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¡Mayday! Preps for the Apocalypse: "Party With Zombies Till Bodies Hit the Barricade"

Has the apocalypse been averted? Or are the end days still upon us? The Mayans' calculations may have been a lil' off. But Miami hip-hop crew ¡Mayday! remains convinced that the Armageddon is imminent. Specifically, a rotting plague of walking corpses hungry for human flesh. And the ¡Mayday! pla ... More >>

$80,000 of Fancy Hair Products Stolen from Kendall Warehouse

Oh, girl, hope you're not getting your hair did soon, because Miami has experienced what we imagine must be one of the biggest hair care heists of all time.Thieves struck a warehouse in West Kendall on Sunday night and wiped the business clean of $80,000 worth of fancy hair products.

Entire Driveway Stolen in Central Florida

A woman in Reddick, Florida, didn't even have to open her front door to realize she had been robbed. That's because thieves stole her driveway. Well, the brick pavers that made up the driveway to be exact.

Art Crimes

Miami International Airport Has Had More TSA Agents Fired for Theft Than Any Other Airport

The Transportation Security Administration was created in 2001 to keep us safe, but it turns out a handful of their employees are no better than common crooks. Since the TSA's creation nearly 400 employees have been fired after being accused of stealing from passengers, and Miami International Airpo ... More >>

Miami-Dade Kindergarten Teacher Arrested for Burglary, Heroin Found in Car

Reina Herrera, a Miami-Dade kindergarten teacher, was sent to adult timeout this week for attempting to burglarize a home. Herrera, a teacher at Earlington Heights Elementary, had also stolen items from the home twice in May and had a previous burglary arrest in 2010. Suspected heroin was also found ... More >>

Miami, Miami Beach, and Coral Gables Experience Double Digit Increases In Crime Rate

Last week, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement reported the lowest crime rate across the state since the agency began tracking statistics in 1971. With population growth factored in, the overall crime rate dropped 0.8 percent from 2010 to 2011. In Miami-Dade, the crime rate dropped 0.3 percent ... More >>

Car Thief Caught While Pooping on the Side of I-95

If you're driving a stolen vehicle and are "not trying to go to jail," it's best to keep a low profile. You shouldn't do anything to draw attention yourself. You certainly shouldn't pull over and drop a number two on the side of one of Florida's busiest highways. Basically, don't be Mellisa Mansfiel ... More >>

Art Thief Jorge Gonzalez Arrested Again After Defrauding Victims Out of Millions

​Just in time for Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Dade Police have taken Jorge Gonzalez, an alleged art thief, out of the galleries and into the slammer. Police believe more of Gonzalez's victims may be out there, however, and that the total amount of his fraud and theft could have cost victims more ... More >>

Fontainebleau Car Burglar Found Sleeping in the Back of Car While Victim Was Driving Home

​If you're going to break in and steal items from cars, targeting the valet garage at the ritzy Fontainebleau Resort in Miami Beach isn't a bad idea. It's also a good idea to make sure you've gotten a full night's rest before attempting such a heist. Nineteen-year-old Joe Jesus German was one good ... More >>

"The Prince of Salsa" Luis Enrique's Miami Home Burglarized

​Nicaragua-born musician Luis Enrique, hailed as the Prince of Salsa, returned to his Miami home earlier this week after promoting his latest album in Puerto Rico only to find that his home had been ransacked and burglarized. A window had been broken, and furniture in the home had been moved."It' ... More >>

Police Bust Massive Miami Theft Ring That Swiped $6 Million Worth of Jewels in Two Years

​America's pawnshop and jewelry store owners can rest a little easier tonight, because authorities have arrested eight South Florida men accused of running a burglary ring that stole $6 million worth of jewelry from stores in six states over the past two years. All eight have been charged with rac ... More >>

Thieves Tie Up 95-Year-old Woman and Ransack House

​Thieves in Miami tied up a 95-year-old woman along with two other women while brandishing a gun and ransacked a home this afternoon. The women weren't hurt, but the desperate thieves who apparently couldn't find any babies with candy to steal from or fish in barrels to shoot, made away with valua ... More >>

Pet Dog Killed by Crocodile In Front of Owners

via WSVN​In today's news roundup: A beloved pet dog is eaten by a crocodile, six people are arrested for mortgage fraud, a cat burglar terrorizes homestead, and apparently a dog bite is news. 

Man Shot in Head After Returning From Vacation and Finding Burglar in His House

A man and his family returned to their home on the 3600 block of NE Fourth Street in Homestead early this morning after a long vacation. They noticed it seemed like someone had broken in during the absence, but soon realized the burglary was actually in progress.Caught in the act, the burglar shot t ... More >>

Luxury Auto Theft Ring Uncovered

Police have put a stop to a massive luxury car theft ring. The elaborate scam targeted rental cars, and in an investigation yesterday police recovered more than $250,000 in stolen vehicles from an undisclosed warehouse somewhere in North Dade."These are high-end vehicles, so they're worth a lot of m ... More >>

Grow House Accidently Discovered While Police Search for Burglar

Most of what we know about running a grow house we learned from Weeds, and even we know not to open a door for just anyone.​North Miami Beach Police Officer John Baker was conduction a routine search for a burglary suspect at an apartment building and decided to knock on neighbors doors to see if ... More >>

Cops Bust Coconut Grove Car Burglary Ring, Find Loads of Stolen Stuff

Acting on a tip, Miami Police recently raided a squat ranch house on a quiet side street a few blocks south of Bird Avenue in Coconut Grove. via Miami Dade Corrections William Vanwinkle stole thousands of dollars' worth of stuff from cars around Coconut Grove, cops say.​Inside the house, a ... More >>

Video: Ugly Jordan Bandits Smash-and-Grab a Miami Foot Locker

The fashion police are also investigatingTwo apparently related burglaries have police worried that a crime ring with really bad taste is preying on local shoe merchants. In the wee hours of December 30, five to six masked men in two cars crashed their way into the Foot Locker at 1076 Sou ... More >>

Naked Guy Breaks into Little Havana Home, Flees Without Pants

Miami Police are on the lookout for a naked burglar.via Wikimedia Commons​Sometime after midnight early this morning, a white Hispanic man crawled through a window of an apartment on the 1200 block of SW Sixth Street, says Det. William Moreno, a Miami PD spokesman.A woman sleeping inside with her ... More >>

Rollerblading thief nabbed in midtown Miami

Perfume Bandits Get Caught On Camera

Via Miami-Dade Police DepartmentMiami-Dade cops are on the hunt for thieves with a taste for Chanel No. 5. Last week, two men allegedly broke into a commercial warehouse at 320 NE 187th Street. They stuffed $100,000 worth of expensive perfume into a white Ford Van. (Riptide likes to imagine the cr ... More >>

All for the Monet

The trail of a $6 million art heist in France ends in suburban South Florida.

Please Steal This House

Thieves use a foreclosure to pull off heist.

Foreclosed Homes Are a Burglar's Best Friend

Miami Beach cops got the call just after lunchtime this past January 26. A woman reported the following: Two thin, unfamiliar men were lurking in her neighborhood  between a yellow $1.1 million waterfront house and an abandoned tan bungalow. They were carrying furniture from the houses to thei ... More >>

South Beach Tunnel Crooks

For the past 28 years, Harold Rengifo has sold natural foods, vitamins, fresh juices, and herbal teas on Miami Beach. Throughout this time Rengifo's Natural Life Center has operated from various retail locations, most recently at 405 15th Street, a storefront located between Drexel and Washington av ... More >>

High-Class Heists

Hang on tightly to those Picassos at Basel. Art crime is on the rise.

Police Patrol Park West and Overtown Clubs

So be careful where you party.

Violent Jewelry Thieves Prowl South Florida

They give new meaning to the term blood diamond.

To Catch a Shrimp Thief

Is R&B Singer Akon a Fraud?

Burglars Busted!

Hostile Hostel

Just try to help those needy immigrants

Patrolling Picasso

Safeguarding your stock against sticky-fingered crooks

Crack Kills

A man on the streets experiences the death of his life in a pipe, on a bike, in a lot

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No Money Down

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Down at SCLC headquarters, between the loan rejections and the break-ins, Ray Fauntroy still has a dream

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The Case of the Wandering Bass

Steal a guitar, go to jail. That's what happens in the normal world. But then there's Miami Beach.

Please Mr. Postman

Look and see, is there a mugger waitin' for me?

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