Alex DeLuca

4 days ago | miaminewtimes.com | Alex DeLuca

Late last week, Florida's attorney general proposed a seemingly outlandish plan to build an immigration detention facility in the heart of the Florida Everglades to house and process suspected undocumented migrants. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier dubbed the facility, which they plan to build on the site of a mostly unused public airport, "Alligator Alcatraz.""If somebody were to get out, there's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.

1 week ago | miaminewtimes.com | Alex DeLuca

On June 2, West Palm Beach police arrested chef Jacob Bickelhaupt on felony charges of aggravated battery and domestic battery after he allegedly beat a woman for several hours, causing her to suffer a seizure and a subdural hematoma — a potentially life-threatening collection of blood outside the brain. She was reportedly rushed into emergency surgery.

1 week ago | miaminewtimes.com | Alex DeLuca

At around 3 a.m. on Saturday, Miami Police Department (MPD) officers were patrolling the streets of Wynwood near businesses like Electric Lady and 1-800-Lucky when they say they "confronted" a man with a firearm. According to MPD spokesperson Michael Vega, several officers discharged their firearms and the armed man was killed — along with a woman, who has been identified in news reports as 28-year-old Evelyn Valdes, an innocent bystander reportedly caught in the crossfire.

2 weeks ago | miaminewtimes.com | Alex DeLuca

On June 11, to help kick off the one-year countdown to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Telemundo invited FIFA officials, Miami-Dade mayor Daniella Levine Cava, and other special guests to celebrate on chartered boats in Biscayne Bay. But while en route to the event, U.S. Coast Guard officials reportedly boarded the boat carrying Levine Cava and other VIP guests, stopping the group for nearly an hour in the middle of the ocean. Following the kerfuffle, Telemundo abruptly canceled the event.

2 weeks ago | miaminewtimes.com | Alex DeLuca

Konro, West Palm Beach's only Michelin-starred restaurant, has temporarily closed following the arrest of its chef, Jacob Bickelhaupt, on domestic violence charges. On June 2, West Palm Beach police arrested Bickelhaupt on felony charges of aggravated battery causing bodily harm and domestic battery.