The Florida Keys are a constant source of life lessons for the rest of the state. Last year, for instance, we learned not to get drunk while pushing your grandkid around in a stroller. More recently, the importance of giving someone known as the “Sea Hag” a beer when she…
Proving that thieves in Miami will steal just about anything if given the chance, two suspects stole 500 canaries from the home of an 87-year-old man. Yes, those tiny, chirping little pet birds…
Guillermo Cuadra thought he was in for a routine traffic stop when Miami police pulled him over on an August night two years ago. What he got instead was a broken left arm courtesy of some overzealous undercover cops, he claims, as well as bogus charges of soliciting a prostitute…
John Mathew Juan, 22, sits behind bars today after allegedly killing his own dad early Sunday morning. The 65-year-old father, John Juan Sr., had apparently angered his son because he wouldn’t let him borrow his car. …
Because the world of adult entertainment is eminently classy, a pornography company has decided to capitalize on a domestic violence case for its own publicity purposes by offering Chad Johnson $100,000 to star in porn.Before Johnson was arrested this weekend and subsequently cut from the Miami Dolphins, he did tell…
Also read “Boxer Yathomas Riley: Beast or Victim?” and “Yathomas Riley Attempted Murder Case: Bloody Letter Bolsters Appeal.”Two years ago, Yathomas Riley was an undefeated, up-and-coming boxer from Florida City. But when his girlfriend — a prison guard named Koketia King — was shot in the face June 10, 2010,…
Ever notice how some of Miami’s most connected, bold-faced names always somehow get their DUIs reduced to reckless driving charges? It was a recurring theme in our rundown of celeb mug shots.Well, controversial South Beach nightlife icon Chris Paciello is the latest to join the club. He’s escaped DUI charges…
A second arrest has been made in a now expanding case of absentee ballot voter fraud, and the latest suspect has some interesting family connections.Sergio Robaina, the 76-year-old uncle of former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina, has been charged with two felony counts of voter fraud and two misdemeanor charges of…
After Miami police got a tip that a man, Gabriel de Jesus Orellana, was beating his young daughter out on the street and offering her up as a prostitute, an undercover cop was sent to investigate. The officer inquired about paying for sex, but instead was given the phone number…
Read the New Times investigation: “Cheaters Prosper at Calder Race Course”This week’s feature story focuses on horse doping and fraud allegations at Calder Race Course, Florida’s biggest and most lucrative track.During our two-month investigation, we also got our hands on more than 600 pages of city and state police records…
After getting a tip that two kidnapped teenagers were being held at a trailer park in Homestead, police shot and killed an armed female suspect. Five men were also arrested following the incident…
Ronald Poppo was blunt about the horrific Memorial Day weekend attack by Rudy Eugene that left him blind and disfigured. “He attacked me,” Poppo said. “He just ripped me to ribbons. He chewed up my face. He plucked out my eyes. Basically, that’s all there is to say about it.”…
A carpenter employed by the City of Miami Beach is behind bars today after attacking a co-worker with a machete and nearly severing his arm. The incident happened yesterday when 63-year-old Baez Del Castillo got into an altercation and then attacked Marcos Fojon, 59…
What the hell is going on in the Homestead Police Department? A couple months ago, three Homestead cops were charged by prosecutors after beating and macing people outside a nightclub — a series of assaults caught on surveillance video.Now, another HPD officer has been canned after investigators say he asked…
Alfonso Gerard Lucas went on a murderous rampage last night in Miami Gardens, police say, leaving his 42-year-old ex-girlfriend, Terrilyn Gray, and her dog dead. Lucas also stabbed his ex’s 22-year-old daughter, but the daughter was able to escape and call for help…
A woman who attempted to snatch a purse this weekend at the ritzy Bal Harbour Shops ended up falling from the mall’s second story while trying to escape. The victim, who had $20,000 in cash in the purse, had attempted to chase after the would-be burglar…
Jose L. Alberto, the former lead code compliance inspector for Miami Beach, was scheduled to be honored by the city on April 11. Instead, that same day he found himself behind bars on charges that he had extorted a South Beach nightclub. Now, according to the Miami Herald, Alberto will…
David Martin Escamillo, the man arrested this week for causing a panic during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises at the Regal cinema in South Beach, says he never intended to scare his fellow movie goers and was just angry at a man who was texting too much during…
Three girlfriends from New Jersey flew to Miami for the Fourth of July weekend. Somehow two of them ended up being charged with the beating and bizarre kidnapping of the other. Unfortunately, for them, what happens in Miami doesn’t necessarily stay in Miami…
One suspect is dead and a Miami-Dade detective is recovering at Jackson Memorial Hospital this morning after an undercover raid on a suspected grow house on Coral Way erupted into a fierce gunfight last night.A narcotics unit that included FBI agents in plainclothes was investigating the house near 60th Avenue…
Juan Carlos Portieles used to sit behind the decks of Miami nightclubs like Space as DJ Seasunz. Now, for the rest of his life, he’ll sit behind bars.A jury sentenced Portieles today to life in prison for the 2009 murder of his 18-year-old girlfriend, Jaclyn Torrealba…
Andre Martinez, a teacher at a charter school in Homestead, was arrested yesterday on allegations that he carried on long-term sexual relationships with two former underage students. Martinez taught cinematography at Keys Gate Charter School, and the abuse is believed to have started back in 2010…
