Dec 31 2009
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Three Pompano Beach women Betty Chappel, Ruthie Mae Miller, and Carlene Duncan settle lawsuits against the city of Pompano Beach over shoddy work that a city housing program completed on their homes.
Fort Lauderdale overcharges thousands of residents tens of millions of dollars for false-alarm responses.
SEPTEMBER
The South Florida Times dominates the South Florida Black Journalists Associations awards contest with three honors, more than any other media outlet.
Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion is arrested on federal money-laundering charges. School Board Member Beverly Gallagher and former Miramar City Commissioner Fitzroy Salesman are arrested in an undercover FBI public corruption sting.
Fort Lauderdale police officer Gerome Steven Wright, 26, of Sunrise, is investigated for allegedly picking up prostitutes and forcing them at gunpoint to perform sex acts on him while he was on duty.