Subject: Crime Stoppers International

• Police Believe Sean Taylor was “Random” Victim

  November 28, 2007

• Reward for Cat Killer Tips Upped

  via I Can Haz CheezeburgerThe cat killer of Cutler Bay is still terrorizing South Dade neighborhoods, and the brutal killings only seem to get worse. Authorities believe the criminal strikes the cats with an unknown object before mutilating them with a knife. He then leaves the bodies for the owners or neighbors to find. He most recently struck on May 31st, and his kill count has reached 26.They also believe that the killer is an adult who drives a car, instead of a teenager

  June 3, 2009

• Missing Person: Lilly Aramburo

  She's one of 5,000 people a year reported gone without a trace in Miami-Dade County.

  September 11, 2008

• Sweet Truth

  May 29, 2008

• The Go-to Guy for the Gun-Shy

  June 28, 2007

• Letters from the Issue of October 12, 2006

  October 12, 2006

• Killer Creativity

  September 28, 2006

• Letters from the Issue of May 27, 2004

  May 27, 2004

• Is The Cat Killer Actually a Team of Cat Killers on Wheels?

  via ICHCBUp until now we've imagined the cat killer as an Anton Chigurh-like character solitarily roaming the streets of South Miami-Dade looking for his next victim, but CBS4 reports that now police think a team of cat killers may be at work. More than 60 tips have come into the Crime Stoppers line, and police have new leads in the case, and a prosecutor from the State Attorney's office is now working on the case. Police now believe the killings could be the work of a team,

  June 12, 2009

• Wachovia Robber Caught on Tape

  Around 11:20 this morning, a slim black man -- about six-foot-one and wearing camouflage pants, a yellow shirt, and a black skull cap -- walked into the Wachovia Bank at 160 SW Eighth St. He waited patiently in line, and when he got to a teller, he handed her a note demanding cash. Police aren't saying how much he asked for or what the note said, but the teller complied. The man took off on foot, heading eastbound. Unfortunately for the bandit, the heist was caught on tape. We've got a few more

  June 23, 2009

• Transsexual Charged Again with Back-Alley Silicone Injections

  via Flagler County Sheriff's OfficeThe male-to-female transsexual sent to jail after a client's botched cosmetic procedure ended in death was arrested again this morning. Flagler County Sheriff's Office deputies and Florida Department of Health agents raided the quiet two-story home of Donnie Hendrix at 8 a.m. They collared her for practicing medicine without a license. She's accused of charging $400 to $600 for silicone injections, the same procedure that killed a 53-year-old Miramar secretary

  July 8, 2009

• Murder Miami Style: Man Fatally Shot in Northwest Miami-Dade

  A man was found lying dead with gunshot wounds on a Northwest Miami-Dade street last night, according to Miami-Dade Police.Cops found the body of 22-year-old Israel Travis on the pavement in front of 9111 NW 29th Ct. after they responded to a call about gunshots fired at 10:25 p.m.In January 2007, Travis was charged with, but not convicted of, possessing and selling cocaine. No further details have been released. Anyone with information regarding this homicide is encouraged to call Cri

  July 22, 2009

• Airport Hotel the Scene of a Possible Murder

  Miami-Dade Police found a young Hialeah man dead this morning at the Days Inn Miami International Airport Hotel. He was identified at 3:30 a.m. as 21-year-old Raudel Sanchez. The noisy, rundown hotel is located on NW 11th Street on the southwest side of the airport. Not much is yet known about Sanchez. Records show he has no criminal history in Miami-Dade or Broward. He has only one dismissed infraction for fishing on a bridge. Managers at Days Inn did not immediately return calls se

  August 17, 2009

• Overtown Killer Has a Bad MySpace

  Rodney Miller, 18, was arrested yesterday in the July shooting at a birthday party in Overtown in which two were left dead, and 10 others shot. He was charged with two counts of second degree murder. There are six MySpace pages registered to a Rodney Miller in Miami. Though listing his age as 19, the photos match his mug shot. One, visited just yesterday but kept private, lists his mood as, " ︻╦╤─gangsta." Another public profile shows a picture of another young man holding a ri

  August 20, 2009

• Veteran Miami PD Detective Charged in Crime Stoppers Scam

  Federal authorities charged a veteran City of Miami detective today with scamming the Crime Stoppers tip program for thousands of dollars.​Wayne Fortella, an 11-year vet, faces wire fraud charges for the scam, which netted him $5,000, says Annette Castillo, a spokeswoman for the U.S. District Attorney's Office.Fortella worked in the Crime Stoppers program, a hotline for people to call in anonymous tips about unsolved crimes. His job was to answer calls and investigate the clues. Instead, the d

  August 26, 2009

• News Roundup

  In order to move forward on that wonderful "Slot Machines in the Airport" idea, the County Commission ok'd the Airport's pursuit of getting a horse racing permit. [SFBJ]Burn Notice star Jeffrey Donovan traveled to Tallahassee yesterday to ask that the government facilitate the filming of more television shows and moves in Florida and specifically Miami. [NBCMiami]Crime Stoppers always offer rewards for information in big cases, but one man claims that he never received his $250,000 pay out. [CBS

  November 4, 2009

• Murder Miami Style: Two Dead in Separate Shootings Across Town This Morning

  View Larger MapIn a bizarre coincidence, two men died and another clings to life this morning after separate shootings 15 miles apart at virtually the same time. The deadly hour was 6:30 a.m. One shooting left 43-year-old Conrado Antigua Gallardo dead on the street at 1550 SW 131st Ct.. in Tamiami. Another hail of bullets, at the same moment, felled two unidentified men in a white SUV downtown, near NE First Avenue and Tenth Street.Gallardo and another Hispanic man were heard arguing loudly in f

  November 20, 2009