Next Tuesday, Biogenesis chief Tony Bosch will learn how long he’ll spend in federal prison for running an illegal steroid operation. On one hand, he’s admitted to supplying dozens of Major Leaguers — and at least 18 Miami high schoolers — with ‘roids. He’s also fessed to helping run a…
When Tony Bosch — the steroid-dealing founder of Miami clinic Biogenesis — agreed last summer to help Major League Baseball go after his biggest clients, including Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun, he demanded some favors in return — namely, that MLB wouldn’t go after his family and that the league…
View image | gettyimages.com Consider Jeffrey Loria’s crimes. After decimating baseball in Montreal, the art dealer bought the Marlins with an interest-free MLB loan and then duped fans for a decade. He blatantly lied to taxpayers about how much money his team was making at Sun Life Stadium and then…
It’s no secret that County Commissioner Xavier Suarez is gearing up a campaign for mayor. Now, the former city mayor’s first real broadside at county hall is closer to heading to voters: a petition that would cap most county salaries at the same pay earned by Florida’s Supreme Court Justices,…
This year’s GOP primary is shaping up as a battle royal for Sunshine State conservatives’ two favorite sons. But that doesn’t mean Florida Republicans are evenly divided between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio. In fact, Coral Gables’ favorite son trounces South Miami’s brightest political star in a new poll, with…
Andrew Cummings was caught on an episode in 2006 confessing to killing his roommate. But a judge has now ruled that the footage proves he was illegally detained.
For the past month, Gov. Rick Scott has weathered a growing firestorm over his removal of veteran FDLE chief Gerald Bailey. The scandal began with Bailey slamming the governor for claiming he’d left voluntarily, then deepened when Scott’s own cabinet members turned on the governor and demanded an independent investigation…
When a Miami PD officer approaches Warren Redlich at a DUI checkpoint outside the AmericanAirlines Arena, he calmly presses a sheet of paper and his license to the glass. The cop looks confused, calling over a colleague. They study the paper for a moment, pause, and then give Redlich the…
Update: The commission has unanimously passed the resolution. As David Beckham and his partners quietly line up their next site for a Major League Soccer stadium in Miami, the county commission is likely to throw its support today behind a temporary home field: Florida International University. The commission will vote…
Three full seasons after moving into a ballpark financed by a deal many experts still consider the worst ever for local taxpayers, the Marlins are still haggling with Miami-Dade County over the final bill for their Little Havana boondoggle. The latest report from county auditors says the Fish submitted millions…
County leaders announced plans to raze the projects and build new housing on the spot – but there is reason to be skeptical.
In Venezuela, all eyes are on a security expert named Leamsy Salazar. Salazar once worked on the personal detail of Diosdado Cabello, the second-most powerful politician in Venezuela — that is until he bolted for Washington, D.C. Now, rumor has it that Salazar is about to finger Cabello as the…
When police pulled Orin Tong over during a narcotics sweep yesterday and found ecstasy pills in his car, police say he quickly fingered his source: his own daughter, Mariah. The cops got a search warrant, went to the Tongs’ nearby home in Little Haiti, and inside found a full-on grow…
The gunshots rang out around 10:30 a.m. yesterday, sending panicked customers at an Aventura shopping center with a Whole Foods, Target, and Best Buy running for cover. Only after the dust settled was it clear where the gunfire had originated: from two Aventura PD officers who had each fired rounds…
In the lab, the genetically modified mosquito larvae glow green and red to help researchers track them. The bugs’ DNA has been tweaked with a killer gene that will wipe out the next generation of blood-suckers before they can latch onto humans. Millions of the scientifically created bugs are released…
The last time a hit-and-run driver killed a cyclist on the Rickenbacker Causeway, it sparked a new law in Tallahassee: the Aaron Cohen Life Protection Act, which toughened penalties against drivers who flee fatal accident scenes. This week, yet another cyclist is dead and another is seriously injured after an…
Rick Scott knows a thing or two about emergency damage control. This is the same executive, after all, who survived his company getting hit with the biggest Medicare fraud fine in history, escaping with a golden parachute and a path into politics. Last night, Scott showed his finest scandal-ducking form…
David Rivera didn’t want to talk. The embattled ex-congressman had walked into a Miami clerk’s office to file paperwork for a comeback bid expecting a quick photo op and a few softball questions from a Spanish-language TV crew. Instead, he found Marc Caputo and his handheld camera. The beautifully awkward…
Update: The cyclist killed this morning has been identified as Walter Reyes. His cycling partner, Henry Hernandez, is in serious condition at a local hospital. Police say the driver fled the scene but later returned, and investigators are looking into whether he was intoxicated. For cyclists around South Florida, this…
Miami drivers are used to plenty of odd sights on I-95, but the late-afternoon holiday crowd yesterday caught an eyeful even for South Florida: hundreds of riders on dirt bikes, motorcycles, and ATVs swarming through the highway traffic, many of them popping wheelies and weaving between lanes. Motorists and cops…
In just under a month, Tony Bosch is scheduled to face the music for his years selling steroids to ballplayers from his Coral Galbes clinic Biogenesis. In the meantime, though, Bosch has been trying to work through his own addiction to decidedly non-performance enhancing drugs. Bosch lost his bail back…
Nationwide and in Miami, outrage over police violence against African-Americans has reached a boiling point, fueled by the lack of indictments in the Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and Tamir Rice cases. So it’s beyond baffling why the North Miami Beach Police Department not only used photos of local black men…
