Last week, New Times reported that Miami Police Officer Vincent Miller was being suspended for misusing his Taser. A bystander testified he saw Miller shock a homeless man for no reason. It was later found that the officer never reported the incident. Documents obtained by New Times now provide the…
Thankfully it only involved paint, but two not-so-bright teens pulled off a school shooting yesterday at Miami Spring Senior High School. Joel Rodriguez and Juan Gil, both 18, were out “to get a student by the name of Mike,” according to the arrest report. So the pair drove by the…
Ever since Buju Banton, one of Jamaica’s most talented and controversial reggae singers, was convicted of cocaine trafficking and gun charges in 2011, there have been signs his trial was not on the up-and-up. You may recall he was sentenced to ten years and lingers in federal lockup. That sentence…
For years, Florida police agencies have secretly purchased mysterious devices called Stingrays. Manufactured in Delray Beach and sold for up to $134,000, the machine lets cops track cell phones. And even though Stingrays were bought mostly with anti-terrorism money and pitched as emergency-only options, local court records hint that police…
Miami Beach police responded to a tense scene last night at 7801 Abbott Ave. in Miami Beach. After responding to a domestic disturbance report, police noticed that the place was ablaze. A mattress had been set on fire in a hallway. During their investigation the suspect, 22-year-old Edwin Innis, was…
A video posted on YouTube this weekend shows what appears to be a Florida Highway Patrol officer tasering an elderly man with his hands up. The video, reportedly filmed on the way to Key West, shows two angry patrolmen pulling an unidentified old man from his minivan during a traffic…
Remember when you were a kid and your parents drilled it into you that you weren’t supposed to take candy from strangers? And for most of us strangers never actually offered us candy, nor did we hear about it happening to any of our friends. However, turns out that it…
After originally investigating the death of Kristina Gomez Reinwald as a suicide, Miami-Dade police have now ruled the case a homicide investigation. The 46-year-old trans woman, also known as Kristina Grant Infiniti, was found dead in her home in the 2000 block of Southwest 58th Court on Sunday. According to…
A Miami Police officer who needlessly tasered a homeless man and then covered it up will be reprimanded, his department says. The incident was the central focus of a recent New Times investigation into widespread Taser misuse by Miami cops. Officer Vincent Miller’s punishment has yet to be finalized, a…
Miami Gardens, the city that’s home to Sun Life Stadium and one of Florida’s highest crime rates, has had a wrenchingly difficult week. Days after police fatally shot a mentally ill man armed with a broom, city leaders are now dealing with an apparent hate crime. Yesterday, someone spray-painted “KKK”…
On Saturday, Lavall Hall, a Miami Gardens man diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, was having an episode. His mother called police to help her calm down her son. As it turns out Hall’s mother would never see her son alive again. Miami Gardens Police showed up the scene and…
Update: Shortly after Bosch’s sentencing, Alex Rodriguez issued his first apology to fans for secretly buying banned drugs from Bosch for years. This morning, U.S. District Court Judge Darrin Gayles sentenced Biogenesis chief Tony Bosch to 48 months in federal prison and three years of probation upon his release on…
On December 30, New Times published a yearlong investigation showing local cops routinely broke department policy on Tasers: using the weapons on skateboarding teenagers, shocking the mentally ill, even killing 18-year-old graffiti artist Israel “Reefa” Hernandez. The most disturbing finding, however, was evidence that Miami Police Officer Vincent Miller had…
Catherine Daniels called Miami Gardens Police Sunday morning with a plea: Her son, a mentally ill man named Lavall Hall, needed help. After she called police, Hall walked out of the house holding a broom. Daniels never saw her son alive again, because the two Miami Gardens Police officers who…
Next Tuesday, Biogenesis chief Tony Bosch will learn how long he’ll spend in federal prison for running an illegal steroid operation. On one hand, he’s admitted to supplying dozens of Major Leaguers — and at least 18 Miami high schoolers — with ‘roids. He’s also fessed to helping run a…
For years, cops accused of needlessly tasering suspects have been protected in South Florida. Even in instances when suspects have died after being shocked, officers have avoided blame in both criminal and civil courts. That could be changing, however. Last week, district judge James Lawrence King ruled that a jury…
When Tony Bosch — the steroid-dealing founder of Miami clinic Biogenesis — agreed last summer to help Major League Baseball go after his biggest clients, including Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun, he demanded some favors in return — namely, that MLB wouldn’t go after his family and that the league…
In March 2013, Chicago resident David Schlessinger was at the Calle Ocho music festival when he tried to take a group of friends to a restricted area. He mentioned his Clear Channel connections and flashed old BET credentials, but a guard refused to let him pass. “‘That guy’s an idiot,'”…
Thirty-year-old Reginald Killings was outside his home. Twenty-one-year-old Maurice Cabrera was riding his bike. Both men were shot multiple times, and both were killed. A 14-year-old was shot in the face, and another man was shot in the upper chest. And all the gunfire went down in a few hours…
A lot of loose change can add up. And for Miami flight attendant Marco Costa, stealing a lot of loose change can add up to serious time behind bars. The 56-year-old AmericanAirlines employee was arrested January 31 after investigators discovered he had stolen about $5,000 in coins meant to be…
Andrew Cummings was caught on an episode in 2006 confessing to killing his roommate. But a judge has now ruled that the footage proves he was illegally detained.
Well, you can’t say local cops get away with everything. Miami-Dade Police Officer Joshua Zacarias will face charges after he had a minor run-in with a gate at a police station parking lot and then lied about it…
