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Sex abuse survivor speaks out against Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle’s sweetheart plea deal with man who allegedly molested her since she was 9 — that would keep him off the Florida sex offender registry #BecauseMiami TODAY, Miami-Dade prosecutors from @saomiami will ask a judge to change a plea deal with alleged child molester Albert Bassett, now 90, so he won’t be forced to register as a sex offender. Due to his age, Rundle’s office says, registering could force him to move from his home. Pobrecito! Keisha Etienne says Bassett was like a father to her, but she was “groomed…molested, sexually abused, exposed to pornography (and) mental turmoil” by him for nearly a decade starting when she was just nine years old — and she wants the judge to reject his new deal. “I think that frankly second only to the horrific acts of sexual abuse my client endured is the gaslighting and silencing throughout the decades,” Aaron Karger @aaklaw, Etienne’s attorney said. Claire LeBlanc, Public Information Officer for the Office of State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle says: “As this is an open, active criminal case presently before the court, it would be inappropriate for the SAO to comment.” Watch Full Video at CBSmiami.com
According to a new study from LLC.org, thanks to “lack of viable public transportation options” and “13,000 new City of Miami residents since the pandemic,” a typical commuter in Miami is spending 17 more hours in traffic every year compared to a decade ago. #BecauseMiami The study says Miami‘s typical daily commute of 58 minutes is the fourth worst in Florida — that’s 236.86 hours or approximately 10 full days in traffic every year. Miami New Times reports “Hialeah’s average daily commute time of 57.4 minutes ranked 35th on the national list — just three spots below Miami.”
Find yourself a commissioner who looks at you the way Joe “Wifebeater” Carollo looks at me. #BecauseMiami
Miami Police officer Alexander Garcia-Contreras, fired for beating 58-year-old homeless man in @Publix after he allegedly ate a piece of chicken, was REHIRED eight months later #BecauseMiami Garcia-Contreras was working and off duty gig at the grocery store on Biscayne and 17th Street on April 26, 2021 when the store manager told him that Willie Barbor, 58, “had stolen and eaten a piece of cooked chicken from the deli.” The arrest was caught on video and went viral. According to Miami New Times, Garcia-Contreras, who joined @mpdpolice force in 2015, “previously had three citizen complaints and one administrative complaint against him, as well as seven use-of-force incidents, during his time with the department.” He was fired in November 2022 after a 20-month-long investigation into the incident. But newly obtained documents reveal that, just eight months later, in July 2023, he was reinstated! Miami truly is the Magic City. @iamchristineking
Two Florida Men walk into City Hall… Went with my grandpa — Miami-Dade resident since 1946, University of Miami School of Law c/o 1951 — to speak at the commission meeting today and do our best to fix this mess. The mango doesn’t fall far from the tree. Video coming soon… #BecauseMiami
City of Progress: Ex-Hialeah cop Jesús Menocal Jr., who confessed to kidnapping and sexually assaulting 4 women and girls as young as 17, released early from federal prison for “good behavior.” Additional accusers include 14 year old. He will not have to register as a sex offender and plans to work at his family firearms training school. #BecauseMiami #BecauseHialeah Menocal wants a judge to modify his probation to possess guns so he can work at the firearms facility owned by his dad — a corrupt Miami cop caught on tape in the 1980s plotting a cocaine heist with his cop twin brother, and later became Sweetwater Police chief. In 2016, despite Hialeah Police Internal Affairs having evidence that Menocal committed “unlawful sexual activity” with minors and finding he broke over 20 department rules, Chief Sergio Velázquez gave him a raise and lied to the press about it. Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle — who never charged a law enforcement officer with an on-duty killing during her entire 31 years in office — cleared Menocal, lied about interviewing his victims and then her office said they “lost much of the investigative file.” In the close-out memo, assistant state attorney Johnette Hardiman blamed the victims, describing them as “gang” members, called one “a bi-polar chronic runaway” and wrote “none claimed outright force or threat, just authoritative pressure” from a uniformed, armed police officer. The co-author was her then supervisor now former executive director of the Miami-Dade Ethics Commission who was just rehired by Rundle to help clean up a misconduct scandal involving veteran prosecutors disqualified from a death penalty case for alleged witness tampering, obstruction of justice and plotting to murder a witness. In 2019, after Hialeah PD and Rundle covered up the crimes of this alleged serial rapist cop, the FBI arrested Menocal. In 2022, he pleaded guilty to abusing victims, ages 25, 17, 19 and a woman of an unspecified age who was having a mental health crisis.
This corrupt police chief was hired after their last corrupt chief, Raimundo Atesiano, got 3 years in federal prison for framing innocent Black men — one was even deported to Haiti as a result #BecauseMiami Biscayne Park Chief Luis Cabrera resigned last week, one month after being placed on leave for three questionable hires: Cabrera made Benny Lee a cop despite having been “fired by two other local law enforcement agencies.” Lee is now fired from Biscayne Park and currently under criminal investigation “for improperly removing personal belongings, narcotics, and firearms from BPPD’s evidence room,” according to WPLG. Village Manager Chris Truitt says “Jose Castro has a lengthy criminal history including assault and battery, domestic assault, a weapons violation, and…impersonating a police officer,” but, WPLG reports that Chief Cabrera appointed him to a newly “created…volunteer background investigator position” despite the fact that he would have been disqualified had Cabrera not bypassed background checks. While employed with the Village, Castro worked private security for Shakira, an investigation found, and “detained a trespasser at (her Miami Beach home at) gunpoint, called 911 and falsely identified himself as an off-duty Biscayne Park police officer. Castro is not a police officer and is not authorized by the Village to openly carry a firearm.” Castro’s son, Chris, “was hired despite being terminated from another law enforcement agency and having 6 internal affairs investigations… He has since been terminated for failure to complete probation due to…mishandling of evidence and receiving several complaints from citizens.” Cabrera has previously been accused of “batshit crazy behavior” as Miami Police deputy chief once allegedly “led from headquarters after breaking down in a crying jag when told by then Chief Miguel Exposito that he would no longer be allowed to work in the police department.” The Crespogram reported “Cabrera was saved by his alleged Godfather [then Miami mayor] Tomas Regalado” and eventually allowed to retire with full public pension.
#BREAKING: My @TheFlaBar complaint against disgraced fired Miami city attorney/mob lawyer “Tricky” Vicky Mendez has been escalated into a full investigation (only 1/3 of complaints advance to this stage) — and wait’ll you read her reply which proves all you need to know about her competence and ethics… #BecauseMiami #VLM #VileLittleMan Her response to my complaint is basically: 1. I did it and I’m not sorry. 2. Don’t you know who I am? 3. F*ck the First Amendment! If you’re a lawyer desperately looking for a new job, it would be self-destructive to write something this deranged, that prospective employers could read… at MiamiHerald.com. @iamchristineking
Happy Mother’s Day!
Meanwhile in Coconut Grove… #BecauseMiami #ShangoUnchained #nextdooriswild
¡MAS MIAMI MAFIA MIERDA! #BREAKING: Third Time’s the Charm! After two prior dismissals to amend, Federal Judge Federico A. Moreno has ACCEPTED and is PROCEEDING with the Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint in the BLOCKBUSTER “Carollo Cabal” lawsuit against the City of Miami and 11 individual city employees, accusing them of “engag[ing] in a well-known, widespread and pervasive custom of weaponizing City resources to target and harass” in violation of the Constitution. #BecauseMiami The new 644-page complaint filed by the Little Havana business owners who last summer won a $63.5 million corruption judgment against Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo, relies heavily on testimony and evidence already successfully litigated in that case, and reads like a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) indictment. An earlier draft of the suit referred to the defendants as the “Carollo Cabal” (aka Miami Mafia) — including Commissioner Joe Carollo, his chief of staff William Ortiz, city manager Art Noriega, disgraced fired city attorney “Tricky” Vicky Mendez, assistant city attorney Rachel Dooley, building director Asael “Ace” Marrero, zoning director Daniel Goldberg, fire marshal Adrian Plascenia, unsafe structures chief Rene Diaz, and building official Luis Torres — who allegedly conspired to weaponize city government for political revenge to target Bill Fuller and Martin Pinilla and their various properties and business in and around Calle Ocho, including the historic Ball & Chain nightclub, and repeatedly violate their constitutional rights. City of Miami taxpayers are paying for 23 lawyers to defend the alleged corruption in this one case, which is set for trial in the fall and could bankrupt the city. @iamchristineking manolo4miami francissuarez @usao_sdfl
¡MAS MIAMI MAFIA MIERDA! #BREAKING: Third Time’s the Charm! After two prior dismissals to amend, Federal Judge Federico A. Moreno has ACCEPTED and is PROCEEDING with the Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint in the BLOCKBUSTER “Carollo Cabal” lawsuit against the City of Miami and 11 individual city employees, accusing them of “engag[ing] in a well-known, widespread and pervasive custom of weaponizing City resources to target and harass” in violation of the Constitution. #BecauseMiami The new 644-page complaint filed by the Little Havana business owners who last summer won a $63.5 million corruption judgment against Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo, relies heavily on testimony and evidence already successfully litigated in that case, and reads like a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) indictment. An earlier draft of the suit referred to the defendants as the “Carollo Cabal” (aka Miami Mafia) — including Commissioner Joe Carollo, his chief of staff William Ortiz, city manager Art Noriega, disgraced fired city attorney “Tricky” Vicky Mendez, assistant city attorney Rachel Dooley, building director Asael “Ace” Marrero, zoning director Daniel Goldberg, fire marshal Adrian Plascenia, unsafe structures chief Rene Diaz, and building official Luis Torres — who allegedly conspired to weaponize city government for political revenge to target Bill Fuller and Martin Pinilla and their various properties and business in and around Calle Ocho, including the historic Ball & Chain nightclub, and repeatedly violate their constitutional rights. City of Miami taxpayers are paying for 23 lawyers to defend the alleged corruption in this one case, which is set for trial in the fall and could bankrupt the city. @iamchristineking manolo4miami francissuarez @usao_sdfl
¡MAS MIAMI MAFIA MIERDA! #BREAKING: Third Time’s the Charm! After two prior dismissals to amend, Federal Judge Federico A. Moreno has ACCEPTED and is PROCEEDING with the Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint in the BLOCKBUSTER “Carollo Cabal” lawsuit against the City of Miami and 11 individual city employees, accusing them of “engag[ing] in a well-known, widespread and pervasive custom of weaponizing City resources to target and harass” in violation of the Constitution. #BecauseMiami The new 644-page complaint filed by the Little Havana business owners who last summer won a $63.5 million corruption judgment against Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo, relies heavily on testimony and evidence already successfully litigated in that case, and reads like a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) indictment. An earlier draft of the suit referred to the defendants as the “Carollo Cabal” (aka Miami Mafia) — including Commissioner Joe Carollo, his chief of staff William Ortiz, city manager Art Noriega, disgraced fired city attorney “Tricky” Vicky Mendez, assistant city attorney Rachel Dooley, building director Asael “Ace” Marrero, zoning director Daniel Goldberg, fire marshal Adrian Plascenia, unsafe structures chief Rene Diaz, and building official Luis Torres — who allegedly conspired to weaponize city government for political revenge to target Bill Fuller and Martin Pinilla and their various properties and business in and around Calle Ocho, including the historic Ball & Chain nightclub, and repeatedly violate their constitutional rights. City of Miami taxpayers are paying for 23 lawyers to defend the alleged corruption in this one case, which is set for trial in the fall and could bankrupt the city. @iamchristineking manolo4miami francissuarez @usao_sdfl
¡MAS MIAMI MAFIA MIERDA! #BREAKING: Third Time’s the Charm! After two prior dismissals to amend, Federal Judge Federico A. Moreno has ACCEPTED and is PROCEEDING with the Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint in the BLOCKBUSTER “Carollo Cabal” lawsuit against the City of Miami and 11 individual city employees, accusing them of “engag[ing] in a well-known, widespread and pervasive custom of weaponizing City resources to target and harass” in violation of the Constitution. #BecauseMiami The new 644-page complaint filed by the Little Havana business owners who last summer won a $63.5 million corruption judgment against Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo, relies heavily on testimony and evidence already successfully litigated in that case, and reads like a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) indictment. An earlier draft of the suit referred to the defendants as the “Carollo Cabal” (aka Miami Mafia) — including Commissioner Joe Carollo, his chief of staff William Ortiz, city manager Art Noriega, disgraced fired city attorney “Tricky” Vicky Mendez, assistant city attorney Rachel Dooley, building director Asael “Ace” Marrero, zoning director Daniel Goldberg, fire marshal Adrian Plascenia, unsafe structures chief Rene Diaz, and building official Luis Torres — who allegedly conspired to weaponize city government for political revenge to target Bill Fuller and Martin Pinilla and their various properties and business in and around Calle Ocho, including the historic Ball & Chain nightclub, and repeatedly violate their constitutional rights. City of Miami taxpayers are paying for 23 lawyers to defend the alleged corruption in this one case, which is set for trial in the fall and could bankrupt the city. @iamchristineking manolo4miami francissuarez @usao_sdfl
¡MAS MIAMI MAFIA MIERDA! #BREAKING: Third Time’s the Charm! After two prior dismissals to amend, Federal Judge Federico A. Moreno has ACCEPTED and is PROCEEDING with the Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint in the BLOCKBUSTER “Carollo Cabal” lawsuit against the City of Miami and 11 individual city employees, accusing them of “engag[ing] in a well-known, widespread and pervasive custom of weaponizing City resources to target and harass” in violation of the Constitution. #BecauseMiami The new 644-page complaint filed by the Little Havana business owners who last summer won a $63.5 million corruption judgment against Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo, relies heavily on testimony and evidence already successfully litigated in that case, and reads like a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) indictment. An earlier draft of the suit referred to the defendants as the “Carollo Cabal” (aka Miami Mafia) — including Commissioner Joe Carollo, his chief of staff William Ortiz, city manager Art Noriega, disgraced fired city attorney “Tricky” Vicky Mendez, assistant city attorney Rachel Dooley, building director Asael “Ace” Marrero, zoning director Daniel Goldberg, fire marshal Adrian Plascenia, unsafe structures chief Rene Diaz, and building official Luis Torres — who allegedly conspired to weaponize city government for political revenge to target Bill Fuller and Martin Pinilla and their various properties and business in and around Calle Ocho, including the historic Ball & Chain nightclub, and repeatedly violate their constitutional rights. City of Miami taxpayers are paying for 23 lawyers to defend the alleged corruption in this one case, which is set for trial in the fall and could bankrupt the city. @iamchristineking manolo4miami francissuarez @usao_sdfl
¡MAS MIAMI MAFIA MIERDA! #BREAKING: Third Time’s the Charm! After two prior dismissals to amend, Federal Judge Federico A. Moreno has ACCEPTED and is PROCEEDING with the Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint in the BLOCKBUSTER “Carollo Cabal” lawsuit against the City of Miami and 11 individual city employees, accusing them of “engag[ing] in a well-known, widespread and pervasive custom of weaponizing City resources to target and harass” in violation of the Constitution. #BecauseMiami The new 644-page complaint filed by the Little Havana business owners who last summer won a $63.5 million corruption judgment against Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo, relies heavily on testimony and evidence already successfully litigated in that case, and reads like a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) indictment. An earlier draft of the suit referred to the defendants as the “Carollo Cabal” (aka Miami Mafia) — including Commissioner Joe Carollo, his chief of staff William Ortiz, city manager Art Noriega, disgraced fired city attorney “Tricky” Vicky Mendez, assistant city attorney Rachel Dooley, building director Asael “Ace” Marrero, zoning director Daniel Goldberg, fire marshal Adrian Plascenia, unsafe structures chief Rene Diaz, and building official Luis Torres — who allegedly conspired to weaponize city government for political revenge to target Bill Fuller and Martin Pinilla and their various properties and business in and around Calle Ocho, including the historic Ball & Chain nightclub, and repeatedly violate their constitutional rights. City of Miami taxpayers are paying for 23 lawyers to defend the alleged corruption in this one case, which is set for trial in the fall and could bankrupt the city. @iamchristineking manolo4miami francissuarez @usao_sdfl
¡MAS MIAMI MAFIA MIERDA! #BREAKING: Third Time’s the Charm! After two prior dismissals to amend, Federal Judge Federico A. Moreno has ACCEPTED and is PROCEEDING with the Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint in the BLOCKBUSTER “Carollo Cabal” lawsuit against the City of Miami and 11 individual city employees, accusing them of “engag[ing] in a well-known, widespread and pervasive custom of weaponizing City resources to target and harass” in violation of the Constitution. #BecauseMiami The new 644-page complaint filed by the Little Havana business owners who last summer won a $63.5 million corruption judgment against Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo, relies heavily on testimony and evidence already successfully litigated in that case, and reads like a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) indictment. An earlier draft of the suit referred to the defendants as the “Carollo Cabal” (aka Miami Mafia) — including Commissioner Joe Carollo, his chief of staff William Ortiz, city manager Art Noriega, disgraced fired city attorney “Tricky” Vicky Mendez, assistant city attorney Rachel Dooley, building director Asael “Ace” Marrero, zoning director Daniel Goldberg, fire marshal Adrian Plascenia, unsafe structures chief Rene Diaz, and building official Luis Torres — who allegedly conspired to weaponize city government for political revenge to target Bill Fuller and Martin Pinilla and their various properties and business in and around Calle Ocho, including the historic Ball & Chain nightclub, and repeatedly violate their constitutional rights. City of Miami taxpayers are paying for 23 lawyers to defend the alleged corruption in this one case, which is set for trial in the fall and could bankrupt the city. @iamchristineking manolo4miami francissuarez @usao_sdfl
¡MAS MIAMI MAFIA MIERDA! #BREAKING: Third Time’s the Charm! After two prior dismissals to amend, Federal Judge Federico A. Moreno has ACCEPTED and is PROCEEDING with the Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint in the BLOCKBUSTER “Carollo Cabal” lawsuit against the City of Miami and 11 individual city employees, accusing them of “engag[ing] in a well-known, widespread and pervasive custom of weaponizing City resources to target and harass” in violation of the Constitution. #BecauseMiami The new 644-page complaint filed by the Little Havana business owners who last summer won a $63.5 million corruption judgment against Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo, relies heavily on testimony and evidence already successfully litigated in that case, and reads like a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) indictment. An earlier draft of the suit referred to the defendants as the “Carollo Cabal” (aka Miami Mafia) — including Commissioner Joe Carollo, his chief of staff William Ortiz, city manager Art Noriega, disgraced fired city attorney “Tricky” Vicky Mendez, assistant city attorney Rachel Dooley, building director Asael “Ace” Marrero, zoning director Daniel Goldberg, fire marshal Adrian Plascenia, unsafe structures chief Rene Diaz, and building official Luis Torres — who allegedly conspired to weaponize city government for political revenge to target Bill Fuller and Martin Pinilla and their various properties and business in and around Calle Ocho, including the historic Ball & Chain nightclub, and repeatedly violate their constitutional rights. City of Miami taxpayers are paying for 23 lawyers to defend the alleged corruption in this one case, which is set for trial in the fall and could bankrupt the city. @iamchristineking manolo4miami francissuarez @usao_sdfl
White Lobster Alert: Florida Keys snorkeler discovered 25 bricks of cocaine — totaling 68 pounds — floating off the coast on Wednesday, reported the find to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Border Patrol #BecauseFlorida
White Lobster Alert: Florida Keys snorkeler discovered 25 bricks of cocaine — totaling 68 pounds — floating off the coast on Wednesday, reported the find to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Border Patrol #BecauseFlorida
White Lobster Alert: Florida Keys snorkeler discovered 25 bricks of cocaine — totaling 68 pounds — floating off the coast on Wednesday, reported the find to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Border Patrol #BecauseFlorida
