305 Photo of the Day: Shady City
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FBI Arrests Hialeah Gardens Cop Jorge Romero for Being Part of Thief Gang
For 13 years, Hialeah Gardens Police Officer Jorge Romero has been charged with patrolling his city for crime. This morning he found himself charged with an actual crime. FBI agents arrested him for alleged participation in a gang of thieves that terrorized cargo trucks and made off with valuable merchandise…
Miami Ranks Last in the Nation for Volunteering
Miami is such a messed up area there’s probably more than enough opportunities to volunteer than your average place. Yet, the Miami metro area ranks dead last for volunteering in the entire nation. Florida as a whole doesn’t do much better, ranking 49 out of the 50 states and District…
Jacqui Colyer Resigns as Regional Head of DCF Months After Barahona Murder
Jacqui Colyer, the Miami regional director for the Department of Children and Families, has resigned just a little over two years since taking the job. Her department and handling of the job came under fire after the body of 10-year-old Nubia Barahona was found stuffed in a bag, covered in…
Chris Bosh’s Insane Back Tattoo
The NBA lockout gives players a chance to pursue some of their passions. LeBron James is brushing up on his NFL commentator skills. Dwyane Wade is designing watches. Chris Bosh is busy flying tattoo artists to far-away islands to add to the ever-growing montage of nightmarish images he calls a…
Florida Foot Fetishist Arrested After Apologizing for Touching Neighbor’s Feet While She Slept
Well, you can’t say Salvatore Louise Pascucci isn’t a pervert without manners. The 26-year-old Port Charlotte man developed a crush on his 36-year-old neighbor and decided the best thing to do was to break into her home late at night and put his hand on her thigh and feet while…
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First Twitter-Themed Cruise to Set Sail from Miami in November
A Dutch airline had already booked up an entire flight to Miami using Twitter, so it was only a matter of time until a cruise ship company tries the same. This November, Norwegian Cruise Lines will set sail with what its claiming is the world’s first Twitter-themed cruise. Personally, a…
305 Photo of the Day: Voodoo Teddy Bear
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Is It Too Late to Smoke Ricky Williams Out Before He Leaves for the Baltimore Ravens?
This past June, Ricky Williams said he wanted to finish his career by winning a Super Bowl with the Dolphins. Yet the team’s moves this off-season showed it had little interest in keeping Williams (or winning a Super Bowl, judging by the handling of the QB situation), and the onetime…
Who Wants to Pay $27,500 for a Dwyane Wade-Designed Watch?
Lets say you’re the biggest Miami Heat fan ever. You own every Heat star’s signature shoe in every available color. You have signed memorabilia dating back to ’88. You even have Chris Bosh’s jersey in all three shades. But do you possess a $27,500 limited-edition watch designed by Dwyane Wade?…
Simon Cowell Sued by Father and Son X Factor Contestants for “Physical and Mental Exertion”
Former American Idol judge Simon Cowell scoured America this summer looking for contestants for his new singing show, The X Factor. We’re not sure if he found any future Kelly Clarksons when he visited Miami, but he did discover a now angry and litigious father-and-son duo. Stephen Marks, 54, and his…
Cocaine in Your Mailbox: Traffickers Increasingly Using Mail to Ship Drugs
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will keep your drugs from you, apparently. Drug traffickers are increasingly using U.S. Mail and commercial carriers such as FedEx to ship drugs out of the country. In fact, in Florida alone the amount of cocaine and marijuana being intercepted…
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Miami Heat Considering Grant Hill and Tracy McGrady
Last season, the Miami Heat’s roster included a few superstar names and a lot of over-the-hill veterans. That worked out relatively fine but wasn’t quite enough. Maybe a few superstar over-the-hill veterans could help? The team’s top brass thinks it might be worth a shot and is reportedly considering looking…
Luna Star Cafe Robbery Puts Retired NYC Cop in Hospital
When three masked men armed with pistols entered the Luna Star Café in North Miami this past Saturday night, Ira Goldstein, a retired NYPD officer in his late 60s, intervened. Unfortunately Goldstein wound up in the hospital, and the robber made off with money from the cash register and valuables…
Dolphins Sign QB Kevin O’Connell
Well, the Miami Dolphins have signed another quarterback, and, in the process, delivered another disappointing development for fans starving for a decent QB. The latest man to join the Fins’ roster is Kevin O’Connell, a free-agent who has done a tour of duty in the AFC East by warming the…
Lelier Perez Hernandez Arrested for Leaving Tot to Die in Hot Day-care Van
Police have made an arrest in the July 12 death of 2-year-old Dominicue Andrews. Police allege 23-year-old Lelier Perez Hernandez, the driver of a van charged with transporting children for the Jomiba Learning Center in Homestead, left Andrews in the vehicle, where the child eventually died due to the heat. Perez is…
305 Photo of the Day: Loungin’
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Paulina Rubio Will Face Trial and Possible Jail Time for Bizarre Fender-Bender
This past June, singer Paulina Rubio was involved in a fender-bender in Little Havana and then found herself arrested after she screamed, “All of you Miami cops are abusive,” at police officers who had arrived on the scene. Now a judge has ordered Rubio to face trial on charges of…
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Matt Drudge Attacks Obama’s Birthday Party, Possibly Thinks Stevie Wonder Is a Gangster Rapper
President Barack Obama is 50! Fifty years old! Last night he celebrated the milestone with a group of political allies, close friends, a few celebrities, and musical guests. It was a far more restrained affair than President Bill Clinton’s 50th birthday bash in 1996, but Miami-based conservative shit-stirrer Matt Drudge…
J-Lo, Florida’s Chicken With Two Butts, Is Dead
J-Lo, a chicken born in Florida with two-thirds of the butts of the Kardashian sisters (and maybe twice the brains) is dead. Though she may have been an extraordinary hen, her fate was typical for a chicken: Two foxes jumped into her enclosure…
Tropical Storm Emily Almost Dead But May Regroup
The low pressure trough formerly known as Tropical Storm Emily fizzled after making its way through Haiti last night. (No deaths or injuries have been reported there.) Forecaster say there’s still a chance Emily could regroup into a somewhat serious storm. Effects on South Florida remain unclear, and the forecast…
Poll: Slightly Fewer People Hate Rick Scott Now
Gov. Rick Scott’s popularity is climbing ever so slightly out of the toilet. Now 35 percent of Floridians approve of the way he’s handling his job. That’s up from only 29 percent in May. That makes Rick Scott probably the only politician in America who’s happy with a 35 percent…