Special Counsel Robert Mueller has turned in his report on alleged Russian interference to the Justice Department. Very few people know what Mueller has been up to for the last two-odd years — maybe he’s proved that Donald Trump met Vladimir Putin at a Cheesecake Factory in Volgograd, where they…
Some Florida lawmakers claim SB 168, which forces towns to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is pro-law-enforcement. But today, one of the state’s most prominent cops, City of Miami Police Chief Jorge Colina, sharply criticized portions of the measure. Colina said if he were asked to check a crime…
Now that the Ryan Tannehill seven-year saga is finally behind the Miami Dolphins and Ryan Fitzpatrick has signed a two-year deal to act as a bridge to the future, the search begins for the next great Dolphins quarterback. The consensus opinion…
At his sentencing for the 1983 murder of a West Palm Beach college student, Ronald Henry Stewart said he was pleading no contest because it was in his best interest. His attorney pointed out a slew of flaws in the case — a potentially faulty eyewitnesses, the use of jailhouse snitches, and fingerprint evidence that didn’t match Stewart’s prints. But Stewart had previously been convicted of multiple rapes, and he feared being executed if a jury convicted him of killing 20-year-old Regina Harrison.
There are dating apps and websites for farmers, Disney freaks, tall people, beard enthusiasts, and even furries. It was just a matter of time before someone started one for dog lovers. Enter Dig — the Dog Person’s Dating App. Sisters Casey and Leigh Isaacson came up with the idea back…
Two American citizens who live in South Florida— Miamian Garland Creedle and Keys resident Peter Sean Brown — sued Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties after being wrongly held in jail and nearly deported thanks to mistaken paperwork from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Frighteningly, those two people are not alone. According…
Florida’s Democratic Party is in deep trouble. The party that makes up the majority of Sunshine State voters (37 percent versus 35 percent Republican) didn’t get its people to the polls in 2018 and lost a U.S. Senate seat, the governor’s chair, and both houses of the state Legislature…
The Heat is playing a game of musical chairs for one of the final spots in the Eastern Conference NBA playoffs. With just a few weeks left in the season, the Heat is within striking distance of the sixth seed, but also, unfortunately, the…
When Miami-Dade Police violently dragged Dyma Loving to the ground and arrested her earlier this month, she was standing on the sidewalk telling officers that a man had pulled a gun on her. According to County Commissioner Joe Martinez, though, the 26-year-old black woman “was not being compliant,”…
Tension between South Beach spring breakers and older, whiter, richer, and stodgier residents has been leading up to this for years. But yesterday’s revelation was still shocking. Miami Beach officials announced that for the remainder of spring break, teams of police in riot gear will patrol Ocean Drive and the…
The jailhouse surveillance video clearly shows the deputy violently wrenching inmate Audra West up out of a chair, throwing her around the room, and dragging her into a strip-search room. Other female deputies then run into the room with the door shutting behind them. West says that inside the room,…
Typically, political issues in cushy, wealthy, coddled Coral Gables are boring. But every once in a while, the city’s mayor openly admits he’s planning to bulldoze an entire neighborhood full of poor people. Case in point: Gables Mayor Raúl Valdés-Fauli openly admitted in a city candidate debate last week that…
Despite years of alleged misconduct, Frank Pichel somehow still works in Miami politics. In 2000, he was suspended from his job as a City of Miami Police sergeant after being caught allegedly writing a fake incident report to cover for a buddy who beat a handcuffed detainee to death. In 2006…
The NCAA Tournament field was announced last night, and to the surprise of no one Miami’s 14-18 record wasn’t good enough to punch a ticket to the dance. It’s the second year in a row the Hurricanes will miss the tournament, which, if we’re honest, few will notice. Miami…
In December, 38-year-old Mabel Perez-Ordonez received good news. A letter from Miami-Dade Police stated she’d been the victim of indecent exposure. That meant the Nicaraguan native would be eligible for a U visa — a path to legal status for undocumented crime victims who cooperate with cops. The Hialeah mother…
The City of Miami currently operates a Civilian Investigative Panel, a group of everyday citizens who investigate complaints against Miami Police Department officers. The panel provides basic levels of accountability for the department, which has been regularly accused of committing civil-rights violations for decades. Naturally, the city’s police union has fought…
A Florida jury today acquitted North Miami SWAT Officer Jonathan Aledda on one count of culpable negligence after he shot a behavioral therapist, Charles Kinsey, in the leg in 2016. Kinsey was trying to help an unarmed man with autism, Arnaldo Rios Soto, out of an intersection. Rios Soto was holding a silver toy truck…
Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who has been a cornerstone of the team since 2012, was traded to the Tennessee Titans Friday. The Dolphins will get a fourth-round pick in 2020 as well as a 2019 seventh-round pick, while the Titans receive Tannehill and a sixth-round pick in 2019, according…
Ever since Miami city commissioners approved Ultra Music Festival’s move from downtown to Virginia Key, environmentalists have worried about the impact on the island’s federally protected wildlife. Festival organizers conducted wildlife surveys and put together an environmental plan — but now one leading environmental nonprofit is blasting those efforts as…
Former Miami Police union chief Capt. Javier Ortiz has an uncanny knack for worming his way out of trouble. During his 14 years with MPD, Ortiz has been hit with 38 citizen complaints — but only six have been sustained by Internal Affairs. He’s proud of this and has openly bragged about his IA file on Facebook.
One year ago, in this very space, we pleaded with the Miami Dolphins to sign Miami native and former Miami Northwestern High School and Louisville star Teddy Bridgewater. It made sense heading into last season, knowing full well that Ryan Tannehill might miss games (he did) due to…
It was as if the bridge appeared out of nowhere. Carlos Badillo had driven past Florida International University before, but on March 15, 2018, he noticed something he hadn’t seen just a week earlier. It was a little before 2 p.m., and he was driving east on Tamiami Trail with his wife, Martha Plaza Cevallos. Up ahead, a 174-foot bridge had been erected in front of the Modesto A. Maidique Campus.
