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…
Are we living in some sort of dystopian future? We don’t know, but we do know researchers at FIU have developed technology that have brought us one step closer to a real life RoboCop. Researchers at the school’s Discovery Lab are working on a project called TeleBot that would allow…
Victor Luis and his brother had been drinking heavily at Spinnaker’s Bar in North Miami Beach back in 2012. Though, when Luis, 49, found out that his brother had gone to Gulfstream Park earlier in the day and didn’t invite him the two started shoving each other around. Luis eventually…
In the early hours of August 10, 2007, Broward Sheriff’s deputy Chris Reyka was gunned down in the parking lot of a Pompano Beach drugstore. Despite a massive manhunt and a $270,000 reward, the mysterious case was never solved. Now, however, detectives believe they have their man: Shawn LaBeet, a…
Eddie Jackson Jr. was once a father figure to a budding basketball genius named LeBron James, but he missed out on a chance to watch LeBron’s debut in the NBA. Instead, he reported to the state pen to serve a three-year term for bilking more than $775,000 in a mortgage…
Until the moment Anesson Joseph got naked Tuesday night and, in an apparent moment of insanity, allegedly chased, attacked, or bit several passersby before police shot him dead, he was a thoughtful West Palm Beach hipster who neither gave indication of what was to come nor had a criminal record…
Miami-Dade Police were busy last night. Officers conducted three raids of three separate grow houses in the Redland last night and hauled off about $1 million worth of marijuana in the process…
Of all Florida’s many antics, this surely ranks among the craziest. Paraplegic Florida man Shamal Battice arrived at a Ford dealership in Ocala yesterday, looking for a new ride. He wanted to ditch his wheelchair for something a little quicker, he told salesman Anselmo “Chico” Barreto. Barreto didn’t think too…
The twisted tale of Derek Medina, the South Miami man who shot his wife and then posted pictures of her body on Facebook, has taken another strange turn. According to CBS Miami, his lawyers have filed paperwork with the court declaring that bath salts were found in the couple’s home…
A pair of Miami burglars added insult to injury during a bizarre home invasion turned sexual assault this morning. After forcing their way into a Brownsville house at gunpoint, one of the robbers proceeded to slap a helpless female victim in the face with his penis while demanding money. The…
