Two years ago, Miami New Times was the first media outlet to report on a crew of scammers who swindled $2.4 million out of 15 real estate investors who believed they were getting sweetheart deals on foreclosed properties. The Miami-Dade Inspector General’s Office busted the delinquents last February. Now one…
At last week’s May 15 Homestead City Council meeting, Mayor Steve Bateman got testy with local business owner Michelle Pederson, prompting her husband Kevin to call hizzoner out. The back and forth occurred during the citizen’s comments portion of the council meeting after Homestead resident Mark Bell — hubby to…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke says its time to investigate Drew Rosenhaus. It’s time for the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) to investigate North…
The First 48 follows local detectives during the first 48 hours after a murder, but there is growing criticism that the show gives Miami a bad name.
Listen up, fellas … Pick-up lines rarely work. Most of the time, they are lame, cliché, and straight-up ridiculous. That also means it takes a lot of courage (or several brewskies) to go up to an attractive lady at a bar and ask her if “it hurt when ya fell…
Donuts as buns: it’s been done. And while a nicely charred meat patty is pretty outstanding when pressed between Homer Simpson’s favorite all-American snack food, there’s another option that suits our Latin city even better. What’s that, you ask? A burger with a pastelitos on top and bottom. Yes, seriously…
The family that grew ganja together is now the family that pleaded guilty together. In the spring of last year, federal agents and Miami-Dade narcotics detectives dismantled a clan of marijuana growers that distributed thousands of pounds of high-grade weed from South Florida to New York City. Gilberto Santiesteban Jr.,…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
National magazine journalism may be coughing and gagging its last breaths, but public radio is giving print reporters hope. In an email to supporters late last night, WLRN-Miami Herald News Director Dan Grech announced the station is reopening its Americas Desk. Even better: The desk will be helmed by Tim…
In Bartow, Florida, public school and law enforcement officials are committing a horrible injustice against an exceptionally gifted African-American teenager. By all accounts, 16-year-old Kiera Wilmot is a model student. She has good grades and has a perfect behavior record. She’s not a kid who skips classes, fights her classmates…
Sins of the Father Survivors: If the tale of Gloria Hampton and Bernisa Davis, the Miami sisters who survived years of abuse from their father after he killed their mother (“Memories of Murder,” Michael E. Miller, May 9), isn’t a survival story in it’s truest form, I don’t know what…
As Miami-Dade County moves forward with its $12.6 billion plan to fix the aging water and sewer collection system, Federal Chief Judge Frederico Moreno yesterday awarded a significant victory to the Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper, an environmental group that claims the county proposal does not address sea-level rises and catastrophic storm…
John Raimondo is a bit player in the 1999 epic three-part Miami New Times series “Pain & Gain,” which blockbuster Hollywood director Michael Bay turned into a passion project that hit theaters over two weeks ago. Starring Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, the film recounts the absurd dark…
Bar fights: The result of way too much liquid courage combined with high levels of testosterone. Or, in some cases, cattiness. They usually happen near the end of the night when someone either gives you the “stank eye” or hits on your man (or woman) right in front of you…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Today, Luke wants to see justice for Kiera Wilmot. In Bartow, Florida, public school and law enforcement officials are committing a…
Now that the debate about using public funds to fix up Sun-Life Stadium is over, there is an even much bigger public works project that should have Miami-Dade taxpayers especially concerned. For more than a year, officials for the water and sewer department have been working on a $1.5 billion…
Last week, Cord Jefferson, a columnist for BET Network, wrote a response to my column “Free Condoms Now.” He claimed I was wasting time giving out prophylactics and educating black people about safe sex. “The fact of the matter is that African-American young people don’t necessarily need Uncle Luke to…
Fraud Central Canada is better: After reading your piece about Medicare fraud in the Sunshine State (“Thieves’ Bazaar,” Chris Parker, May 2), I have to say that Americans, especially in Florida, amaze those of us in Canada. I’m glad to see your problems with Cuban rip-off artists, because it’s the…
It’s not gonna be easy to follow the dictatorial footsteps of North Miami Mayor Andre Pierre. Throughout his tenure as the city’s head cheese, Pierre had done just about everything to attract the kind of attention usually reserved for a small nation’s despot. His campaign manager was arrested for allegedly…
Martha Stewart has joined Match.com. The 71-year-old domestic diva is looking for love on the Internet dating site. While it’s great to think that Martha is actually looking for love, one has to wonder just how sincere the whole process is. While there really is a profile on Match.com (and…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke assesses Stephen Ross’ next move. In the battle of Miami billionaires, Norman Braman beat Stephen Ross thanks to…
