Crime & Police

Prosecutors are gearing up for the planned December trial of Miami-born Enrique Tarrio on seditious conspiracy charges.

A Broward man known as #Tweedledumb is headed to prison for assaulting a police officer during the Capitol Hill riot.

Three teenagers were arrested for allegedly defacing a quiet Weston community with bigoted slurs.

Austin Harrouff will be sent to a mental hospital after a judge determined he was in a psychotic state when he bludgeoned and stabbed two strangers to death.

Eight years after the death of her son in a murder-for-hire plot, Ruth Markel offers advice on how to get through the grieving process.

It’s “shocking how simple” a multimillion-dollar email impersonation scam can be, cybersecurity expert Alex Hamerstone says.

The Department of Justice says it indicted two Cambodian officials for smuggling hundreds of wild-caught long-tailed macaques.

The Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled Broward County prosecutors can seek the death penalty in their case against Jamell Demons aka YNW Melly.

A Broward woman says her boss at a local police union assaulted her and took pictures of her while she was naked and incapacitated on a Las Vegas work trip.

The majority of police officers who violated body-worn camera policy did so in Miami’s district with the highest percentage of Black residents, a citizens panel found.

Anti-Semitic incidents have left Weston’s Jewish residents and community leaders in a state of disgust and confusion.

Miami-Dade County has struggled to update the court’s criminal records system in the digital age.

Broward’s lead public defender says the mistreatment of mentally ill inmates in county jails is out of hand.

A bungled drug trafficking investigation at Miami International Airport culminated in an innocent Sarasota woman being strip searched and put in an orange jump suit.

A naked assailant donning a cowboy hat slashed a woman with a machete near Miami Springs.

The Lee County Sheriff is known for his no-tolerance policies and his penchant for releasing the personal information of juvenile delinquents.

Incorrect reports proliferated that Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz received the death penalty on October 13.

In Florida, two of 757 police departments provided compliant crime stats to the FBI – covering less than one percent of the state population.

Denying viral rumors, the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice says all youths are safe and sound.

Despite sheriff’s assurances, reports emerge of deteriorating conditions at Lee County jail as Ian roared through.

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office opted not to evacuate the downtown Fort Myers jail despite it being listed in a mandatory evacuation zone.

New Times has spent 10 years covering Javier Ortiz and his exploits. Here’s a rundown of the claims of harassment, abuse and corruption that thrust him into the national spotlight.