Dangerous Fireworks  (NEW)
 

07/2008 - A warning from police tonight. When it comes to the Fourth of July, fireworks are a big part of many celebrations, but if you're tempted to buy homemade devices, you could be buying into a world of trouble. Investigative reporter Carmel Cafiero is On the Case.

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Police: Fake Web ads targeted rival  (NEW)
 

12/2007 - A North Miami-Dade real estate agent was charged Wednesday with posting fake escort ads on the Internet using a rival's phone numbers, sparking hundreds of raunchy calls that nearly drove the woman to a nervous breakdown. Dean Isenberg, 40, was booked into Miami-Dade County Jail at 12:09 p.m. He posted $10,000 bond late Wednesday.

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Department of Children & Families, Broward Sheriff’s Office under fire for alleged negligence in case of two minors physically/sexually abused  (NEW)
 

10/2007 - According to a complaint filed with the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit for Broward County, the Department of Children and Families (DCF), and Broward County Sheriff’s Office (BSO) were negligent in the case of two young girls removed from their mother’s custody and turned over to their father, after which they were allegedly physically and sexually abused by their father’s relatives with his knowledge.

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Corruption Scandals In S. Fla. Expected To Grow (NEW)
 

09/2007 - FT. LAUDERDALE With two chiefs, of two of Florida's biggest police departments, involved in scandal, corruption in South Florida might seem to be rampant. However, a quick glance at South Florida's political history, and you might realize it's just business as usual.

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Questions increase about Broward sheriff's business deals (NEW)
 

08/2007 - Broward Sheriff Ken Jenne held private business meetings at the Sheriff's Office and even traveled to Louisiana to test an oil-cleaning invention in a commercial venture that failed, according to a witness expected to testify today to the federal grand jury investigating Jenne.

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Yacht company claims broker diverted payment (NEW)
 

07/2007 - A Fort Lauderdale-based yacht company claims a yacht broker tricked one of its customers into sending a $375,000 payment to his bank account rather than the company that sold the vessel.

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Real Estate Agent Investigated After Fake Sex Ad (NEW)
 

07/2007 - Last fall hundreds of men called Debbie on the phone after someone posted a false advertisement with her name offering sex with a slogan that ''you'll go home with a smile'' for the right price. The responses went to Debbie Blasberg, 44, a realtor in Miami-Dade, married with children. Someone posted several false sex ads along with her actual phone number on Craigslist.com.

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Realtor portrayed as online sex peddler (NEW)
 

07/2007 - For more than a month last fall, hundreds of men hunted Debbie, an Internet vixen who promised ''you'll go home with a smile'' for the right price. Their lurid messages did not go to an escort. Instead, they went to a Realtor and married mother of two who eventually called police.

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Seminole police files in shooting to be reviewed (NEW)
 

07/2007 - The Seminole Police Department's investigative files into the fatal officer-involved shooting of a tribal member will be scrutinized Thursday by an attorney and private investigators representing the slain man's family.

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Boca townhouse association sues ex-president over missing money
 

02/2007 - While the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office continues its investigation into charges that the former president of the Boca Rio Townhome Association allegedly took money while she was in office, the association itself has filed a civil suit against the woman, her husband and a man identified as a former association vice president.

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Homeowner group’s ex-leader accused of theft
 

02/2007 - Something had gone wrong in the quiet Boca Rio Townhomes neighborhood near the Broward County line, residents noticed last year. The sprinklers stopped working. Broken fences weren't mended. The grass turned brown in their orderly suburban community. No one answered the phone at the clubhouse anymore, and those who did get through to homeowners association President Betty Marshal met obstinate refusal to let them see the books.

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Suit says Boca Rio funds misspent
 

The former president of the Boca Rio Townhome Association improperly spent hundreds of thousands of dollars over a three-year period, depleting association accounts and leaving owners scrambling to pay contractors, according to a lawsuit filed Friday. The former president and her husband, who have since moved out of the complex, and the former vice president spent $622,070 on online gaming services, mortgage payments, airplane tickets sold in at least four states, cell phone and cable services and on an online music service, among other things, according to the lawsuit.

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Noise Complaints
 

It doesn't take much for a good time to end badly if you're making so much noise that you disturb your neighbors. And, in two South Florida cities, noise complaints that started out minor have ended up causing major trouble. Investigative reporter Carmel Cafiero is On the Case.

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Cyber Stalking
 

We all know the internet can be used for education and entertainment. But increasingly more people are using the net to torment each other. One such case here in South Florida even has a mother of small children fearing her family is in danger. Investigative reporter Carmel Cafiero is On the Case.

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Price v. Unemployment Appeals Commission, et al.
 

Consideration for pro se petitioners Pro se petitioners in unemployment cases should be given a “liberal opportunity” to comply with legal requirements surrounding their case, the 4th DCA said in ordering further proceedings for a man who sought to challenge a ruling that he was not eligible for unemployment benefits.

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QUANNAH BOWERS, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA
 

Bowers pled guilty to numerous counts in an open plea to the court. In his post-conviction motion, Bowers sought to withdraw his pleas arguing they were not intelligently and voluntarily entered. Bowers alleged counsel affirmatively misadvised him that he would receive no more than 82 months in prison.

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