By Dan Christensen, BrowardBulldog.org
Vivian Blake’s peaceful death in a Kingston, Jamaica hospital bed March 21 is a grim contrast to his life steeped in violence – much of it in South Florida.
Blake, formerly of Miramar, was a founder of the “Shower Posse,” a politically connected drug gang that got its name from the bullets it [...]
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Broward-based boss of Jamaica’s brutal Shower Posse dies; politically connected drug gang lives on
Conflict of interest shuts down lobbyist Ron Book’s work for bail industry
By Dan Christensen, BrowardBulldog.org
Flagged by Broward officials for a conflict of interest, county lobbyist Ron Book has agreed to stop pushing for a new state law that county officials say would seriously undermine Broward’s pretrial intervention program and cost local taxpayers millions.
The new law is being sought by another of Book’s clients, the Florida bail [...]
Traffic ticket, screw-ups land Broward grandma in jail for 15 days
By Dan Christensen, browardbulldog.org
A 78-year-old Hallandale Beach grandmother ticketed for driving on a suspended driver’s license spent 15 days in jail before authorities announced her license wasn’t suspended and an outraged judge set her free.
County Court Judge Lee J. Seidman ordered Gabrielle Shaink Trudeau’s release in December at her arraignment.
“She’s handcuffed like Houdini, for the record. [...]
Remembering the dead; Obsessed with justice
By Jonathon King, browardbulldog.org
His right eye is swollen and sightless, the victim of diabetes, blinded by age and bursting blood vessels. But behind its brown glaze are the memories of one man’s accounting of the dead. So many dead.
“I worked more homicides than I can count,” says retired Detective Doug Evans, sitting at the kitchen [...]
Anatomy of a frame-up
“To seek the just determination of all criminal matters that are presented to the State Attorney” – from the web site of Broward State Attorney Michael Satz
By Dan Christensen, BrowardBulldog.org
Once upon a time Jerry Frank Townsend was South Florida’s deadliest serial killer and rapist.
Broward Sheriff’s Office and Miami Police Department homicide detectives said it was [...]
Ten who would not have died
These are the 10 young women and children who died between the day Jerry Frank Townsend was arrested for murder in 1979, and the day Eddie Lee Mosley was sent to a state hospital for the criminally insane in 1987. Each of these murders was later linked to Mosley by DNA testing.
12/24/79 Susan Boyton
2/22/80 Arnette Tukes
3/10/80 Cynthia [...]
