Jack Davis, the 14-year-old Miami Shores resident who shot and killed a WaveRunner thief two years ago, will not face criminal charges. Prosecutors announced yesterday that they would not put the teen on trial because he “reasonably believed he and his mother were being attacked and were in imminent danger”…
We get it, Department of Justice. You’ve been pretty busy, between going after Apple for its criminal eBooks and spending $58 million on really important junkets and all. But it’s pushing two-and-a-half years since then-Miami Police Chief Miguel Exposito called his cops “predators” on camera and instituted new policies that…
As if getting pounded 10-1 last night by the Milwaukee Brewers to keep the worst record in baseball wasn’t bad enough for the Marlins, a Miami police officer shot and critically wounded a man just outside the ballpark shortly after the game began. The shooting, which was related to a…
On April 11, 28-year-old Suyima Torres went into an office in a West Miami-Dade strip mall to receive cosmetic injections in her buttocks. Ten hours later, she was dead. Police are investigating the case as manslaughter and are still searching for the man who preformed the procedure…
He’s been dubbed “Florida’s dirtiest cop,” and he finally found himself on the other side of the law this weekend after he was arrested for an incident two years ago during which he allegedly kidnapped a man who was trying to file a complaint against him…
It was a slap on the ass that ultimately cost former NFL player Chad Johnson 30 days of freedom. Johnson was in Broward County court this morning on charges that he violated his probation. A plea deal was reached that would have kept Johnson out of jail, but when the…
A day after the funeral of Anthony Jerome Lee, better known to South Beach’s club scene as the lively drag diva Wanda, police in Tampa confirmed they have made an arrest in her startling murder. According to the Tampa Bay Times, local police have apprehended Deandre Tolliver, 23, of Lakeland,…
Sixteen months ago, a Miami teenager carrying a cell phone, a pack of Skittles, and a soft drink was shot to death in his father’s Central Florida town by a self-appointed neighborhood watchman. The case soon erupted into a referral on race — because the victim, Trayvon Martin, was black…
Last month, a particularly valuable piece of cargo flew into Miami International Airport from Ecuador: $625,000 worth of gold bars. Then they went missing. Today police arrested two men, a cargo handler and a pawn shop owner, who they believe to be behind the heist…
Miami has a serious pot problem. According to a study released yesterday by the ACLU, Miami-Dade is one of the most aggressive and racially biased counties in the country when it comes to marijuana arrests. Not only did Miami have the ninth most marijuana arrests of any American city in…
Anna Burgese, a New Jersey woman on vacation, claims she was just chilling in the lobby of the W South Beach when a gang of drunken prostitutes mistook her for a competitor and violently attacked her to defend their turf. Now Burgese and her husband Joseph are suing the W,…
“Come on son, I’ve always been there for you,” says the old man trying to reconcile with his grown son after decades of being estranged. “What about the time you left me behind when you were fleeing from the police?” replies the son. “Here we go with this again. Are…
In this week’s metro, we describe how advances in DNA technology have allowed Miami-Dade medical investigators to solve at least 16 cold cases in the past couple of years. The murder of one woman, whose body parts were found all over town, haunted cops and coroners alike for nearly 30…
Sonia A. Brown, 35, and Chloe M. McQueen, 23, were at Mango’s Cafe when they found a lost iPhone 4 on Sunday. The pair flipped through the information and quickly discovered that the phone belonged to an executive for True Entertainment, a production company behind hits like Real Housewives of…
Standing an imposing 6’6″ (and even taller in heels), the legendary drag icon Wanda had been stomping through South Beach like it was her personal runway since its ’90s heyday. She was at one point perhaps the most polarizing and controversial figure in South Beach nightlife. A master at throwing…
Mina Coleman was standing in the driveway of her Tamiami home when she noticed her pack of puppies scrapping over something in the dirt. Vultures circled in the blue sky above. They must have gotten out through that damn hole in the fence again, she thought as she stomped through…
Fourteen-year-old Tremaine McMillian didn’t threaten police. He didn’t attack them. He wasn’t armed. All the black teenager did was appear threatening by shooting Miami-Dade police officers a few “dehumanizing stares,” and that was apparently enough for the officers to decide to slam him against the ground and put him in…
This Memorial Day weekend may have been slightly less headline-grabbing than in years past, but police on Miami Beach were still plenty busy. They made 414 arrests during the five-day weekend that coincides with Urban Beach Week, a number that is slightly up from the 373 recorded last year…
A male student at Redland Middle School was airlifted to a hospital today after being shot around 2:30 this afternoon on school grounds by another student. According to Local 10, the boy was a sixth grader and was grazed in the leg by the bullet…
A carjacking ended this morning with an assist from Mother Nature. After trying to evade police the suspects ended up crashing the stolen ride into a tree. At about 2 a.m. this morning police received reports of a carjacking near NE 33rd Street and Biscayne (you know, in the safe…
Photo courtesy of Mercy for AnimalsOne of the nearly 3,000 pigs at Country View Family Farms in Fannettsburg, Pennsylvania. The far mis a supplier for Hatfield Quality Meats, which is sold in twelve Northeastern states.This week’s story, “The Ag Gag War,” goes behind the scenes of the guerilla fight between…
The Miami Beach Police Department’s plan to patrol South Beach during this Memorial Day Weekend is a lot like last year’s, but this time they’ll have a new tech addition: a cutting-edge light tactical all-terrain vehicle. The $140,000 LTV is on loan to the department this weekend…
