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Crime Stoppers International

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2013

    Rapper Kenneth "Nu Money" Casilla Shot and Killed in Miami

    Sitting in a car with two unidentified men near NW 152nd Street and Sixth Avenue in the parking lot of an apartment complex, Kenneth "Nu Money" Casilla was murdered. According to Miami-Dade Police Department (via NY1), the Brooklyn-bred, Miami-based rapper and Rich Mafia crew member was shot and ki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2012

    Teen Boy Shot In Wynwood Last Night

    A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after being shot in Wynwood last night. The incident happened at about 8:30 p.m. at the intersection of NW First Avenue and 28th Street, just a block off of the art district's main drag, and a few blocks from the Midtown shops.

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2012

    Stripper Shot at Miami Garden's Strip Club

    Early this morning, two people, including a dancer, were injured during a shooting at The Office Gentlemen's Club in Miami Gardens. The shooter is believe to be a man who got in an argument with one of the club's bouncers.

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2012

    Two Miami Burger Kings Targeted For Armed Robbery

    Two Miami Burger Kings were targeted by an armed robber late last night, using the drive-thru windows as a point of entry. According to CBS Miami, two different Burger Kings within three miles of each other were targeted for robbery. Though the robberies seem identical, Miami police have not yet co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2012

    Lincoln Road Seashell Menorah Vandalized With "You Killed Jesus"

    Lincoln Road's traditional seashell menorah was vandalized over the weekend when someone spray painted the words "You Killed Jesus" near the Holiday symbol. The giant menorah, which is displayed alongside a similar dreidel, was created by artist Roger Abramson and has become a Hanukkah tradition on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2012

    Androgynous Wig Wearing Person Attempted to Steal Pills From a Florida Pharmacy With a Bomb Threat

    The Volusia County Sheriff's Office says the person pictured to the right attempted to steal pills from a pharmacy by making a bomb threat, but they may want to make sure no one burglarized Nicki Minaj's wig closet shortly beforehand.Sheriff's deputies aren't particularly sure what gender the suspec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2012

    Thief Steals Metrorail Security Guard's Gun in Hialeah UPDATED

    A security guard at a Metrorial station in Hialeah had her gun and gun belt stolen from her at a Hialeah station early Tuesday morning. Police are now searching for the subject.

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2012

    Man Killed in Hit & Run on North Miami Avenue, the Ninth Pedestrian Killed This Week

    Police are searching for the driver of a car that plowed into a man on North Miami Avenue on early Saturday morning, but didn't even bother to stop. The victim was Carl Jones, a homeless man who was trying to cross the street and was killed on the scene. The impact was caught on video by the surveil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Did This Woman With a Stroller Try to Burn Down a Kendall Arts & Crafts Store?

    ​Last week a Michaels arts and crafts store in Kendall mysteriously caught fire. Authorities say three separate fires were set with an unknown flammable substance around the store. Police don't have a suspect just yet, but would like to talk to this unidentified woman seen in s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2012

    Valentine's Day Stickup: We're Not Making This Up!

    ​This happy news just in from Miami PD: On February 14, 2012, at approximately 1:20 pm, a white male subject posing as a flower delivery man knocked on the door a house located at 30 SW 59th Ave. Once the victim (Scheryl Garcia) opened the door, the subject, armed with a gun, forced his way in and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Man Attacks Minimart Cashier With Chemical Spray and Hammer, Flees with Cigarettes

    Google street viewAlex Mini Market was the site of a bizarre, horrific attack yesterday​On Saturday, disgruntled New York City handyman Jerome Isaac allegedly set an old woman on fire over $2,000 in unpaid work.Not to be outdone in the category of "horrific and senseless crimes," one Miami man has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Shots Fired at Miami Gardens Police During Car Chase

    ​Miami Gardens police were following a stolen car last night when one of the suspects pulled out a gun and began firing at a police cruiser. Police are now searching for the gunman, but have not released a description.

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    Crooks Steal Guns Right Out of Miami-Dade Police Cruisers

    ​Not a good week for Miami-Dade police officers keeping their cars safe. On Monday, police shot and killed a man who jumped in a police cruiser and took off after causing a fatal traffic accident.Now, police have caught crooks on video breaking into parked police cruisers and stealing guns and amm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    Man Hospitalized After Baby Mama Stabs Him At Work

    One very angry, armed and dangerous baby mama remains at large in Miami today, while the father of her child is at Jackson Memorial Hospital recovering from a stab wound. According to police, the man was working at the Shell gas station near Northwest Seventh Avenue and 54th Street when th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    One Killed, One Injured in Liberty City Shooting

    ​This past Sunday afternoon in Liberty City, suspects began shooting at two men inside a silver Nissan. The bullets left DeRon Woody dead and Greg Roberts injured. The suspects then fled in a black Buick sedan.

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Disabled Students Miss School After Batteries Stolen From Buses

    ​Several students with disabilities were forced to miss school today because someone broke into a school bus lot over the holiday weekend and stole batteries from more than 30 buses. Most of the buses were specially equipped to handle wheelchairs and transport disabled students to school.

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Homestead Man Stabs 12-Year-Old After Argument

    ​We're not sure what kind of grown man gets into a heated public argument with a random 12-year-old boy. We're certainly not sure what kind of man then decides it's a good idea to end the argument by pulling out a knife and stabbing the child. All we know is that kind of man is now apparently on t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    Luna Star Cafe Robbery Puts Retired NYC Cop in Hospital

    ​When three masked men armed with pistols entered the Luna Star Cafe in North Miami on Saturday night, Ira Goldstein, a retired NYPD officer in his late 60s, tried to intervene. Unfortunately Goldstein wound up in the hospital, and the robber made off with money from the cash register and valuable ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Four Children Hit by Bullets When Gunmen Fire on Park

    Two masked men drove up to Miami's West Little River Park yesterday around 6 p.m. and began firing. Four children, one as young as 3 years old, were hit by stray bullets. None of the injuries was life-threatening. 

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Two Drive-By Shootings Claim Two Lives, Three Others Injured

    ​Two drive-by shootings in Miami this weekend that occurred just block and hours from each other resulted in the death of two people, and the injury of three others. The first critically injured a teenager, while the second claimed two lives and left two others injured.

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Teen Shot Outside Miami Norland High, Gunman Still at Large

    ​An argument between two students yesterday afternoon at Miami Norland Senior Senior High School turned violent yesterday as one student pulled out a gun and shot the other in his rear end. The 17-year-old victim is recovering, and his injuries are not life threatening. However, the student who sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Robber Uses Stun Gun on Elderly Woman and Little Dog in Jewelry Theft

    A sketch of the perp. ​Knock, Knock. Who's there? A thief posing as a door-to-door pharmacist who is packing a stun gun, that's who.An elderly woman was robbed last week in such a bizarre occurrence, and now police are on the hunt for the suspect.

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Man Who Abducted Woman from Gas Station and Raped Her is on the Loose

    ​Last night, a woman returned to her car after making a purchase at a Chevron gas station in Kendall. She got in the drivers seat shortly after midnight and prepared to pull away when she felt a firearm press up against the back of her head. A man had climbed into her backseat and waited for her. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2010

    Man Shot in Chest During Nail Salon Robbery

    ​Nail salon employee is not a job usually associated with danger, but a worker at the Nails 4 U salon on Biscayne Boulevard and 155th Street was airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital last night for surgery after being shot in the chest on the job.

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Hit-and-Run in SoBe Leaves Stilettos and Car Parts Scattered in the Street

    A woman was struck outside the Loews. ​In today's roundup of horrible things: a hit-and-run sends a woman flying into the air in South Beach, someone slams a car into a Hialeah McDonald's, a toddler who went for a tumble should be fine, and there might be a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow in d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2010

    Hearing-/Speech-Impaired Woman Sexually Assaulted Near Metrorail

    via WSVNThis man is suspected of sexually assaulting a woman in a Metrorail station garage. ​In today's summary of horrible things to happen in this town: A hearing- and speech-impaired woman is sexually assaulted in a Metrorail station garage stairwell, a careless driver injures both a cop and a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Tourist Couple Walks In On Burglary in South Beach Hotel Room

    via Flickr​In today's roundup of horrible things and other news: a tourist couple is robbed at gunpoint, a 15-year-old is fatally shot in Overtown, an 11-year-old is accidentally shot by his own mother, and two people are found hanging in a South Florida park. 

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    Pizza-Ordering Parrot Birdnapped from Hialeah

    via WSVN​In today's roundup of horrible things: a pet parrot that could order pizza was stolen in Hialeah, "baby sperm dies," the Miami-Dade man infected with dengue fever is doing just fine, and 36 people were arrested in a Medicare fraud sweep.

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Wigged-Out Pregnant Thief Targets University of Miami

    ​A thief suspected of targeting the University of Miami is apparently stealing for two. Surveillance videos have connected the woman, who appears visibly pregnant, to thefts from various buildings on the university's Coral Gable campus. However, each time she seems to be wearing a d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2010

    Driver on Cell Phone Kills 73-Year-Old Man in Hit-and-Run on Eighth Street

    Ramon Loret Demola, age 73, was walking on the sidewalk along SW Eighth Street near 24th Avenue yesterday when he was struck by what's being described as a white or light silver or gray SUV. The driver, who witnesses say was talking on a cell phone, drove his car onto the sidewalk, hit Demola, and d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    Crying 3-Year-Old Pushed in the Face by Horrible Man

    Dealing with other people's crying kids is just a part of life. In the scheme of things, it's really nothing to get overly annoyed at. Well, a man in a Surfside Publix crossed the line.The man was in an elevator with a mother and her two young daughters. The woman's 3-year-old was crying, and the ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Police Searching for Guy Who Flashed 13-Year-Old at Bus Stop

    ​We're not really sure what it is that drives people to expose themselves to teenagers in public. Psychologically at least. In this case we know the man was driving in a dark-colored, older- model, four-door car when he pulled up to a bus stop yesterday morning at NW 87th Avenue and Fourth Street ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    ATM Stolen With Forklift

    via WSVNTrains, forklifts, planes, and automobiles. Today's News Roundup has it all. In terms of stealing major amounts of cash from a bank, just straight jacking the ATM always seems like the dumbest, the messiest, and, consequently, usually the most hilarious. A Bank of America branch at 9890 Bird ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    One Killed, Three Others Wounded in NW Dade Shooting

    Shots rang out last night near 95th Street and Northwest 29th Avenue, as two unidentified men shot at four others. Police were called a little after 9:30 p.m., when they arrived they found the four victims, all males between the ages 30 and 40. They were taken to the Ryder Trauma Center where one, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    Tomato-Crazed Attacker on the Loose

    ​We haven't seen a fight over tomatoes this heated since Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers argued about the fruit's correct pronunciation in Shall We Dance. Luckily, they decided to call the whole thing off before anyone's neck got broken.Lerner Rodriguez wasn't so lucky.The Miami Beach resident was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Paula Sladewski Murder: Sketch Released of Suspect

    ​Nearly a month after the body of aspiring model Paula Sladewski was found in flames in a dumpster, North Miami Police have finally released a sketch of a man they say witnesses last saw her with.Sladewski was visiting Miami with her boyfriend, Kevin Klym, to catch Lady Gaga's New Year's Eve conce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    News Roundup: Grandmother Killed Over $5

    A grandmother in Lauderdale Lakes was killed after she refused to give her teenage attacker $5 to buy marijuana. [Herald]A former Miami cop who devised a scheme to steal $15,000 from Crime Stoppers will get only two months in jail. [Herald]A University of Miami doctor who led much of the early medic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 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. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 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 televi ... More >>

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    August 26, 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 Atto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 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 1 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 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,&n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 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 say ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    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 ... More >>

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