Last Monday, Lucretia McKinney was delivering mail on her route of mansions along Pine Tree Drive when she turned the corner to a horrifying sight: Mariana Cruz — former soft-core porn actress and wife of longtime Miami Beach Commissioner Simon Cruz — standing in front of her house with her…
We’ve all been waiting for this moment: the day South Beach claimed its first NFL lockout victim. Because even when pro football players have a job to go to in the morning, they manage to get arrested on Washington Avenue at a rate that would make Rod Blagojevich blush.Take away…
Back in December, New Times reported the long and shady past of newly elected state Rep. Daphne Campbell’s questionable dealings while running group homes for adults who need special care. Now her son, 28-year-old Gregory Campbell, has been charged with Medicare fraud for allegedly billing the government for $299,000 worth of services…
Thieves broke into the Cutler Bay home of single mother Annalisa Bonocore and left little unturned. They took the TV, a laptop, a Wii, several pieces of jewelry, and even the six dollars in one of her girl’s piggy banks. Though, the robbery turned from cruel to almost inhumanly heartless…
Remember the Eastern European B-Girls who worked for a Russian mob that allegedly set up fake nightclubs on Washington Avenue to rob single male tourists of tens of thousands of dollars? As if you could forget.Today comes news from Philadelphia that among the dozens of victims was John Bolaris, a…
Myles Watkins spotted 25-year-old Lacramioara Laslau last month poolside at the Roney Plaza, the swanky condominiums in the same building as the Gansevoort Miami Beach. They approached the 5’10” woman and told her she could make it big in modeling. What they really had their eyes on was her $15,000…
Percy Palomino came home to his West Kendall house last month to find his 50-year-old wife Elizabeth dead in a pool of her own blood. Now, Reynerio Alonso Rivero has pleaded guilty to her murder. Alonso Rivero was not some random criminal. The Palominos knew him quite well. They had…
Miami-Dade County Public Schools is investigating an incident involving a female teacher allegedly sending an inappropriate text message to a 12-year-old female student. The message allegedly read “Show me a picture of your p****” according to WSVN. The incident happened at Jose de Diego Middle School in Miami…
Listen, if you’re going to be a parent who occasionally smoke a bit of pot that’s your business. Just never decide to get high while you should be actually parenting. Especially, when your toddler-aged kids are, say, sitting in a bathtub with the water running. Yes, Miami-Dade police have arrested…
The father-and-son Miami imams charged this weekend with aiding Pakistani terrorists will make their first appearance in court today at 1:30 pm as South Florida’s Muslim community tries to come to grips with the accusations.The Miami Herald says that the case against Hafiz and Izhar Khan is actually a bright…
A father and his two sons in South Florida have been arrested and charged with financially supporting the Pakistani Taliban. Hafiz Muhammed Sher Ali Khan, 76, the Imam of the Flagler Mosque, was charged with providing “material support” to the terrorist organization by federal prosecutors. His son, Irfan Khan, 37,…
Michael Bueno, a mentally ill man who had become somewhat notorious in his North Miami neighborhood for always asking strangers who passed him by for 50 cents, has been shot and killed by a Miami-Dade Police officer. The force says that Bueno was seen brandishing a knife when he was…
Police in Puerto Rico are analyzing the contents of three plastic bags containing a white powdery substance that were found on the body of Juan Leonardo Aviles Otero, the Miami-Dade Police officer who was fatally shot along with his sister on the island at 3 a.m. Thursday. Another, empty envelope…
A 17-year-old girl is suing Royal Caribbean after one of its employees allegedly plied her with alcohol and raped her during a March cruise.According to the lawsuit, 31-year-old Francisco Piñeda Adames was singing in the band aboard the ship when, two days into the cruise out of Fort Lauderdale, the…
Another Miami-Dade Police Officer has been shot and killed, but this time the officer wasn’t on duty. Officer Juan Aviles was visiting his mother in Puerto Rico, when a car he was traveling in with his sister was ambushed. Both Aviles and his sister were found dead with multiple bullet…
Miami police are looking for multiple gunmen with assault rifles who attacked a group in Liberty City early this morning, leaving one man dead and two seriously wounded.Dean Nathan Young, who was 45 years old, died shortly after he and two others were “ambushed” on the front lawn of a…
Twenty-two men have been arrested for agreeing to have sex with young children, some as young as nine, that they had met online. When they arrived, though, they were met by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. The men arrested include a UCF Student, a former television executive, a specialist in…
Adam Tavvs, the former Miami Beach cop who was involved in two fatal and questionable shootings within four days back in the summer of 2009, has found himself on the wrong side of the law once again. Tavvs was arrested in Doral over the weekend and charged with battery and…
Start with a premier so corrupt that the United Kingdom actually shut down his idyllic island’s government. Add a sexy beach resort trying to move into new territory. Top it off with a glass of spiked wine, a beautiful woman, and allegations of sexual assault. You’ve got either the plot…
In March 2010, Jonathan Labrada, 27, is alleged to have entered Botellita’s Bar, a popular spot in the Allapattah area of Miami, pulled out a gun and proclaimed “someone is going to die tonight.” Labrada did end up fatally shooting security guard Luis Diaz and has been on the run…
Last night, an unidentified North Miami man killed his wife, then failed in his attempt to kill himself. Police say that the couple’s three children, ages 4, 11, and 13, were home at the time. The children were unhurt, but one of the kids may have witnessed the father murdering…
A new court filing has exposed the identities of the adults involved in the production of a porn film that is believed to have starred a 15-year-old runaway- and even reveals the address where the shoot happened. Over repeated objections, Mauricio Botero, chief operating officer of Miami-based RK Netmedia- owner…
