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Governor vetoes funding for 'Big Brother' program
Florida taxpayers won't be paying for a controversial $3.2 million plan to stem violence in Palm Beach County. Gov. Rick Scott vetoed $1 million from the state budget that was part of funding for the county's "Violence Prevention Program," designed to...Tags: Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Politics, Rick Scott, Ric Bradshaw, Regional Authority
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Man calls in bomb threats to Delray Beach sober house, say police
A 28-year-old former resident of a Delray Beach sober house phoned in profanity-laced bomb threats in which he claimed the facility would become the "next Boston," police said. Michael Sontag, of Yonkers, N.Y., was arrested by Palm Beach County Sheriff'...
Tags: Bombings, Emergency Incidents, Delray Beach, Explosions
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Man tries to sell stolen Jupiter police gun to detective, deputies say
A 23-year-old Boynton Beach man was busted in an undercover sting operation in which he allegedly sold three guns, including a pistol stolen from the Jupiter Police Department, to an undercover deputy. Blake Walters showed up at the Walgreens parking lot...
Tags: Lantana, Police Arrests, Theft, Jupiter, Prosecution
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Loxahatchee man accused of killing neighbor after fight over dogs
Deputies say a fight over dogs and name calling led a Loxahatchee Groves man to shoot his neighbor on Saturday. Richard Bohl, 47, faces a first-degree murder charge after shooting his neighbor, Gary Jorglewich twice in the face, according to a Palm...
Tags: Shootings, Firearms
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Man shot during dispute with neighbor over dogs in Loxahatchee
A man was shot during a fight with a neighbor over their dogs in Loxahatchee Saturday, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. The altercation occurred about 7:30 p.m. in the 17000 block of 40th Run North. Deputies found a man suffering from...Tags: Shootings
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Former Boca financial adviser accused of defrauding co-workers
A former Boca Raton financial adviser faces charges of defrauding his victims out of thousands of dollars by claiming they were getting into mineral drilling investments. Investigators say Jason Thomas Knapp, 29, of Corinth, N.Y., told his victims they...Tags: Finance, Chesapeake Energy Corp., Economy, Business and Finance, Bank of America Corp., Boca Raton
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Delray Beach man accused of driving while naked; arrested twice in 12 hours
Brian Blake Bienvenu was arrested twice in just over 12 hours — once for driving around naked and the second time for stealing a motorcycle while shirtless, according to arrest reports. The 24-year-old Delray Beach man's half-day arrest binge began...
Tags: Highland Beach, Police Arrests, Theft, Palm Beach International Airport, Delray Beach
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Belle Glade man impregnates, gives HIV to girl, 15, police say
A Belle Glade man is accused of getting a 15-year-old girl pregnant and infecting her with HIV. Travis Lamar Edwards, 23, told a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office detective he never had sex with the teen. But when the girl gave birth to the baby in...
Tags: HIV
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Deerfield woman found safe after Silver Alert issued
Staff writerThe Broward Sheriff's office reported Monday evening that Claudia Thomas, 79, for whom a Silver Alert had been issued after she drove off from her daughter's Deerfield Beach home Sunday after a Mother's Day celebration, has been located. Thomas was...Tags: Deerfield Beach, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Mother's Day
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Felon seeks dismissal of new sex charges from 1970s Boca Raton cold case
As a younger man, John Arthur MacLean told secrets of being a successful South Florida home burglar in a book declaring himself a "Superthief." Now 66 and locked in Palm Beach County Jail, the Deerfield Beach felon needs his attorney's help to get out...
Tags: Trials, Deerfield Beach, Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes, People (magazine)
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Attorney Roy Black off John Goodman case
Roy Black's work is done here. Fresh off winning a new trial for Wellington polo mogul John Goodman, the Miami-based defense attorney on Friday asked the court to be excused from the high-profile DUI manslaughter case. Black, one of the nation's most...
Tags: Wellington, Drunk Driving, Defendants, Trials, Lawyers
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Man converted mobile home into marijuana growing operation, deputies say
A 36-year-old man converted three rooms of a trailer in the Lake Worth Village mobile home park into a marijuana growing operation, deputies said. According to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrest report, Lazaro Campos-Tejeiro, 36, answered the...
Tags: Police Arrests, House Building, Lake Worth
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