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U.S. Century Heads Got Rich Off Insider Deals, Lawsuit Alleges

The latest chapter in the tumultuous saga of Doral's U.S. Century Bank could spell trouble for some of the biggest names in Miami-Dade politics, with accusations of shady boardroom deals.It all began last November, when a group of minority shareholders -- including real estate developer Masoud Shoja ... More >>

Terrazza Chef Stefano Riccioletti's Son Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

The son of the South Beach chef killed in a hit-and-run has filed a lawsuit against the driver and the bar in which she worked.According to NBC6, Jacopo Riccioletti, the son of Stefano Riccioletti, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court against  20 year-old KarlieTomica and ... More >>

Rick Scott's Ridiculous Legal Challenges Have Already Cost Taxpayers Almost $1 Million

When it comes to pushing new laws, Gov. Rick Scott has developed a predictable routine: 1) Propose clearly unconstitutional and possibly insane new law. 2) Get sued. 3) Inspire heavy Daily Show mockery. 4) Lose over and over again in court.While we all love the Daily Show fodder, steps two and four ... More >>

Marc Sarnoff's Pop-Up Park to Stop Sex Offenders Is Just a Start: Pop-Up Jails, Brothels Are Next

As Pop-Ups Take Over Miami, Why Stop At Parks, Shops and Restaurants?

In the past year, the Magic City has seen more pop-ups than Katie Perry performing inside a correctional facility. We've been inundated with so-called "pop-up" restaurants, bars, and art galleries. Impromptu porno studios have popped-up (and then promptly deflated) on Monument Island, inside a pizze ... More >>

North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre's House Is In Foreclosure

​North Miami's embattled mayor, Andre Pierre, has already survived enough scandals to knock five or six normal politicos off their perch -- from the wacky (driving a luxury car gifted from a mysterious "friend") to the sinister (accusations of wiretapping his enemies offices, corruption probes by ... More >>

Ayda Young and Cronies Go Down For Pulling a $2.4M Foreclosure Scam

​It was an Only-In-Miami scam first reported by New Times. Three women promised local and out-of-state investors luxurious homes in foreclosure at super awesome discounted prices by claiming they had inside sources at the Miami-Dade County Clerk's Office that could get them the properties before g ... More >>

Boucher Bros. Expands Beach Monopoly With No-Bid Contract for Surf and Paddleboarding

​In early January, Miami Beach lifeguards suddenly began ordering surfers, paddleboarders, and kitesurfers to ditch their local haunts and move south of Third Street. City officials had supposedly just rediscovered an obscure 1964 law banning the sports from guarded beaches.But while the media foc ... More >>

2012 Resolutions: From Hank Adorno to Donna Shalala to Sid Rosenberg

Let's face it. For most of us, keeping a New Year's resolution is as likely as the Miami Dolphins finally finding Dan Marino's successor in the draft.And some locals should look back on the past year with shameful regret.They could use a fresh start, so Banana Republican came up with some ideas to h ... More >>

Jose Mallea, Newt Gingrich's New Florida Chief, Has A Miami House In Foreclosure

photo by Gage via Wikimedia Commons​Out on the campaign trail, Republican presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich hasn't shown a ton of empathy toward the millions going through foreclosures. But maybe his new Florida campaign chief can change his tune with his own personal story of housing hell.Fo ... More >>

Seminoles sue Miami businessman over $1.2 million gambling debt

Jason Starkman, Epicure Owner, Taken To Court Over $1.2 Million Gambling Debt

Jason Starkman skipped out on a $1.2 million debt at the Hollywood-based casino owned by the Seminoles.​When it came to betting against the Seminole Tribe of Florida, prominent businessman Jason Starkman didn't know when to walk away -- yet so far he has still come out even. Last week, the Seminol ... More >>

Luther Campbell Sues Nevin Shapiro

Don't call him "Lil Luke."​Uncle Luke is going after the convicted Ponzi schemer who proclaimed himself "Lil Luke." Today, Luther Campbell followed through on his promise to sue Nevin Shapiro for defamation.In Yahoo! Sports' investigative report on rampant booster violations he committed at the Un ... More >>

Calder Race Horse Tore Off A Woman's Thumb At Petting Zoo, Lawsuit Claims

photo by Galopin via Wikimedia CommonsThey look so innocent.​Ah, petting zoos. They seem so innocent, all those pretty horses letting you stroke their manes just like a real-life Sunday morning cartoon. It's great! Until the horse gets a taste for human blood, that is, and decides to bite the thum ... More >>

Nikki Beach exec and Turks & Caicos leader accused in rape scandal

Hank Adorno Is A Bad Man, Part III: The Final Chapter

Hank Adorno can't be a lawyer for three years. ​Last time we checked on Hank Adorno, the once prominent Miami attorney was indefinitely suspended from practicing law after a Florida Bar investigation found he had violated nine bar rules.This week, the Daily Business Review reports the Florida Supr ... More >>

Controversy Continues for the Fuego Cuban Music Festival

Homestead-Miami Speedway President, Matthew Becherer.​You may recall that on Friday Crossfade reported that the Fuego Cuban Music Festival was canceled a little over a week after it was officially announced. But it seems the matter isn't so simple. The reports circulating indicated that the Homes ... More >>

Jack B. Thompson, Disbarred Porn & Video Game Opponent, Now Enrolled in Virtual Seminary

wikimedia commonsJack B. Thompson​John "Jack" B. Thompson, the Coral Gables attorney disbarred in 2008 for -- among other things -- sending swastikas, gay porn, and pictures of gavel-wielding kangaroos to the state supreme court, is now changing careers.Thompson, who once scrapped with Miami rap g ... More >>

Archdiocese of Miami Sued Over Alleged Sexual Abuse by Coral Springs Music Teacher

Michael MillerArchbishop of Miami Thomas Wenski gives a press conference after a recent trip to Cuba​The Archdiocese of Miami is getting hit with yet another lawsuit claiming sexual abuse by an employee of the Church.A lawsuit filed this morning in Miami-Dade Circuit Court alleges that Miguel Cala ... More >>

Hank Adorno Is A Bad Man, Part II

​Turns out Papa Dios doesn't take prayers from Hank Adorno. The South Florida Business Journal reports that the Florida Supreme Court has suspended the prominent Miami attorney from practicing law. And he has 30 days to prove to the court why he shouldn't be barred permanently. The decision stems ... More >>

Gay Adoption Ban Dead: Bill McCollum Will Not Appeal Ruling

Martin Gill and his sons are now legally a familyAn appellate court's decision that Florida's ban on gay adoption will stand, meaning potential gay parents through out the state will be able to adopt. Attorney General Bill McCollum's office had until 5 pm today to decide whether or not to ... More >>

Commissioner Marc Sarnoff cited for violating city code

Is it payback for rolling back last call in Coconut Grove?

Man Arrested After Setting Miami Beach Bus Stop on Fire

Cedric Jones​Cedric Jones, 44, has a hot temper. On June 17, the homeless man was denied a ride on a public bus in Miami Beach. So he decided to drench a bus shelter in gasoline, throw a match on it, and run off.Four people were in the shelter, located at Collins Ave and 38th Street, at the time. ... More >>

Freedom fighter Richard Masone takes on red-light cameras in South Florida

Kevin Burns Shrugs at $118,000 Judgment and Other Financial Woes

​State senate candidate Kevin Burns knows a thing or two about mounting debts. After all the former North Miami mayor played an instrumental role in convincing Miami-Dade County courts to create a mortgage foreclosure diversion program two years ago so folks like him stay in their homes. At the ti ... More >>

Miami is not a communist country

Screw the Curfew: Miami is Not a Communist Country

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke takes on Miami City Commissioner Richard Dunn's demands that city police enforce the county's curfew for those age 17 and un ... More >>

Overtown's historic Lyric Theater hangs in limbo

Spence-Jones Won't Be Suspended for at Least Four Days

Photo by Erik MazaMichelle Spence-Jones talks to the press after she was declared the winner with 53 percent of the vote.​Click here to view photos as we followed Michelle Spence-Jones on campaign day.The morning after suspended Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones won a special election and d ... More >>

Letters from the Issue of December 10, 2009

Jerry Powers, the man behind Ocean Drive, refuses to surrender

I Take Thee...

The former VP of Peru says his daddy was kidnapped and tricked into a sham marriage.

Best of Miami 2009 Preview: Best Politician

New Times Best of Miami issue hits the streets this week. With this post, Riptide 2.0 provides an appetizer. The main course/entire issue will appear on the website Tuesday afternoon. Best Politician Michelle Spence-Jones She was elected in 2005, and not a moment has passed without ... More >>

Charlie Crist's Latest Supreme Court Pick is Boiling Conservative Blood For a Change

Last month we did some caffiene-fueled theorizing about Gov. Charlie Crist's third Supreme Court appointment and wondered "Will Crist be able to satisfy both his seeming need for diversity and his record for pleasing the right wing in one candidate? ... Or will Charlie have to settle for a minority ... More >>

Boom & Bust, Part 3

In Liberty City, renters suffer more than perhaps anyone else from the foreclosure crisis.

Museum Park Trial Balloon Bursts

"The public has been hoodwinked."

Mock Trial

Miami’s immigration judges are not interested in your problems

Things to Do in Miami When You're Dead

Clove cigarettes and Italian slang

Listen Here, You Boneheads, We Ain't Broke so Don't Try and Fix Us

School board warmly embraces ethics commission

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of October 5-11, 2000

In Prison and Online

The techno revolution has spawned a new program that unites incarcerated moms and their kids in cyberspace

Riptide

Pirates' plunder

Cleaning Out the Cops

A new lawsuit charges that an accountant tried, and failed, to flimflam Miami's boys in blue

Sex, Lies, and City Hall

Commissioner Tomas Regalado screwed around. Now his felonious former mistress wants revenge.

No Sale

The state once aimed to buy a big chunk of the Everglades. But that was before Dexter Lehtinen came along.

Letters

Hour Town

Six months after its debut, the county's scheme to keep teens out of nighttime trouble gets mixed reviews

Belly Away From the Bar

The Florida bar puts a pathetic period on Metro Commissioner James Burke's 1994

Burke Besieged

The Florida Elections Commission and the Florida Bar. Maybe the FBI, too. For a man who won automatic re-election, Metro Commissioner James Burke seems to have a lot of explaining to do.

Is That a Badge in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

Don't ask that nice chap for a cold one.And whatever you do, no fraternizing with the bartender!