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Burglary

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    "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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    November 18, 2010

    City of Refuge

    ​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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    Suicidal Man Arrested at Jimmy Johnson's House After Five-Hour Standoff With Police

    ​In today's roundup of the shame of South Florida: The caretaker of Jimmy Johnson's Keys mansion has a five-hour standoff with police, a man is shot for his necklace outside a day-care center, the house of a soldier serving in the Middle East is burglarized, and, oh yeah, the Metromover crashed.&n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2010

    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. 

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    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 >>

  • News

    October 8, 2009

    Rollerblading thief nabbed in midtown Miami

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2009

    What We Know About Cat Killer Suspect Tyler Weinman, the Arrest, and the Reaction

    Courtesy of Miami-Dade Corrections Tyler Weinman, not his class picture but his mugshot. Yes, he's actually smiling.Sometime after midnight this morning, police arrested 18-year-old Tyler Weinman at a party in Coral Gables for the recent string of horrific cat killings that have plagued Cutle ... More >>

  • News

    April 2, 2009

    All for the Monet

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

  • News

    March 12, 2009

    Please Steal This House

    Thieves use a foreclosure to pull off heist.

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2009

    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 >>

  • News

    December 4, 2008

    High-Class Heists

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

  • Music

    September 25, 2008

    Sirens & Sealions

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

  • News

    September 18, 2008

    South Miami Man Screws Up Art Heist

    How not to unload stolen Picassos.

  • News

    September 11, 2008

    Police Patrol Park West and Overtown Clubs

    So be careful where you party.

  • News

    August 28, 2008

    Violent Jewelry Thieves Prowl South Florida

    They give new meaning to the term blood diamond.

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2008

    To Catch a Shrimp Thief

    They give new meaning to the term blood diamond.

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2008

    Is R&B Singer Akon a Fraud?

    They give new meaning to the term blood diamond.

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2008

    Burglars Busted!

    They give new meaning to the term blood diamond.

  • News

    March 30, 2006

    Hostile Hostel

    Just try to help those needy immigrants

  • News

    December 1, 2005

    Patrolling Picasso

    Safeguarding your stock against sticky-fingered crooks

  • News

    January 27, 2005

    Crack Kills

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

  • Best of Music

    May 13, 2004

    BEST RECORDING STUDIO

    The Barn

  • News

    December 18, 2003

    A Shot in the Dark

    Who did Mario Barcia think he was aiming at when he shot a cop?

  • News

    March 2, 2000

    Big Daddy Denial

    The truth is all relative to Hialeah Police Chief Rolando Bolaños

  • News

    August 13, 1998

    News of the Weird

    The truth is all relative to Hialeah Police Chief Rolando Bolaños

  • News

    June 4, 1998

    News of the Weird

    The truth is all relative to Hialeah Police Chief Rolando Bolaños

  • News

    June 26, 1997

    Good Fences, Bad Neighbors

    Sly Stallone is just a family man who wants some peace and quiet, and he intends to get it

  • News

    February 6, 1997

    Life Sentences

    Forget Hiaasen, Balmaseda, and Steinback -- the Herald's weird, wacky "Police Report" is the prose by the pros

  • News

    August 15, 1996

    No Money Down

    South Florida fraud investigators find themselves fighting a new form of chicanery: the lease fleece

  • News

    April 27, 1995

    Wipeout!

    Disgruntled cops or unscrupulous superiors? Either way, the Surfside Police Department is a mess.

  • News

    September 7, 1994

    Hard Days for Ray

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

  • News

    October 13, 1993

    A prominent attorney. A briefcase full of cash. A scheming girlfriend. And a severely manipulated legal system. They all come together in the bizarre tale of The Missing Briefcase

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

  • News

    April 14, 1993

    Reflections from County Jail

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

  • News

    November 11, 1992

    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.

  • News

    July 1, 1992

    Please Mr. Postman

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

  • News

    April 15, 1992

    Death of Andrew Morello

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

  • News

    November 20, 1991

    Monkey Feature

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

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