As we count down the full list of 2,000 personalized license plate requests reviewed by Florida’s Obscenity Board — a mind-blowing document we got our hands on a few weeks ago through the Freedom of Information Act — we’ve learned a few things about the good folks of the Sunshine…
Vigilante cyclist Ken Bereski films bad drivers
Adam Tavss’s short career as a police officer is long gone after getting caught running a marijuana grow house out of his basement. But Tavss didn’t break the law by shooting and killing an unarmed tourist on Washington Avenue in 2009, the State Attorney’s Office has decided.In a close-out memo…
Talk about a hostile witness. Armando Codina, the developer at the heart of a criminal case against ex-Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones, repeatedly criticized prosecutor Richard Scruggs on the stand today for “misleading” him. Prosecutors say the $12,500 that Codina gave a charity at Spence-Jones’s urging amounted to a bribe, but the developer denied…
It’s late on Super Bowl Sunday when a sedan barrels through the bike lane on 16th Street at Alton Road, right at cyclist Ken Bereski. Bereski slams on his handbrakes and swerves. The car squeals to a halt inches from his tire. “Learn to drive!” Bereski hollers. “You got a problem?”…
As we count down the full list of 2,000 personalized license plate requests reviewed by the Florida’s Obscenity Board — a mind-blowing document we got our hands on a few weeks ago through the Freedom of Information Act — we’ve learned a few things about the good folks of the…
North Miami Beach Mayor Myron Rosner gets even through code complaints
The fight to bury Venezuelan President CAP in Miami
Miami Police arrested eight business owners and confiscated 32 gaming machines this afternoon in an operation that seems certain to escalate the ugly feud between Chief Miguel Exposito and Mayor Tomás Regalado.In January, the embattled chief accused the mayor of interfering with a similar sting days after Regalado had helped…
Riptide is staying the hell out of the ocean this week. Beaches from Palm Beach to Key West are swarming with stinging masses of Portuguese men-of-war. And those bastards leave a welt that doesn’t always wash off with ammonia: a 64-year-old diver died after running into one off Key Largo…
As Norman Braman walked out of the North Shore Branch Library — fresh off casting his vote to recall Mayor Carlos Alvarez — volunteers in yellow T-shirts greeted him like a hero. “This is the man!” exclaimed an older Hispanic woman shaking his hand. “What a beautiful man for leading…
Two days after her partner of almost 40 years died, as Cecilia Matos and her two daughters were planning his funeral, they got a call from Woodland Park Cemetery. “We’ve got a letter from a lawyer here that says you need to turn over his body by 11 a.m. or…
Last month, North Miami Beach blogger Stephanie Kienzle ripped her town’s mayor, Myron Rosner, after finding that he’d spent more than $500 on hotels in nearby Hollywood and Miami. Days later, a code compliance inspector came knocking at her front door. “I had no doubt the mayor was trying to…
Raise your hand if this sounds like what Miami needs: fourteen new glowing LED billboards along the highway demanding drivers in hi-def to buy Svedka Vodka, iPods and cut-rate car insurance. Oh, hi there Commissioner Marc Sarnoff!This morning, the Miami Commission will decide whether to give Clear Channel the go…
When Alex de Gasperi resigned last month as board director of Imperial House, a luxury Miami Beach tower, he didn’t leave quietly. Instead, he circulated a four-page letter lambasting another high-profile resident: Circuit Court Judge Mindy Glazer. De Gasperi says Glazer kicked down a door and later intimidated the board…
All Urania Lot wanted was for her 18-year-old son to eat his sandwich in the dining room. When he refused to quit chomping in the living room, the 60-year-old Stock Island mom grabbed a hammer. And when threats of smashing the TV to bits didn’t work either, Lot wailed on…
On the maturity scale, Floridians land somewhere between early ’90s-Urkel and your pre-teen cousin Jimmy who giggles every time someone says “Duty.” At least that’s what we found a couple weeks ago when we got our hands on a list of 2,000 personalized license plate requests reviewed by the state’s…
When Alex de Gasperi resigned last month as board director of Imperial House, a luxury Miami Beach tower, he didn’t leave quietly. Instead, he circulated a four-page letter lambasting another high-profile resident: Circuit Court Judge Mindy Glazer.De Gasperi says Glazer damaged a door by kicking it and later intimidated the…
Like werewolves drawn to milky lunar light, they gather next to the sea every 29 days or so: drummers with Rasta dreads, teens with cartons of Miller High Life, chanting Yoruba and Santería worshippers, and twirling fire dancers. Miami Beach’s full moon drum circles have drawn a unique crowd for…
Former North Miami Beach public services director Martin King was arrested today and charged with 41 felony counts of money laundering for stealing millions in taxpayer dollars with fake work orders for sewer projects. After investigators looked into how $2.2 million in projects were unaccounted for, King admitted that he…
A truly strange murder case sprouted along I-95 yesterday when rescuers — who had just saved a man and a boy suffering from chemical fume exposure in a pesticide truck — found a corpse in a bag stuffed between containers of hazardous chemicals in the back.The truck belongs to a…
Like werewolves drawn to milky lunar light, they gather next to the sea every 29 days or so: drummers with Rasta dreads, teens with cartons of Miller High Life, chanting Yoruba and Santería worshipers, and twirling fire dancers.Miami Beach’s full moon drum circles have drawn a unique crowd for years…
