UNHAPPY MOTORIST TO DEPUTY: ‘No Wonder You People Get Shot’
On Sept. 1, a deputy from the Aggressive Driving Unit of the Palm Beach County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office ticketed a woman for going 51 MPH in a 20-MPH School zone, the Sheriff’s Office said. The traffic stop was recorded on the deputy’s dashcam. “No wonder you people get shot,” the woman told the deputy who […]
A BIG-BOAT PONZI: Man Wanted In Alleged California Ponzi/Securities-Fraud Caper Arrested In Florida; Edward Sellers Fitzgerald Charged With Ripping Off Senior Citizens, Others In Alleged ‘Yachts’ Swindle
A 60-year-old man wanted in Orange County, Calif., on multiple felony charges in an alleged securities swindle involving yachts was arrested last week by police in Delray Beach, Fla. Edward Sellers Fitzgerald was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail to await extradition by California authorities. If convicted of all counts, Fitzgerald faces 58 years […]
ANOTHER ALLEGED SENIOR SCAMMER: Leonard Ansill, 77, Booked At Palm Beach County Jail On Ponzi Charges
Leonard Ansill, a 77-year-old resident of Jupiter Farms, Fla., has become the latest senior citizen accused of swindling investors in a Ponzi scheme — this one of the real-estate variety. Ansill’s booking sheet at the jail shows he is being held on seven criminal charges, including multiple counts of grand larceny. One of his alleged […]