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Can Anthony Caravella ever get true justice?
Anthony Caravella spent nearly 26 years in prison for a 1983 murder he didn't commit. He can't get that time back. But a federal jury ruled Caravella should get $7 million from two former Miramar cops who railroaded him. If there was true justice in the...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Pension and Welfare, Biotechnology Industry, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics
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Move Over Law confuses drivers
Q: I need a clarification of Florida's Move Over Law. One can interpret the law that you have to reduce your speed 20 mph under the speed limit or move over a lane only when police or emergency workers are involved rendering assistance. Does this also...Tags: Florida East Coast Railway, Florida Highway Patrol, Judges, Florida Department of Transportation, Crime, Law and Justice
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A real weapon of mass destruction
I have a legitimate question today, and I would like a legitimate answer. Just don't talk to me in bumper sticker-ese. If "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns" is the best you got, that's pickup-truck-and-Confederate-flag stuff. Try...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Weaponry, Firearms, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy
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Florida man dies after winning roach-eating contest
Article Highlights: - Edward Archbold was among those in a contest at a Deerfield Beach reptile store - He won a python after eating dozens of cockroaches and worms, a sheriff's office says - Archbold later fell ill, collapsed and was pronounced dead...
Tags: Broward County, Deerfield Beach, News Agency, Salmonella Infection, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Sun Sentinel Investigation: Tow truck drivers flout new Broward law meant to curb abuses
Tow truck drivers are leaving misery in their exhaust fumes, operating in frequent and flagrant violation of a new Broward law meant to protect drivers from towing abuses, a Sun Sentinel investigation has found. The newspaper analyzed more than three...
Tags: Sawgrass Mills, Broward County, Pompano Beach, Burger King, Credit and Debt
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One accused, one sought in shooting that may leave man paralyzed
One man is in custody and a second is being sought in connection with a shooting outside a food store near Fort Lauderdale that could leave the victim a quadriplegic if he lives, authorities said. Damian Royer, 25, of North Lauderdale, and another man...
Tags: Trials, Hospitals and Clinics, Theft, Lauderhill, Robin Williams
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Tow truck driver accused of pepper-spraying baby and then offering deputy a bribe
A routine trip to tow an illegally parked car ended up with a baby being pepper-sprayed, a false report of shots fired and the tow truck driver arrested on bribery charges. It all began shortly before 7 p.m. Sunday, when Carmel Towing driver Ronald...
Tags: Corporate Crime, Crimes, Bribery, Police Arrests, Crime, Law and Justice
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Questions linger about man found shot on I-95 ramp
The yellow crime scene tape was gone from a Waffle House property where customers waited for booths on Monday, 30 hours after an incident that may have led to the fatal shooting of a driver at dawn Sunday on Interstate 95. Nicholas Walker, 33, of...
Tags: Lauderhill, Shootings
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Suspect pocket-dials 911 while planning murder, BSO says
A Pompano Beach man mistakenly pocket-dialed 911 as he planned a killing earlier this month, enabling an emergency dispatch system to record his conversation and link him to the slaying, authorities said Wednesday. Scott Simon, 24, is heard talking with...
Tags: Murder, Pompano Beach, Broward County, Florida Highway Patrol, Lauderhill
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Israel, Snipes warned to keep budgets 'lean'
The budget outlook is brighter, but it's not time for a taxpayer-funded spending spree, county commissioners told the sheriff and other top county leaders Tuesday. Property tax money has started flowing back in, thanks to rising property values. But...
Tags: Voting, Values, Local Government, Religion and Belief, Israel
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North Lauderdale man accused of sexual battery on 7-year-old child
A North Lauderdale man is accused of sexually battering a 7-year-old girl, according to a Broward Sheriff's Office report. Hermann Londono, 57, was charged with sexual battery on a child under 12 and was ordered held without bond Tuesday during his...
Tags: Sexual Misconduct, Trials, Broward County, Judges, Abusive Behavior
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Guess who's watching the sheriff's budget?
Surprise, surprise. Look who we found in the audience at Tuesday's budget workshop in County Hall, where Sheriff Scott Israel will talk about his request for a 14 percent increase. Yes, it's his political nemesis, former Sheriff Al Lamberti, sitting...
Tags: Israel, Al Lamberti, Budgets and Budgeting, Health Insurance Cost, Cooper City
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