Former Hialeah mayor and Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Julio Robaina was already in big trouble with prosecutors for allegedly taking $300,000 in secret loan payments from a buddy running a Ponzi scheme. Now he might just be in even bigger trouble with his wife and codefendant, Raiza Robaina. That’s because prosecutors…
Despite the fact that there’s no doubt Máximo Caminero walked into Pérez Art Museum Miami and smashed a vase by artist Ai Weiwei (it’s on video, after all), Caminero has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. See also: Miami Artist Destroyed $1M Ai Weiwei Vase Because PAMM “Only…
Nearly three years after one of the bloodiest police operations in recent Miami history, prosecutors have issued a scathing report calling the killings “unusual, counter-intuitive, suspicious” and “disturbing.” The June 30, 2011 sting — in which four suspects, including a police informant, were shot dozens of times — was the…
Oldy Ochoa Jr. allegedly met the girl while working on a case. The two flirted on Facebook and e-mail, and — according to the girl — the Miami Beach Police detective photographed his young muse as she posed suggestively. According to a search warrant obtained by CBS 4 News, the…
Perhaps the only thing more deplorably than holding up a Boy Scout trying to raise funds for his troop at gunpoint is doing the same to a Girl Scout, but then at least you’d get some Thin Mints and Tagalongs. A man who robbed a 12-year-old Boy Scout down in…
At the University of Central Florida, Jah Reid terrorized defensive lineman with his 6’7″ frame and 335 pounds of muscle. Police say Reid put that size advantage to another use this weekend at a Key West strip club, where he head-butted a man who innocently bumped into him and sparked…
Earning the title of Florida’s most corrupt city is no easy job. Dade County’s mayoral elite have certainly done their best to make a bid for the plaudits this past year, from Sweetwater’s bribe-taking chief to Homestead’s allegedly campaign-finance breaking mayor. Tiny Hampton, Florida, blows them both out of the…
You know how Nancy Grace always gives terrible mothers nicknames like “Tan Mom” and “Tot Mom?” Well, we’re just going to christen Irisdaly Rios with the tabloid-worthy name of “Chonga Mom,” because, if you’re talking trash she’ll beat you after class. See, Rios has been caught on camera beating one…
Miami-Dade Police say they had no choice but to shoot and kill a 20-year-old bipolar man after a Taser malfunction. The incident happened at the Kendallwood Villas complex near FIU’s south campus. Federico Osorio’s mother had called police claiming that her son had threatened to kill her and his sister…
Thanks to a little-known device manufactured by a tech company in Melbourne, police departments across Florida have tracked thousands of cell phones — often without bothering to get a warrant first. In at least one case, the cops purposely kept the device secret in court because the company asked them…
Treon “Tre” Johnson, a central figure in an upcoming Rakontur documentary on backyard brawling, died on Thursday after a confrontation with Hialeah Police. Officers responded to a report and found Johnson standing on a rooftop throwing coconuts at a dog who had bitten him. To subdue Johnson they used a…
Miami-Dade police officer Albert Coriat apparently thinks law enforcement agencies giving each other special treatment is more important than public safety. Back on February 16th, Coriat, who is 40, popped an illegal U-turn on the Florida Turnpike near mile marker 59. An FHP trooper spotted the illegal maneuver and pulled…
Today is little Shaba’s second birthday. He’s spending it Jackson Memorial Hospital recovering from being shot in the head during a random outburst of gunfire in Liberty City on Sunday morning…
Three Florida women were arrested on Friday after they allegedly slapped, kicked, and choked a 14-year-old girl. The adults then forced the girl to take off her clothes so they could beat her with a belt. The incident took place in Orange City, Florida. When Volusia County Sheriff’s deputies arrived…
Nelson Santoni was desperate. So desperate he decided to break into his neighbors home and take her valuables. But when the woman showed up in the middle of the attempted heist, Santoni attacked her. She was strangled to death in her own home by her neighbor…
A brutal sucker punch. A breathtaking donut shop stick-up. The creative use of a valet sign to viciously assault someone. It’s all just another day on CrooksTube. The website is devoted to surveillance videos of America’s most horrific unsolved crimes, from random assaults to armed robberies involving knives, guns, even…
The only people who get paid to put on clothes are fashion models, but a former sergeant in the South Miami Police Department is suing to have police officers added to that list too. Michael Weissberg claims he worked five to ten extra overtime hours a week for which he…
The Miami Dolphins have been in prime damage-control mode in the two weeks since a review determined their locker room was a hellish cross between Abu Ghraib and the Alpha Beta frat house from Revenge of the Nerds. Bully-in-chief Richie Incognito is long gone, head coach Joe Philbin took his…
The man in charge of administering the southern region of Miami-Dade schools has been temporarily reassigned following an arrest after a bizarre shooting earlier this month. On February 7, Dr. Alexis Martinez was involved in an incident at a home on SW 94th Place. Neighbors tell CBS 4 that they…
“Crystal” has many faces and many aliases, but her M.O., according to police, is thoroughly consistent: Cozying up to men at high-end clubs, heading home with them, and then drugging them and walking out with all their jewelry. The scam has netted the 25-year-old con artist and her crew of…
The art world was shocked yesterday to learn someone had deliberately destroyed an Ai Weiwei piece at the Perez Art Museum Miami. Shock turned to incredulity when they learned the vandal wasn’t a political protester, but rather veteran Miami painter Maximo Caminero, who shattered a Weiwei vase to draw attention…
George Zimmerman’s celebrity boxing match with rapper DMX was canned earlier this month after widespread outrage over the idea of the central Florida wannabe neighborhood watchman cashing in on his killing of Miami teen Trayvon Martin. But Zimmerman probably isn’t done looking for money-making ideas. In an interview with Univision…
