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  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Florida Man Arrested for Hacking Scarlett Johansson's Nude Pictures

    ​Christopher Chaney, a Florida man, has been arrested for hacking into dozens of email accounts belonging to celebrities and others in the entertainment industry. Chaney has been confirmed to be the man who leaked nude pictures of Scarlett Johansson online, but also targeted other celebr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    No, Your $4,000 Tax Refund Was Not Legit

    IRS: the tax man cometh.​Did you pay Tomeka Wimberly at Wizard Tax Services Inc. to fill out your return this year? Did she claim Doritos and Mountain Dew on your work expenses? How about the little known "new underwear credit"?And did you get a nice refund of roughly $4,000?If so, we hope you hav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Elisha Dawkins, Immigrant Army Vet Jailed on Passport Charges, Rejects Deal

    Elisha L. Dawkins, the veteran of the U.S. Army and Navy who was jailed on a seemingly minor passport fraud charge only to discover he was not actually a US citizen, has rejected a deal that would see the charges dropped. Now, Dawkins' case will go to trial, and he could see up to ten years in jail ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Elisha Dawkins, Iraq War Vet Discovered To Be An Illegal Immigrant, Gets A Deal

    ​Elisha Dawkins immigrated to Miami from the Bahamas as a young boy. It was only until after he served in both the Army and Navy and found himself in jail on a passport flap that he discovered that he was not a legal citizen. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami has offered a deal to Dawkins that w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Decorated Iraq War Veteran Elisha Dawkins Sits in Miami Jail for Lying on Passport Application

    Dawkins was a photographer in the Army, shooting photos like this one.​Elisha L. Dawkins was born in the Bahamas but immigrated to Miami as an infant. He was brought up believing he was an American citizen and after high school enlisted in the Army, where he served what he thought was his country ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Kathy Fernandez Rundle Slams Regalado's 'Corruption' Crackdown

    Speaking to a jam-packed room of reporters, cops, and politicians yesterday, Mayor Tomas Regalado trumpeted eight corruption arrests as proof of his commitment to cleaning up city government. ​"For the first time ever in the City of Miami, we have an anti corruption department," Regalado crow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Lew Freeman, Miami's Celebrity Forensic Accountant, Charged With Mail Fraud, UPDATE

    For years, Lew Freeman was Miami's go-to "forensic accountant" -- the numbers guy who cleaned up the mess when a high-profile company imploded. ​As detailed in Jay Weaver's excellent profile back in October, Freeman gave to charities, boosted the University of Miami and palled around with poli ... 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

    November 25, 2009

    What Do You Get For Trying To Steal $14 Trillion? Two Years, Apparently

    The sad saga of Marlon "X-Large" Moore has come to an end with a decidedly un-X-large prison sentence.​Moore, you may remember, was arrested this summer after one of the best diabolical schemes ever hatched somehow failed to net him a $14 trillion payday. Fresh out of the federal pen after 6-year ... More >>

  • News

    May 28, 2009

    Helio Castroneves Strikes Back

    After a year of dodging tax charges, Miami's fastest driver takes the Indy 500.

  • News

    June 29, 2006

    Lights! Camera! Terrorists!

    The federal indictment against the so-called Liberty City 7 was TV at its finest

  • News

    October 6, 2005

    Glorious and Notorious

    Casablanca had Rick's, Vegas had the Stardust, Miami's cocaine jazz age had the decadent Mutiny Hotel

  • News

    June 30, 2005

    Breakin' the Law

    Miami resorts to threatening the feds in order to keep its secrets

  • News

    June 23, 2005

    Rock, Paper, Scissors!

    Miami resorts to threatening the feds in order to keep its secrets

  • City Life

    May 12, 2005

    BEST LAWYER

    Richard Scruggs

  • News

    April 24, 2003

    Timoney's Cleanup: Part One

    About $30,000 was missing from MPD's Property Unit, plus some guns and accessories

  • News

    March 27, 2003

    The Unduly Long Arm of the Law

    When the feds indicted Izzy Gonzalez, they may have reached too far

  • News

    January 30, 2003

    A Friend Indeed

    Meet Camilo Padreda, dynamic businessman, faithful Republican, patron of law enforcement, convicted felon

  • News

    August 22, 2002

    Travail to the Chief

    Raul Martinez is a product of Miami's dysfunctional police department, so how can he be expected to transform it?

  • News

    June 21, 2001

    Used, Abused, and Forgotten

    What happens when you muster the courage to complain that you've been sexually assaulted at an INS facility? Not much.

  • News

    November 30, 2000

    Lots of Contention

    Quik Park's Hank Sopher has made a quick buck from garages and vacant lots. Now politicians are wondering if he's selling the public short.

  • News

    October 26, 2000

    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.

  • News

    July 6, 2000

    To Serve and Protect

    And in the case of the Miami Police Department: To Lose

  • News

    June 8, 2000

    Free at Last

    Danny Felton admitted to betraying the public trust when he worked as a Miami cop. Now his apparent misdeeds are forgotten.

  • News

    February 3, 2000

    Carnival? Try Criminal

    What happens when a female passenger is assaulted on a cruise ship? Not much.

  • News

    April 8, 1999

    Closing in on Baba

    What happens when a female passenger is assaulted on a cruise ship? Not much.

  • News

    February 4, 1999

    Caught Sure-Handed

    Under federal scrutiny for alleged money laundering, Falcons receiver Tony Martin lends new meaning to the term "dirty bird"

  • News

    January 28, 1999

    A Pirate's Mutiny

    Miami's unlicensed radio stations are pumping up the jams despite the FCC's efforts to shut them up

  • News

    October 29, 1998

    Letters

    Miami's unlicensed radio stations are pumping up the jams despite the FCC's efforts to shut them up

  • News

    October 1, 1998

    Making Airwaves

    This summer the FCC pulled the plug on the county's most innovative radio stations. Some are already back on the air.

  • News

    July 30, 1998

    Baba's Big Bucks

    African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko opened his checkbook and stole Miami's heart. Not surprisingly, that wasn't the only thing he stole.

  • News

    April 30, 1998

    Teele, Toil, and Trouble

    African millionaire Foutanga Dit Babani Sissoko opened his checkbook and stole Miami's heart. Not surprisingly, that wasn't the only thing he stole.

  • News

    December 4, 1997

    The Waiting Game

    After more than a year, Commissioner James Burke may finally learn what lies ahead: Prosecution or exoneration

  • News

    November 13, 1997

    A Merciful Court of Public Opinion

    If you think being under federal indictment might have hurt Humberto Hernandez, you don't know the fine folks of District 3

  • News

    May 29, 1997

    Alonso to Corrupters: Watch Out!

    If you think being under federal indictment might have hurt Humberto Hernandez, you don't know the fine folks of District 3

  • News

    May 15, 1997

    When Vicki Met Syl, Part Two

    Accused of bribery and public corruption, this power pair finds that love and justice prevail

  • News

    February 13, 1997

    Overthrow on the Radio

    With a vengeance born of extremists, the radical La Voz de la Resistencia show goes straight for Castro's jugular

  • News

    October 10, 1996

    Dynasty

    With a vengeance born of extremists, the radical La Voz de la Resistencia show goes straight for Castro's jugular

  • News

    September 26, 1996

    Black or Blue

    In choosing Rev. Richard Dunn to fill in for Miller Dawkins, commissioners saved Miami's citywide election soul -- for now

  • News

    February 29, 1996

    The Impossible Victory

    The feds spent years building their case against drug kingpins Willy Falc centsn and Sal Maglutaa. Life in prison was assured. Too bad the jury didn't see it that way.

  • News

    May 18, 1995

    Coffey Grind

    Why would state prosecutors probe a penny-ante fraud case against Susanna Timor? Maybe it has to do with who she works for.

  • News

    January 26, 1995

    The Million-Dollar Flush

    At last an agreement between the county and the feds over Dade's sewage mess. The price could make you gag.

  • News

    December 22, 1994

    These Are the Times That Try Men's Soles

    Does the City of Miami Police Department have a foot fetish?

  • News

    May 25, 1994

    The Great Bistro Brawl

    At first Cassis restaurant looked like a South Beach gold mine for its owners. Then the bottom fell out. Now come the investigators and allegations of corruption.

  • News

    April 20, 1994

    Winning Wasn't Everything

    Jim Dougherty exposed insurance fraud for Lloyd's of London -- until they concluded the Miami Beach lawyer had overbilled them by millions. Now the U.S. attorney is involved and things have turned very ugly, indeed.

  • News

    June 16, 1993

    Death and Profits

    When Hugh Westbrook pioneered hospice care, his organization saw to the needs of the dying. Fifteen years later nothing has changed -- except the politics and the profit margins.

  • News

    December 9, 1992

    The Trickle Up Theory

    Local screenwriter Mark Witzen finds a hot plot in Florida waters

  • News

    November 20, 1991

    Monkey Feature

    Local screenwriter Mark Witzen finds a hot plot in Florida waters

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