City manager wants fired employee back on the CIP
Miami City Manager Pete Hernandez wants fired Civilian Investigative Panel employee Shirley Richardson back on the CIP
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FBI Nabs North Miami Businessman, Broward Politicians on Corruption Charges
Now this is the kind of politics we know and love in Miami.A huge corruption probe came to a head today as the FBI announced federal charges against a Broward County commissioner, Broward school board member, and former Miramar commissioner. The sting also netted a North Miami businessman.These could be just the…
Massive Manhunt for Armed Robbers Shuts Down Little Havana
Dozens of police cars and an ambulance have shut down an entire neighborhood on the western edge of Little Havana this afternoon as SWAT teams and canine units look for two armed men on the run. Cops are swarming along NW Seventh Avenue, shutting every southbound street from 30th to…
NY Times Tells Us What We Already Know: Marlins Stadium Deal Sucks
There’s nothing quite like waking up bleary-eyed and hung over to a swift kick in the balls from the Gray Lady. No, seriously, that’s why we subscribe to the New York Times. It’s better than a stiff colada.The Times delivered big-time this weekend, with a Messi-esque shot to the groin in the…
So Tim Hardaway Just Happens to Make Nice with Gays the Same Week the Heat Retires His Jersey
We’re no fan of conspiracy theories here at Riptide. We’re more than happy to leave that to Glenn Beck and his legion of foaming-at-the-mouth birther teabaggers. (By the way, don’t miss out on Glenn’s Howard Beale meltdown this week. Pure comedy! In a scary way.)But Tim Hardaway’s timing this week…
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Burned Out: Arsonist destroys Michael George’s Performing Arts Network in North Miami. Haitian chef Yvon Dorvil arrested.
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City Tells Police Review Panel to Rehire Deadbeat Manager for $85K Amid Huge Budget Cuts
In January, Shirley Richardson got canned as executive director of the Civilian Investigative Panel, the voter-created group that polices the Miami Police Department.According to panel members, she rarely showed up for work and was a terrible manager when she did. To top it off, Richardson demanded an 8 percent raise…
Feds Bust Dade Correctional Institute Guards on Civil Rights Violations
No matter how cynical you’ve grown about the American justice system — let’s say, from watching a few too many episodes of The Wire — there are still stories coming out of Miami’s prison system that will make your jaw drop. Today, through a federal indictment, comes a tale of…
Scientists Worried Everglades Pythons Could Morph into Hybrid Man-Eating Monsters
Last week, I wrote about a coalition of scientists trying to stop the next dangerous exotic invader from taking over the Everglades. Dennis Giardina, a botanist who co-chairs the group, took me on a hunt for nile monitor lizards, wily seven-foot-long monsters that he rates as the biggest emerging threat…
Wait, Now Tim Hardaway Doesn’t Hate Gay People?
In February 2007, Tim Hardaway gave a textbook demonstration in career suicide live on Dan LeBatard’s radio show with one of the most cringe-inducing bouts of homophobia an ex-athlete has ever managed. Let’s recap:”You know, I hate gay people, so I let it be known,” Hardaway said. “I don’t like…
Arson and Budget Cuts Leave A North Miami Arts Center In Jeopardy
It’s an awful time to be an artist in Miami. This Thursday, barring a miracle, the county commission will vote to slash $11 million in arts grants in order to help plug a $444 million budget hole.So imagine how Michael George feels.In June, the patron of the Performing Arts Network…
Former Miami DEA Chief Charged with Shredding Ponzi Schemer Allen Stanford’s Docs
A quick lesson for all the school kids feverishly getting a Riptide fix before class this morning: If you’re working for a blatant Ponzi scheme (and don’t worry, someday you will) and the SEC phones and tells you not to lose any documents, don’t tell your employees to fire up…
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Miami Man, Accused of Trying to Steal $14 Trillion from the IRS, Pleads Guilty to Measly $9 Million Scheme
Dammit, Marlon T. Moore. You are no longer living up to your nickname.The 38-year-old Miami resident, known far and wide as “X-Large Moore,” earned his moniker the hard way in June when the feds accused him of trying to swindle the IRS out of a cool $14 trillion. Yeah, trillion,…
Police ID White Room Shooting Victims, Ask for Help
On Monday, a dispute — perhaps over parking — outside hipster-central Overtown club White Room turned shockingly violent. Two teenage girls trying to park on North Miami Avenue were pinned into their parking spot by an enraged SUV driver and peppered with gunfire. Reports originally suggested the violence was tied…
Teen Shot Outside White Room Last Night Over Parking Dispute
If you’ve ever hit up White Room, the Vagabond, or other sundry hip clubs around Overtown, you know the parking situation is usually less than ideal. You either pony up to pay for lot parking or slip a few bucks to the homeless-looking dudes hanging around the street spots for…
WSJ: Fontainebleau on the Verge of Defaulting On Huge Loan
It’s been a tough summer for Miami Beach’s most iconic hotel. via Wikimedia Commons The global Arma-recession has grounded flocks of would-be vacationers at home in Hamburg and Milwaukee and Bogota. A massive storm collapsed the roof at LIV. And Ben Novack Jr., heir to the Fontainebleau fortune, got himself murdered in New…
Marlins Season Gets Uggla as Clubhouse Fight Breaks Out
You have to give the Fish some serious credit this year. For the 87th consecutive season, they rank last in the bigs in team salary. But somehow they’ve stayed in the Wild Card hunt. (Quick fun comparison sure to add to the New York Mets fan base’s collective PTSD: If the Mets finished…
Former Miami Bigwig Christine Morales Resigns After Getting Caught Skipping Work by Union
On September 10, dozens of belligerent Miamians will storm city hall for the first public hearing on a brutal 2010 budget proposal. Commissioners will likely slash more than 60 city jobs and cut back everything from cops to trash pickup. Sadly, Christine Morales won’t get the ax. Instead, this former…
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Body Parts in Biscayne Bay Case: Police to Re-enact Kidnapping Today
In early June, a biker was pedaling along the 79th Street Causeway when he noticed a suspicious-looking plastic bag bobbing in the murky water. The cyclist called the cops, who found human body parts inside the bag. So began a three-day saga, as several more bags stuffed with human remains…
Miami Beach Rent-a-Cops March on Lincoln Road Today, Demand a Union
It’s not likely to draw quite as many stares as the topless protesters who paraded along Lincoln Road last weekend. But the SoBe security guards planning a march today have a much more compelling reason to demonstrate. The guards — those guys you see pedaling past on mountain bikes every…
Ponzi Schemer Allen Stanford Checks into Hospital as His Right-Hand Man Pleads Guilty
It’s been an all-around terrible week for Sir R. Allen Stanford, the mastermind of an $8 billion Ponzi scheme run out of a lush downtown Miami office. (Here’s our feature about the Miami players in his criminal empire, if you haven’t read it.)First came word this morning that James Davis –…