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University of Miami Rape Investigator Quietly Fired for Hitting On Students

By Jerry IannelliJanuary 29, 2018

As the director of judicial affairs at the University of Miami from 2008 to 2016, Associate Dean of Students William A. “Tony” Lake investigated rape and sexual assault complaints. When he left in 2016, many assumed it was connected to a mishandled rape case that drew national press. Lake punished then-student David Jia for allegations that police later found to be false and was also separately accused of mishandling a different case by telling a victim to simply “avoid” her alleged rapist on campus.

Everything You Need to Know About Beckham’s Big MLS Announcement Today

By Tim ElfrinkJanuary 29, 2018

There are Miamians now close to graduating from high school who were freshmen when David Beckham announced he planned to bring a Major League Soccer team to Miami. When Beckham took the stage at Pérez Art Museum, Pharrell’s insidious earworm “Happy” had recently topped the charts and The Lego Movie was tearing up the box office. It was a long-ass time ago.

Video: Another South Florida Resident Dragged Off Greyhound Bus by Border Agents

By Tim ElfrinkJanuary 26, 2018

Last week, a video went viral showing a Jamaican-born grandmother being hauled off a Greyhound bus at a Fort Lauderdale station. The woman was returning from visiting her grandchild for the first time in Orlando, according to activists who mounted a campaign to pressure the bus line to stop granting federal agents access to randomly demand papers from its customers.

Erik Spoelstra Is the Best Coach in the NBA

By Ryan YousefiJanuary 26, 2018

Just when you think Erik Spoelstra can’t possibly improve upon the incredible coaching career he’s had with the Miami Heat over the past decade, this year’s Heat squad punches all the predictions from the prognosticators in the face, even as they’ve dealt with more adversity than almost any other team…

Miami Beach Honors Vigilante Group Criticized by ACLU

By Brittany ShammasJanuary 26, 2018

Miami Beach leaders took turns last week heaping praise on the founders of a secret Facebook group aimed at banishing criminals from the city. “You’ve taken an active role to become part of a solution for your community, and it’s just beautiful,” Commissioner John Elizabeth Alemán gushed. Added Commissioner Kristen Rosen…

Kodak Black Says Cops Can’t Prove That Was His Weed and Stolen Gun

By Jerry IannelliJanuary 26, 2018

Accused rapist and ultrapopular South Florida rapper Kodak Black live-streamed his own arrest last week. A masked squad from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office descended on his Pembroke Pines mansion as Black and a large entourage of friends, including Black’s own toddler — named King Khalid — hung out in a…

Florida’s GOP Politicians Keep Threatening to Jail Democratic Mayors

By Jerry IannelliJanuary 25, 2018

Last week, Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen asking her to investigate two of Florida’s most prominent Democratic leaders, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman and Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, for running “sanctuary cities” that refuse to detain immigrants on behalf of the…

Miami Considered a Previously Toxic Northwest Dade Lake for Amazon’s HQ2 Site

By Jerry IannelliJanuary 24, 2018

In 2015, residents living near Lake Carmen, a manmade body of water in unincorporated Northwest Miami-Dade, complained that a landowner had tried to fill in the lake with toxic soil, which included traces of reclaimed asphalt, tile, lead, arsenic, and petroleum. But the county’s Department of Environmental Resources Management (DERM) says it’s…

Five Reasons Miami Dolphins Fans Hate the New England Patriots

By Ryan YousefiJanuary 24, 2018

Most people hate the New England Patriots a lot. Like, a healthy, normal, understandable amount that comes with all the winning they’ve done over the last 15 years. That hatred continued to rise as the Patriots clinched yet another Super Bowl appearance last weekend when they came back to beat…

Fort Lauderdale Police Found Missing Man’s Body but Never Told Family

By Jessica LipscombJanuary 24, 2018

On November 26, Fort Lauderdale Police found Bob Karpinen slumped over dead on a bench at Colee Hammock Park. Identifying the body wasn’t difficult — the 58-year-old had an ID in his wallet and a pill bottle with his name and his doctor’s name listed on the side. Officers Jesus Gonzalez and Scott Bellinger filled out a report, jotting down contact information for Karpinen’s 77-year-old mother in Delray Beach.But for some reason, neither officer bothered contacting her or anyone else in the family. Within hours, Karpinen’s body was hauled off, his property seized, and the report closed out.

Florida Voters Can Finally Kill Racist, 150-Year-Old Felon Voting Ban

By Tim ElfrinkJanuary 23, 2018

Florida’s law denying the right to vote to anyone ever convicted of a felony is racist. Full stop. It was passed in 1868 by white-supremacist lawmakers enraged at the 14th Amendment, knowing full well that a crooked criminal justice system would ensure far more blacks than whites would be stamped with lifetime voting bans.

Miami Wants Amazon to Build Its Giant New Headquarters in Overtown

By Jerry IannelliJanuary 23, 2018

Overtown residents were already worried about the proposed Miami Innovation District and the under-construction Miami WorldCenter, both of which cross into the historically black neighborhood. The once-segregated area has been systematically destroyed by terrible urban planning for decades. Now locals worry that without better regulations, the new buildings will drive up real-estate prices and push out longtime residents.