Bolat Nazarbayev, Connected Kazakh Millionaire, Sues Over Miami Luxury Condo
Bolat Nazarbayev, Connected Kazakh Millionaire, Sues Over Miami Luxury Condo
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Man Caught Filming Nude Hooters Models Tells Cops “I’ve Never Had A Girlfriend”
Give Ronald Rolfes points for honesty. The heavyset, 31-year-old Georgia man was caught on Sunday secretly recording women undressing backstage during the Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant at the Fontainebleau Hotel. When police confronted him with the video evidence of his crimes, he had a simple explanation.”Man to man, I did…
Florida Birther Sues To Remove Obama From Ballot, With Support From Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Remember when Donald Trump and his friends were all, “Obama can’t be president, he was secretly born in Kenya!” Then Obama released his original birth certificate from Hawaii and they were like, “Never mind!”If you thought that was the end of the argument, oh how wrong you were. The latest…
A Kazakh Millionaire Named Bolat Says St. Regis Bal Harbour Ripped Him Off
Five years ago, a naive, impressionable Kazakh named Bolat made his way to Miami, plunked down $1.2 million for a luxury condo, and paraded around Miami Beach in a lime-green Speedo stretched over his shoulders.OK, that last part might not be true. In fact, the real-life Bolat is far from…
Cuba’s Just About the Only Place Left On Earth Where Coke Doesn’t Sell Soda
Among the many cruel side effects of the five-decade old American embargo against Cuba — economic stagnation, consolidated power for Castro, decaying infrastructure — there’s another oft-ignored tragedy: Cubans are among the only people on earth to whom Coca-Cola isn’t officially selling their sugary caffeine-delivery system.That list just got even…
Marco Rubio Nearly Dropped Out Of Senate Race Until Charlie Crist Pissed Him Off
Early in his surprise Senate run against Charlie Crist, Marco Rubio was being badly out-raised and was this close to dropping out to run for attorney general. Then Crist made a strategic error: He really pissed off Rubio. After Crist’s campaign leaked rumors that Rubio was soon to drop out…
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Allen Stanford Gets 110 Years In Prison For Massive Ponzi Scheme
Allen Stanford — the massive Ponzi-schemer and full-time nutter who put his billions in illicit profits into a Coral Gables castle and cricket tournaments in the Caribbean — was sentenced to more than a century of jail time for his crimes today. A federal judge in Texas sentenced the financier,…
Florida Police Union Calls Gov. Rick Scott a “Shithead” In Secret Newsletter Message
Time and again, Florida’s Police Benevolent Association has asked Gov. Rick Scott to write for its union newsletter, the Roll Call. Over and over, Scott has ignored the PBA (which, to be fair, did campaign heavily against the governor.) So the union took the mature, adult tact and wrote a…
Florida Man In “A-Team” Van Rams Police, Gets Tased
Luis Davilo was just livin’ the dream — drinking some beers, cruising his A-Team van around suburban Orlando, pityin’ fools — when the Man unwisely intervened. An Orlando cop pulled Davilo over for not having his lights on. That’s when Davilo sprang into Mr. T-worthy action, repeatedly ramming the cop…
“Stand Your Ground” Laws Increase Homicides, Don’t Deter Crime, Study Says
Among the many stark questions at the heart of the Trayvon Martin case is one simple query with huge implications: Does Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law encourage guys like George Zimmerman to take justice into their own hands? Or, as Florida Republicans argue, does it deter crime by ensuring anyone…
Chad Ochocinco Signs With the Dolphins, Tweets in Spanish
In a serious bid to bolster their Hard Knocks reality show ratings — and an outside chance to firm up the wide receiver position a little — the Miami Dolphins reportedly signed hometown class clown Chad Ochocinco last night. Ochocinco celebrated the best way he knew how: updating his Twitter…
Luka Magnotta, Alleged “Canadian Cannibal,” Investigated For Links to 2009 Miami Murder UPDATE
Back in August 2010, Luka Rocco Magnotta joined Miami Beach 411 and posted a new thread to the popular discussion board: “I just moved to Miami and love it,” he announced over a self portrait in Moscow. Later that day, he posted photos of himself in a Lotus, supposedly parked…
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Florida Is Officially America’s Most Corrupt State
Which is the single most corrupt state in our glorious union? Is it Illinois with its Rod Blagojevich bribery bonanza? Louisiana with its freezer-stuffing yet always reelected congressmen? California with its small-town, $700,000-salaried officials?None of the above, according to a new study out this morning. Florida tops them all –…
Carolyn Modeste, Ex-Miami Shores Comptroller, Stole $200K After Falling for African Orphan Scam
Carolyn Modeste, Ex-Miami Shores Comptroller, Stole $200K After Falling for African Orphan Scam
Hugo Chavez Bans Guns, Gives Away A House On Twitter, Might Be On Heavy Duty Morphine
Hugo Chavez had himself the kind of action-packed weekend fit only for a Bolivarian strongman. First, he banned all private gun sales in Venezuela — limiting hand guns to just police and military forces — in a move he says will help stem the wave of violent crime in his…
Carolyn Modeste, Ex-Miami Shores Comptroller, Stole $200K Because She Fell For African Orphan Scam
When Carolyn Modeste earned 30 months in prison a few weeks ago for stealing more than $200,000 from Miami Shores taxpayers, she nabbed a few hundred words in the Miami Herald and a quick mention on the afternoon news. But no one bothered to answer the real question: Why did…
Department of Justice to Florida: Stop Purging Voters
When Gov. Rick Scott’s administration began a statewide purge of “non-citizen” voters, it didn’t seem like a coincidence that the Miami Herald found the GOP-led effort disproportionately targeted Democrats, Hispanics and independents — many of whom were in fact eligible to vote. It was also no great shock that Scott’s…
Miguel Exposito, Former Miami Police Chief, Asks Judges Today To Give Him Job Back
For two years, Miguel Exposito was the head honcho at the Miami Police Department. They were jolly times for the Magic City’s muckrakers, who made an easy living as Exposito butted heads with Mayor Tomas Regalado and produced a too-crazy-to-be-true litany of scandals and shootings. When he was fired in…
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Miami Bride Says Botched Wedding Gave Her Posttraumatic Depression
Miami Bride Says Botched Wedding Gave Her Posttraumatic Depression
Miami Zombie Witness Called Police 17 Minutes Before Cops Shot And Killed Rudy Eugene
Nash Perez was driving his kids home from a Sunday afternoon at the Miami Children’s Museum when a curious sight made him tap his brakes. A few hundred feet ahead, about midway up the sharp hill 395 climbs near the Miami Herald, a naked man was gesturing angrily at the…
Miami Bride Says Her Wedding Was Botched So Badly She’s Got Post-Traumatic Depression
For more than a year, Karina Eddé spent just about every waking minute dreaming up her perfect wedding. Dozens of friends and relatives would fly in from around the world, meet on a giant yacht festooned with handmade decorations on the Miami River, and then sail in the moonlight to…
Memorial Day Police Shooting Victims Are Suing Miami Beach
Remember last Memorial Day weekend on South Beach? Yes, that was the one when Miami Beach cops unloaded more than a hundred rounds into the car of Raymond Herisse, a Palm Beach resident police say tried to run them over on Collins Avenue. Not all those bullets hit Herisse, though. At…