Philippe Archer, the Miami Beach Police detective who has demonstrated a flair for beating the shit out of people and is now the subject of three lawsuits, has been relieved of duty. See also: Miami Beach Man Claims Cop Knocked Him Out When He Tried to Be a Good Samaritan…
Eighteen-year-old Jesus Trejo had been missing since Tuesday. His blue Honda Civic had been discovered empty in the remote area of Ingraham Highway and SW 232nd Avenue in South Miami-Dade. Yesterday, divers found a body in an Everglades canal near that general area and have now confirmed it is that…
Just before 11 p.m. this past Monday, Pinecrest police responded to a mansion just off Old Cutler Road to reports that a naked intruder was terrorizing the home’s owners. The cops found a 43-year-old man in the buff, and when he attacked police, they hit him with a Taser. He…
Miami-Dade Police are on the search for a feathered friend who was the victim of a parrot napping. The blue Macaw parrot stolen August 20th from its owner’s Coral Gables home…
In a stunning admission that could explain what kind of mood George Zimmerman was in on the night he killed Trayvon Martin, Shellie Zimmerman has revealed that she had gotten into an argument with George the night before that was so bad she walked out on him. Shellie also says…
Derek Medina, the South Miami man who killed his wife and posted a picture of her dead body on Facebook, appeared in court today. He’s been charged with second-degree murder after he was arrested on first-degree charges. Medina has pleaded not guilty. See also: Derek Medina Kills His Wife in…
If you worked hard earlier this month to avoid the gruesome Facebook photo Derek Medina posted of his just-murdered wife, beware: The death scene is now plastered across a tabloid in the supermarket aisle. The National Enquirer has reprinted the bloody shot of 26-year-old Jennifer Alonso that Medina posted to…
You can get away with killing an unarmed black teenager in this country, but you sure aren’t going to get away with lying to the courts about money. George Zimmerman’s wife Shellie pleaded guilty this morning to a misdemeanor charge of perjury after she lied about the couple’s financial situation…
Stand Your Ground isn’t the only state law set to stir controversy in the George Zimmerman case. The lesser-known Florida Statute 939.06 requires the state to pay all of a defendant’s expenses if he/she is acquitted of all charges. Zimmerman’s defense team has been tallying up the cost of expert…
For the next four months, rapper Fat Joe will be leaning back in the Federal Detention Center in Miami. He turned himself in today to start his sentence for tax evasion, but the seasonal stay will be quite a bit shorter than the two years he originally faced…
Hafiz Khan, a Miami Imam who was convicted of supporting the Taliban, has been sentenced to 25 years behind bars. It’s much lower than the 60-year maximum he faces, but at 78-years-old it’s likely Khan will spend the rest of his life behind bars regardless. See also: Miami Imam Hafiz…
Omar Ventura Blandino Rivera faces charges of sexual battery and video voyeurism after he allegedly recorded himself raping an unconscious woman he had met at a party in Hialeah this past December. Blandino Rivera was at the party with his girlfriend, a friend of the victim. The victim had drank…
“Apple picking” is the newest crime du jour in South Florida, perpetrated by gangs looking to steal your smartphone. Some are even willing to kill you for it. Last July 1, two teen boys on bicycles confronted 54 year-old Jerry Wayne Sherrell near NE 2nd Ave. and 54th Street and…
Miami’s Fraternal Order of Police president Javier Ortiz has officially now become one of the oddest characters in Miami. Which is no short order. In the past month he’s been accused of abusing his power by NFL player Jonathon Vilma. He blamed teenager Israel Hernandez for his own death. News…
Scott Storch, Miami’s, uh, maybe 653rd favorite son, recently left town to record in the Big Apple. But the music producer with a history of money problems lost $100,000 worth of property this morning in an armed stickup near Times Square. See also: Scott Storch raked in hip-hop millions and…
Taking out your iPhone to snap an Instagram pic or send a booty text late at night in Miami Beach might not be worth it. Miami Beach Police are warning residents and tourists to be careful with their smartphones after a rash of brazen armed robberies have struck the town…
On Tuesday South Miami police chief Orlando Martinez de Castro announced that he had taken the first step toward suing the city after a commissioner publicly disclosed that the chief had undergone weight loss surgery. On Wednesday night he was fired…
Miami Fraternal Order of Police President Sgt. Javier Ortiz has come out roaring against those who are criticizing police in the wake of the death of teenager Israel Hernandez. After City of Miami commissioner and mayoral candidate Francis Suarez released a flyer condemning police violence, Ortiz replied with his own…
Last night during an argument in the parking lot of a Hialeah convenience store, a man pulled a machete and slashed his opponent in the face. Police are now searching for the suspect while the victim recovers in the hospital…
Damn, Jeffrey Blanc, let it go dude. Your girl’s moved on. She ain’t coming back, and there’s no sense in lighting her new dude’s car on fire. All that did was land you in jail. According to NBC Miami, Blanc, 32, dated Kristal Brantly for about two years until they…
Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, the two killers profiled in Truman Capote’s classic In Cold Blood, have long been suspects in a quadruple murder that killed a Florida couple and their two young sons back in 1959, but DNA evidence carried out more than 50 years later could not make…
Despite calls from all across the globe for Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law to be repealed, Florida Sheriffs Association voted unanimously last week to support the law exactly as written…
