Missing Miami Beach developer may face arrest [South Florida]
Developer Michael Stern — the chief witness in a Miami Beach City Hall bribery probe — has repeatedly refused to return from Uruguay for hearings in his bankruptcy case, prompting a judge to threaten him with arrest.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Mark found Stern in contempt of court after the developer missed a Wednesday court hearing in defiance of a previous order. The judge said he would give Stern one last chance to appear; otherwise, he will order the U.S. Marshals Service to arrest Stern.
“Mr. Stern has willfully refused to cooperate in the administration of this bankruptcy case which he voluntarily filed,” Mark wrote in the contempt order.