Lee Willie DeJesus, a 25-year-old father from Homestead, was put behind bars last August after allegedly killing his two-year-old son during “boxing lessons”. He spent the rest of his life there. On Saturday DeJesus was found hanging from his own bed sheets at the Miami-Dade jail…
Yesterday, an over-eager PR flack from Guess sent out a press release and a picture claiming that none other than Lady Gaga had paid a visit to their South Beach store. Problem was that the woman in the picture was wearing painfully normal clothes, which is so not Gaga. Nor…
After just a few months in office, Floridians have decided they aren’t big fans of Rick Scott and his Tea Party-style politics. A new poll shows that 55 percent dislike the new governor, while only 32 percent like him. While Scott has never been Mr. Popular, those number have only…
Along with an alleged gang rape at the Fontainebleau and an intoxicated drowning death at the Clevelander, Ultra Weekend also brought us a scary near riot on South Beach as a drunken crowd surrounded and taunted two cops trying to arrest an unruly couple outside a Swedish House Mafia show. Videos…
The celluloid tails of giant sharks jumping on to boats and devouring everything in sight may be works of fiction from movies like Jaws. But occasionally a giant underseas dweller making their presence known above the water line happens. This weekend in the Florida Keys, just off Islamorada, a woman…
North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre’s campaign manager, Ricardo Brutus, took an envelope stuffed with $4,000 in cash in exchange for asking “his people” to take an item off the city council’s agenda earlier this year, prosecutors say. A police report obtained by New Times detailing Brutus’ arrest is sure to…
With gas prices slowly creeping once again to $4 for a gallon of regular, transportation is getting more expensive for us all. Even citizens who jet about town in taxis will start feeling the pain as cabs in the Miami area will start charging a $1 surcharge due to the…
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Three men in town for Spring Break and the festivities surrounding Miami Music Week were arrested after allegedly brutally gang raping a college student in their room at the Fontainebleau. The young woman met the men at a pool party at the Shelborne Hotel…
The busy Miami Music Week festival claimed at least one life this weekend when a man drowned during a pool party at the Clevelander hotel. The 40-year-old man from out of town was swimming in the hotel’s pool after drinking heavily and drowned. The hotel was hosting the Nervous Pool…
Governor Rick Scott has had his well-known tiffs with the Florida press pool, but at least he’s not locking them in closets. Vice President Joe Biden was in the Orlando area last week headlining a private fundraiser for Democratic Senator Bill Nelson. Journalist Scott Powers of The Orlando Sentinel was…
Eddie Santana, the litigious restaurant rebel New Times profiled earlier this month, has been convicted of misdemeanor assault and disorderly conduct. Judge Andrea Wolfson sentenced Santana to 120 days in Miami-Dade County jail and a year of probation on Friday.Santana has sued at least 30 businesses in Miami-Dade in the…
With the NBA playoffs just a few weeks away, it’s that time of year when we get a whole lotta Dwayne Wade and his towering deeds of heroic awesomeness all up in our faces. And even though D-Wade has made his name around these parts as a pretty righteous ass-kicker,…
As a blackballed steroid abuser who favors mesh t-shirts, it’s not easy to hit a new low when you’ve already had your personal street name revoked and you’ve been evicted from your house (and not even allowed to take your chandeliers with you). So if hometown hero Jose Canseco wants to really land on…
Mark March 22 as the moment the world started paying attention to Miami’s embattled police department. That’s when an ex-Miami Herald reporter named Don Van Natta Jr. parachuted in to write a New York Times piece telling millions of readers what everyone in black Miami knows too well: Miami PD…
The city may be enamored with a new generation of Miami Heat superstars, but we’ve still got love for Alonzo Mourning. Doesn’t hurt that he’s a pretty good guy. Apparently not content with his work through charities as a source of good karma, Mourning literally stopped traffic on the busy…
Wielding a thick black marker, Marlins President David Samson flourished his signature onto a gray steel beam. Moments later, a massive crane hoisted the girder high above the new Marlins stadium and guided it into place as the last link in the new retractable roof.Voters may not be enthralled by…
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Florida is likely to adopt a slightly dulled-down version of Arizona’s controversial immigration laws, and even with significant changes critics still think that the law will lead to racial profiling and requiring even legal citizens and immigrants to carry papers on them at all times. Rep. Luis Garcia (D-Miami Beach)…
We don’t want to say that all strippers are bad mothers. Some of them are just trying to put food on the table for their kids, but we’re not all that surprised that a Hialeah exotic dancer has been arrested after her toddler was found roaming the streets while she sat…
We’re really surprised it took this long for The Daily Show to sink its teeth into Florida Gov. Rick Scott. There’s certainly ample material. The guy’s political career is like a bad satire that somehow became real. Last night, Scott got the ire of Jon Stewart in a roundup of…
As we reported yesterday, Miami International Airport mysteriously burst into flames. The incident caused massive delays, an untold amount of damage, and both tourists and locals to lose their shit.But what really happened to cause the fire? We brought in our crack team of arson experts and they came up…
