Officer Eric Guzman’s highlights over his nine years on the Miami Police Department include 30 use-of-force complaints, two dead suspects, and one self-inflicted gunshot wound to the foot. Sgt. Juan Mendez, meanwhile, has killed four suspects and racked up nearly 100 complaints in his 28-year career. Like a recurring migraine,…
The killer arrived just after lunch. Clutching a sawed-off shotgun in a leather-gloved hand, he slipped through the back door of a long, stucco dental office. But then, because he wore a ski mask and the afternoon burned hot, he coughed. Down a narrow hallway at the front of the…
Michael Beasley’s career with the Heat is nothing but a footnote to the dynasty the team assembled in the summer of 2010. Drafted second overall by the Heat in 2008, Beasley was quickly traded away in order to make room for LeBron James and Chris Bosh. Well, Beasley is coming…
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In almost every episode of A&E’s Hoarders, a single animal pulled from the mass of heaping garbage is paraded as a symbol. It’s both a trope and testament to the hoarder’s insanity that a living creature could be buried under detritus, going undetected until the network’s intervention. But in a…
Aisha Jean Clark apparently comes from the Michael Jackson school of baby rearing. The Tampa woman was arrested on charges of child neglect after she put a photo of herself dangling a baby boy over a balcony that was 12 feet off the ground on Instagram…
Dolphins defensive tackle Randy Starks has good reason to be upset about his back-up role. So when he shot a middle finger to the Dolphins bench during the Browns game on Sunday, many interpreted it as a not-so-secret message to the Dolphins coaching staff. Starks now explains that it was…
As his reelection efforts ramp up, Florida Governor Rick Scott thought it would be a good idea to raise money by killing some of Florida’s most iconic creatures. He was all set to host a $25,000-a-person gator hunt in mid-October. Now Scott has canceled the event. Not because it was…
In Miami’s restaurant industry, Eddie Santana is infamous. A handsome waiter with a love for litigation, Santana slapped 30 local restaurants with lawsuits in less than a decade. Some suits were serious. Others seemed frivolous. Either way, they netted him nearly $150,000 in settlements. When New Times exposed his lawsuit…
Despite what your fat uncle Tony in Buffalo says, chicken wings are not the fix-all answer to all of the world’s problems. Just ask Myakka City resident Patrick Arthur. He just got arrested for throwing a bowl of chicken wings at his wife…
Eighty-one-year-old Hialeah resident Evardo Busnego must have been really mad at that crossing guard. Yesterday afternoon, Busnego allegedly fired a BB gun at a crossing guard, hitting her in the buttocks. When police arrived around 5 p.m. to question him about the incident, Busnego responded by firing shots at the…
Twelve years ago, just a month after the towers fell in New York, New Times reporter Bob Norman showed you that the 9/11 bombers had been allowed to enter the country illegally through Miami. The series he wrote, “Admitting Terror,” won a Livingston Award for Young Journalists because it showed…
Annnnnnnnnnnnnd down the stretch they come! The MLB regular season finish line is near, and you know what that means, Marlins fans: playoffs 100-loss-season watch! Just fewer than 20 games remain between you and a Marlins free Twitter timeline — that is, until they trade Giancarlo Stanton in December. In…
LeBron James’ Miami Heat contract gives him the option to become a free agent as soon as this summer. The King tells ESPN that while it would be “ideal” to stay with the Miami Heat, he really has “no idea” how exactly the future will play out. Don’t freak out…
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Yesterday in a column torn to shreds by our Northern brethren over at The Pulp, Palm Beach Post columnist Frank Cerabino suggested that Tim Tebow would make an excellent choice for Rick Scott to pick as his next Lieutenant Governor. Hold your groans. It’s actually a brilliant idea. So elegant,…
Miami Beach police are on the lookout for a man who followed an unsuspecting woman into her Ocean Drive hotel room, overpowered her, and then raped her. The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, September 6. The victim, a Swiss tourist, was walking into the Hotel Breakwater at…
The University of Miami Hurricanes left the University of Florida Gators stunned and defeated on the football field Sunday, but the school’s academic competition got a bit closer today. U.S. News & World Reports released its annual college rankings today. While UM fell three spots, UF rose five spots, leaving…
South Florida is no stranger to casino cruises and party boats. They leave from Port Everglades and Bayside Marketplace, taking people to the open waters to party. In the case of casino cruises, boats actually head three miles out to international waters, where U.S. law no longer applies. But with…
Harry Styles, a pouty 19-year-old English lad whose main job duties include sort of singing with his band One Direction, is reportedly considering purchasing an elegant, beachfront megamansion on Key Biscayne listed for a cool $19.5 million, because life is unfair and weird like that…
A crime ring operating in Miami-Dade is believed to be following women, waiting for them to park their cars, and breaking into the vehicles to steal banking and identification information that is then used to defraud victims of thousands of dollars. “Literally, a female will park her car, go for…
Traces of a dozen dioxins and heavy metals have been discovered in Coconut Grove’s Blanche Park on Shipping Avenue. Grove residents, including children, might have been exposed to the dangerous substances for years. Workers Monday began paving a parking lot, and much of the playground, which includes a dog park,…
