AltWeeklies Wire
South Florida's Dirty Little (Political) Secretnew
A Miami New Times reporter's failed quest for office — and harrowing journey into the dark heart of small-town Florida politics.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
06-26-2012 |
Elections
Russian Billionaires Battle for South Florida Islandnew
The war over Miami's Fisher Island involves claims of torture and murder.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
11-18-2011 |
Features
Shaqzilla!new
Shaquille O'Neal wages war against a Miami computer geek.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
09-20-2011 |
Features
Dubious Diplomasnew
It took a Miami New Times reporter just eight days and $399 in cash to obtain a high school diploma from the InterAmerican Christian Academy -- using coursework completed by an 8-year-old girl.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
06-02-2011 |
Education
The Talent Trapnew
How a tiny Miami high school netted a team of international ballers.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
03-31-2011 |
Sports
Cocaine King Max Mermelstein Came Out of Hiding for a Screenwriternew
On the screen, superspliced interviews with two former smugglers tell the story of the cocaine avalanche that in the 1980s turned Miami into a bullet-riddled Little Medellín. Using budget special effects to augment footage of drug busts and murder scenes, Cocaine Cowboys isn't your typical documentary.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
03-01-2010 |
Drugs
Super Bowl Guide to Sex, Drugs, Gambling, and Living Large in South Floridanew
Nothing ruins the perfect party week like someone dying or going to jail. So we've done the arduous research, taken the dangerous journeys, and interviewed dozens of local experts to bring you the definitive guide to depravity in the Sunshine State.
Miami New Times |
Michael J. Mooney and Gus Garcia-Roberts |
02-05-2010 |
Culture
Homeless Under Julia Tuttle Try to Pass for Sex Offendersnew
Since 2006, Florida Department of Corrections officials have forced convicted sex offenders to live under the Julia Tuttle upon their release from prison. At last count, 140 of the social exiles have lived on what might be post-recession Miami's only high-demand waterfront property.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
12-21-2009 |
Crime & Justice
At Florida Memorial University, Surviving Assaults is Part of the Curriculumnew
A student named Robert tools his Toyota Camry in semicircles around campus and points out past crime scenes. "That's where the kid was thrown into the lagoon," he says nonchalantly as he drives. "The student center's where the riot went down... There was a shooting at that bookstore."
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
12-14-2009 |
Crime & Justice
The Florida Marlins Manatees Shake Two Tons of Bootynew
They are a motley crew in terms of race and height -- the shortest among them stands five feet eight inches, the tallest six-foot-eight -- and their body types range from big-boned to Marlon Brando's Last Years. They are the Manatees, Major League Baseball's only plus-size male dance team
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
09-28-2009 |
Sports
After Losing His Penis in a Botched Penile Implant Operation, a Florida Man Fights Back in Courtnew
All 62-year-old Enrique Millas ever wanted to do was have sex with his wife of 25 years, Gloria. But he couldn't. So he went to local penis guru Paul E. Perito, a urologist who touts himself as a national leader in penile implant surgery. And here our story swerves into Saw-caliber horror territory.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
09-21-2009 |
Sex
The Leader of a High-Profile Florida Church is Enveloped in Scandalnew
Next month, Pastor Gaston Smith of Friendship Missionary Baptist is set to stand trial for allegedly stealing from a community fund named for his hero, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
08-17-2009 |
Religion
Shark Attack -- Oops, Shark Accident -- Victim Defends the Beasts on Capitol Hillnew
Michael Beach recently joined eight other survivors on Capitol Hill to lobby legislators to pass the Shark Conservation Act of 2009, introduced by Sen. John Kerry. It would close loopholes related to "finning," the brutal practice of slicing off live sharks' fins for soup.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
08-17-2009 |
Animal Issues
Miami Heat Superstar Dwyane Wade Sure Picked a Dubious Business Partnernew
In 2007, Richard von Houtman and Wade teamed up to create a chain of upscale sports bars and invest in a charter school company. Now von Houtman seems to have a single objective: to disparage one of the National Basketball Association's most popular players.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
07-13-2009 |
Crime & Justice
They'll Slaughter Your Dinner As You Watch -- But Don't Tell the Copsnew
At the tiny, often filthy farms of rural Northwest Dade County, Cubans and other immigrants keep alive a cottage industry of unlicensed slaughter.
Miami New Times |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
04-06-2009 |
Food+Drink
