Miguel Exposito

Federal Judge Leaves Miami on the Hook for Cops Who Fired 130 Rounds and Killed Suspect

In August 2010, three Miami police officers fired at least 130 rounds into 21-year-old Gibson Belizaire, who died from his wounds behind a Little Haiti shop. Belizaire was the sixth young black man killed that year by MPD under then-Chief Miguel Exposito. Belizaire's mother then sued the c ... More >>

Former Police Chief Exposito Loses Appeal, Won't Get His Job Back

Former Miami police chief Miguel Exposito will remain the former police chief. After being fired by the city commission in September 2011, Exposito had his lawyers file a suit claiming the commission had no basis for firing him and that the termination was strictly political.A panel of Miami-Dade ju ... More >>

Tomas Regalado's Slot Machine Expert Says Miami Maquinitas Are Gambling Machines

Miguel Exposito, Former Miami Police Chief, Asks Judges Today To Give Him Job Back

For two years, Miguel Exposito was the head honcho at the Miami Police Department. They were jolly times for the Magic City's muckrakers, who made an easy living as Exposito butted heads with Mayor Tomas Regalado and produced a too-crazy-to-be-true litany of scandals and shootings. When he was fired ... More >>

Tomas Regalado's Maquinitas Expert Says Those Gambling Maquinitas Are Probably Rigged

You know those gambling maquinitas in convenience stores around Miami, Hialeah, Opa-locka, and Miami Gardens? Turns out Miguel Exposito was right and then some about the racket. Last year, Miami's then-police chief fell out of favor with Mayor Tomás Regalado when cops confiscated 105 "video amuseme ... More >>

Miami PD's Seven Fatal Shootings Last Year Now Being Probed by U.S. Justice Department UPDATED

The fallout from ex-chief Miguel Exposito's reign hasn't ended yet.Miguel Exposito may be gone, but the blowback from his turbulent reign atop the Miami Police Department hasn't ended yet. Eight months after the last of seven fatal shootings of young black men by Exposito's force, the U.S. Just ... More >>

Miguel Exposito Walks With Almost a Million Bucks, Six-Figure Pension After Firing

​If ex-police chief Miguel Exposito didn't look all that torn up on Monday when the Miami City Commission sacked him, there's a good reason: Not only can he ignore all of Mayor Tomás Regalado's nonsense from now on, but also he's walking away with some serious money.Exposito will leave the city w ... More >>

Miami Herald Exclusively Reports that People Groan at the Very Mention of The Miami Herald

​It's suspended police chief Miguel Exposito's big day in front of the City Commissioner. The Miami Herald's been furiously tweeting away over their @MiamiHeraldLive Twitter account, and the Tweets are likely to be more entertaining than what you'll end up reading in the actual Miami Herald to ... More >>

Miguel Exposito's Lawsuit Tossed, Leaving Chief's Job In Michelle Spence-Jones' Hands

​This morning Miami-Dade Judge Barbara Areces threw out suspended Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito's lawsuit against the city, putting his fate back into the hands of the commission.In case you've forgotten that we live in a very strange city, Areces decision essentially means that Michelle Spen ... More >>

Miguel Exposito Sues to Keep Two Commissioners From Deciding His Fate

​Yesterday's suspension of Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito is certainly a Miami political saga for the ages, and in the grand tradition of 305 political saga we should only expect bitterness and some last minute lawsuits. Exposito has now filed suit against two city commissioner -- Wifredo "Wil ... More >>

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Miami Police Bust Luis Boris Estrada For Illegal Gambling Machines

​The Miami Police Department's crackdown on illegal gambling machines continued today with the arrest of Luis Boris Estrada. Cops busted the 42-year-old Cuban for operating six "maquinitas" at the Rapido Discount he manages at 2742 SW Eighth Street, finding $1,000 in one of the machines. Miami Pol ... More >>

Miami cops beat 85-year-old lady turned ninja assassin

Grandma Hazel Mays Fought The Law And The Law Lost

Alex Izaguirre​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 lets Miami police officers know there are bigger threats to their safety than 85-year-old grandmothers.Don' ... More >>

Here's A Copy Of The $200,000 Check Made Out To Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito

​When a royal brouhaha erupted last week over Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito's allegations that city officials offered him a "bribe" to resign, Riptide filed a Freedom of Information Act request for a copy the infamous $200,000 check.Well, the check just landed in our inbox. It shows that Mayo ... More >>

In Midst of Exposito Tension, Miami Posts Police Chief Job Ad Online

​As far as we know Miguel Exposito is still the police chief in the City of Miami despite his ongoing tension between with Mayor Regalado. Well, despite no official announcement of his departure, the city is apparently already looking for a new chief. They've posted a help wanted ad looking for a ... More >>

Exposito: City Officials Offered $400,000 To Resign As Police Chief

​A story that started yesterday with blogger Al Crespo posting a mysterious, voided city check for $200,000 ended with more ammo fed into the raging firefight between the Miami Police Department and City Hall when Chief Miguel Exposito admitted the check was part of a huge payout he was offered to ... More >>

Fire Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito Now

​Miami police chief Miguel Exposito confirmed yesterday that he was offered $400,000 to quit. The news was broken by uberblogger Al Crespo and then parroted by the WSVN-TV Channel 7 and the Miami Herald. Exposito has been under attack by more than a year after numerous battl ... More >>

Exposito and Regalado Tussle In Park Over Payout Offer

​At an anti-gun rally in Charles Hadley Park this morning, Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado and arch enemy/police chief Miguel Exposito blasted one another before TV cameras.The whole thing started like Sharks vs. Jets about 10 a.m. when Regalado was holding forth to a horde of reporters and a couple do ... More >>

Miguel Exposito Rebuts $20K Report, Doesn't Even Bother to Spell Author's Name Correctly

Michael E. MillerMiami Police chief Miguel Exposito.​How little of a sh*t does Miami Police chief Miguel Exposito give about a recent report assessing his department?He didn't even bother to spell the author's name correctly in his response.But typos aside, Exposito's main arguments came through l ... More >>

Jose Seiglie, Miami PD's investigations chief, is biased in police shooting inquiry, activists say

Jose Seiglie, Miami PD's Top Cop For Investigating Shootings, Led Gang Unit Involved In Three

​As black Miami simmers over seven fatal shootings in seven months by City of Miami cops, you'd think Chief Miguel Exposito's priority would be convincing the community he's serious about investigating the deaths.Yet Exposito quickly lost credibility by getting in a tit-for-tat with State Attorney ... More >>

As Miami Police Shootings Hit National News, More Lasting Memorial Painted in Overtown

photo by Tim Elfrink​Mark March 22 as the moment the world started paying attention to Miami's embattled police department. That's when an ex-Miami Herald reporter named Don Van Natta Jr. parachuted in to write a New York Times piece telling millions of readers what everyone in black Miami knows t ... More >>

Families of Shooting Victims to City Commission: "Exposito Must Go"

photo by Tim ElfrinkThe message in black and white at Thursday's commission meeting.​Police Chief Miguel Exposito slumped silently against a wall, his hands clasped tight behind his back, as a parade of family members of men killed by his department petitioned the City Commission last night for on ... More >>

Families of Seven Men Killed in Police Shootings Speak At Commission Meeting Today

​Willa Mae Reed cries when she remembers the last time she saw her grandson, Tarnorris Tyrell Gaye. "He said he was getting a haircut, and he kissed me goodbye," Reed tells Riptide. "I still got a lot of questions about what happened next."Gaye was shot and killed by Miami police in December -- on ... More >>

Clancy Wiggum Would Make a Better Chief Than Miguel Exposito

Clancy Wiggum could do a better job than Miguel Exposito.​Miguel Exposito should just go back to his usual routine of not speaking to the media about the shooting of seven black men by his police officers. The embattled Miami Police chief was interviewed by the New York Times about the shootings a ... More >>

Paul Philip Thinks Miami Police's Shooting Streak Is A-OK

Paul Philip​When City Manager Tony Crapp Jr. hired Paul Philip to "audit" the Miami Police Department, we assumed the ex-G-man's job was to write a bad report so Crapp could fire embattled Chief Miguel Exposito. So what the hell is Philip doing in the New York Times today justifying the string of ... More >>

Miami Police Raid Gaming Machines, Escalating Exposito-Regalado Feud

Is Miguel Exposito thumbing his nose at the mayor?​Miami police arrested eight business owners and confiscated 32 gaming machines this afternoon in an operation that seems certain to escalate the ugly feud between Chief Miguel Exposito and Mayor Tomas Regalado.In January, the embattled chief accus ... More >>

Al Sharpton Wants Justice Department to Investigate Miami Police Department

​Mayor Tomás Regalado isn't the only powerful enemy Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito has made in his relatively short run atop the department. Now, national civil rights leader and former presidential candidate Al Sharpton is calling for a federal investigation into the Miami Police Department. ... More >>

Hosni Mubarak Steps Down -- Now How Much Longer Will Miguel Exposito Last?

​Angry crowds have shouted for his ouster for weeks. Civic leaders have loudly decried his reign. His minions are accused of abusing the public with indiscriminate violence. And yet Miami PD chief Miguel Exposito keeps his tenuous grasp on power.Oh, you thought we were talking about that other guy ... More >>

Miguel Exposito's Week Getting Worse: FBI Probes, Internet Scandals and More Cop Arrests

​"Embattled" isn't nearly a strong enough adjective for Miami Police jefe Miguel Exposito these days, so we'll just have to invent a new one: em-blitzkrieged. Because it's only Tuesday and Exposito's job security this week looks as tenuous as Hosni Mubarak's.Just since Friday, these things have ha ... More >>

Read Miguel Exposito and Katherine Fernandez Rundle's Catty Email Fight

​Say this for Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito: With his seat warming to volcanic temperatures over a rash of police shootings and City Hall spats, he's not just sitting on his hands. He's already locked in a half-nelson with Mayor Tomas Regalado (whom he reported to the FBI a couple weeks ago), ... More >>

Possible gambling video fuels fight between mayor and police chief

Video Could Help Arm Miami Police Chief Against Mayor

Photo by Michael MillerPolice Chief Miguel Exposito​As the saga of Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito's war with Mayor Tomás Regalado rages on, a new development could fuel the battle between the two estranged friends over illegal gambling in the city's bodegas and cafeterias. New Times has obtai ... More >>

Miguel Exposito Survives Commission Vote, Violent Reality Show Clip

Chief Exposito survived a tense commission meeting last night. ​When Riptide broke the news last week that a violent reality show clip filmed inside the Miami Police Department was making the rounds on YouTube, we knew the shots of cops chomping cigars and calling themselves "hunters" wouldn't hel ... More >>

Miami police chief Miguel Exposito's violent reality TV promo

Miguel Exposito's Leadership Questioned Again Over Violent Reality TV Show Promo

​On Saturday, Miami police shot and killed a 27-year-old suspect in Overtown -- the sixth black man they've killed since last summer. The latest death has left Chief Miguel Exposito fighting for his job and pleading his case to community leaders that cops only use violence when absolutely necessar ... More >>

Miguel Exposito Blasts Tomas Regalado, Says Police Aren't Following the Mayor

​In front of a dozen television cameras and a packed room of reporters, Police Chief Miguel Exposito blasted Mayor Tomas Regalado this afternoon over Regaldo's claims that he was being tailed by police officers. Exposito also defended his department's conduct in the six recent fatal police shootin ... More >>

Five Worst Miami Cops Of the Year: Pot-Growers, Russian Kidnappers and Tow Truck Scammers

Illustration by Pat Kinsella​Let's start this list with a caveat: In the 305, the vast majority of police officers are decent men and women risking their lives to protect America's craziest county. It's not a job most of us could do, and we salute them for it. Really.But it's also true that when c ... More >>

Miami Police Shoot Another Suspect In Liberty City (Update)

Chief Miguel Exposito has another shooting in Liberty City to handle. ​City of Miami police have shot a suspect armed with a shotgun in Liberty City, leaving the man seriously wounded -- and giving Chief Miguel Exposito a new round of questions to answer about violence in the neighborhood.Update: ... More >>

Ciara Lee And Her Two-Year-Old Son Killed in Their Liberty City Bedroom By High Powered Rifle Attack

​Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito is appealing for help this afternoon in sorting out a grisly murder in Liberty City, where a mother and her two-year-old son died when someone sprayed their home with more than 60 rounds from a high-powered rifle. The attack, which came at 1:15 in the morning, k ... More >>

Exposito Unveils Catch from Operation Hammerhead: 14 Arrests & 31 Firearms

Michael MillerExposito shows off a rifle seized in Operation Hammerhead​This summer, Miami Police fatally shot four suspects in Liberty City, Overtown, and Little Haiti, raising questions of excessive use of force and calls for Police Chief Miguel Exposito's resignation.So Exposito could perhaps b ... More >>

Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito should be fired

With Bodies Hanging Over His Head, Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito Has to Go

​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 says it's time for Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado to fire police Chief Miguel Exposito. Last week in Overtown, an ... More >>

Video: Activist Lays Into Mayor and Police Chief About Cop's Fatal Overtown Shooting

​If you don't understand the raw anger and grief coursing through Overtown this week over Monday's police shooting of an unarmed man at a traffic stop, check out this video.The emotion is palpable inside Overtown's St. John's Baptist Church, where almost 200 gathered last night to demand answers f ... More >>

FBI Probes Miami Undercover Police Unit for Stealing Drugs and Money

The FBI is investigating at least one member of the Miami Police Department's undercover squad. One or more members is alleged to have stolen money and drugs from dealers. Mayor Tomés Regalado is aware of the investigation but doesn't have details. Police Chief Miguel Exposito says the department i ... More >>

News Roundup

Police Chief Miguel Exposito will be sworn in today. [Herald]One of his first orders of business may be making sure the Coconut Grove rapist is found. Police believe one man is responsible for both rapes and other assaults in the area. [CBS4]A Miami-Dade assistant Public Defender was charged with de ... More >>

Murder Miami Style: Man Gunned Down In Allapattah Last Night

View Larger MapWelcome to the hot seat, Miguel Exposito.Just a few hours after Tomas Regalado named his choice for new chief of the City of Miami PD, the first murder of the not-yet-official Exposito era crackled across the police radio. The details are still sketchy, but sometime before 8:15 p.m. a ... More >>

Miami Police: Miguel Exposito In. Frank Fernandez Out.

​Mayor Tomas Regalado;'s new administration has made its first choice -- and it's a guy who ain't likely to be too popular at the headquarters on NW Second Avenue. Miguel Exposito who parlayed a whistle blower suit into a the rank of major, will become new Miami police chief, multiple sources are ... More >>

So Who Will Replace John Timoney?

City of Miami​A Miami Police Internet message board is throwing out names on who will be the man to replace John Timoney. One thing is certain: it doesn't appear that his loyal deputy chief Frank Fernandez (pictured here to the right of Manny Diaz and Timoney) will get the top post.Fernandez, alon ... More >>