Ultra 2015: 76 Arrests Reported at This Year’s Festival

Ultra Music Festival promised to up security and safety this year after a number of troubling incidents increased calls to boot the EDM-fest from Downtown last year. They brought in former Miami Beach police chief Ray Martinez as head of security, and changed policy to no longer admit minors to…

Miami Will Finally Try to Fix Its Crooked Guardianship Programs

Last spring, New Times published the results of a five-month investigation into Miami-Dade’s guardianship system — the program set up by the courts to protect the assets of vulnerable people. Except in South Florida, it had become a politically-connected, un-regulated cesspool of abuse.  One year later, as Tallahassee works to…

Real Housewife Ana Quincoces Arrested, Blames Cockroaches

Ana Quincoces’ time on The Real Housewives of Miami was brief, but her vacation time down in the keys was cut even shorter. First by cockroaches and then by the law.  Quincoces has a suspended license, but continued to drive freely. Apparently she’s been spending a lot of time down…

Feds Seized 797 Pounds of Cocaine From Boat on Miami River

U.S. Customs and Border Protection made interesting discovery back on February 27th right here on the Miami River. They found 797 pounds of cocaine hidden inside a boat on the Miami River, leading to one of the largest recent cocaine seizure in Miami in recent memory.  The Miami Border Enforcement Security…

Ex-North Miami Mayor Lucie Tondreau Sentenced to 65 Months

It was less than two years ago that Lucie Tondreau was elected as North Miami’s first female Hatiian-American mayor. This morning she was sentenced to 65 months behind bars for her role in a real estate fraud scheme. No one said that corruption wasn’t an equal opportunity in Miami-Dade.  Tondreau…

FBI Arrests Six in Pirate Towing Scam

Settle down, this has nothing to do with towing on the Beach, but the FBI did make six arrests for local towing corruption involving city of Miami police officers and public safety aids.  When you get into a car accident and an officer arrives on the seen in Miami you…

Miami Beach Police Return Man’s Phone in Pieces

Jay Jones was on the phone with his girlfriend when her voice was suddenly drowned out by a mechanical roar. The 29-year-old glanced up to find a trio of angry-looking Miami Beach cops atop sputtering ATVs. “I gotta go,” Jones told his girlfriend. “I’ll call you right back.” Not on…