Greenacres News

Editor's note: South Florida is home to some of the most unusual folks and crimes anywhere.

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The Wachovia Bank at the corner of Jog and Lake Worth Roads was robbed today at about 2 p.m. The robber is on the run with an unknown amount of money, according to investigators.

A Democratic state lawmaker today filed a bill that would bar convicted felons from "any affiliation" with pain clinics - mushrooming businesses that authorities say are fueling an illicit drug trade that stretches from South Florida to the Appalachian mountains.

Tucking her 10-year-old son Noah into bed was the first thing Lori Frye wanted to do after more than three months in hospitals battling the H1N1 flu.

State Sen. Dave Aronberg, D-Greenacres, running for Florida attorney general, showed up at Wednesday's Palm Beach County School Board meeting to declare, "As you can see from my orange tie," which he waved at the cheering crowd, "I'm here to support the teachers." Orange is the favored color of protesters trying to kill the academic regime imposed ...

The first time Libia Martinez heard the deal, she couldn't believe it. "Are you sure it works that way?" she asked the United Way's Teresa Vazquez.

Leave him out, he did more for district six than any other Commissionerr ever has.

The search for a shooter was on Friday night in Greenacres. Sheriff's deputies said the gunman opened fire at the intersection of Lantana and Jog roads at about 9 p.m. WPBF 25 News was told that one person was wounded but is expected to survive.

Two men who stole diamonds and cash outside a Greenacres store earlier this month are still at large, authorities said today.

A youth pastor pleaded guilty this morning to unlawful sexual activity with a child, receiving three years in prison under a plea deal negotiated with prosecutors.

Walking your dog is supposed to be a leisurely exercise. It's been more like a nightmare for Marsha Haines.

A former Greenacres police officer turned himself in to authorities this evening to face charges of vehicular manslaughter.

When a veterinarian ordered up artificial tear drops for one of his animal patients, a worker instead processed a prescription for 18 Valium pills and pocketed them, reports show.

Patrick Anthony Maxwell, 44, had two girlfriends at the same time, police say. Confronted with his duplicity, Maxwell opted to shoot at both of them and a third person, according to Boynton Beach police reports.

Joseph McIntosh, 34, is charged with animal cruelty. This morning, Judge Krista Marx ordered him held at the Palm Beach County jail until Monday while he undergoes a mental health evaluation.

A burglary suspect led police on a chase from Boynton Beach to Delray Beach until he slammed his rental car into a utility pole, authorities said.

The former owner of a Boynton Beach weight loss clinic and his ex-wife are charged with using their cousin's name to illegally obtain more than 10,000 hydrocodone pills, valued at more than $63,000. Brian Patrick Davey, 57, of Greenacres, and Toni Michelle Davey, 54, of suburban Lake Worth, were arrested Thursday afternoon.

A Lake Worth man has been arrested on charges that he posed as a federal agent to shake down an elderly man, convincing him to give him $5,000 and jewelry to avoid arrest.

Students in kindergarten all the way through high school will feel the effects. This as the Palm Beach County School District implements a new teaching plan.