Hugo Rodriguez

Miami's Federal Detention Center Barely Paralegal

Miami's Federal Jail Overrun With Strippers Posing As Paralegals, Lawyers Say

Coming soon to a jail cell near you...Stripteases, sexual favors, booze, porn mags, and fat stacks of cash would be run-of-the-mill in many Miami strip clubs. But at downtown's maximum security Federal Detention Center?Multiple attorneys interviewed by Riptide say the FDC visitor rooms have been tak ... More >>

Hoops hero Rumeal Robinson lost his Maserati, machine gun, and mom

Coming soon to a jail cell near you...Stripteases, sexual favors, booze, porn mags, and fat stacks of cash would be run-of-the-mill in many Miami strip clubs. But at downtown's maximum security Federal Detention Center?Multiple attorneys interviewed by Riptide say the FDC visitor rooms have been tak ... More >>

Three by Free

Coming soon to a jail cell near you...Stripteases, sexual favors, booze, porn mags, and fat stacks of cash would be run-of-the-mill in many Miami strip clubs. But at downtown's maximum security Federal Detention Center?Multiple attorneys interviewed by Riptide say the FDC visitor rooms have been tak ... More >>

Tigertail Debuts New Poetry Annual

Tigertail ProductionsCover by Susan Lee-Chun​Edited by local poets Campbell McGrath, Denise Duhamel, and Michael Hettich. Art by Miami's own Susan Lee-Chun. Poetry by FIU alums Jill Allen and Hugo Rodriguez, plus Yayha Frederickson. What's not to like?It's the seventh version of Tigertail: A South ... More >>

How Hoops Hero Rumeal Robinson Lost His Guns, Cars, Stripper Girlfriend... and Even his Mama's House

Robinson blew $20,000 a night on strippers, his brother claims.With three seconds left in the game and his University of Michigan squad trailing Seton Hall by one point, 22-year old guard Rumeal Robinson lined up for two all-important free throws. The NCAA Division 1 basketball title hung in t ... More >>

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Robinson blew $20,000 a night on strippers, his brother claims.With three seconds left in the game and his University of Michigan squad trailing Seton Hall by one point, 22-year old guard Rumeal Robinson lined up for two all-important free throws. The NCAA Division 1 basketball title hung in t ... More >>

Destination Miami

Babasonicos just wants to make a decent wage -- and some really weird music

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Babasonicos just wants to make a decent wage -- and some really weird music