Mentally Disturbed, Miami Booty Bass Group, Threatens Lawsuit Over Buffalo Wild Wings Ad
Mentally Disturbed, Miami Booty Bass Group, Threatens Lawsuit Over Buffalo Wild Wings Ad
Mentally Disturbed, Miami Booty Bass Group, Threatens Lawsuit Over Buffalo Wild Wings Ad
Showgirls Strip Club Bouncers Broke Patron’s Ankle in Bathroom Brawl
Ronald Miranda, one of the FBI’s most wanted men who disappeared for 31 years only to resurface in Florida City, will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars. The 65-year-old was convicted last month of the 1980 murder of Mitch Arambel in Los Banos, California. Yesterday a judge…
Howard Knepper wants your vote for president. He also wants to invade Cuba. Most importantly, however, he wants you to tell you a story about a chimpanzee named Jerome and his donuts.The completely unheard of Republican businessman from North Miami doesn’t seem to have raised any money. And he doesn’t…
When Cindy Hewitt thinks about what happened here at this now-defunct laboratory near the Miami River back in 1998, she shivers with disgust.She was a human resources manager for a medical company called Dade Behring when Bain Capital began tinkering with its bottom line. Under CEO Mitt Romney, Bain shut…
If you walk past the Miami-Dade County courthouse this week, you’ll probably see a clean-cut Cuban in slacks, a dress shirt, and rimless glasses. Carlos Morales will be holding a large white sign with black lettering that reads, “Judge Victoria Platzer does not represent justice, only the will of the…
This past March, Gabriel Perez was sitting in his Cape Coral home watching the NCAA basketball tournament when the game cut to commercial. He sat chuckling at a Buffalo Wild Wings ad.You remember the one: A birthday telegram goes horribly wrong when a dweeby guy with the unfortunately unisex name…
It’s been one month since Marlins skipper Ozzie Guillen infamously muttered his undying love for Fidel Castro. And even though Guillen apologized and the Marlins say the matter is done and dusted, the incident apparently remains pretty raw for the Marlins manager. Earlier this week, Guillen cussed out a journalist just…
Miami Company eLandia Accused of Stranding Couple in American Samoa
In Game Four between the Heat and the Knicks, LeBron and D-Wade seemed to decide their buddy ‘Melo needed at least one win to save face in New York, so they downed some Quaaludes and let the Knicks have their way with them. How else to explain Wade missing seven…
When Alan Lara touched down in American Samoa, he was looking for a fresh start. Bluesky Communications, a subsidiary of Miami-based eLandia, had agreed to pay the Mexican engineer and his fiancée to move to the tiny U.S. territory from their home in Guatemala. But months later Lara was abruptly…
Last week, Riptide received a mysterious complaint from a Brazilian reader who had an intriguing allegation: Located in 2800 Biscayne Boulevard — the building that, until last year, housed Miami New Times office — a company called Leader Perfume was ripping off South American customers, he claimed.We decided to investigate…
Miami brothers Amaury and Amed Villa have been charged with one of the biggest thefts ever in the United States.According to indictments unsealed earlier today, the Villas stole $80 million worth of prescription drugs from an Eli Lilly warehouse in Enfield, Connecticut back in March of 2010. The duo allegedly…
May Day was supposed to mark Occupy Miami’s reemergence as a force for good. Instead, it raised questions about how much longer the movement will survive in Miami.City police arrested three protesters during yesterday’s downtown march, leading to another late-night protest outside the county’s pretrial detention center. Yet, while arrests…
Miami Police arrested at least two three Occupy Miami members today during a May Day protest downtown. Brian Tangherlini, 22, and Rolando Prieto, 23, were arrested after ignoring orders to get out of the street, according to a police report. Tangherlini was wrestled to the ground by several officers and…
A Coral Gables travel agency exploded into flames early this morning. Police dogs detected accelerant inside the burnt out building, according to Channel 10 News. And the agency’s owner says she suspects it was firebombed in retaliation for booking flights to Cuba.”It’s not that it’s burned. It’s pulverized,” Airline Broker…
God bless you, City Hall. Just when we begin to think that you are completely irrelevant, you burst back into our lives with a controversial proposal to plaster Miami with more gaudy logos and revenue-generating ads than a Mexican soccer jersey. Miami city commissioners voted down the crazy measure last…
Marc Sarnoff’s Pop-Up Park to Stop Sex Offenders Is Just a Start: Pop-Up Jails, Brothels Are Next
Prepare to be dredged.After a five-month legal standoff over a controversial plan to deepen the Port of Miami using explosive charges, environmentalists have relented. Three groups opposed to the project have dropped their lawsuit in exchange for legal fees and the establishment of a $1,310,000 trust fund to mitigate effects…
Smell those flowers? Spring is in the air in Miami. So, too, is spring cleaning. But some people seem to have a hard time distinguishing the seasonal pick-up from the year-round five finger discount.Two employees at Miami Palmetto Senior High School have been arrested and charged with grand theft after…
It was an entrance worthy of Vladimir Putin.Joe Biden roared his air boat to a halt in the Everglades. Miccosukee war paint smeared his face. Swamp spray glistened on his bare chest. The Veep then tossed a giant, dead Burmese python at the feet of a gaggle of reporters and…
In the past year, the Magic City has seen more pop-ups than Katie Perry performing inside a correctional facility. We’ve been inundated with so-called “pop-up” restaurants, bars, and art galleries. Impromptu porno studios have popped-up (and then promptly deflated) on Monument Island, inside a pizzeria, and perhaps even inside on…