A female attorney and mother of a 5-month-old child says a county judge denied her request last week to take short breaks to pump her breasts during a trial. Marissa Altman, an 11-year assistant public defender, acts as a trainer for misdemeanor lawyers that are new to the courtroom. One…
Steve Karro, a substitute rabbi at Shaare Ezra Sephardic Congregation and a well-known local artist with his own gallery on Miami Beach, was shockingly arrested last month on charges that he molested an 11-year-old girl. Now the girl’s family claims that Karro handed the girl’s mother $500 in cash just days…
A 13-year-old got more when he expected when he stole an SUV. There was a sleeping 6-month-old baby inside. The teen eventually gave up the attempted grand theft auto reasoning, “Nah, I’m not trying to go somewhere with the baby.” The incident occurred Friday afternoon near Northeast Miami Court and 78th…
A dispute over dog poop between two dads on Fathers’ Day turned nearly deadly yesterday in Kendall. Omar Rodriguez, 66, face charges of attempted second-degree murder after he shot Jose Rey after Rey’s dog attempted to poop on Rodriguez’s lawn. The incident happened at about 9:30 p.m. in the area of Southwest…
On the morning after the Charleston shooting, where nine African-American churchgoers were murdered during bible study, a group of over 30 African-Americans protested outside police union chief John Rivera’s office in Doral. They held signs that read “Black Lives Matter.” “it’s very unfortunate what happened in Charleston and whats going…
Miami-Dade Police Detective William Kostopoulos tried to use the cover of enforcing the law in order to break it. The 47-year-old is accused to pulling over drivers only to rob them of their money and other property. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida announced today that…
On Sunday, Miami-Dade police union president John Rivera spoke on school board member and 2016 mayoral candidate Raquel Regalado’s weekly Spanish-language show, Esta Semana Con Raquel, about mayor Carlos Gimenez’s push for body cameras in the wake of Fergusson. “He is so desperate to try to gain favor in the…
Miami-Dade Police Detective Karel Rosario had a taste in jewelry of a rich housewife and the ethics of a common crook. Rosario, a nine-year veteran of the forces, faces two felony charges after he allegedly stole $100,000 worth of pricey timepieces and jewelry by the likes of Bulgari, Cartier and…
In January 2013, in the days after New Times published an investigation linking Alex Rodriguez to Biogenesis, a steroid clinic in Coral Gables, the Yankees slugger scrambled to obtain the medical records at the heart of the story. His associates eventually bought two sets, for $4,000 and later $200,000. A year…
A bloody week in South Florida continued early this morning with a mass shooting outside a Latin music nightclub in the heart of Allapattah. Four people were hit outside The Flow Bar & Lounge on NW 36th Street as bystanders scrambled for cover. The shoot-out comes one day after a…
A Miami Police officer has shot a man in Overtown, police officials confirm. Sgt. Javier Ortiz, president of the Miami police union, tells New Times “the officer is fine, but the suspect is wounded.” The MPD hasn’t officially released any other details about the shooting. But reports from the scene…
Miami-Dade is one step closer to allowing police to issue fines — rather than making arrests — for marijuana possession. After a hearing yesterday where residents, public defenders and commissioners mostly enthusiastically backed the idea, a panel of Miami-Dade Commissioners gave initial approval to the ordinance. Supporters say the plan,…
Just weeks after the Miami Beach City Commission approved a ban on late-night alcohol sales and consumption on Ocean Drive over the objections of many restaurant and hotel owners, city officials say the change could be just the beginning of reforms on the iconic boulevard. And one South Beach hotel…
On the night of October 1st, 2005, Nigel Whatley and Michael Morris were leaving Club Boi, a now closed gay and bisexual nightclub in Liberty City and were walking back to Morris’ new Infiniti G35. That’s when a man attempted to rob them. The assailant ended up shooting Whatley to…
It all started with a $70 bill. That’s what a doctor’s office in West Kendall sent to Miami Police Detective Lizlinda Bremer. One year later, that simple bit of medical cost-collecting has led to two abuse investigations against Bremer and now the threat of a civil lawsuit against the doctor’s…
Brian Nobles, a Miami-Dade County corrections sergeant, could find himself on the other side of the cell after being arrested for beating his girlfriend. The victim claims that incident was just the latest in a line of physical assaults, and claims that Nobles even once assaulted her while he was…
Jamie Crabtree, a 32-year-old Key Largo native, just wanted to leave. The Keys, Florida, America, you name it. So Wednesday night, according to a police report, Crabtree boarded a Greyhound headed for Key West. There the 5’10”, hazel-eyed drifter made his way to Key West International Airport. He came up…
Marijuana reform has swept the nation recently, with Louisiana this week on the brink of becoming the 24th state to legalize weed for medical purposes. Florida narrowly missed joining that party last year, but some meaningful local change could be on the horizon. The Miami-Dade Police Department has helped draft…
Did Miami-Dade cops lure criminals to Redlands with the specific intent of executing them without a trial? Miami-Dade taxpayers may never know for sure, but they now are on the hook for $1.3 million in settlements to avoid that question going to trial. That’s the total price the county has…
It’s official. Body cameras will be rolled out amongst the Miami-Dade County Police Department by the end of the year. Yesterday, the county commission endorsed a measure to spend $5 million over the next five years to fit officers with tiny cameras that will record their interactions with the public. …
The week before he was killed by a brick-wielding, 400-pound mental patient, Terry Young told his mother not to worry. It was a Saturday in late April 2013. Bettye White, a retired elementary-school principal, had made her weekly trip to see to her 53-year-old son at the Liberty City Hope…
Lily Noelle Karolyi, 20, were arrested yesterday on charges they forced a 14-year-old girl into prostitution at a Hialeah motel, made her have sex with multiple unknown men, and then kept the profits for themselves. Karolyi met the young victim at the Crossway Motel in Hialeah. Karolyi was staying there…
