By Steve Plunkett
As his trial date nears on felony charges stemming from a 2016 shooting incident at his house, onetime Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella proclaimed his innocence and renewed his attacks on how Ocean Ridge police treated him.
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Former Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella confers with his lawyer Marc Shiner before his trial date was set for the week of Aug. 20. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Dan Moffett and Steve Plunkett
It could be close to the second anniversary of
By Emily J. Minor and Steve Plunkett
The trial of former Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella will be scheduled a fifth time because Lucibella’s defense attorney, Marc Shiner, has a torn calf muscle.
Lucibella, who appeared in court April 25 but
By Steve Plunkett
Standing outside the courtroom, former Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella could not hide his disappointment at having to wait 10 more weeks for his felony trial to begin.
He and defense attorney Heidi Perlet appeared for a cal
The trial of former Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella, accused of felony battery on a law enforcement officer and other charges, will begin now April 30, Circuit Judge Meenu Sasser ordered Feb. 20.
The case of an accused burglar who s
By Noreen Marcus and Michelle Quigley
Serious crime is uncommon in Palm Beach County’s coastal towns, and cases of resisting arrest with violence are about as rare a sight as white whales.
So the upcoming trial of former Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richa
By Steve Plunkett
Former Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella’s trial will start no sooner than February.
His defense attorney, Marc Shiner, and Assistant State Attorney Danielle Grundt both agreed last month to the postponement — the trial
By Steve Plunkett
Former Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella will sue the town and at least one of the officers who arrested him in an October 2016 shooting incident at his home, one of his lawyers told a Palm Beach County circuit judge.
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By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge commissioners have decided to let the voters choose who should fill the seat vacated by former Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella, who resigned in December after prosecutors filed three charges against him stemming from an all
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge Police Chief Hal Hutchins says he’s finishing up the last details of his investigation into the Richard Lucibella incident and expects to have a report ready soon.
“I anticipate making a recommendation to the town ma
Vice Mayor Lucibella resignation letter
By Steve Plunkett and Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella faces formal charges of battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting an officer with violence, both felonies, and misdemeanor us
Offense-Incident Report
By Dan Moffett
Ocean Ridge Vice Mayor Richard Lucibella is facing possible felony charges following a Saturday night shooting incident at his oceanfront home that left him in handcuffs and bloodied from a scuffle with poli
The Little House may reopen as a tapas restaurant.
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By Jane Smith
Ocean Ridge Commissioner Richard Lucibella wants to buy the Little House in Boynton Beach and turn it into a tapas eatery.
He and a partner, Barbara Ceuleers, put
By Dan Moffett
The recall movement against Ocean Ridge Town Commissioner Richard Lucibella died in a Palm Beach County courtroom when a circuit judge ruled that petitions seeking his ouster were legally flawed.
Judge Gregory Keyser found tha
Ocean Ridge resident Haley Joyce, one of the leaders in the recall effort, confers with her husband, Fred, at the May 6 hearing.
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INSET BELOW: Town Commissioner Richard Lucibella
By Dan Moffett
Palm Beach County Cir
By Dan Moffett
Embattled Commissioner Richard Lucibella has filed suit in Palm Beach County Circuit Court, seeking a temporary injunction and an emergency hearing to halt the recall movement against him.
Lucibella, in a written response to r
Ocean Ridge Town Councilman Rich Lucibella is a firm believer in emergency preparedness, proving it by training with amateur radio operators during a Wellington Radio Club exercise, themed ‘When All Else Fails’ that took place June 28 and 29. Lucibel