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Opa-locka Cop Involved in Wrong-Way Crash Was Once Fired for Drag Racing on I-95

The horrifying wrong-way crash that killed four people and snarled traffic for hours on I-95 Wednesday is beginning to look worse and worse for the troubled Opa-locka Police Department. Though city officials have denied that Cpl. Sergio Perez pursued a suspect well out of his jurisdiction onto the h ... More >>

Karlie Tomica To Be Charged with DUI Manslaughter

It's official: Karlie Tomica will be charged with DUI manslaughter for the hit-and-run death of Shore Club executive chef Stefano Riccioletti. The self-described South Beach "Party Princess" will be in court today where she'll officially be hit with the charges.

Hit-and-Run Suspect Karlie Tomica: Underage Bartender at Nikki Beach?

The culinary community is still reeling after hearing about the death of Terrazza executive chef Stefano Riccioletti. Riccioletti, a family man with two small children, was struck and killed in an apparent DUI hit-and-run around 6 a.m. Monday by 20-year-old Karlie Tomica. Tomica fled the scene in ... More >>

Terrazza Executive Chef Stefano Riccioletti Killed in Hit-and-Run

Terrazza executive chef Stefano Riccioletti was struck and killed yesterday morning by a motorist in an apparent DUI hit-and-run just steps from the restaurant he helmed at the Shore Club Hotel in South Beach. Riccioletti was thrown about 30 feet onto the driveway of the Shelborne South Beach&n ... More >>

Michele Traverso Sentenced To Less Than a Year For Killing Cyclist; Carlos Bertonatti Still Awaiting Trial

It's been a terrible week for Miami's bicycle activists. First, a judge sentenced Michele Traverso -- who killed cyclist Aaron Cohen last year on the Rickenbacker Causeway in a brutal hit-and-run -- to less than a year in jail, even though he'd been driving on a suspended license. Then, this morning ... More >>

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Driver Dead After Car Flies Into North Miami Beach Nursing Home

A red Honda Prelude went airborne early this morning and crashed right through the wall of a North Miami Beach nursing home. The driver, Enrique Linares, died and four others were injured. Just after 1:30 a.m., Linares was speeding down US 1 when he hit an elevated curb, police say. He lost control ... More >>

Miccosukee Tribe Again Avoids Lawsuit Over Fatal 2009 Car Crash

A wrongful death lawsuit against the Miccosukee Tribe over a fatal car accident on tribal lands has once again run into resistance in the courts. On January 20, 2009, Coconut Grove resident Tatiana Furry left Miccosukee Resort and Gaming after a night of gambling and drinking, then got into a head- ... More >>

Two Armed Robbery Suspects Shot By Hialeah Police After Car Ramming Rampage

​Hialeah police shot two armed robbery suspects last night after the pair tried to ram officers with their Cadillac SUV. A police officer is also in the hospital after being hit by the car. The incident occurred  near West 29th Street and 12th Avenue around 9:30 p.m.

Alonzo Mourning Accused of Hit-and-Run Car Crash While Driving Porsche

​A Miami art school student is set to file a lawsuit against Alonzo Mourning claiming that the former Heat star crashed his Porsche into the student's car on the Julia Tuttle Causeway early Sunday morning before fleeing. Mourning did return to the scene, however, nearly an hour later in a separate ... More >>

Sarasota Principal Hypnotized Three Students Before Their Strange Deaths

Remember Dr. George Kenney, the hypnosis enthusiast/principal of North Port High School in Sarasota, who was suspended after a student he hypnotized suffered a fatal drug overdose the next day? Well turns out that isn't the only student Kenney hypnotized who later turned up dead. An investigation fo ... More >>

Details Slow to Come in Urban Beach Weekend Shootings

via YouTubePolice surround a car in the first of Monday morning's two shootings. The driver was killed.​As the story surrounding the two early-morning Memorial Day police shootings evolves, numerous questions have been raised about the circumstances under which one person was killed and seven peop ... More >>

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Hialeah Senator Introduces Bill to Ban Red Light Cameras in Florida

​State Senator Rene Garcia is our new hero. The Hialeah Republican has introduced a bill in the state legislature that would effectively ban the use of red light cameras and has called them a "big-brother initiative." It's probably one of the few times when a Republican from Hialeah and the ACLU c ... More >>

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Wendy Mae Chambers: Drunken hit-and-run lands Miami composer in rehab, not jail

Motorcycles Collide with Big Rig, Helicopter Comes to the Rescue on Krome Avenue

via CBS4​An accident straight out of a Michael Bay movie has temporarily shut down a portion of Krome Avenue in both directions. At least three motorcycles collided with a tractor trailer. Luckily, a nearby helicopter landed near the scene, and a man jumped out of the chopper to administer CPR to ... More >>

Congressional Candidate Marleine Bastien Robbed at Gunpoint

In today's roundup of the sins of South Florida: A congressional candidate has her purse snatched after a man points a gun at her head outside a church; some students will spend their first month of class in a fancy hotel; a traffic accident claims one life; and another storm gets a name.

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Teen Girl's Arm Might Have Been Severed in Airboat Accident

via Wiki Commons​In today's roundup of the woes of South Florida: An airboat accident injures a young girl, another Florida panther dies thanks to careless drivers, the father who beat his son to brain-death in a "boxing lesson" will face murder charges, and our old friend Principal "Eat Shit and ... More >>

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 >>

Dolphins Receiver's Truck Found Crashed and Abandoned on I-595

​According to the Palm Beach Post, a pickup truck belonging to Miami Dolphins receiver Brian Hartline was found crashed and abandoned on I-595 earlier this month. Authorities say Hartline's truck crashed into another abandoned vehicle that was parked on the side of I-595 in the early-morning ... More >>

Five Bank Fraudsters Die in Fiery Get Away Car Crash

via CBS4​Other things happened in Miami yesterday besides the arrival of LeBron James. Horrible things like a bizarre car crash that killed five, a fatal shooting in Hialeah, and a plan to bring more red light cameras to Miami Beach.

Three Men Shot at Heathrow Lounge

Heathrow Lounge in Miami Beach is supposed to have a classy, vaguely British atmosphere, but it's located on Washington Avenue, so of course it still has the occasional Miami-style violence.The club was hosting some sort of Father's Day bash (because nothing says "excellent dad" like hitting up the ... More >>

Hialeah Murder Suspect Related to Two Major League Pitchers

WikiCommons El Duque is related to shooter​Gerardo Regalado, the 38-year old man alleged to have shot and killed four women, including his girlfriend, before turning the gun on himself, is the half brother former New York Yankee pitcher Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez. El Duque, in turn, is t ... More >>

News Roundup: SunRail Passes Senate

Miami students got some of the best math scores in the nation for urban schools. [CBS4]The Florida Senate passed SunRail legislation yesterday. Now the bill goes to the governor, who is expected to sign it. [Reuters]A mother of seven was killed in a hit-and-run early this morning. [Herald]Sport ... More >>

News Roundup

The reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for recent horse slaughterings has been raised to $5,000 [NBCMiami]The Heat is fine with the current rooster. Nope, not at all bitter it lost out on Odom. [Herald]Former UM player and current New York Jets defensive ... More >>

Metro Mover Supervisor Fatally Struck on Rails

A Miami-Dade Transit supervisor was struck and killed by the Metro Mover late Friday night while inspecting the rails, said Miami-Dade police.Joseph Bryant, 54, was on the tracks of the station at 100 Northeast 5th Street when he was hit at 11:49 p.m. Miami-Dade police are still inves ... More >>

Fatal Crash Litters I-95 With Thousands of Nickels

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