In hindsight, 2015 was the year America began a long, hard discussion about police-involved deaths. Already a tough and heated conversation to have, the talk was made all the more tough by the realization that no one — not the federal government, not an NGO, not a single journalistic institution…
Just over one year ago, Tony Bosch’s lawyers pleaded for leniency from a federal judge as he was sentenced for running a secret steroid ring out of his Coral Gables anti-aging clinic, Biogenesis. Bosch had turned snitch for the feds, they argued, helping to indict seven other co-conspirators, and had…
Michael Gavins just wanted a hamburger. He’d worked up a growling hunger while watching the Dolphins beat the Eagles with his childhood buddies in South Miami, where he’d grown up. The 36-year-old knew he could have been a pro himself if his knees had held up. The six-foot-six behemoth was…
By halftime, the ASA College Silver Storm had a commanding lead over the Alabama Prep Sports Academy Bearcats. The late Sunday afternoon sky was overcast and the metal bleachers all but empty at Ricky M. Cairns Memorial Stadium, a high-school field 35 miles south of Birmingham where one end zone…
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement have identified more 13,435 untested rape kits throughout the state after conducting a study ordered by the state legislature. 2243 of those were in the hands of the City of Miami Police Department, the most of any agency that took part in the survey…
Journalists look forward to the last week of December as the time of the year when the silliest civic press releases of the year hit our inboxes. The releases come from mayors, city commissioners and celebrities, all sincerely asking for the same thing: Please Miami, stop shooting your guns into…
Protests and debates have erupted across the country this week in the wake of a grand jury’s decision not to indict the Cleveland police officers who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice. Most of that debate has centered on whether police had real reason to fear for their lives, as…
Seven-year-old Amir was visiting his cousins yesterday in southwest Dade County, hanging out inside their modest ranch home in the Jackson Heights neighborhood. That’s when a white Dodge Ram slowed to a crawl along Jackson Street, rolled down a window and peppered the house with bullets from a high-powered rifle…
It’s almost noon when Christian Valdes blinks open his eyes. The muscular 32-year-old with short black hair and a goatee quickly realizes he’s hung over. His head is pounding, and his mouth is parched. If he doesn’t get water soon, he may puke. The last thing he recalls is stumbling…
Arrests for driving under the influence in Miami Beach have been noticeably down over the past few years. A reorginization of police patrol zones in 2011 meant that police ended up prioritizing their efforts targeting other crimes over catching those who were driving drunk. This despite the fact that Miami…
In the wake of the 9-11 attacks, donations and federal funds poured into New York City, including millions sent to the medical examiner’s office to help identify the remains of the nearly 3,000 people killed that day. At least $10 million of that cash, though, never made it to help…
On a wooded plot of land in Southwest Miami-Dade, animals were allegedly stabbed, hooked and dragged around regularly. Some would even be boiled alive. It’s been dubbed an “animal house of horrors.” Now, after a seven and half month investigation into the illegal slaughterhouse, officials have now arrested two people…
Public sentiment against the death penalty has reached its highest peak since 1972. Even in states where the death penalty remains legal, death penalty sentences and actual executions are becoming rarer and rarer. Well, Florida is bucking the trend and remained quite death penalty-happy in 2015. In fact, a year-end report…
On Monday night, identical threats promising bloody attacks were sent to public school systems in New York and Los Angeles. L.A. went ballistic, shutting down all schools on Tuesday at a cost of millions to taxpayers; New York, meanwhile, deemed the threats a “hoax” and went on with their business. …
Amazon’s Prime Now one-hour delivery service has been operating in Miami since earlier this year. Maybe you’ve seen their white vans driving around. Sometimes with “Amazon” printed prominently on the side. There haven’t been any major hitches, but this is Miami and someone figured out you could probably just easily rob…
Venezuela’s Chavista President Nicolas Maduro took a crushing loss at the polls earlier this month to opposition parties who say his government is horribly corrupt. This morning, U.S. prosecutors are dealing dealt him another vicious body blow. One of Maduro’s top military leaders — Néstor Reverol, head of the country’s National…
If you have a teen in your life then a hoverboard might be high on their Christmas list. All their favorite rappers and Vine stars have one. Well, they’re also at the top of thieves’ wish list. In the past week alone two separate stores selling the trendy toy have…
Three-and-a-half years after a drive-by shooting in Miami Gardens sent a bullet through the trunk of a car and into Megan Hobson’s pelvis, the 20-year-old from Miami Lakes continues to heal. She has had four surgeries to reconstruct her intestines, uterus and hip, and still has trouble walking on her…
Lissette Batista was two months pregnant when three women beat her up inside Club Therapy on NE 11th Street in downtown Miami this past January 4. Her boyfriend, Aldo Pedroza tried to intervene, and the women clobbered him too. Bouncers then jumped into the situation, leaving the attackers alone, kicking…
Five days after bystanders filmed Miami Beach Police shooting and killing a man in the middle of Alton Road during Art Basel weekend, details about the fatal encounter are becoming more clear. The suspect, 51-year-old David Winsette, had escaped a halfway house, just tried to rob a bank and held…
Dramatic video captured by a bystander and uploaded to Instagram this morning captures a man being shot by Miami Beach Police officers in the middle of Alton Road. Details on the shooting are still scarce. An MBPD spokesperson tells New Times the department will release a statement on the shooting…
Amidst the endless stalls of modern art choked with thousands of patrons inside Art Basel Miami this afternoon, a scream burst through the cacophony inside the Miami Beach Convention Center just after 5 p.m. today. Was it performance art? A prankster? As fairgoers converged, they quickly realized something more serious…
