Broward Sheriff's Office

Warrant Issued for Chad Johnson's Arrest

Last time we checked in with Chad Johnson, he was hanging out with a homeless guy in South Beach. Next time we check in he could be hanging out with prisoners behind bars. The Broward Sheriff's Office has issued a warrant for Johnson's arrest stemming from a possible violation of his probation.

Dream South Beach Owner, Vikram Chatwal, Arrested For Drug Possession

Hotelier Vikram Chatwal was arrested and charged with eight counts of possession of various substances, including cocaine and marijuana, earlier this week at a checkpoint at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Chatwal was flagged by behavior detection officers and was searched on April ... More >>

Marissa Karp Murder: Father's Decade-Long Investigation Pays Off

Miami's Best Youth Football Team Beats Violence, Gambling, Turmoil, and Opponents

Two Activists Infiltrate a Center Where Illegal Immigrants Are Held

TSA at MIA and FLL: 35 Guns, a Chainsaw, and a Cannonball Confiscated

Ten Best Miami Bands of All Time

Fix-A-Flat Butt Doc Oneal Morris Arrested for Manslaughter

Oneal Morris, the back-alley "doctor" who has been arrested several times on charges related to illegally injecting silicone concoctions cut with substances including cement and Fix-A-Flat, was arrested and charged with the manslaughter of Shatarka Nuby today. Nuby died in March due to complications ... More >>

Hector Pesquera, Port of Miami Security Director, Named Puerto Rico's Chief of Police

​A decade ago, Hector Pesquera was rumored to be a top candidate for Miami Police chief. Instead, the former FBI man -- perhaps dogged by questionable ties to convicted felons -- embarked on ever more obscure positions: first as head of the Broward Sheriff's Office, lately as head of security for ... More >>

Cell-phone tracking: Miami cops know where you are

Funeral Home Employee Arrested for Stealing Cash From Dead Man

​Being dead is no excuse for making sure you're not scammed by one of South Florida's shady characters. Not even death can protect you from grand theft.Miami resident Armando Sardina, 56, sits behind bars after stealing hundreds of dollars from the home of a dead man. Sardina had been employed by ... More >>

Jam Cruise 10 with Umphrey's McGee, Galactic, Bruce Hornsby on MSC Poesia January 9-14

Five Drugs That You Should Never Ever Bring Aboard a Hippie Music Cruise

​Can you believe these extremely irresponsible music fans (read: hippies!) who think it's "radically groovy, man" to buy reduced-price tickets to some floating freak fiesta (say, the Jam Cruise on January 9), stuff their luggage full of dangerous drugs (e.g. marijuana) instead of extra underwear ( ... More >>

Igor Olshansky Arrested on Pot Charges a Day After Being Released from Dolphins

​Former Miami Dolphins defensive end Igor Olshansky was having a bad week. A calf injury forced him to miss the Thanksgiving Day game against the Cowboys, and the team rewarded him by releasing him on Wednesday. All the dude wanted to do was get a little high after a tough work week, but the ... More >>

Dr. Michelle Ferrari-Gegerson Killed by Neck Massager

​Dr. Michelle Ferrari-Gegerson, a radiologist at Jackson Memorial Hospital, met her untimely end last Christmas Eve. After an eight-month investigation, officials have found that she was killed by a neck massager. The doctor was using a ShoulderFlex deep-kneading shiatsu massager that became twis ... More >>

Brandon Marshall Stabbing Details: Bloody Kitchen Knife, Gun Clip Found by Police

Details emerge about Marshall's strange April 22 stabbing.​After giving conflicting statements about the Dolphin wide receiver's bizarre April 22 stabbing, neither Brandon Marshall nor his wife Michi Nogomi-Marshall were convicted of a crime. But the release of documents yesterday leaves the door ... More >>

Cool Off With Lemon Man; Weekend Truck Roundup Listings

Lemon Man Let the Lemon Man cool you off with his famous frozen lemonade.​If you're from the Northeast, you're probably familiar with Del's Frozen Lemonade. Del's began serving frozen lemonade in Rhode Island in 1948, but the recipe dates back to 1840 in Naples, Italy. Del's Frozen Lemonade ... More >>

Richard Moss Out As Police Academy Director

​Richard Moss's tenure as basic training director for Miami-Dade College's School of Justice is over. A spokesman confirmed earlier this week that the 56-year-old ex-Broward County Sheriff's deputy will not be returning next year. His contract was not renewed, but school officials declined comment ... More >>

Brandon Marshall Refuses to Talk to Police About Stabbing Incident

​Miami is riding high on a heat wave, but it's only a matter of months until we're forced to turn our attention to the glum Dolphins (baring of course a cancellation of the season). Their off season has been highlighted by misery, none more dramatic than Brandon Marshall being hospitalized aft ... More >>

Jam Cruise 2012 Doles Out Umphrey's McGee and 38 Other Doses of Trippy Tuneage

The Captain is calling you! It's time to trip!​On January 4, 2011, the ninth annual Jam Cruise got totally sunk in a sea of negative vibes when federal agents and K-9 officers from ICE, the U.S. Marshals Service, the DEA, and the Broward Sheriff's Office conducted a joint drug raid as hippies, her ... More >>

Brandon Marshall Stabbing 911 Tape Released

​Late Friday night, talented but troubled Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall wound up at Broward General Medical Center, while his wife, Michi Nogami-Marshall, was held in jail for allegedly stabbing the superstar in the gut. Today the Broward Sheriff's Office released the 911 ... More >>

Police instructor turns terminator in Miami film

Police Snatch a Weave to Catch a Thief

​There are only three acceptable situations in which it is OK to snatch a woman's weave: (1) Bitch just stole your man, (2) you are on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, or (3) you are a police officer who has reasonable suspicion that a suspect is hiding stolen cash under said weave. Leave it to Sou ... More >>

Miami-Dade Police Sergeant Assaulted Girlfriend Because She Wouldn't Hold His Hand

​Miami-Dade Police Sgt. Reinaldo Ruiz was arrested Friday by Broward Sheriff's Office deputies at his Southwest Ranches home on domestic violence charges. It seems his rampage stems from the fact that the victim, whom he was dating, refused to hold his hand at a Miami Heat game. The incident ... More >>

Police Instructor Acie Mitchell Plays Role Of Bad Cop On and Off Screen

Acie Mitchell walks the line between law enforcer and law breaker in "Dope Boys."​A muscular, scowling man sits at a dining room table. As he fiddles with a folding knife and puts bullets into a magazine clip, we hear his ominous voice: "Narcotics run Miami. Everyone bossing up trying to be the ma ... More >>

Miami's cop school stinker

Bruise Cruise Travel Tip: Don't Smuggle Drugs Onto the Ship

Torben Bjorn Hansen, Flickr ​The Bruise Cruise sets sail from the Port of Miami on Friday. And while there's plenty of dope coming through Dodge Island, y'all better think twice about sneaking some out; narcs like to prey on unsuspecting travelers, especially theme cruise passengers. In January, ... More >>

Shatarka Nuby Gets 2 1/2 Years For Stealing ID to Get Boob Job and Lipo

via Broward County Sheriff's Office​Shatarka Nuby already had breast implants, but they weren't big enough. And her arms! They needed liposuction, stat! The only problem: Nuby didn't have $9,000 to pay for all that work.So that's when the 29-year-old lifted a college application out of a mailbox, ... More >>

WSVN Reporter Derek Hayward Arrested for Battery Three Days After His Anchor Wife Got DUI

​Just three days after WSFL newsreader Lisa Hayward was arrested for crashing her car into a tree and booked for DUI with a blood alchohol level more than twice the legal limit, her husband, WSVN reporter Derek Hayward, was arrested for suspicion of domestic violence after an incident involvi ... More >>

Dolphins' Phillip Merling Received Special Treatment From Broward Sheriff's Office

​One day after Phillip Merling's arrest for allegedly punching a pregnant woman, the Broward Sheriff's Office is investigating why the Dolphins' defensive end received special treatment during his release from jail.Merling posted $15,000 bail yesterday, but instead of going through stand ... More >>

Jury Acquits Transgender Woman of Back-Alley Silicone Injections

via Broward Sheriff's OfficeDonnie Hendrix The 41-year-old transgender woman arrested for back-alley silicone injections was acquitted Tuesday in Flagler County Court. After an hour, a jury found her not guilty of practicing without a health care license. Donnie Hendrix, who New Times profiled last ... More >>

The murder of Stevie Febonio: South Florida's marijuana grow houses can be a deadly business

Scott Rothstein's drunken adventure

Shafted

A cop left Eric Brody brain damaged 11 years ago. His family still hasn't received a penny of compensation.

Junk Cars for Cash

A South Florida Craigslist schemer wants your dubiously acquired vehicles.

News Roundup

Florida's deal with U.S. Sugar to save the Everglades might be dead. [CBS4]Dolphins in the Keys are dying all too frequently this year. [CBS4]Here are responses to Obama's speech last night that are supposed to represent South Florida as a whole. [CBS4]See, America? This is what happens: If our base ... More >>

News Roundup

Former House candidate Annette Taddeo may be tapped to head the Small Business Administration in Obama's administration. Presumably she never hung up on him. [Naked Politcs] A Broward Sheriff's Office online sting netted 17 Sex Predators, uh, including one as young as 19. [CBS4]The murder of Adam Wa ... More >>

Holiday Haz

Be very afraid, revelers.

Cop Killer Still at Large

And the one man who saw the murderer is being deported to Jamaica.

FTAA Settlement Reached

A New Times exclusive: The door's about to close on John Timoney's most infamous chapter

Exposé Fray

A TV reporter says he lost his job for doing his job

Forever Missing Part 2

Donna Weaver hoped to get help from the FBI in finding her husband. Instead she got crooked agents working with violent drug dealers

Contagious Outbreak Untreated

A rash of grotesque and dangerous staph infections among inmates gets no action from jail officials

My Name Is Victor, and I'm a Jailbird

Too bad the county makes it so hard for me to get into a recovery program

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Chad

My big adventure inside the counting room

The Imperfect Murder

Stanley Cohen's wife went to prison for arranging to have him killed. Years later a Miami journalist reveals a secret. Now the entire case may be unraveling.

Program Notes

Program Notes

The Classic Caddy Conundrum

One 1973 ragtop Cadillac. One seller. One buyer. One's got the title, the other's got the car. Who owns the Eldorado?

Dream Another Scheme

Epic Records says the new Nuclear Valdez album won't be released for another two weeks. Tell that to Keith Conlan.