A pharmacist who ran a pill mill from the lobby of the Miami-Dade County Government Center is pleading guilty for his role in a $55 million medicare scam involving prescription pain killers. Aiman Aryan will give up his pharmacist license and will be sentenced to at least 10 years in prison…
Ah, remember the days when Kimbo Slice was making people go bazonkers for his vicious beatdown videos on YouTube? Today, after washing out as a professional mixed martial artist, Slice’s fighting career has reached a new low. Despite winning his fourth straight professional boxing match Saturday night, the sports Interwebs…
When New Line Cinema decides to make a sequel to the movie Horrible Bosses, studio executives should use Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Chief Robert Maler for inspiration. The 33-year county veteran, who oversees more than two dozen lifeguards protecting beachgoers at Crandon and Haulover parks, has been the subject of four…
On Feb. 14, Marc Sarnoff was on the witness stand, being cross-examined by the attorney representing Reid Welch, the Coconut Grove resident whom the Miami city commissioner and his wife are trying to stop from ever harassing them. Things got a little testy when the lawyer, Jason Wandner, suggested there…
Last week, we told you about Medley Councilman Gerardo Silva Jr. hogging out on his town-issued credit card, charging more than $2,500 on personal stuff — including a $688 iPad2 and $230 on shoes from Nordstrom. Well, it seems being an elected official has gone to Silva’s head. Banana Republican…
Former county mayoral candidate and current Miami New Times columnist Luther Campbell has a new gig. Miami City Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones has appointed the former 2 Live Crew frontman to serve on the board of the Miami Sports & Exhibition Authority, which was recently given oversight of the Miami Marine Stadium. Although…
When he was 5 years old, Rodolfo Roman’s dad took him down to the studio of defunct AM station, Union Radio, where he learned the hard knocks of running your own radio show. Union Radio was the spot where independent journalists who emigrated from Central American countries like Nicaragua, where…
Medley Councilman Gerardo Silva Jr. went ham on his town-issued credit card, racking up more than $2,500 in personal charges since he took office in November 2010. His purchases included $500 in discounted suits, a $688 iPad2 with a $80 case and keyboard, and $230 shoes from Nordstrom. Silva also…
Our favorite civic antagonist has a new target. This time Fane Lozman is going after a property management company in charge of his girlfriend’s condominium on Miami Beach. Back on Jan. 13, Lozman tells Riptide his 2009 Ducati sport bike disappeared from the garage of the 9 Island Ave. building…
Say it ain’t so Jimbo! WPLG reports that Miami’s favorite low rent sea-side hang-out is finally shutting down after surviving through several hurricanes, a fire, and the city’s draconian bureaucracy. In 1954, shrimper Jimbo Luznar established his little beach head on Virginia Key, which became one of the most iconic…
Eight years ago, Xavier Saurez lost a county commission race to the man who now occupies the mayor’s seat on the 29th floor of Miami-Dade County Hall. But defeat has never stopped the X-Man, who last year won Carlos Gimenez’s former county commission seat. In the nine months he has…
Former nightlife impresario Chris Paciello’s triumphant return to South Beach just got a kick in the pants. This week, Miami New Times chronicles how the ex-club kingpin joined the ranks of other famous mob turncoats like Henry Hill and Sammy “The Bull” Gravano. Frank Owen — an investigative journalist who…
Less than one month since a bill that would have paved the way for three destination casino resorts in South Florida died in Tallahasee, the owner of Hialeah Park is tweaking his plan to introduce slot machines and card games at the storied race track. John Brunetti Sr., chairman of…
Miami-Dade County Public Schools have a security problem — and we’re not talking bad locks on the local elementary school’s front door. Student information has fallen repeatedly into thieving hands, and the latest lapse comes from an especially embarrassing accused perp: Tizrah Ingram-Johnson, daughter of the late black leader and…
City Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones is looking for vindication at the expense of the city’s top law enforcement official. According to a Feb. 14 letter her civil attorney sent Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Spence-Jones is preparing to sue the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office for allegedly violating her civil rights were when she…
Miami-Dade County Public Schools have a security problem — and we’re not talking bad locks on the local elementary school’s front door.Student information has fallen repeatedly into thieving hands, and the latest lapse comes from an especially embarrassing accused perp: Tizrah Ingram-Johnson, daughter of the late black leader and former…
Yesterday, law enforcement officials finally busted the criminals behind one of the most brazen real estate scams in the state that has the second-most cases of mortgage fraud in America. Ayda Young, Yohany Garcia, Zoraida Abreu and Johnny Bou-Nassar were criminally charged in a multiple-count racketeering and grand theft indictment…
Homestead Mayor Steve Bateman makes illegal campaign ad, stiffs videographer
It was an Only-In-Miami scam first reported by New Times. Three women promised local and out-of-state investors luxurious homes in foreclosure at super awesome discounted prices by claiming they had inside sources at the Miami-Dade County Clerk’s Office that could get them the properties before going to auction. They also…
One word describes Fane Lozman perfectly: Pugnacious. Today the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the ex-U.S. Marine pilot’s appeal that the City of Riviera Beach unlawfully removed his “floating home.” Last year, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Lozman’s complaint, in which he argued his “floating home” is…
The 94-second video opens with a still shot of Homestead Mayor Steve Bateman sporting a crisp white dress shirt, bold red tie, and dark pressed slacks. His hands are on his hips and his hair is slicked back, Mitt Romney-style. An off-screen narrator with a baritone voice praises Bateman as…
When he was a kid, Steve Petersen had a cameo role alongside Don Johnson in an episode of Miami Vice, the epic fictional crime series that captured the city’s heady cocaine-fueled era during the 1980s. As a teen, he interned at the Miami Herald where he met great reporters like…
