Crime

Anthony Mangione, South Florida's Top Immigration Cop, Arrested on Child Porn Charges

​Anthony Mangione, the chief of the the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's South Florida department, was arrested today on charges related to child pornography. Mangione had been suspended in April after federal investigators found images of child porn on his computer in his Broward County ... More >>

Shaq's Bizarre Sex Tape and Kidnapping Scandal

​LeBron James might be the most hated man in basketball, but at least he's not involved in a bizarre scandal involving gang members, robbery, kidnapping, and a sex tape. Can't say the same for Shaquille O'Neal. Los Angeles prosecutors are investigating a weird case allegedly centered on a tap ... More >>

Miami Cops Shoot and Kill Another Suspect Near Pork And Beans Projects (Update)

​The Magic City's violent summer just keeps boiling on, as Miami police shot and killed another suspect early this morning-- the fourth police shooting in just over a month.Details on the latest clash, which ended just a few hours ago, are still sketchy. Sometime after midnight last night, cops we ... More >>

Yankier Crespo Arrested For Shooting A Man In The Neck In West Miami

via Miami Dade CorrectionsYankier Crespo faces a charge of second-degree attempted murder.​Just after 10 this morning, a 32-year-old Cuban immigrant named Yankier Crespo got into a fight with another man riding in his black Camry. The yelling turned into a fistfight, and the men spilled out onto S ... More >>

Arrests Made in Miami Beach Resort Shooting, Police Remain Tightlipped About Prostitute Reports

​Police have released the name of the victim and information that they've made several arrests in connection with last Saturday's bizarre fatal shooting at the Miami Beach Resort and Spa, but they remain tightlipped about other details. Among those details: a report that the victim was shot by a p ... More >>

Three Miami-Dade Cops Arrested, Charged With Obstruction of Justice and Perjury

Three Miami-Dade police officers lied under oath last year when they told a judge that they read a suspect his Miranda Rights during a traffic stop that led to a felony weapons charge, federal officials say. ​The three officers -- patrolmen Jorge Luis Gonzalez and Alkibiades Dodge, and Sgt. Wa ... More >>

Xtreme Indoor Ladies Night - Driving And Drinking Encouraged

Why is Xtreme Indoor Karting in Ft Lauderdale giving away drinks with reduced price racing sessions to ladies on Mondays? Well, it's their ladies night, that's why. Sounds like fun, but the flyer doesn't explain why they're advocating what common sense and MADD tells us is ... More >>

Arrested Development

Miami Beach Police just won't let Gregory "Silk" Thomas go straight.

Burglars Busted!

Artist as Prisoner

Ed Bobb punched a few keys and went to jail. Where's the justice?

The G-man and the Snitch

Decorated FBI agent John Connolly soon goes on trial for murder in Miami. Too bad he wasn't here when the shots were fired.

Eye for an Eye

Three teens allegedly killed a man for eleven dollars. Do they deserve the needle?

Messing With The Man

Three kids from suburban Miami found a clever way to relieve their boredom: They launched an attack on a police station

Strange Case of the Misplaced Murders

How Miami Beach homicide cops came to make a horrifying discovery

Love & Violation, Part 2

Bridget Garcia swears she was raped. The Aventura police chief says her story stinks. If anything stinks, it's the Aventura Police Department's own investigation.

The Chief's Retreat

Rolando Bolaños lied and got away with it, but stay tuned

The Fast Life and Near Death of Nica

He was raised to be a soldier by the contras in Nicaragua. When he came to South Florida, he found his calling as a gang warlord.

Big Daddy Denial

The truth is all relative to Hialeah Police Chief Rolando Bolaños

Goon Over Miami

Chris Paciello, the dangerous darling of the SoBe nightlife set, has a reputation for fisticuffs. And mob ties.

Deadly Cargo

Big payoffs. Gruesome murders. Nosy feds. Life as a cargo handler at MIA just ain't what it used to be.

DeFede

Officer of the Year

The Company He Keeps

Agent of Deception

Jerry Sullivan's descent into gambling, alcoholism, and crime began and ended with the FBI.

Rich Thug, Poor Thug

How gangs overran a school in an affluent neighborhood. And how administrators reclaimed it.

I Am Truly Sorry

A Collision Course

Drunk drivers are getting away with it these days, thanks to peevish Miami-Dade cops

The Telltale Corpse

Ed Whittaker, Dade's leading criminalist, finds a lively story in every dead body

He Did a Job on the Mob

During the Forties and Fifties, Mel Richard fought organized crime's incursion into Miami Beach. He's still crusading.

Arresting Developments

A landmark court case could force cops to jail any man who violates a domestic violence injunction. Period.

Once and Future Kings

Not so long ago the infamous Latin Kings ruled Miami's gangland streets. Now their missionaries are bringing a new message.

Good Fences, Bad Neighbors

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

Striking a Blow for the Better

A Creole-language radio show breaks the silence surrounding domestic violence in Haitian homes

Life Sentences

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

Under the Influence

The cops say she was drunk, but she says she was drugged at a South Beach nightclub

Opie Plays Hardball

Excess Baggage

Bagged meters mean you can't park along a stretch of Washington Avenue late on weekend nights -- and you can't buy crack there, either

Dead Wrong

Miami's murder rate is going up, up, up, right?

The Impossible Victory

The feds spent years building their case against drug kingpins Willy Falc centsn and Sal Maglutaa. Life in prison was assured. Too bad the jury didn't see it that way.

The Trial of Willy & Sal

Smuggling coke by the ton and making money by the bushel. Getting tortured in Panama and eating smoked pork loin in Houston. The courtroom show is riveting, but like Al says, where's the justice?

The Boulder Boys Must Die

When federal prosecutors seek the death penalty in drug-related murders, the defendants are almost always black. Why should Miami's first "kingpin" case be any exception?

Field of Teens

When you grow up in the migrant labor camps of South Dade, sometimes it's gang life -- and sometimes it's no life

Love Hurts

When it comes to crimes of passion, Hialeah is Dade's undisputed champ. Unfortunately, the competition never lets up.

Hard Days for Ray

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

The Compassionate Omission

When is a rape not a rape? When it becomes "assault" in the pages of the Miami Herald.

Mosaic of a Murder

Raul Rodriguez said he killed a man during a 1991 holdup at Malaga restaurant. At his trial this spring, the jury didn't see it that way.

The Hits Just Keep on Coming

Men are still beating women, and rock music is still trying to change the world

Reflections from County Jail

Falcon and Magluta

Cops, Crimes, and Videoptape

Nine months after he seized and erased a private citizen's video cassette, a Coral Gables lawman finally feels the heat

Dirty Money