Roberto Destephan, the City of Miami Police officer and former Fraternal Order of Police union vice president, filmed himself last year tossing Hebrew texts into a garbage heap outside an FOP office while calling the books “trash.” That video then leaked to WPLG Local 10 News last…
Earlier this week, Hallandale Beach Commissioner Anabelle Lima-Taub decided, for some godforsaken reason, to post on Facebook that she was worried that Rashida Tlaib, one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress, was a “Hamas-loving anti-Semite” who would “blow up Capitol Hill.” In other words: With zero evidence, she accused a Palestinian-American of being a terrorist. That’s racist, full stop.
Bernardo Benes, maybe more than anyone else, made Miami the capital of Latin America it is today. He also made himself an outcast. After becoming one of the first influential bankers in Miami by climbing the ranks at Washington Savings and Loan Association — long before Brickell became the finance…
In the past year, Hialeah has been named one of the worst cities for recreation, renters, and singles. It’s the worst city for an active lifestyle. It’s the worst city to celebrate Valentine’s Day. It’s the worst city for financial security. For a place that calls itself the City of Progress, Hialeah seems to rank abysmally low on almost every metric. What gives?
While most of Miami was focused on the annual end-of-season pants-pooping by the Miami Dolphins, Heat players were slowly picking themselves off the ground and recovering from their own early-season trousers-soiling. When December began, the Miami Heat was one of the worst teams in the NBA. Since then,…
While living in Cartagena, Colombia, Jose Irizarry allegedly held lavish yacht parties with bikini-clad prostitutes. He took first-class flights to Europe and brought along some Louis Vuitton luggage and a gold Hublot watch. He funded his lifestyle by stealing cash from Colombian drug dealers and engaging in schemes to launder money…
In April 2017, New Times reported on a study showing that people who hate kneeling NFL players are also very likely racist. That news has not stopped Miami Herald sportswriter Armando Salguero from flying into something of a blackout rage whenever anyone mentions football players protesting racism in America…
New Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony has officially begun the process of turning former Sheriff Scott Israel’s many controversial political hires into political fires. Tony took additional steps to clean house at BSO today, this time taking aim at two of former sheriff Scott Israel’s political cronies who’d been given high-level…
Mary “Mayhem” Mayhew, Florida’s new Medicaid chief, was accused of all kinds of misdeeds while running Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). She was repeatedly sued and fined for failing to follow various rules while working under then-Gov. Paul LePage. Yesterday, New Times recounted how the federal government in…
In a few short weeks, passersby will be able to hold their phones up and and see a video.
Unlike five other members of the Broward Sheriff’s Office command staff, Col. Frank Adderley remained at the agency over the weekend after Gov. Ron DeSantis ousted his boss, Scott Israel, as sheriff. Adderley, the at-times controversial former police chief of Fort Lauderdale, tried his fate with new Sheriff Gregory Tony, who…
When Donald Trump chose Mary Mayhew to run the nation’s Medicare and Medicaid programs in 2018, Maine residents were alarmed: From 2011 to 2017, Mayhew had run that state’s medical programs. She was so psychotically focused on cutting medical programs for the poor that she became known as “Mary Mayhem.” Oddly, she stepped down three months later.
Despite the fact that City of Miami taxpayers in 2016 shelled out $400,000 to equip half of the 1,300-member police force with body cameras, the Civilian Investigative Panel (CIP) continues having to call out the city’s cops for misusing the devices. The Miami Police Department needed the cameras after the federal government whacked the department…
A new ordinance would require background checks.
Producers of The Bachelor have a sweet spot for South Florida. Over the nearly 17 years the ABC show has been on the air, there have been plenty of, uh, memorable cast members who hail from the Miami area.
You were probably busy crying in the corner. Maybe you were watching videos of long-ago Heat championship parades, Marlins World Series victories, or the Dolphins’ undefeated season a half-century ago. So you might have missed this bit of unsurprising news: Everything sports in South Florida — from Sawgrass Mills Mall down to Bayside Marketplace — is a big ol’ pile of depressing.
Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel was basically fired on Friday. Israel’s cops demonstrably failed during the Parkland shooting: A scathing, 500-page report released earlier this month detailed how multiple BSO deputies failed to confront Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooter Nikolas Cruz. Deputies lacked proper training to handle mass shooters and it appears…
On the same day that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended their boss from office and named Gregory Tony the first black sheriff in Broward County history, five top members of the command staff announced their resignations, sources confirmed to New Times. Those who resigned include Undersheriff Steve Kinsey, Col. Jack…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to remove Broward Sheriff Scott Israel from his post today at 3 p.m. during a news conference in front of BSO headquarters. That much is clear. But there is much speculation about whom DeSantis will install as the top cop. New Times has confirmed a Politico report that the governor is expected to choose former Coral Springs sergeant Gregory Tony as the interim sheriff. Tony would become the first black sheriff in Broward history.
Donald Trump’s tantrum over his absurd border wall has now made life even more frustrating for Miamians
In late December, the feds told the Associated Press that the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children, a migrant camp holding 1,300 immigrant children outside of Miami, would add 1,000 extra beds some time in 2019. While immigrant-rights groups maintain the facility is a humanitarian nightmare — one…
On New Year’s Eve, Dolphins owner Stephen Ross asked vice president Mike Tannenbaum to move his desk to the nearest Panera cafe. He also relieved Adam Gase of his head coaching duties after three unimpressive seasons that resulted in a 23-25 record, some of the worst offenses in football,…
