We know Jersey Shore is a show that trades heavily on stereotypes, but did one of the cast members really have to go down the tired trail of becoming a coke addict while living in Miami? How cliché.RadarOnline reports one of the castmates evaded producers and went on a few cocaine…
It hasn’t even aired yet, but it seems like we can add the Basketball Wives reunion special to the hall of fame of insanely dramatic recap specials. This might be the first where an cast member actually got arrested.Throughout the season, the girls all agreed on only one thing: Sandra, an alleged groupie…
Dealing with other people’s crying kids is just a part of life. In the scheme of things, it’s really nothing to get overly annoyed at. Well, a man in a Surfside Publix crossed the line.The man was in an elevator with a mother and her two young daughters. The woman’s…
While his ex-fiance Evelyn Lozada is living it up on the hit show Basketball Wives, former Heat star Antoine Walker has filed for bankruptcy. The forward helped the Heat secure their 2006 NBA championship, but his professional life has faltered ever since.The bankruptcy was filed last week in the Southern…
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A young man in his 20s visiting Miami for Memorial Day weekend fell to his death off the MacArthur Causeway this morning.Police say he was in a car with two friends driving toward Miami Beach when they pulled over to the shoulder, possibly to take pictures. That’s when he decided…
Color us confused. TMZ reported the Jersey Shore cast had left Miami last week, but yesterday it reported the cast was still (or back?) in town. They weren’t up to their usual hair-gelled high jinks, but rather shooting a music video with Enrique Iglesias (who we believe used to have…
One day after Phillip Merling’s arrest for allegedly punching a pregnant woman, the Broward Sheriff’s Office is investigating why the Dolphins’ defensive end received special treatment during his release from jail.Merling posted $15,000 bail yesterday, but instead of going through standard procedure where inmates are released through the jail’s front door, Merling…
The FBI is investigating at least one member of the Miami Police Department’s undercover squad. One or more members is alleged to have stolen money and drugs from dealers. Mayor Tomés Regalado is aware of the investigation but doesn’t have details. Police Chief Miguel Exposito says the department is conducting…
Two young boys, believed to be only 3 and 7-years-old, were the victims of random AK-47 gunfire this afternoon. Both kids were transported to a hospital, and neither appeared to have life threatening injuries. The shooting happened today around 58th Terrace and NW 12th Avenue. Police are searching for four black men wearing…
Gov. Charlie Crist, who it should be noted is no stranger to people snooping around trying to figure out his sexuality, says he would now be “inclined” to support repealing the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. It’s just the latest shift that separates Crist from his former party, and his own…
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One of the few things that is not in short supply in Cuba is apparently condoms. The government heavily subsidizes and promotes Chinese made condoms and sells three of them for the equivalent of a U.S. penny. While this may contribute to the lowest HIV rate in the western hemisphere,…
Defensive end Phillip Merling is sitting in Broward County Jail this morning, charged with aggravated battery on a woman. What’s worse is the woman he’s accused of attacking was pregnant, and records show Merling either was aware or should have been aware of the pregnancy.The 25-year-old was arrested in Weston…
With one of the most talent-loaded free-agency classes in NBA history, the upcoming off-season is like war. Now, Dwyane Wade says he, the Cavs’ LeBron James, and the Hawks’ Joe Johnson will convene a sort of basketball Yalta Conference to discuss postseason reorganization.”[Free agency] has been three years coming,” Wade…
Since Mayor Tomás Regalado’s election, the City of Miami’s dismal budget crisis hasn’t improved much. The city coffers are still being strained by high salaries for city employees and large pension payouts. Now Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, the second most powerful elected official in the city after Regalado, is openly discussing…
Yesterday, Gayle Kelson purposefully seemed to leave her 2-year-old daughter on a city bus and faces a charge of child neglect. The girl was taken into protective custody, but her father showed up to get her. The only problem: He was drunk.Ronald Devers showed up to court slurring his words…
Basketball Wives, VH1’s baller status answer to Bravo’s Real Housewives, is coming back for a second season. The press release says that a few new wives, girlfriends, groupies and exes will be added to the roster for the next go around (have they tried calling Siohvaughn Wade yet?).Filming will begin…
In yet another of our occasional reminders that Floridians outside of Miami-Dade are crazy, horrible people here’s the lead from a newstory from Central Florida news station WFTV: “The Brevard County doctor who was arrested for groping a woman while dressed as Captain America with a burrito in his pants…
If Johnnie Cochran was still alive and defending cat killer suspect Tyler Weinman, we’d imagine he’d be saying something like “If the pussy hairs aren’t the same, you can’t place blame.”WSVN reports that the DNA of cat hairs found in the room, clothing and backpack of defendant Tyler Weinman does…
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Jarvis Williams, a former player for both the Miami Dolphins and Florida Gators, has died at 45 of a heart attack, reports the Sun-Sentinel.A Palatka, Florida native, Williams led his high school football team to a state championship, and then became a stand-out cornerback with the Florida Gators between 1984…
