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Adam Tavss

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    June 22, 2009

    Murder Miami Style: One Officer Involved in Two Deadly Shootings in 4 Days

    Four days after being cleared of any wrongdoing in shooting an unarmed tourist, Miami Beach Police Officer Adam Tavss has been involved in another shooting death. The incident reports have not been made public because the fatal shootings are "still under investigation," police say. Facts though ha ... More >>

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    June 29, 2009

    Police Fatally Shoot Machete-Wielding Man on Miami Street

    Police enforcement fatally shot a man who was attacking another man with a machete on a Northwest Miami street on Saturday evening.A Miami-Dade corrections officer summoned a Miami police officer at 6:35 p.m., after he witnessed a man swinging a machete at another man on NW 12th St. and 12th Ave, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    News Roundup

    WPLG pulled the files on Adam Tavss, the Miami Beach Police officer involved in the questionable killing of a Arab-American tourist. Nothing all that interesting; they describe him as a "satisfactory" rookie cop. [JustNews]Portions of southbound Palmetto Expressway will be closed tonight. [Herald]R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    News Roundup

    What... the...? Slot machines at MIA? Like that airport needs to be any more of a circus than it already is. [Herald]Miami-Dade commissioners have no problem with Carrie Meek representing Wackenhut and the county, even while the two are in a legal dispute. [Herald]Adam Tavss, the Miami Beach Police ... More >>

  • News

    July 9, 2009

    Blood Badge

    Who is the Miami Beach cop who killed twice in one week?

  • News

    July 16, 2009

    Letters from the Issue of July 16, 2009

    “Von Hautman won’t be left exposed and impoverished. A guy like this always finds another victim.”

  • News

    October 1, 2009

    Family of slain tourist wants Miami Beach cop to pay

    “Von Hautman won’t be left exposed and impoverished. A guy like this always finds another victim.”

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Killer Cop Adam Tavss Resigns, Earns a $17K Payday on the Way Out

    Kill two men in four days under questionable circumstances. Get caught with drugs in your system and suspended from work. ​Walk away from it all with $17,242.46. Not a bad deal, right? That's exactly how much Adam Tavss, the former Miami Beach cop, earned from taxpayers when he quietly resign ... More >>

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    January 14, 2010

    Ex-Miami Beach cop Adam Tavss kills two, gets caught with drugs, and earns a nice payout

    Kill two men in four days under questionable circumstances. Get caught with drugs in your system and suspended from work. ​Walk away from it all with $17,242.46. Not a bad deal, right? That's exactly how much Adam Tavss, the former Miami Beach cop, earned from taxpayers when he quietly resign ... More >>

  • News

    January 21, 2010

    Letters from the issue of January 21, 2009

    Kill two men in four days under questionable circumstances. Get caught with drugs in your system and suspended from work. ​Walk away from it all with $17,242.46. Not a bad deal, right? That's exactly how much Adam Tavss, the former Miami Beach cop, earned from taxpayers when he quietly resign ... More >>

  • News

    March 25, 2010

    Miami Beach cops are paid up to $225K and face lawsuits galore

    Kill two men in four days under questionable circumstances. Get caught with drugs in your system and suspended from work. ​Walk away from it all with $17,242.46. Not a bad deal, right? That's exactly how much Adam Tavss, the former Miami Beach cop, earned from taxpayers when he quietly resign ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Adam Tavss, Miami Beach's 'Killer Cop,' Arrested With Hydroponic Marijuana Grow Lab In House

    Adam Tavss, a former Miami Beach Police Department officer under investigation for gunning down two men in four days last summer, was arrested last night after police found a "fully operational" marijuana grow lab in his house with dozens of plants.Acting on a tip, Miami Dade police raided Tavss' ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Brother of Shooting Victim: Pot House Bust Proves Tavss Should Never Have Been A Cop

    When Samer Shehada read the news this morning, he started shaking with anger: The former Miami Beach cop who shot and killed his brother last summer had just been arrested for running a marijuana grow house. via Miami Dade Corrections Former Miami Beach Police officer Adam Tavss killed two me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2010

    Miami Beach Police Chief Carlos Noriega Takes New Times to Journalism School

    In March, we published a feature about the Miami Beach Police Department, detailing how more than 50 percent of the force earns at least six figures a year and profiling the myriad legal problems involving Beach cops. (You can read it here.) ​We've also reported extensively about former Office ... More >>

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    October 19, 2010

    Adam Tavss, Pot-Growing Killer Miami Beach Cop, Gets House Arrest

    Kill a couple guys, get caught running a growhouse, no jail time: Pays to be an (ex) cop!​Lady Justice hasn't exactly been harsh to Adam Tavss, no matter how badly he messes up. When the Miami Beach cop was caught with drugs in his system last year -- months after he shot and killed two different ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Five Worst Miami Cops Of the Year: Pot-Growers, Russian Kidnappers and Tow Truck Scammers

    Illustration by Pat Kinsella​Let's start this list with a caveat: In the 305, the vast majority of police officers are decent men and women risking their lives to protect America's craziest county. It's not a job most of us could do, and we salute them for it. Really.But it's also true that when c ... More >>

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    December 30, 2010

    Top Five Florida 420 Busts in 2010

    ​Marijuana production is at an all-time high in Florida and so are grow house busts. The local, state, and federal law enforcement weed eradication program has seen a 50 percent spike in the number of grow labs in less than four years. It's easy pickings for Johnny Law when you think about it. Gro ... More >>

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    January 6, 2011

    Top five Florida weed busts

    ​Marijuana production is at an all-time high in Florida and so are grow house busts. The local, state, and federal law enforcement weed eradication program has seen a 50 percent spike in the number of grow labs in less than four years. It's easy pickings for Johnny Law when you think about it. Gro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Adam Tavss, Pot-Growing Ex-Miami Beach Cop, Cleared in Tourist Shooting

    via Miami Dade CorrectionsAdam Tavss, post-arrest.​Adam Tavss's short career as a police officer is long gone after getting caught running a marijuana grow house out of his basement. But Tavss didn't break the law by shooting and killing an unarmed tourist on Washington Avenue in 2009, the State A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2011

    Good News, Grow House Owners: Drug Sniffing Dogs Can't Smell Your Front Door Anymore

    ​Economic reports are clear that South Florida's third largest industry -- after fabricating massive housing bubbles and churning out "I'm In Miami Bitch" t-shirts -- is marijuana grow houses. One in every three homes in Kendall, in fact, is actually an empty shell full of sophisticated pot-farmin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    Miami Cop Fausto Lopez's 120 MPH Turnpike Drive Caught On Video

    via You Tube​How often does one grainy police video end up capturing the best and worst of local cops? One on side, there's Fausto Lopez -- a 35-year-old Miami police officer whose name immediately joins the bad cop pantheon of Adam Tavss, Derick Kuilan and Lavont Flanders after he led a Florida H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    Carlos Noriega Is Done As Beach Chief; Bid Him Farewell By Remembering His Biggest Screw Ups

    ​The reign of Miami Beach Police Chief Carlos Noriega is all but officially over. The chief was scheduled to retire on December 31st, but City Manager Jorge Gonzalez has announced that the chief will use his leftover vacation days, and has now officially relinquished control of the department. As ... More >>

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