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Federal civil trial begins for Joe Carollo, accused of targeting business owners who opposed him
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A federal civil trial pitting two enterprise companions in opposition to Miami Metropolis Commissioner Joe Carollo received underway in Fort Lauderdale Monday.
Invoice Fuller and Martin Pinilla, of in style Little Havana nightclub Ball & Chain, are accusing Carollo of abusing his energy to focus on and harass enterprise house owners who opposed him.
Ball & Chain confronted quite a few police raids and code enforcement violations, its house owners stated.
The federal lawsuit alleges years of harassment and retaliation, beginning with their assist of a candidate who ran in opposition to him.
Till that 2018 elective dysfunction, the Ball & Chain house owners have been in style with Miami officers for his or her metropolis investments, even placed on metropolis boards, in response to the lawsuit.
After years of increasingly-public ugliness between Fuller, Pinilla and Carollo, jurors can be seeing proof like textual content messages from metropolis workers, forwarding Carollo’s requests to test their enterprise addresses for blaring music and illegally parked automobiles.
The witness record is a who’s who from the town — and on that record are the town’s newer former police chiefs.
That features Artwork Acevedo, who was terminated in a conflict with Carollo.
It additionally includes a former metropolis supervisor who had referred to as all of it “a circus.”
Of their opening statements, Carollo’s lawyer stated that it was the enterprise house owners who have been doing work with out permits, and violating codes and that Carollo was doing the suitable factor by bringing it to the town’s consideration.
Carollo himself declined to remark following Monday’s proceedings.
“As soon as it’s completed, I’ll be glad to,” he stated.
The trial is anticipated to final about two weeks.
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Penn State transfer portal target, Pa. native commits to Miami
Penn State had a successful Saturday, beating SMU in the College Football Playoff first round in convincing fashion. But not everything went the Nittany Lions’ way.
David Blay, one of Penn State’s top targets in the transfer portal, committed to Miami. The news was reported by on3 on Saturday afternoon.
In addition to Penn State and Miami, Blay was also being pursued by Florida State, Illinois, Oklahoma, USC, Wisconsin, Mississippi State and Arkansas.
Blay, a standout at Louisiana Tech who visited last weekend, was a top target for the Nittany Lions as they look to add depth and talent to their defensive line for the 2025 season.
Blay is a Levittown native who played at Harry S. Truman High School outside Philadelphia before going to West Chester to play at the Division II level in 2021 and 2022. Blay transferred to Louisiana Tech, where he was a first-team All-Conference USA selection this year.
Blay finished the 2024 season with 46 tackles, 10 1/2 tackles for loss and 6 1/2 sacks.
Penn State has addressed a couple needs in the portal so far in the winter window, earning commitments from USC wide receiver Kyron Hudson and Texas A&M defensive end Enai White. But the Nittany Lions would love to add a defensive tackle or two.
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