Disgraced former Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito is none too pleased that the Department of Justice found that his former department engaged in routine excessive force and violated the constitution under his watch. The man who was once caught on tape calling his own officers “predators,” now calls the DOJ…
The real estate market in Miami may be slowly recovering, but that’s not good news for everyone. Foreclosures in the Miami metro area surged last month with one in 236 housing units in the market receiving a foreclosure notice. That’s more than four times the national average. The recent surge…
Tropical Storm Chantal was pronounced dead today at approximately 4:40 p.m. after dissipating in the Caribbean Sea about 260 miles south of Cuba. So all you relatively newly arrived folk who haven’t gone through this hundreds of times before can all stop freaking out. Though, Chantal’s remnants could still make…
“I inhale propane gas to get high, but I am not the least bit nutty,” Reid Welch once told New Times. Today a jury found differently. Welch has a had a number bizarre run-ins with the high-profile City of Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff. The court found him guilty of 21…
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Miami-Dade is perhaps a bit more free-spirited than most American beach towns by designating a small sliver of Haulover Beach for nude sunbathing, but for Thomas Wittbold that wasn’t enough. Wittbold sued Miami-Dade County, alleging that not allowing him to be nude elsewhere in Haulover Park was infringing on his…
The number one rule of a robbery is never leave anything behind that could identify you, yet Florida thieves lately are having a hard time following that simple guideline. Anthony Thomas is accused of stealing from a gas station in Ocala. How did cops find him? Oh, he left behind…
It’s a story of broken trust, backstabbing, and revenge. It’s Charlie Crist’s upcoming book. Yes, Florida’s most famous Republican turned Democrat is penning a tell-all book about his journey from “Ronald Reagan Republican” to Obama-hugging Democrat, and it’s coming out this winter…
Just last year Marco Rubio was dubbed the “Republican Savior.” Now he’s getting booed by the Tea Partiers who first helped him come to power, and that fall is reflected in several new national polls. Over at Five Thirty Eight, Micah Cohen analyzes Rubio’s latest numbers. It’s not a pretty…
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Following a spree in which City of Miami Police shot and killed seven black men, many of them unarmed, in a span of eight months between 2010 and 2011, the Department of Justice has found that the department’s pattern of using excessive force was in violation of the Fourth Amendment…
There’s no honor among thieves, and apparently no complimentary wake-up service either. Domonique Pinkard, 21, and Julian Evangelist, 20, broke into a home in Lady Lake, Florida, on Sunday, but when Pinkard passed out on the victim’s coach, Evangelist decided to just leave him there. Which turned out to be…
Well, tasteful male nudity has kept Don Bailey Carpets in business for all these years, so the fact that the Miami Marlins’ sole remaining star, Giancarlo Stanton, decided to strip down to his birthday suit for ESPN Magazine’s annual Body Issue could only help the Marlins’ ticket sales. Pics after…
A man was left stripped of his clothes with a bullet in his stomach early this morning in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood after being approached by two unknown men. His girlfriend, who was with him at the time, was able to escape and get help…
Former Miami-Dade County commissioner and failed mayoral candidate Joe Martinez has launched his own cologne. It’s called the Commissioner. It has top notes of anise and cardamom. It retails for $33.33 online. It comes with the tag line “There’s no future quitting.” It’s being sold in stores exclusively by Santayana…
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The future of one of the most storied buildings in Miami Beach is once again in question as the owner of Casa Casuarina, still widely known as the Versace mansion, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the beginning of this month. It’s just the latest chapter in the building’s recent…
We guess when some people see a big, hard, purple cock they get an uncontrollable urge to ride that beast. Unfortunately for Darrin Luke Edwards, 19, Tyler Lee Jones, 21, and James Joseph Smith, 18, of Putnam County, such an urge landed them behind bars…
Colin Kaepernick just led the San Francisco 49ers to an NFC championship, but yesterday he had another team on his mind. Last season’s breakout QB was spotted wearing a Miami Dolphins hat at a Fourth of July party…
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If there’s one thing we know about Florida grandmothers, it’s do not steal their wine. They will confront you about it. You do not take Grandma’s special relaxing juice. So when 59-year-old Sue Wilson returned to her Deltona home Tuesday and noticed two bottles of wine empty, she confronted her…
Tim Hardaway, the man who once proudly and loudly proclaimed, “I hate gay people,” is now the first Floridian to sign a new petition to put gay marriage back on the ballot in the Sunshine State…
