Crime & Police

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.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office is asking the county commission to approve $200,000 in funding from a civil forfeiture fund to purchase tactical rifles.

Prosecutors declined to pursue drug charges against rapper Phillip Katsabanis after Bay Harbor Islands police failed to forward cocaine allegedly confiscated from him to a crime lab for testing.

After years of lawsuits and problematic interactions, Capt. Javier Ortiz has been fired by the MPD.

A week after Black historian Marvin Dunn was allegedly attacked near his property in Rosewood, Florida, a suspect has been charged.

Florida is activating the National Guard to work at state prisons amid a shortage of correctional offices.

Prosecutors allege Charlie Adelson paid two hit men to kill his former brother-in-law and law professor Dan Markel.

Historian Marvin Dunn says his neighbor menaced him and his son during a visit to his property in Rosewood, Florida.

Miami artist Jillian Mayer says her latest project, a customized doomsday bunker on wheels, was stolen from the Florida Keys.

Gabriel Garcia has asked a federal judge for permission to travel to Washington, D.C., for a “January 6th Solidarity” event.

The MPD says its SWAT team’s sniper rifles are 15 years old and in need of replacement.

A 29-year-old Margate man, who was arrested for leaving animal carcasses around a shooting memorial, has a history of making violent threats, the Broward Sheriff’s Office says.

The recent hiring of a police officer at Florida International University is raising some eyebrows around campus in light of his familial ties and a controversial record with the City of Miami.

Austin Harrouff is accused of brutally killing John Stevens and Michelle Mishcon in 2016.

BSO lieutenant admitted he ran restricted law enforcement database checks on his wife’s former coworkers in a mermaid burlesque show.

Florida’s largest and most notorious women’s prison may finally get AC.

Surveillance video captured an inebriated Miami police sergeant slugging an automated parking machine.

A prominent police union is suing the Miami Police Department for allegedly violating four officers’ rights. One of those officers is Capt. Javier Ortiz.

A Florida man is alleged to have used a fake church to peddle industrial bleach as a “miracle cure” for COVID-19.

A civilian watchdog seeks action against Miami police Maj. Umset Ramos, who was allegedly caught on tape uttering a racial slur

A jury has cleared former Broward Sheriff’s deputy Christopher Krickovich of all charges stemming from the violent takedown.

In a new court filing, CJ Gimenez claims Miami police tried to take him from Coral Gables lockup.