Beloved powerboat racer killed in crash: "Heartbroken over the loss"
Horror as powerboat racer, 53, is killed in high speed crash during a
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Florida Powerboat Team Owner Linked to Mass Cocaine ...
If convicted, he will face up to life in prison. Various local media outlets have identified Strama Jr. as the owner of JS Racing S-7, a powerboat speed racing team based in Marathon, Florida Keys.
Feds arrest 27 in South Florida cocaine trafficking case, including
Among those facing the most serious charges include a South Florida powerboat racing team owner. JS Racing S-7 owner and convicted felon John Robert Strama Jr. is facing counts of conspiracy to ...
Boat racer among 27 charged in major South Florida drug ...
Records show Strama is a member of an offshore powerboat racing team, JS Racing, and a former racer in the American Power Boat Association. ... Authorities said Strama, a convicted felon, also ...
Sarasota Powerboat Grand Prix—Where To Watch And When To Watch It
Following a full-month break, offshore returns this weekend with the Powerboat P1-produced 40th annual Sarasota Powerboat Grand Prix. The Southwest Florida event boasts racing on both Saturday and Sunday. With seven teams currently registered, the event-closing Super Cat-class race promises to the a thriller.
Sal Magluta
USP Allenwood, Gregg Township, PA. Salvador "Sal" Magluta (born November 5, 1954) is a Cuban American former drug kingpin and powerboat racer who, along with his partner Willy Falcon, operated one of the most significant cocaine trafficking organizations in South Florida history. The duo became known as Los Muchachos, Spanish for "The Boys".
Powerboats go full-throttle in the waters off Lido Beach
This year's Sarasota Powerboat Grand Prix by P1 Offshore marked the event's 40th year, and the race, held Sept. 14-15, showcased some dedicated participants. Steve Kildahl of Sarasota has been in ...
2024 Sarasota Powerboat Grand Prix, Day 1—Positive Reactions
With rain pouring down on the pits at the Sarasota Grand Prix offshore powerboat race, owner/driver Reese Langheim and throttleman Julian Maldonado made a last-minute call on the setup of their 32-foot Victory catamaran, Jackhammer. With its victory yesterday at the Sarasota Powerboat Grand Prix, the Jackhammer team moved one step closer to cementing a Super Stock-class national championship.
Almost 30 charged in South Florida cocaine-dealing network
Strama, 42, who lives in the Middle Keys city of Marathon, operates a professional powerboat racing team called JS Racing S-7, based in Marathon. ... If convicted, he faces up to life in prison ...
Willy Falcon and Sal Magluta: Rise of the Cocaine Cowboys
"At one time, two-thirds of our national champions were convicted drug smugglers," asserts John Crouse, powerboat racing historian and author of Searace: A History of Offshore Powerboat Racing ...
Balloch powerboat racer opens up on incredible year mixing with A ...
Balloch powerboat racer Oban Duncan says mixing with A-listers and competing all across the world has been a special experience. Just one round of the pioneering E1 electric powerboat racing ...
The mystery behind the death of powerboat racing champion Don Aronow
Don Aronow, powerboat racing champion and founder of Magnum, Cigarette and Donzi, continues to fascinate - as does his mysterious death, discovers Daniel Pembrey. When Cigarette founder and powerboat racing champion Don Aronow was shot dead on 3 February 1987 in Miami, the boating world was convulsed, but not everybody was surprised.
Ex-Concord teacher convicted on rape charges indicted on 39 new ...
Sep. 19—A former Concord special education teacher convicted of sexual assaults involving a then-middle school student in Massachusetts has been indicted 39 times in Merrimack County. Primo ...
Louisville leaders want to crush convicted street racers' cars
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Local authorities and lawmakers are ready to pump the brakes on Louisville illegal street racing and street takeovers. "A lot of people who are doing this, they think of their ...
Liam Holden: Family denied £120,000 in costs
The family of the last man in the UK to be sentenced to hang after being wrongly convicted of murdering a British soldier are not entitled to have their legal bill covered, a court has ruled ...
Kramer's Conviction Upheld in Aronow Murder
By David Ovalle, Miami Herald, Dec. 8, 2010--. Benjamin Kramer, the flashy South Florida powerboat racer imprisoned for ordering the 1987 assassination of rival Don Aronow, remains a convicted killer Tuesday after a Miami-Dade judge refused to toss out his conviction. Kramer pleaded no contest to manslaughter in 1996 and agreed to a 19-year ...
NAACP president urges Missouri governor to halt execution planned for
The president of the NAACP is urging Missouri's governor to halt the execution of Marcellus Williams scheduled for Tuesday, writing that executing a Black man who says he was wrongfully convicted would amount to a "horrible miscarriage of justice."
Is Speed Kills a true story? The real-life speedboat racer and
In 1987, hit man Robert 'Bobby' Young shot powerboat mogul Don Aronow in his Mercedes sports car. Young, paid $60,000 for the contract murder, achieved such notoriety for the gangland-style killing that he secured a place in the pantheon of South Florida assassins. Young, 60, died on Tuesday 31 March 2009 at Jackson Memorial Hospital ...
Rocky Aoki
Hiroaki Aoki (青木 廣彰, Aoki Hiroaki, October 9, 1938 - July 10, 2008), better known as Rocky Aoki, was a Japanese-born American restaurateur, professional offshore powerboat racer and amateur wrestler.He was the founder of the Japanese cuisine restaurant chain Benihana, and Genesis magazine.. He was also the father of musician Steve Aoki and model and actress Devon Aoki.
Trump's Crypto Partners Have a Checkered Business Past
On Facebook, their posts show them racing around the Caribbean on a powerboat and relaxing by the beach with their wives. In 2021, Herro bragged about living in the Ritz Carlton resort in Puerto Rico.
S. Fla. powerboat racer seeks to have his murder conviction dismissed
Benjamin Barry Kramer, the flashy South Florida powerboat racer convicted of ordering the notorious 1987 murder of business rival Don Aronow, is claiming that authorities sent him to prison ...
Conviction upheld in slaying of Florida boatbuilder
A Florida judge Tuesday refused to overturn the conviction of powerboat racer Benjamin Kramer, who was charged with ordering the 1987 assassination of powerboat. Skip to main content. Digital Boat Show. Under 40' Vessels 40'-80' Yachts (80FT+) Design. Brokerage. Accessories & Components Tent. Boater's University. Marine Services. News.
Ben Kramer lived a double life as a successful powerboat racer ...
Ben Kramer lived a double life as a successful powerboat racer and a convicted murderer. He was known for his exceptional skills in racing but had a darker side involving criminal activities. youtu.be ... Smith was convicted of second-degree murder in 1994 and sentenced to the maximum term of nine years to life in prison.
Boat racer among 27 charged in major South Florida drug trafficking
Records show Strama is a member of an offshore powerboat racing team, JS Racing, and a former racer in the American Power Boat Association. ... Authorities said Strama, a convicted felon, also ...
Powerboat champ convicted of drug smuggling
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Champion powerboat racer Benjamin Barry Kramer, his father and his business lawyer were convicted of running a multimillion-dollar marijuana smuggling ring and money ...
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Benjamin Barry Kramer, the flashy South Florida powerboat racer convicted of ordering the notorious 1987 murder of business rival Don Aronow, is claiming that authorities sent him to prison knowing that the triggerman had cleared him of involvement in the slaying. ... A millionaire powerboat builder, Aronow was gunned down in February 1987 ...
Boat Racer in Florida Charged in Drug Case
Benjamin Barry Kramer, an international powerboat racing champion and a builder of racing boats, was charged today in a 44-count indictment stemming from a Federal investigation into drug ...
Kramer trying to get exonerated for Aronow killing. [Archive
Benjamin Barry Kramer, the flashy South Florida powerboat racer convicted of ordering the notorious 1987 murder of business rival Don Aronow, is claiming that authorities sent him to prison knowing that the triggerman had cleared him of involvement in the slaying. His proof: a purported February 2009 deathbed confession by triggerman Robert "Bobby'' Young in which the killer claimed he told ...
Big break comes in unsolved murder case of Miami ...
Their company was located next to the offices of Don Aronow, the wealthy powerboat racer and founder of Cigarette boats who was gunned down in 1987 in what police said was part of a business dispute.
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If convicted, he will face up to life in prison. Various local media outlets have identified Strama Jr. as the owner of JS Racing S-7, a powerboat speed racing team based in Marathon, Florida Keys.
Among those facing the most serious charges include a South Florida powerboat racing team owner. JS Racing S-7 owner and convicted felon John Robert Strama Jr. is facing counts of conspiracy to ...
Records show Strama is a member of an offshore powerboat racing team, JS Racing, and a former racer in the American Power Boat Association. ... Authorities said Strama, a convicted felon, also ...
Following a full-month break, offshore returns this weekend with the Powerboat P1-produced 40th annual Sarasota Powerboat Grand Prix. The Southwest Florida event boasts racing on both Saturday and Sunday. With seven teams currently registered, the event-closing Super Cat-class race promises to the a thriller.
USP Allenwood, Gregg Township, PA. Salvador "Sal" Magluta (born November 5, 1954) is a Cuban American former drug kingpin and powerboat racer who, along with his partner Willy Falcon, operated one of the most significant cocaine trafficking organizations in South Florida history. The duo became known as Los Muchachos, Spanish for "The Boys".
This year's Sarasota Powerboat Grand Prix by P1 Offshore marked the event's 40th year, and the race, held Sept. 14-15, showcased some dedicated participants. Steve Kildahl of Sarasota has been in ...
With rain pouring down on the pits at the Sarasota Grand Prix offshore powerboat race, owner/driver Reese Langheim and throttleman Julian Maldonado made a last-minute call on the setup of their 32-foot Victory catamaran, Jackhammer. With its victory yesterday at the Sarasota Powerboat Grand Prix, the Jackhammer team moved one step closer to cementing a Super Stock-class national championship.
Strama, 42, who lives in the Middle Keys city of Marathon, operates a professional powerboat racing team called JS Racing S-7, based in Marathon. ... If convicted, he faces up to life in prison ...
"At one time, two-thirds of our national champions were convicted drug smugglers," asserts John Crouse, powerboat racing historian and author of Searace: A History of Offshore Powerboat Racing ...
Balloch powerboat racer Oban Duncan says mixing with A-listers and competing all across the world has been a special experience. Just one round of the pioneering E1 electric powerboat racing ...
Don Aronow, powerboat racing champion and founder of Magnum, Cigarette and Donzi, continues to fascinate - as does his mysterious death, discovers Daniel Pembrey. When Cigarette founder and powerboat racing champion Don Aronow was shot dead on 3 February 1987 in Miami, the boating world was convulsed, but not everybody was surprised.
Sep. 19—A former Concord special education teacher convicted of sexual assaults involving a then-middle school student in Massachusetts has been indicted 39 times in Merrimack County. Primo ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Local authorities and lawmakers are ready to pump the brakes on Louisville illegal street racing and street takeovers. "A lot of people who are doing this, they think of their ...
The family of the last man in the UK to be sentenced to hang after being wrongly convicted of murdering a British soldier are not entitled to have their legal bill covered, a court has ruled ...
By David Ovalle, Miami Herald, Dec. 8, 2010--. Benjamin Kramer, the flashy South Florida powerboat racer imprisoned for ordering the 1987 assassination of rival Don Aronow, remains a convicted killer Tuesday after a Miami-Dade judge refused to toss out his conviction. Kramer pleaded no contest to manslaughter in 1996 and agreed to a 19-year ...
The president of the NAACP is urging Missouri's governor to halt the execution of Marcellus Williams scheduled for Tuesday, writing that executing a Black man who says he was wrongfully convicted would amount to a "horrible miscarriage of justice."
In 1987, hit man Robert 'Bobby' Young shot powerboat mogul Don Aronow in his Mercedes sports car. Young, paid $60,000 for the contract murder, achieved such notoriety for the gangland-style killing that he secured a place in the pantheon of South Florida assassins. Young, 60, died on Tuesday 31 March 2009 at Jackson Memorial Hospital ...
Hiroaki Aoki (青木 廣彰, Aoki Hiroaki, October 9, 1938 - July 10, 2008), better known as Rocky Aoki, was a Japanese-born American restaurateur, professional offshore powerboat racer and amateur wrestler.He was the founder of the Japanese cuisine restaurant chain Benihana, and Genesis magazine.. He was also the father of musician Steve Aoki and model and actress Devon Aoki.
On Facebook, their posts show them racing around the Caribbean on a powerboat and relaxing by the beach with their wives. In 2021, Herro bragged about living in the Ritz Carlton resort in Puerto Rico.
Benjamin Barry Kramer, the flashy South Florida powerboat racer convicted of ordering the notorious 1987 murder of business rival Don Aronow, is claiming that authorities sent him to prison ...
A Florida judge Tuesday refused to overturn the conviction of powerboat racer Benjamin Kramer, who was charged with ordering the 1987 assassination of powerboat. Skip to main content. Digital Boat Show. Under 40' Vessels 40'-80' Yachts (80FT+) Design. Brokerage. Accessories & Components Tent. Boater's University. Marine Services. News.
Ben Kramer lived a double life as a successful powerboat racer and a convicted murderer. He was known for his exceptional skills in racing but had a darker side involving criminal activities. youtu.be ... Smith was convicted of second-degree murder in 1994 and sentenced to the maximum term of nine years to life in prison.
Records show Strama is a member of an offshore powerboat racing team, JS Racing, and a former racer in the American Power Boat Association. ... Authorities said Strama, a convicted felon, also ...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Champion powerboat racer Benjamin Barry Kramer, his father and his business lawyer were convicted of running a multimillion-dollar marijuana smuggling ring and money ...
Benjamin Barry Kramer, the flashy South Florida powerboat racer convicted of ordering the notorious 1987 murder of business rival Don Aronow, is claiming that authorities sent him to prison knowing that the triggerman had cleared him of involvement in the slaying. ... A millionaire powerboat builder, Aronow was gunned down in February 1987 ...
Benjamin Barry Kramer, an international powerboat racing champion and a builder of racing boats, was charged today in a 44-count indictment stemming from a Federal investigation into drug ...
Benjamin Barry Kramer, the flashy South Florida powerboat racer convicted of ordering the notorious 1987 murder of business rival Don Aronow, is claiming that authorities sent him to prison knowing that the triggerman had cleared him of involvement in the slaying. His proof: a purported February 2009 deathbed confession by triggerman Robert "Bobby'' Young in which the killer claimed he told ...
Their company was located next to the offices of Don Aronow, the wealthy powerboat racer and founder of Cigarette boats who was gunned down in 1987 in what police said was part of a business dispute.