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Criminal Trials

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Carlos Bertonatti Gets Ninth Delay In Trial For Killing Biker On Rickenbacker Causeway

    ​Someday, Carlos Bertonatti will have to face a jury to explain what happened in the early morning of Jan. 17, 2010 -- the day police say he drunkenly killed a cyclist on the Rickenbacker Causeway, then sped away into Key Biscayne with the victim's bike still wedged underneath his car. But not tod ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Paul Mira, Teacher Who Had Sex With 12-Year-Old Student, Avoids Jail Time

    Paul Michael Mira, the former PE director at a Miami charter school, has admitted to having sex with both a 12-year-old and a 17-year-old student, but because of a plea deal struck with prosecutors, the man will not have to serve any time behind bars. Instead, the sexual predator who has basically a ... More >>

  • News

    February 9, 2012

    Jean Monestime pushes $3 million grant to felon for questionable Liberty City project

    Paul Michael Mira, the former PE director at a Miami charter school, has admitted to having sex with both a 12-year-old and a 17-year-old student, but because of a plea deal struck with prosecutors, the man will not have to serve any time behind bars. Instead, the sexual predator who has basically a ... More >>

  • News

    January 19, 2012

    Lavont Flanders, ex-cop rapist, struck again after prosecutors let him free

    Paul Michael Mira, the former PE director at a Miami charter school, has admitted to having sex with both a 12-year-old and a 17-year-old student, but because of a plea deal struck with prosecutors, the man will not have to serve any time behind bars. Instead, the sexual predator who has basically a ... More >>

  • News

    December 15, 2011

    ICE snitch Angel Jose Perez duped the FBI and got rich

    Paul Michael Mira, the former PE director at a Miami charter school, has admitted to having sex with both a 12-year-old and a 17-year-old student, but because of a plea deal struck with prosecutors, the man will not have to serve any time behind bars. Instead, the sexual predator who has basically a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Lavont Flanders, Ex-Cop Convicted of Making Rape Porn, Requests A New Trial

    Lavont Flanders, Jr.Former Miami Beach cop Lavont Flanders was one of two men convicted last week of drugging seven women and raping them on camera to make porno flicks. But his lawyer says that, despite his client's public fall from grace, Flanders is no criminal."These girls knew exactly what they ... More >>

  • News

    September 1, 2011

    Michelle Spence-Jones nails Fred Grimm, Michael Putney

    Lavont Flanders, Jr.Former Miami Beach cop Lavont Flanders was one of two men convicted last week of drugging seven women and raping them on camera to make porno flicks. But his lawyer says that, despite his client's public fall from grace, Flanders is no criminal."These girls knew exactly what they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Derick Kuilan, Miami Beach's Drunk ATV Cop, Turns Himself In on Criminal Charges

    ​Derick Kuilan has already faced professional consequences from the night the Miami Beach police officer took a woman he met at the Clevelander on a drunk ATV joyride down the beach before hitting a couple. He was fired. Now Kuilan faces criminal charges, and the former police officer turned ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2011

    Casey Anthony Released From Jail

    A home photo of Casey Anthony and her daughter, CayleeShortly after midnight Sunday, ​Orlando's Casey Anthony was released from jail three years and one day after her 2-year-old daughter was reported missing and less than two weeks after Anthony was acquitted of her murder.Anthony's future is uncl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Caylee Anthony Not Only Murder Victim Ever

    Casey Anthony​Welp, turns out she didn't do it.Or, at least she won't be going to jail for it -- Orlando's Casey Anthony was acquitted of the murder of her 2-year-old daughter yesterday, and, depending on how the legal wranglings go, will probably get to go home before the weekend, which should be ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2011

    Yahweh ben Yahweh is back

    Casey Anthony​Welp, turns out she didn't do it.Or, at least she won't be going to jail for it -- Orlando's Casey Anthony was acquitted of the murder of her 2-year-old daughter yesterday, and, depending on how the legal wranglings go, will probably get to go home before the weekend, which should be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2011

    Cuban Operative Posada Carriles' English Questioned in Court

    via newscomHow good is Luis Posada Carriles' English? That has become a central issue in the trial of the 82-year-old Cuban, who is charged with 11 counts of perjury, obstruction and immigration fraud for lying during immigration proceedings. On Wednesday, Federal prosecutors played tapes of the CI ... More >>

  • News

    September 9, 2010

    Biscayne Park finance director Michael Arciola under fire for old sexual complaints

    via newscomHow good is Luis Posada Carriles' English? That has become a central issue in the trial of the 82-year-old Cuban, who is charged with 11 counts of perjury, obstruction and immigration fraud for lying during immigration proceedings. On Wednesday, Federal prosecutors played tapes of the CI ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Jump Out Boys Daniel Fernandez and Joe Losada Found Guilty

    Miami-Dade CorrectionsGuilty: Joe Losada and Daniel FernandezFive years ago, on January 12, Miami-Dade police plain clothes detectives Daniel Fernandez and ​Joe Losada were arrested by internal affairs officers for allegedly planting evidence, falsifying an arrest affidavit, stealing money, and ph ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Spence-Jones Arraigned, Supreme Court Lawyer Bruce Rogow Calls Indictment 'Hogwash'

    Michelle Spence-Jones did not enter a plea today on the latest bribery charges brought against her. Instead, she asked the court to dismiss them for being too vague. ​Two weeks ago, when she was arrested again for allegedly soliciting money from a local developer, readers responded in typically m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Ex-Judge Phil Davis Convicted on Fraud Charges

    Looks like Phil Davis is finally heading to the pen.​The ex-Miami judge, who wriggled out of jail time in a federal sting operation in the early '90s by admitting a raging cocaine habit, was found guilty of fraud today.Prosecutors built a case against Davis involving a non-profit he founded in 199 ... More >>

  • News

    October 22, 2009

    South Florida dogfighting rages on despite tough laws

    Looks like Phil Davis is finally heading to the pen.​The ex-Miami judge, who wriggled out of jail time in a federal sting operation in the early '90s by admitting a raging cocaine habit, was found guilty of fraud today.Prosecutors built a case against Davis involving a non-profit he founded in 199 ... More >>

  • News

    August 6, 2009

    Hollywood's Mickey Mouse Cops, Parts I and II

    The officer who pulled a "Walt Disney" with the facts has been called a liar before.

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    Sean Casey Responds To New Times Article

    Alex Izaguirre​Last week, I reported about Sean Casey, a 35-year-old Boston native who is currently serving a 12-and-a-half year prison term for allegedly running down and killing an elderly woman on Harding Avenue in Miami Beach, and then fleeing the scene, back in 2001.While awaiting trial, Case ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    Facebook and MySpace Postings Gave Cat Killer Away, Police Say

    As New Times über-blogger Kyle Munzenrieder pointed out yesterday, the fact that accused cat killer Tyler Weinman joined the "Catch the Cat Killer!" group on Facebook suggests he was certainly aware of all the media hoopla over his alleged crimes -- and perhaps enjoying it.via facebookWeinman's fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2009

    What We Know About Cat Killer Suspect Tyler Weinman, the Arrest, and the Reaction

    Courtesy of Miami-Dade Corrections Tyler Weinman, not his class picture but his mugshot. Yes, he's actually smiling.Sometime after midnight this morning, police arrested 18-year-old Tyler Weinman at a party in Coral Gables for the recent string of horrific cat killings that have plagued Cutle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    News Roundup

    LocalDetails of the last time the victim of the "body parts in the bay" mystery was found alive were released. [NBCMiami]Back in the '90s a Herald reporter had a run in with the whack job who shot up the Holocaust memorial. [Herald]SportsUM Football Player Glenn Cook, who hasn't played competitive b ... More >>

  • News

    March 19, 2009

    Irish Blood

    Feds say Cutler Bay man funded Irish terrorists through Port of Miami scheme.

  • News

    March 12, 2009

    Judge, Jury, and Dictator

    Liberty City Six Judge Joan Lenard refuses to pay a P.I. after he speaks out.

  • News

    January 8, 2009

    The Agent from Iran

    How a mother of two ended up in a plot to smuggle high-tech gear to the enemy.

  • News

    July 31, 2008

    Sham Marriage Hell

    Bigamy charges and dozens of people busted after fake weddings: It must be South Florida.

  • News

    May 8, 2008

    Killers in the Can

    The Escobar brothers are in jail for murdering a cop, but 20 years later, there's still no verdict.

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2006

    Mining the Store

    The Escobar brothers are in jail for murdering a cop, but 20 years later, there's still no verdict.

  • News

    May 25, 2006

    Four Wheels, No Breaks

    Sean Taylor's felony charges have wrecked several lives, not to mention his pro football career

  • City Life

    May 12, 2005

    BEST POLITICAL CONVICTIONS OF THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS

    Jacques Evens Thermilus and Richard Caride

  • News

    March 24, 2005

    – How to Get Away with – MURDER

    A woman witnesses her boyfriend's murder, is then raped, and now faces criminal charges herself. Unbelievable but true

  • News

    March 17, 2005

    A Feast of Thieves

    Scoundrels allegedly gorged themselves on millions stolen from MIA, and now a prominent politician is implicated in the conspiracy

  • News

    March 3, 2005

    The Drowned and the Saved

    An anti-abortion crusader faces manslaughter charges for the accidental death of a child

  • News

    May 27, 2004

    A Shot in the Dark, Part II

    After firing his gun at a police officer, Mario Barcia's life has gone from bad to wretched

  • News

    November 27, 2003

    Jailhouse Crock

    I was arrested by bad cops on bogus charges and spent a bizarre night behind bars

  • News

    February 10, 2000

    Boys Will Be Boys

    What to do when your sons pop steroids and steal cars? Simple: Hire them to be police officers!

  • News

    December 3, 1998

    Grigsby in Defense of Grigsby

    What to do when your sons pop steroids and steal cars? Simple: Hire them to be police officers!

  • News

    March 26, 1998

    Uncertain Justice

    Was Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega really a drug trafficker? Or is it possible he was set up by the U.S. government? Try asking a few dozen people who should know.

  • News

    February 26, 1998

    Shoot Out the Lights

    Gwendolyn Ramsey's run-in with police culminated in an emergency lobotomy. So where is she now? Behind bars.

  • News

    November 27, 1997

    Bye-Bye, Baba

    Gwendolyn Ramsey's run-in with police culminated in an emergency lobotomy. So where is she now? Behind bars.

  • News

    October 16, 1997

    Dumb Luck

    In 1992 Bernardo Paz hit the Lotto, bought himself a brand-new BMW, and headed down the road to ruin. This year he finally got there.

  • News

    September 25, 1997

    The Baba Chronicles

    For some people, African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko was a dream come true. For others he was a nightmare.

  • News

    May 8, 1997

    Odio and the Dolt Defense

    For some people, African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko was a dream come true. For others he was a nightmare.

  • Film

    October 24, 1996

    Reform School Rules

    For some people, African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko was a dream come true. For others he was a nightmare.

  • News

    December 7, 1995

    Scalded

    A long-time aide. A few thousand dollars' worth of dubious insurance receipts. A cauldron of allegations. U.S. Attorney Kendall Coffey has been . . . scalded

  • News

    March 30, 1995

    This Is Not the USA

    He thought he was just doing his job and playing by the rules. Then he learned that the rules are very different in the sovereign nation of the Miccosukee.

  • News

    February 9, 1994

    When Bad Attorneys Get Caught (Don't Hold Your Breath)

    He thought he was just doing his job and playing by the rules. Then he learned that the rules are very different in the sovereign nation of the Miccosukee.

  • News

    September 29, 1993

    Charge Account

    He thought he was just doing his job and playing by the rules. Then he learned that the rules are very different in the sovereign nation of the Miccosukee.

  • News

    April 7, 1993

    The Case from Hell Part 5

    The most notorious child-custody battle in memory heads for its bitter end

  • News

    December 23, 1992

    Her Brother's Keeper: Part 2

    It wasn't quite the resolution he or his sister had hoped for, but John Popejoy's child-molestation case is finally closed

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