Also read “Is Ricky Williams Foundation Funded By A Cult?” and “Ricky Williams: NFL Football Healer.”Earlier this morning, we followed Deadspin and other sites in examining the curious connection between Ricky Williams’ charitable organization, the Ricky Williams Foundation, and Access Consciousness, a self-help group.Ricky got in touch after the post…
Also read “Ricky Williams: NFL Football Healer.”When the Ricky Williams Foundation lost out on a $32 million investment in the spring, founder and former NFL star Ricky Williams thought his charity was finished. But along came Gary Douglas, the founder of a self-help group called Access Consciousness. He agreed to…
Joseph Loprete has a Google problem. The first search result for his name is a Sun-Sentinel article about his DUI arrest in 2010 for driving his car into his Boca Raton house. The article, citing a police report, calls the accident the result of mixing alcohol and “jealous rage.” The…
Hector Sarna isn’t surprised that his friend Rosita Hidalgo was killed. As a transgender woman who was a sex worker, she was putting herself at risk. He warned her that one of the men she brought home would hurt her, or worse. He remembers a day almost a year ago…
While 12 people were shot dead at The Dark Knight Rises opening in Denver — and our sister paper Westword has the story — things went smoothly in Miami.At Regal South Beach Stadium 18 on Lincoln Road, it was just past midnight and Juanito was feeling the strain of the hour…
On July 10, a Venezuelan TV station decided to take the daring intrigue of the telenovela and bring it to the less exciting world of copyright litigation.LaTele is suing Telemundo, claiming that, in 2008, the Miami-based station created a telenovela, “El Rostro de Analia,” whose plot and characters they stole…
Bikram Yoga Copyright Lawsuit: Miami Weighs In
Last Monday, federal agents nabbed a former Miami Beach police officer, Jose Quintana, for illegally selling guns over the course of three years at various Florida gun shows. And as you would expect from an ex-cop who broke the law, Quintana’s record with MBPD wasn’t exactly sterling.According to employment records…
When it comes to finding a home for your small business, there are a lot of factors to consider: the cost of rent, where your customers are located, how much space you need. But it’s also worth trying to figure out if your neighbors run a drug lab full of…
Miami Springs Public Works Robert T. Williams Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Ex-Commish Victor De Yurre Runs for Judge
A wrongful death lawsuit against the Miccosukee Tribe over a fatal car accident on tribal lands has once again run into resistance in the courts. On January 20, 2009, Coconut Grove resident Tatiana Furry left Miccosukee Resort & Gaming after a night of gambling and drinking and then got into…
In May, Robert T. Williams, the director of the Miami Springs Public Works, stepped down from his position after 23 years. Asked by the Miami Herald why he was leaving so suddenly, Williams said he felt disrespected by management’s attempts to privatize his department.”There’s just too much stress and friction…
Among the placards lining the streets ahead of the August 14 elections, you might have noticed a blue-and-red poster with the name “De Yurre.” If that rings a bell, there’s a good reason: 59-year-old Victor De Yurre is the same guy who escaped a parade of investigations during his eight-year…
Miami Boxer Randall Bailey Looks for Late-Career KOs
The fireworks on the center table were kids’ stuff, I was told. If I really wanted something with some power, I had to get the military-grade equipment. It was the afternoon before Independence Day, and my goal was simple: Find the loudest, biggest, most impressive firework I could (semi) legally…
Have you been driving through downtown Miami lately, searching in vain for a parking spot that won’t cost you a hundred dollars for four hours, only to find yourself staring up through your windshield and thinking to yourself, “Are there a lot of new skyscrapers, or is it just me,”…
In a matter of seconds, the truck bore down on Ken Knight and his friends.It was around 8:30 Saturday night, and Knight was standing outside Jumbo’s Restaurant in Liberty City chatting with two longtime regulars, Wilton Harris and Al Jo Hamlin. Harris, a reverend at St. Barnabas William Church, was…
The City of Miami looks ready to give Jungle Island another chance. The city has prepared an offer for the beleaguered amusement park, which recently admitted it was about to default on a loan, that could extend its lease and give the park more land on Watson Island.But before the…
A proposed strip club in North Miami has been given the green light to serve liquor with its lap dances after a squeaker of a vote by the North Miami City Council. By a margin of 3-2, the council voted late Tuesday night to overturn a ban on selling alcohol…
Greyston Garcia, a 26-year-old Miami resident who beat a murder rap thanks to the craziest interpretation yet of Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, was killed Tuesday by a stray bullet in a gang shooting. His death came three months after second-degree murder charges against him were dropped in the fatal stabbing of…
Six years ago, Miami New Times profiled a group of teens from Miami-Dade taking part in the unconventional-to-south Florida sport of ice hockey. Known as the Miami Toros Junior Hockey Club, the team was coached and owned by a Long Island native named Joseph Timpone. The article notes how Timpone…
