Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office

Anti-Seijas PAC: State Attorney Probes Show Double Standard

Gun-Toting Reporter Cleared on Charges

Weekly News Wrap – 1/25/08

A Profusion of Corpses

Former Miami homicide detective Nelson Andreu's memories are etched in blood

Esto solo pasa en Meeyami

Today, the last day of 2008, Banana Republican highlights his ten favorite news stories of the year, the tales that truly capture life in a sun-drenched, third-world dimension. 10. Marc Sarnoff's Memo to Himself. The Coconut Grove loving city commissioner has a super secret meeting with Joe Arrio ... More >>

Fool Me Thrice

A South Florida company caught stealing twice surfaces under a new name and gets a lucrative government franchise.

Violent Jewelry Thieves Prowl South Florida

They give new meaning to the term blood diamond.

Spence-Jones Faces Indictment

State attorney investigates ethically challenged Miami commissioner.

Kendall Car Dealership Keeps on Giving

Justice in Motion minivan comes to the State Attorney’s Office

Hit and Run Hero

Not everyone’s charged with a crime — even if someone is killed.

Pet Dumb

County cops ripped off kitties and doggies, auditors say

In the Aftermath

For public figures and journalists alike, actions have consequences

Tales of Teele: Sleaze Stories

Male prostitutes and multiple mistresses, drug money in Gucci shopping bags, bribery and extortion conspiracies. And you thought you'd heard it all about Art Teele.

The Drowned and the Saved

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

Things to Do in Miami When You're Dead

Clove cigarettes and Italian slang

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

BEST CHILDREN'S ADVOCATE

Jim DeFede

BEST NEWS FOR OVERTOWN

Criminal investigations

BEST LOCAL GIRL MADE GOOD

Cecilia Altonaga

Letters from the Issue of September 26, 2002

Filmmaking in Miami: There is a time to just say no

The Secret Flush Fund

Investigators have a question for Miriam Alonso: Where'd the money go?

Letters to the Editor

From the issue of August 9, 2000

A Bullet Dodged

All agree that Hialeah Police Chief Rolando Bolaños lied under oath, and all agree he apparently got away with it

Joe Centorino

Personal Best

The Reboredo Files

Is the county commissioner simply a lousy bookkeeper, or is there reason for suspicion?

Daddy's Little Helpers

Hialeah's Rolando Bolaños, doting father and police chief, knows how to make the season bright

Friendly Fire

State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle should have coasted to election victory. Instead she's dodging bullets from the police unions in the political fight of her life.

Love and Violation, Part 3

Following death threats to alleged rape victim Bridget Garcia, two police departments open new investigations

At Long Last Busted

The effort to bring felony charges against Manuel Diaz was fraught with innuendo, suspicion, and an alleged conflict of interest

River of Sleaze

A top Miami-Dade schools cop is the focus of a probe that recalls the area's biggest police scandal

DeFede

Officer of the Year

There's Something About Fred

Officer of the Year

Inside Job

For years people have been alleging that Miami bail-bond king Jim Viola bribes county corrections officers. For years the FBI and the State Attorney's Office have been investigating. And for years nothing has happened.

These Numbers Are Up

1998 was a great year for corruption. New Times puts a price tag on the year's malfeasance

Renegade Road

A woman perishes in a collision with an Indian leader's kin. Her family cries coverup.

In the Name of the King

The leader of a church that's drawn presidential hopefuls and the devout is enveloped in scandal.

News Roundup

The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office decided the cops who pulled their guns on an innocent University of Miami student during his first day of school did nothing criminal. However, the student's parents want the officers suspended. [Herald]Commissioner Dennis Moss handed out raises to cl ... More >>

Teaching Warren Sapp and Michael Irvin To Avoid Dangerous Ladies

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. Up this week, Luke dissects how superstar athletes fall for the pussy trap.I have to give credit to the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office f ... More >>

Luke's Gospel: Teaching Warren Sapp and Michael Irvin to avoid dangerous ladies

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. Up this week, Luke dissects how superstar athletes fall for the pussy trap.I have to give credit to the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office f ... More >>

Jersey Shore's Sammi "Sweatheart" To Face Assault Charges After South Beach Club Brawl

Sammi "Sweatheart" has fists of fury​You can take the girl out of Jersey, but you can't take the Jersey out of the girl. Jersey Shore castmate Sammi "Sweatheart" Giancola will be facing criminal assault charges and a civil lawsuit after she got into a brawl at a South Beach club this weekend 24-ye ... More >>

State Attorney's Office Closes Assault Case Against Jersey Shore's Sammi

Sammi "Sweatheart" has evaded justice.Now that the Jersey Shore scourge has left our fair shores (only to be replaced with the possible threat of something slightly less crude and greasy) it seems the entire city, even the criminal justice system, is ready to be done with them completely.  ... More >>

Thomas Cypress Pleads Guilty to DUI Manslaughter

Thomas Cypress is going to jail for drinking, driving and killing a Maryland couple.​The 55-year-old brother of former Miccosukee Indian Chairman Billy Cypress is pleading guilty to two counts of DUI manslaughter. On February 19 of last year, Thomas Cypress was behind the wheel of his truck on Ta ... More >>

Miami PD Shoots And Kills Another Suspect in Little Haiti (Update)

​City of Miami police officers have shot and killed another suspect -- the seventh killed by MPD cops since last summer. The latest shooting happened last night around 11 p.m. at North Miami Avenue and 75th Street, police sources tell Riptide, and left another man in critical condition.Police are ... More >>

North Miami Beach Official Martin King Does Perp Walk Over Misspent City Funds (Update)

via Miami-Dade State Attorney's OfficeMartin King​Former North Miami Beach public services director Martin King was arrested today and charged with 41 felony counts of money laundering for stealing millions in taxpayer dollars with fake work orders for sewer projects. After investigators looked in ... More >>

Donald Richard Has To Pay Miami-Dade County For Tools He Took Home

​A Miami-Dade Water & Sewer employee who purchased more than $1,700 in tools on the taxpayer's dime and then took the instruments to his house has cut a deal with prosecutors to avoid any jail time. Last July, after the Miami-Dade Inspector General's Office found the tools at Donald Richa ... More >>

Corina Esquijarosa, North Bay Village Mayor, Facing Imminent Recall

​It's the final countdown for North Bay Village Mayor Corina Esquijarosa. The Miami-Dade Elections Office has verified that a political action committee seeking a recall against Esquijarosa has obtained the required number of voter signatures to call an election.Citizens For Full Disclosure needed ... More >>

Ayesha Niles, British Teen, Busted at MIA With 30 Pounds of Coke in Cake-Mix Boxes UPDATED

via Miami-Dade State Attorney's OfficeThat's not Rich 'n Moist cake mix inside.Last Friday, Miami International Airport officers inspecting the bags of a 17-year-old British girl headed back to London took a look at a couple dozen boxes of cake mix stuffed amid her clothes. They weren't full of red ... More >>

Genius of Despair: Absentee ballot inspector

via Miami-Dade State Attorney's OfficeThat's not Rich 'n Moist cake mix inside.Last Friday, Miami International Airport officers inspecting the bags of a 17-year-old British girl headed back to London took a look at a couple dozen boxes of cake mix stuffed amid her clothes. They weren't full of red ... More >>

Mike Hatami: Prosecutors' enemy

via Miami-Dade State Attorney's OfficeThat's not Rich 'n Moist cake mix inside.Last Friday, Miami International Airport officers inspecting the bags of a 17-year-old British girl headed back to London took a look at a couple dozen boxes of cake mix stuffed amid her clothes. They weren't full of red ... More >>