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By Jane Musgrave, Palm Beach Post WEST PALM BEACH — The former owner of the once wildly popular Buddha Sky Bar in Delray Beach was sentenced on Wednesday to 6½ years in prison in connection with what federal prosecutors described as a $6.9 million...

By David Ovalle Gentry Fry says that he’s suffered childhood post-traumatic stress disorder, all stemming from being molested by a neighbor in his Southwest Miami-Dade neighborhood in the late 1970s. He’s spent decades battling addiction to food and alcohol, he says,...

By Alex Andonovska A South Florida attorney turned a lot of heads recently when he went to a federal courthouse wearing a full, disposable hazmat suit that he had obtained from a friend who sells medical supplies. Miami based lawyer Samuel J. Rabin Jr. was on his way...

By James Crowley Samuel Rabin, a Miami lawyer, took extreme caution when appearing in court for a hearing at the end of June. He donned a full hazmat suit to attend a sentencing hearing for one of his clients. Fellow lawyer David Oscar Markus shared a photo of Rabin...

By Raychel Lean When Miami criminal defense attorney Samuel J. Rabin Jr. got out of his car and began walking down the street in a full hazmat suit, gloves, respirator mask and face shield, two police officers pulled up, rolled down their car window and said, “Is...

By David Ovalle and Charles Rabin A jury late Thursday acquitted a retired Miami police lieutenant who was accused of impersonating an officer after he had retired. Nestor Garcia was acquitted of impersonating a police officer and false imprisonment. Jurors...

By David Ovalle Prosecutors have dropped charges against star fighter Conor McGregor, who was accused of smashing and stealing a fan’s phone outside a Miami Beach hotel. The State Attorney’s Office announced the decision Monday because the victim, who has already...

By Chris Perez Conor McGregor may spend more time in court this year than the octagon. The former UFC champ got hit with a civil suit on Thursday — seeking more than $15,000 — for his cellphone bashing incident in South Florida. Alleged victim Ahmed...

By David Ovalle Mixed Martial Arts star fighter Conor McGregor was arrested Monday evening after police said he smashed a fan’s phone outside the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel. McGregor, 30, was charged with felony strong-armed robbery and criminal mischief,...

By Jay Weaver For more than a decade, a Pinecrest couple ran a little racket at a VIP lounge in Miami International Airport, catering to well-heeled airline passengers while skimming from the county-owned facility. Their take totaled millions. Elena and Lazaro...

By Jay Weaver Convicted South Florida Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein, a disbarred attorney who ran a $1.2 billion investment scheme out of his Fort Lauderdale law firm, will not be receiving a reduction in his 50-year prison sentence because he lied to federal...

By Marc Freeman The prospect of convicted murder-for-hire schemer Dalia Dippolito heading home soon instead of starting a 16-year prison sentence is not as impossible as it sounds. While it's rare to get bond during an appeal, it can happen. The law gives...

By Nicholas Nehamas and Joey Flechas For months, Miami Beach Commissioner Michael Grieco insisted he was not involved in a mysterious political group raising money from developers, lobbyists and city vendors, just as he launched a surging campaign for mayor. “It is...

By David Ovalle As most county employees struggled through the recession and pay cuts a few years ago, one guy seemed to be doing just fine — in fact, amazingly well. Ivan Valdes, a mid-level manager at Miami International Airport, showed up to work in a $69,000...

By Jay Weaver Convicted of swindling millions from Miami-Dade County government, former airport maintenance director Ivan Valdes has otherwise lived a life of charity and generosity, according to his defense attorney. But the bad outweighed the good at his sentencing...