Pembroke Pines Condo Association President Nancy Marquez, is accused of gambling away the community’s maintenance money at a casino. Marquez was arrested on charges that she allegedly stole $148,012 from the French Villas condominium association (grand theft) and perpetrating a scheme to defraud. She was freed from jail Tuesday on a $7,500 bond. When she...Read More

Since 1994, Alan M. Gold never told authorities what happened to Lynne Friend, the Hallandale mother who mysteriously vanished, and left behind a 5-year-old son. However, just recently Gold finally confirmed what investigators had suspected but could not prove due to circumstantial evidence: He stated that Friend’s angry ex-husband, Clifford, murdered her after a bitter...Read More

Two former Miami-Dade County employees of Miami-Dade’s Internal Services department, Jesus “Jay” Pons and Bruno Diaz, were arrested Tuesday for their connection with a massive overbilling scheme which was believed to have cost taxpayers millions of dollars. The arrests end the investigation into Data Industries Inc., which has earned $16 million in taxpayer-funded contracts since...Read More

Cardinal Gibbons High School first-year math and statistics teacher, John Farrell, is accused of having an ongoing sexual relationship with a student. The 25 year old was booked Monday into Broward County’s Main Jail and charged with 20 counts of unlawful sexual activity involving a minor–a 16 year old girl. He was held on $50,000...Read More

At a Fraud Prevention Seminar on Monday, South Florida Seniors learned to take extra precautions because they are the prime suspects for scams. U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, sponsored the program at a Pembroke Pines senior center to warn retirees because South Florida leads the nation in both Medicare fraud and identity theft. The...Read More

A Davie man was zapped with a stun gun after he allegedly fought with his wife, slapped his 67-year-old mother-in-law, and cussed at and challenged the police officer. In a court hearing the defendant, Edward Dewey Waters III, had his bond set at $2,100 for charges of battery on a person 65 or older, battery...Read More