stray-bullet slaying of 9-year-old Sherdavia Jenkins in Liberty City.

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Suspended School Board member to appear in court today

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Suspended School Board member to appear in court today
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Beverly Gallagher faces public corruption charges

By Paula McMahon and Kathy Bushouse, Sun Sentinel

December 21 2009

Suspended Broward School Board member Beverly Gallagher is expected to appear in federal court Monday after being indicted on public corruption charges.

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Posted on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009

Dade horse killings bring more attention to illegal slaughterhouses

By CURTIS MORGAN AND JUAN CARLOS CHAVEZ

For 20 years, Tony Maqueira has routinely trucked pigs down from upstate to sell in rural Northwest Miami-Dade. With demand for a Nochebuena roast pig at its peak last week, he simply parked his squealing load along West Okeechobee Road and waited for customers from nearby small farms to come to him.

Asked if buyers are licensed to kill and sell pigs, Maqueira, an impeccably polite man wearing the straw hat and rubber boots of a working rancher, appeared momentarily puzzled. Then he shrugged and explained there were worse things to worry about in these unpaved, impoverished outskirts: cockfights, dogfights, guns, drugs.

``This is food,'' he said. ``This is good for the people.''

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12 suspected of leading gang arrested

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12 suspected of leading gang arrested
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Authorities charge them with racketeering

By Brian Haas, Sun Sentinel

December 18 2009

Authorities said they busted another violent Palm Beach County gang, indicting 12 suspected leaders of "Making Life Krazy" on racketeering charges designed to put them in prison for decades, if not life.

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DNA technology clears Florida inmate after 35 years in prison for crime he did not commit

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DNA technology clears Florida inmate after 35 years in prison for crime he did not commit
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MITCH STACY
Associated Press Writer

December 18 2009, 7:27 AM EST

BARTOW, Fla. (AP) — He'd insisted he was home watching TV with his twin sister but witnesses claimed he was the man who raped a 9-year-old boy, and he was sentenced to life in prison.

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Suspended School Board member indicted

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Suspended School Board member indicted
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Beverly Gallagher faces public corruption charges

By Paula McMahon, Sun Sentinel

December 17 2009, 3:44 PM EST

Suspended School Board member Beverly Gallagher was indicted Thursday on federal public corruption charges, an indication that her efforts to negotiate a plea agreement have not worked out -- so far.

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Suspended School Board member indicted

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Suspended School Board member indicted
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Beverly Gallagher faces public corruption charges

By Paula McMahon, Sun Sentinel

December 17 2009, 3:44 PM EST

Suspended School Board member Beverly Gallagher was indicted Thursday on federal public corruption charges, an indication that her efforts to negotiate a plea agreement have not worked out -- so far.

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Youngest Dunbar Village rape defendant sentenced to 30 years

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By Susan Spencer-Wendel
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December 14 2009, 12:11 PM EST

WEST PALM BEACH -- The fourth person convicted in the gang rape of a Dunbar Village woman and her son has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.

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Father-son developer team charged with bribery

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Father-son developer team charged with bribery
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Chaits are accused of buying county commissioner's votes

By Jon BursteinStaff Writer

December 11 2009

A father-son team of developers were arrested Friday after former County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion told prosecutors that he had accepted $25,000 in cash and a golf membership from them in exchange for his votes.

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Broward sheriff's community service aide arrested on threat charge

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December 10 2009

POMPANO BEACH -- A longtime community service aide for the Broward Sheriff's Office has been arrested on a charge of felony terroristic threats out of Georgia, authorities said.

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2nd Degree Murder

Teah Wimberly found guilty of 2nd degree murder.

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Trial begins for Miami pastor accused of stealing county funds

By DAVID OVALLE

The case, prosecutors say, involves outright theft: The Rev. Gaston Smith -- tasked with helping the poor of Liberty City -- misused $10,000 in county grant money on himself, including $500 at a Las Vegas martini bar.

``This was supposed to be seed money to an organization; it was never meant to be seed money for Pastor Smith himself,'' Miami-Dade prosecutor Richard Scruggs told jurors at the start of Smith's trial Tuesday. He added: ``Follow the money, follow the money, follow the money.''

Nonsense, Smith's defense attorneys responded. The investigation was a vindictive campaign really aimed at bringing down Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones, but which ensnared a ``decent man'' and community ``visionary.''

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Trial begins for Miami pastor accused of stealing county funds

By DAVID OVALLE

The case, prosecutors say, involves outright theft: The Rev. Gaston Smith -- tasked with helping the poor of Liberty City -- misused $10,000 in county grant money on himself, including $500 at a Las Vegas martini bar.

``This was supposed to be seed money to an organization; it was never meant to be seed money for Pastor Smith himself,'' Miami-Dade prosecutor Richard Scruggs told jurors at the start of Smith's trial Tuesday. He added: ``Follow the money, follow the money, follow the money.''

Nonsense, Smith's defense attorneys responded. The investigation was a vindictive campaign really aimed at bringing down Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones, but which ensnared a ``decent man'' and community ``visionary.''

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Woman accused of driving around barrier, closing door on deputy's foot at Port St. Lucie school

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Woman accused of driving around barrier, closing door on deputy's foot at Port St. Lucie school
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Will Greenlee, TCPalm

December 9 2009

A woman faces charges after she drove through a sheriff's barrier at St. Lucie West K-8 School Tuesday and nearly ran over a deputy's feet before closing her van's door on his foot, according to an arrest affidavit released Wednesday.

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Two men arrested in brutal beating outside Palm Beach Gardens nightclub

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Two men arrested in brutal beating outside Palm Beach Gardens nightclub
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Police say group attacked victim as he lay unconscious on the ground

By Eliot Kleinberg, The Palm Beach Post

December 8 2009

Two of the four men police say brutally beat and kicked two others — one nearly to death — last month behind a Palm Beach Gardens club now are in jail.

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Third-grade teacher reassigned because of drug arrest

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Third-grade teacher reassigned because of drug arrest
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Sun Sentinel

December 7 2009

A Pembroke Pines third-grade teacher, arrested on drug charges over the weekend, has been removed from the classroom, the Broward School District said Monday.

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Pompano Beach man accused of trying to drown mother's dogs

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Pompano Beach man accused of trying to drown mother's dogs
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Authorities say man tossed two dogs into lake to get back at mother

By Brian Haas, Sun Sentinel

December 5 2009, 5:20 PM EST

Pompano Beach -- A man arguing with his mother tried to get back with her by drowning her dogs in a nearby lake, authorities said.

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Man who Wilton Manors police say committed suicide in station recalled as 'very loving'

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Man who Wilton Manors police say committed suicide in station recalled as 'very loving'
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By Juan Ortega, Sun Sentinel

December 3 2009

When he wasn't at work repairing cars, Gary O'Neal often was home, spending time with his wife of 18 years and his three children, family members said.

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Man holds knife to woman's throat as she held baby, Fort Pierce police say

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Man holds knife to woman's throat as she held baby, Fort Pierce police say
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Will Greenlee, TCPalm

November 30 2009

A Fort Pierce man accused of holding a knife to the throat of a woman as she held a 4-month-old infant faces a felony charge, authorities said.

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Motivated by sex, love or money?

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Former escort accused of wanting husband dead

By Andrew Marra, Palm Beach Post

November 29 2009, 11:09 AM EST

She was smiley and sweet, a surgically enhanced beauty. And for one day at least, she was for sale.

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Sunrise man held in daughter's death told 911 she may have suffocated herself

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Sunrise man held in daughter's death told 911 she may have suffocated herself
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By Juan Ortega, Staff writer

November 27 2009

A Sunrise man charged in his baby daughter's death told an emergency dispatcher that she may have died from "suffocating herself," according to a 911 call that police released Friday.

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Boca Raton man arrested, accused of shoving store's greeter during burglary

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Boca Raton man arrested, accused of shoving store's greeter during burglary
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By Joel Marino, Sun Sentinel

November 25 2009, 8:28 PM EST

PARKLAND -- Authorities have arrested a Boca Raton man accused of shoving a store's elderly greeter to the ground while trying to steal some computers.

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Dania teen murder suspect bragged about the crime, detectives say

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Dania teen murder suspect bragged about the crime, detectives say
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By Sofia Santana, Sun Sentinel

November 25 2009

DANIA BEACH -- – Broward sheriff's investigators said Wednesday they know a 17-year-old wanted in connection with a recent homicide is still in the area because he has been bragging about the crime.

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