Probation and House Arrest

Schools' Web Monitor Gets Probation

At least he'll get to watch the Sopranos finale...

No Prison Time Despite Criminal History

Forbidden Fruit

Automatic Transgression

The penalty for selling an unregistered World War II Sten gun? In this case it might be six months of house arrest, three years of probation, and one $36,000 Turbo Z.

How They Nabbed the Nickel Bag Felon

Sixty-three-year-old Miami Beach gadfly Stanley K. Shapiro might seem an unlikely enemy, but war is war

Flunk Music

The state's new certification test for law-enforcement personnel has just about everyone singing the blues

Homeless Sex Offenders Face Eviction

State officials scrap under-the-bridge policy.

Sex Offenders Set Up Camp

The Julia Tuttle becomes a colony. Politicians pass the buck.

We’re Burning Up

The Julia Tuttle becomes a colony. Politicians pass the buck.

Hecho en Miami

They look, smell and smoke like Cubans. So why not sell 'em that way?

Swept Under the Bridge

Sex offenders are ordered to sleep near a center for abused kids

Blind Date

Tasha Joseph's Website shows fiction is stranger than truth

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

Real Words

Ted Lucas says forget what you heard, Slip-N-Slide Records loves the kids

Best Cheap Eats

TROY Community Academy’s Teen Cuisine program

Under New Management

Steve Shiver demonstrates once again why he is not qualified to be county manager

Best West Indian Club

Mad House

A Shakey Machine

FIU hoops coach Shakey Rodriguez has surrounded himself with coaches and players with bad raps and worse reps -- and it's a losing combination

Boys Will Be Boys

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

A Bad News Brother

Miami Beach Mayor Neisen Kasdin's bro Scott has trouble like you wouldn't believe

Sex, Lies, and City Hall

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

Bye-Bye, Baba

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

With Kidnappers Like These, Who Needs Social Workers?

James and Emma Somerset came to Miami to rescue their son's girlfriend. They wound up going to jail for kidnapping.

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 of the Weird

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.

Serious Girls

The escort service business, up close and unpleasant

Steak Knives and Crack Pipes: Overtown Feud Lands Former Pimp in Jail

Maybe it's street karma. After a decade as a pimp and a hit man, Overtown street hustler Big Red could finally be brought down by a small-potatoes probation violation.This past summer, New Times profiled the entrepreneurial ex-convict who faced long odds when it came to his goal: Survive on the st ... More >>

Army Corps Employee Sentenced Over Everglades Restoration Bribery Scheme

Our feature earlier this month about the never-ending disaster we call Everglades restoration left little doubt that the Army Corps of Engineers deserves a lot of blame. After all, these are the guys who gutted the Glades in the first place with miles of canals and drainage systems. And these are t ... More >>

Meet Antonio Junior, But Don't Call Him a Bagman

Alex IzaguirreWell, at least Antonio Junior can take solace in knowing he made a killing as a minority partner in several deals involving Miami-Dade taxpayer money. And even though he ratted out his political godmother -- ex-county Commissioner Barbara Carey-Shuler -- and some of his other poli ... More >>

Woman Who Set Herself on Fire Isn't Exactly the Sanest Person

​Regarding the woman who set herself on fire yesterday at the Mall of the Americas, this isn't exactly surprising: The woman's husband said she had been to Jackson Memorial Hospital three times recently for psychiatric help and has a history of mental problems, according to Miami Herald news ... More >>

Gaze Into the (Slightly Pathetic) Eyes of an Alleged Horse Butcher

Farm-owner Roberto Aguedo Chavez.​To squash a common misconception, the rash of illegal horse slaughter in South Florida is not the work of some sophisticated mafia. The horse killers- who have been doing their thing for years before the media took notice -- are rarely connected to each othe ... More >>

Dalia Dippolito might have tried to kill her husband, but he was no saintly victim

Farm-owner Roberto Aguedo Chavez.​To squash a common misconception, the rash of illegal horse slaughter in South Florida is not the work of some sophisticated mafia. The horse killers- who have been doing their thing for years before the media took notice -- are rarely connected to each othe ... 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 >>

Adam Tavss, Pot-Growing Killer Miami Beach Cop, Gets House Arrest

Kill a couple guys, get caught running a growhouse, no jail time: Pays to be an (ex) cop!​Lady Justice hasn't exactly been harsh to Adam Tavss, no matter how badly he messes up. When the Miami Beach cop was caught with drugs in his system last year -- months after he shot and killed two different ... More >>

Henry A. Ferguson, Repeat Felon, Arrested In Killing of Corrections Officer Ciara Lee and Her Son

via Miami-Dade Corrections​Police have arrested a Miami Gardens man with a long record of felony charges in the brutal late-night shooting earlier this month that killed 24-year-old corrections officer Ciara Lee and her two-year-old son as they slept in their bedroom in Liberty City.Henry A. Fergu ... More >>

Men Charged in Fontainebleau Gang Rape Allowed to Return to California

​Paul Thorington, 22, Anthony Albano, 23, and Ray Joseph Laranjo, 23, the three men charged in a brutal gang rape at the Fontainebleau following a Miami Music Week pool party, have been granted bond and will be allowed to return to California. If they make bond, they will be placed under ... More >>

Dance It Off

​Paul Thorington, 22, Anthony Albano, 23, and Ray Joseph Laranjo, 23, the three men charged in a brutal gang rape at the Fontainebleau following a Miami Music Week pool party, have been granted bond and will be allowed to return to California. If they make bond, they will be placed under ... More >>

Father of Street-Wandering Hialeah Toddler May Not Always Obey The Law

Hialeah Police​As it turns out, a Hialeah father who was arrested yesterday when his bruised toddler was found wandering down 74th Street alone might not be a very nice guy.Thirty-one-year-old Carlos Aybar Oliveras is now in jail on $20,000 bond, WSVN reports, and the girl's mother, Jessica Pinon, ... More >>

Jason Villano: Pill mill crackdown's unjust victim

Hialeah Police​As it turns out, a Hialeah father who was arrested yesterday when his bruised toddler was found wandering down 74th Street alone might not be a very nice guy.Thirty-one-year-old Carlos Aybar Oliveras is now in jail on $20,000 bond, WSVN reports, and the girl's mother, Jessica Pinon, ... More >>

Jesus Hernandez, Crooked Ex-Cop, Sold a Monkey Illegally

​Meet Jesus Rodolfo Hernandez. During his short tenure with the Miami-Dade Police Department, he racked up enough controversy to qualify as one of the worst people to wear the department's badge. After being thrown off the force in disgrace, the 26-year-old apparently turned to the illegal sale of ... More >>

Pitbull's Lawyers Question Lindsay Lohan's Residency, Cite TMZ and Wikipedia in Court Documents

​Lindsay Lohan's out of jail. But her legal problems aren't even close to being over. The LiLo v. Pitbull, Nee-Yo, and Afrojack saga continues as Mr. 305's lawyers have presented a notice of removal in an effort to shift the case from county to federal court. The document, filed last week in ... More >>

Antoine Walker Sentenced to Five Years Probation for Failing to Pay Gambling Debts

In 2007, Antoine Walker was a key part of the Miami Heat's championship roster. Today, he's perhaps most notable for being the ex-fiance of Basketball Wives star Evelyn Lozada, last played for a D-League team and has now been sentenced to five years probation for failing to repay hundreds of thousan ... More >>

Actors and filmmakers to watch in 2012

In 2007, Antoine Walker was a key part of the Miami Heat's championship roster. Today, he's perhaps most notable for being the ex-fiance of Basketball Wives star Evelyn Lozada, last played for a D-League team and has now been sentenced to five years probation for failing to repay hundreds of thousan ... More >>

Carnage: Roman Polanski's transparent look at parental rage

In 2007, Antoine Walker was a key part of the Miami Heat's championship roster. Today, he's perhaps most notable for being the ex-fiance of Basketball Wives star Evelyn Lozada, last played for a D-League team and has now been sentenced to five years probation for failing to repay hundreds of thousan ... More >>