Shot Dead on a Stolen WaveRunner

“They are stealing my, my boat in the back,” Yasmin Davis stuttered into the phone. Seconds earlier, the pretty Peruvian architect had been eating lunch in her $2 million Miami Shores mansion. As she tucked a slice of sushi into her mouth, she glanced out the huge glass windows and…

FIU’s Pi Kappa Alpha Frat Boys Won’t Face Criminal Charges Over Facebook Posts Depicting Drug Dealing, Hazing, and Nudie Pics

Despite scores of scandalous Facebook posts depicting rampant drug dealing, hazing, and creep shots of allegedly underage women, members of Florida International University’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity will not face any criminal charges. Pi Kappa Alpha frat brothers — or Pikes, as they are known — have apparently closed ranks,…

Armed Citizens Project Is Now Offering Free Shotguns to People in Florida

The Armed Citizens Project does exactly what its name implies: It hands out guns for free. Now the Texas-based nonprofit is turning its bullet-blasting beneficence on the Sunshine State. Promising to “deter crime by empowering neighborhoods,” the ACP has already begun distributing shotguns in Orlando’s Sunshine Gardens neighborhood. Two fun…

Bikram Yoga Broke My Back, Says Miami Man

I must start out by admitting that I am on a quest for vengeance.” That is not the opening line of The Count of Monte Cristo but the beginning of a recent letter to New Times. With that introduction, we expected a typically Miami tale of murder and malevolence. Instead,…