Jon Pernell Roberts, the megasmuggler featured in the documentary Cocaine Cowboys, has died at the age of 63. Film company Rakontur’s Billy Corben tweeted yesterday: “Just got word that Jon Roberts from Cocaine Cowboys passed away. Thankful he gave us the opportunity to tell his story.” And the singer Akon,…
Hugo Chavez has struggled through cancer over the past year, losing his hair, gaining weight and traveling repeatedly to Cuba for surgeries. Chavez has never said precisely what stage of the disease he has, but on Wednesday the Venezuelan president suggested that he knew the source: A secret U.S. cancer-causing…
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Miami’s Dirty Dozen 2011
Miami-Dade cop Fernando Villa had problems long before his DUI
Miami locals’ New Year’s resolutions
South Florida family sues over “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town”
Richard Nixon’s best friend was a sharp dressing and charming Cuban-American businessman named Bebe Rebozo. Rebozo lived alone for much of his life in a well-decorated Key Biscayne home (Nixon eventually moved next door), once worked as a flight attendant, enjoyed show tunes, and after an early marriage that was,…
Ligunson Edmond and Jacques Davis Jean, both 21, have been arrested on charges that they raped an eight-month pregnant woman in North Miami on December 22nd. Edmond has already admitted to police that he forced the woman to have sex with him…
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To hear the story repeated from fine bastions of journalism like the New York Times, NPR, and CNN, you’d be lead to believe that the chimpanzee who played Cheetah, Tarzan’s ape companion in the famed 1930s movie series, recently died in an animal sanctuary in Palm Harbor, Florida. Don’t believe…
Aside from that dark and confusing year he played for the Jets, Jason Taylor may be the most beloved Miami Dolphin since Dan Marino, but the 37-year-old is reportedly preparing to hang up his cleats for good after Sunday’s game against those New York Jets. Taylor put in 15 years…
In a few short weeks, the world’s eyes will turn to Havana as a powerful but highly controversial leader with millions of devout followers lands to shake hands with Fidel Castro. No, no, not the pope — he’s not coming until sometime this spring. We’re talking about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the…
Not many 6’2″ rookies can manage to steal the spotlight away from a collection of future Hall of Famers in their second NBA game ever. Not many 28th place draft picks manage to be the main man responsible for saving the defending East Conference Champs from an embarrassing fourth quarter…
Muckraking site OpenSecrets.org decided to throw some fire on the Occupy Movement this week by estimating the net worth of every single member of Congress, from mighty Darrell Issa with his $700 million to Florida pauper Alcee Hastings, who owes nearly $5 million in unpaid legal fees.Here in Miami, the…
2011 sucked for the average Miami sports fan. The Big 3 and the Miami Heat were bitched-slapped by the most annoying guest star on Entourage, a German white walker, a Puerto Rican hobbit, and the most overrated sixth man in the NBA. The Ex-Florida-Now-Miami Marlins continued to suck on the…
A late entry in the race for the title of 2011’s most depressingly, shake-your-faith in humanity, horrible shell of a human: Christopher P. Smith, 32, of Kissimmee, Florida. Smith’s twisted tale is one of adultery, manipulation, and, most sickening of all, pedophilia, according to police.Margaret Ann O’Neill, 26, a woman…
About a month after the hazing-linked death of FAMU band member Robert Champion, Miami-area U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson has announced plans to introduce a bill that would clamp down on hazing on a federal level…
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Ismael Cruz-Pratts, 48, was struck and killed by three cars last night in North-West Miami Dade. Disturbingly, only one of the drivers actually stopped to assist the victim. The two other cars drove away as Cruz-Pratts was left for the dead on the asphalt…
It’s that most special time of the year in Havana, when Raul Castro dresses up as Santa Claus and frees thousands of prisoners as a holiday gesture. Of course there’s a long list of convicts excluded from his Christmas amnesty — most notably hundreds of political prisoners, and Alan Gross,…
You’re at a bar. You’re drinking a beer. You’ve realized you’re out of money. Do you: a) call it quits; b) ask a friend to spot you; c) walk down the block and rob a bank?A Pasco County man went with option C and is now behind bars…
