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Richard Scruggs

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Michelle Spence-Jones to Go After Katherine Fernandez Rundle

    City Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones is looking for vindication at the expense of the city's top law enforcement official. According to a Feb. 14 letter her civil attorney sent Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Spence-Jones is preparing to sue the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office for allegedly violat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Richard Scruggs Goes From Public Corruption to Gang Busting

    Richard Scruggs​The public corruption unit at the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office is getting quite a makeover. Longtime unit chief Joe Centorino will soon depart to take on a new gig as executive director of the Miami-Dade ethics commission. And assistant state attorney Richard Scruggs is now w ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2011

    Yahweh ben Yahweh is back

    Richard Scruggs​The public corruption unit at the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office is getting quite a makeover. Longtime unit chief Joe Centorino will soon depart to take on a new gig as executive director of the Miami-Dade ethics commission. And assistant state attorney Richard Scruggs is now w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Michelle Spence-Jones Acquitted Of Bribery Charge

    UPDATE: Miami-Dade State Attorney Kath​erine Fernandez Rundle stands by her decision to prosecute Michelle Spence-Jones for bribery, claiming the judge presiding over the suspended Miami city commissioner's trial screwed up the verdict's outcome. "We disagree with the judge's interpretation o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Armando Codina: State Attorney 'Purposely Misled Me' In Spence-Jones Case

    Armando Codina​Talk about a hostile witness. Armando Codina, the developer at the heart of a criminal case against ex-Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones, criticized prosecutor Richard Scruggs repeatedly on the stand today for "misleading" him. Prosecutors say the $12,500 Codina gave a charity at S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Armando Codina Is "Disappointed" With Prosecutor Richard Scruggs

    Armando Codina​As jury selection continues in the bribery and grand theft trial of suspended Miami City Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones, the prosecution's main witness, prominent developer Armando Codina, gave new testimony that pokes holes in the state's case. Trial is set to begin next week.I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    Michelle Spence-Jones Trial Begins Today

    Michelle Spence-Jones gets her day in court. ​The Michelle Spence-Jones public corruption saga is entering its final act. Her trial on grand theft and bribery charges begins today.Since her initial arrest in November 2009, days following her reelection to the Miami City Commission, Spence-Jones h ... More >>

  • News

    July 29, 2010

    Michelle Spence-Jones is innocent, dummy!

    Michelle Spence-Jones gets her day in court. ​The Michelle Spence-Jones public corruption saga is entering its final act. Her trial on grand theft and bribery charges begins today.Since her initial arrest in November 2009, days following her reelection to the Miami City Commission, Spence-Jones h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Surprise, Surprise, Michelle Spence-Jones Is Innocent

    ​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 revisits the ongoing saga of suspended Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones.Turns out Michelle Spence-Jones was telli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Barbara Carey-Shuler Admits She Ok'd $50,000 For Michelle Spence-Jones

    Barbara Carey-Shuler, aka Ms. Oh-I-Guess-I-Did-Write-That-Letter.​Last November, Barbara Carey-Shuler was the reason the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office charged then-Miami City Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones with grand theft of $50,000 in county grants that went to a now defunct family busi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2010

    Labeling Michelle Spence-Jones a Shameless Crook Is the Easy Way Out

    Even before she was arrested and suspended from office this past November 13, MichelleMichelle Spence-Jones does not need to be ashamed because she chooses to fight for her seat and her innocence.​ Spence-Jones let everyone know she would not go out without a fight. No one has forgotten how s ... More >>

  • News

    December 17, 2009

    Milton Hirsch removes backers in search of judge's seat

    Even before she was arrested and suspended from office this past November 13, MichelleMichelle Spence-Jones does not need to be ashamed because she chooses to fight for her seat and her innocence.​ Spence-Jones let everyone know she would not go out without a fight. No one has forgotten how s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Updated: Turns Out Rev. Gaston Smith's Cup Came Up Empty

    A Miami-Dade jury has convicted Liberty City pastor Gaston Smith on one count of grandby C. StilesRev. Gaston Smith is going to prison​ theft for looting more than $10,000 in grant money intended to help the poor.Yesterday, Banana Republican caught the tail end of closing arguments by Smith's defe ... More >>

  • News

    December 10, 2009

    Assistant State Attorney Richard Scruggs squirms on the stand

    A Miami-Dade jury has convicted Liberty City pastor Gaston Smith on one count of grandby C. StilesRev. Gaston Smith is going to prison​ theft for looting more than $10,000 in grant money intended to help the poor.Yesterday, Banana Republican caught the tail end of closing arguments by Smith's defe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2009

    Rev. Gaston Smith Scores Victory Over Richard Scruggs

    Late Friday, at 9:05 p.m., Miami-Dade Judge Beatrice Butchko dealt a serious blow to stateC. StilesGaston Smith's public corruption trial begins this week, but prosecutors won't be allowed to use incriminating recordings​ prosecutors' case against a popular pastor in Miami's black community.B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Public Corruption Prosecutor Richard Scruggs Takes The Stand

    Richard Scruggs is usually the guy asking people tough questions and getting witnesses to spill the beans. But today Miami-Dade's veteran public corruption prosecutor was on the receiving end of an intense grilling. And he was not enjoying himself.It went down inside the courtroom of Judge Beatrice ... More >>

  • News

    December 3, 2009

    Miami readies for another Michelle Spence-Jones acceptance speech

    Richard Scruggs is usually the guy asking people tough questions and getting witnesses to spill the beans. But today Miami-Dade's veteran public corruption prosecutor was on the receiving end of an intense grilling. And he was not enjoying himself.It went down inside the courtroom of Judge Beatrice ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    We Wait With Bated Breath for Michelle Spence-Jones's Next Acceptance Speech

    ​The best part about suspended City of Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones's preordained re-election to her vacated seat is this: She'll be able to make another acceptance speech.Her defiant diatribe a few weeks ago -- when she took office moments before being cuffed and booked on grand theft ... More >>

  • News

    November 19, 2009

    Is suspended Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones a victim of racism?

    ​The best part about suspended City of Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones's preordained re-election to her vacated seat is this: She'll be able to make another acceptance speech.Her defiant diatribe a few weeks ago -- when she took office moments before being cuffed and booked on grand theft ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Michelle Bonds Out While Angel Skates

    ​Early this morning, in front of the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building at 1351 NW 12th Street, after reading from a prepared statement asserting her innocence, Michelle Spence-Jones grew testy with some of the Miami media horde chronicling her surrender to law enforcement officials.When WPLG's ... More >>

  • News

    August 13, 2009

    In the Name of the King

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

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    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 >>

  • News

    December 1, 2005

    Widow Speak

    Stephanie Teele asks a court to overturn the felony conviction of Miami's most famous suicide

  • News

    July 28, 2005

    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.

  • News

    October 14, 2004

    Powers That Be

    It's nice to have wealthy and influential friends, especially when you need loads of campaign cash

  • News

    August 3, 2000

    Ring Cycle

    Miami boasts a boxing legend who has kept on swinging through good times and bad. He's the king of the clubs. He's Tuto Zabala.

  • News

    October 21, 1999

    My Lawyer, the Criminal

    Attorney Russell Carbone played dirty. How dirty? Try conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury.

  • News

    September 25, 1997

    The Baba Chronicles

    For some people, African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko was a dream come true. For others he was a nightmare.

  • News

    November 10, 1993

    The Further Adventures of Willy and Sal

    Being thrown in jail was supposed to bring down the curtain on Miami drug lords Willy Falc and Sal Magluta. But there was an encore: Death threats, clandestine cameras, illegal searches, and major security violations.

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