Morning Juice: Hopes Dashed in Manhunt for Merhige; Gardens Councilwoman in Trouble Over Background Checks
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- Responding to a tip that Jupiter killer Paul Merhige had been spotted at a Miami condo, police conducted a searched last night. But alas, no sign of him. [Miami Herald]
- New details about how Scott Rothstein used politicians as props in his effort to gain legitimacy with investors. [Sun-Sentinel]
- Palm Beach Gardens Councilwoman Jody Barnett, who has clashed with city leadership in the past, may have had her husband perform illegal background searches on her political foes, like City Manager Ron Ferris. [Palm Beach Post]
- The trial's under way against 16-year-old Teah Wimberly in the second-degree murder of Amanda Collette at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale. Wimberly's attorney has chosen the insanity defense. [WSVN]
- An interesting email exchange between a supporter of Fort Lauderdale City Manager George Gretsas and Mayor Jack Seiler, who claims he gave Gretsas an opportunity to win a decisive vote on a new contract. Seiler ultimately cast the decisive vote against a new three-year contract for Gretsas. The Gretsas supporter appears to believe that Seiler's vote may be cancerous. No, literally cancerous. [Sun-Sentinel]
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