A brazen bandit snatched a handbag from a bikini-clad guest at 3 p.m. Friday, June 13, as she lay poolside at the swank Delano hotel, and made off with $41,000 in jewelry. The victim, 30-year-old Staci Gabrielson from Orangeburg, New York, “began to yell” and then chased the man, who…
All Shall Perish, a blistering political deathcore group from California, burst onto the metal scene with their 2003 record, “Hate, Malice, Revenge.” Today, those are exactly the emotions driving a distributor to seek sweet vengeance against dozens of fans who illegally downloaded tracks from their newest album.A lawsuit filed last…
A traffic stop in Miami Springs turned into a nightmare for a veteran traffic cop yesterday. A teenage driver dragged the officer for more than a block before letting him slam into the asphalt.Pavert Cutino, the 15-year-old driver, now faces attempted murder charges. Police say the officer, Jeff Collins, was…
Last December, 18-year-old Angel Lazo stopped his Honda Civic in the right lane of a remote stretch of U.S. 27 so notorious for drag racing that its grassy medians are peppered with homemade monuments to crash victims. Lazo’s friend, 18-year-old Raymon Garcia, stopped his Integra right behind Lazo.Moments later, a…
Mary Dimakis was born so long ago that when she moved into the Roads, there were few paved streets in the neighborhood. Dimakis will soon turn 108, making her the second-oldest resident in South Florida. The oldest, at 111, is Antonia Rivera, who lives just a few miles away. Dimakis is old…
If your child has visited a popular Liberty City park, the county suggests a lead poisoning test may be in order. Lead levels that are more than 200 percent higher than normal have been found at the 6.5-acre Olinda Park at 5100 Northwest 21st Ave., according to the Environmental Protection…
A 6-foot, 250-pound woman who allegedly jumped on a cop’s back was acquitted of battery on the Miami Police officer. The jury took only 28 minutes last Friday to find Sarah Myles not guilty after all three sergeants who were at the scene told different accounts of what happened.Police made…
No wonder Miami Springs Mayor Zavier Garcia made it a point in his campaign to plead for lower taxes. Not only is there a $1,803.41 state tax lien on his company, ZMG Media, which we reported about last week, but on June 8 the IRS filed a $198,672.75 federal tax…
Less than a week after New Times reported that Miami Springs Mayor Zavier Garcia was in foreclosure and has failed to pay both property and business taxes, prosecutors are eying his campaign finances.Joe Centorino, the Miami-Dade assistant state attorney in charge of public corruption, confirmed that the matter is under…
While his constituents watch taxes rise and home values slide, Miami Springs Mayor Zavier Garcia has not paid property taxes and owes back taxes on his business.Since Riptide posted a story last week that reported Garcia was in foreclosure, details of other fiscal indiscretions have emerged.Since the foreclosure filing in…
In April, Miami Springs Mayor Zavier Garcia was swept into office with a record-breaking war chest and promises of fiscal responsibility. What voters didn’t know was that Garcia, whose $167,000 home has been in foreclosure proceedings since 2009, owes more than $290,000 on the 1,136-square-foot house he shares with his…
Just days after announcing that state authorities were investigating massive police corruption in his city, Opa-locka city manager Clarance Patterson has abruptly announced his resignation. Patterson, who held the post for only 16 months, made the announcement Tuesday, one day after Channel 7 news followed a New Times story posted…
Opa-locka Police accused of massive corruption
