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,…
Read our investigation into horse doping: “Cheaters Prosper at Calder Race Course.”Last week, New Times published a feature article on horse doping at Calder Race Course. The investigation found that trainer Kirk Ziadie had violated state drug standards 41 times but had only been fined a total of $13,100 –…
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…
Nowadays, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has got plenty of money. More than $200 million of it in secret accounts around the world, in fact. But when he launched Bain Capital in 1983, Romney had trouble raising the cash for the private equity project. So he turned to super-wealthy Central…
Cheaters Prosper at Calder Race Course
Read the New Times investigation: “Cheaters Prosper at Calder Race Course”American horse racing has recently been rocked by allegations of widespread doping and cheating. The New York Times revealed the sport’s deadly toll on jockeys and thoroughbreds. A horse in contention for the Triple Crown was scratched after scrutiny of…
Non-Lawyer Bob Sherin Fights Red-Light Camera Tickets
When Florida slapped Bob Sherin’s software company with a monstrous $45,000 tax bill back in 1976, the small business owner went ballistic. Up to that point, his upstart industry had been exempt from state sales tax. But he couldn’t find a lawyer to take his case. Instead, Sherin camped out…
Opa-locka cop German Bosque is Florida’s most troubled police officer. State records show he has been fired at least five times for everything from using excessive force on kids in handcuffs to car theft, keeping seized narcotics in his car, and sexual harassment.But Bosque says the media has got it…
Mentally Disabled Liberty City Woman Raped at Consumer Supports Associates Villas by Ex-Con Care Provider
A Spring Breaker Sues a Miami Beach Spa After Her Massage Goes Horrifically Wrong
Technically, last night’s public meeting in Midtown’s Roberto Clemente Park was a minor affair. The issue at hand: whether to rezone several blocks to allow — among other things — loading bays on North Miami Avenue.In reality, however, the two-hour event was a wrestling match over the future and priorities…
All Jordan Berean wanted was to get her glow on. The pretty brunette was worn out after her sophomore year at an interior design school in New Jersey. So when she and some friends arrived at the Howard Johnson Hotel in Miami Beach in July 2010, she went straight to…
A mentally disabled woman is now suing the Liberty City living facility where she was sexually assaulted and impregnated by a caretaker.Two years ago, 27-year-old Katrina Whitehead arrived at Westchester Hospital with stomach swelling. Instead, doctors quickly discovered that she was four months pregnant. She was forced to have an…
Darrel Bilbrey came to David Myers for spiritual guidance. The popular First Pentecostal Church pastor took him under his wing, helping Bilbrey earn his minister’s license. And when Bilbrey admitted to having impure thoughts, Myers agreed to install an Internet filter on his parishioner’s computer and to serve as his…
A Miami woman is suing airport luggage cart company Smarte Carte after a bizarre and bloody accident at Miami International Airport. It was the day before Thanksgiving of 2009. Fidelina Cordero was traveling to see family when she spotted a Smarte Carte kiosk promising to “maximize the experience of travelers…
Sweetwater Mayor Wants to Ban Bath Salts
People love a good story. It’s why when Rudy Eugene ate Ronald Poppo’s face beneath the MacArthur Causeway on May 26, the whole world latched onto one cop’s careless explanation: Bath salts drove Eugene insane.Cue public panic. In Miami, media blamed the mysterious compound — often called synthetic cocaine –…
Read the incredible story of how Eligio Cedeño cheated death and Chávez’s security forces to flee Venezuela and start a second life in Miami.Eligio Cedeño finally got his day in court — or as close to it as he can get while Hugo Chávez is still alive. The Venezuelan banker…
This week has been a big one for Miami. President Obama and Marc Anthony tag-teamed the Jackie Gleason Theater at the Fillmore; the Heat took a much-deserved victory lap around downtown; and someone from the team finally granted New Times an interview. Well, kind of.We caught Alonzo Mourning on the way out…
SoBAP’s Charles Martin Faces Sexual Harassment Claims
Barack Obama swept into town last night in full campaign mode. In a fundraiser at the Fillmore in Miami Beach, the president gave love to the crowd, props to the Heat, and a good ribbing to Republican rival Mitt Romney. (To read about Marc Anthony’s sultry pre-speech performance, click here.)During…
