Miami Beach police are on the lookout for a man who followed an unsuspecting woman into her Ocean Drive hotel room, overpowered her, and then raped her. The incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, September 6. The victim, a Swiss tourist, was walking into the Hotel Breakwater at…
A crime ring operating in Miami-Dade is believed to be following women, waiting for them to park their cars, and breaking into the vehicles to steal banking and identification information that is then used to defraud victims of thousands of dollars. “Literally, a female will park her car, go for…
George Zimmerman is back in police custody after police responded to a gun-related incident at the Lake Mary, Florida, home of the parents of his wife Shellie Zimmerman. Mrs. Zimmerman had just filed for divorce last week…
Eighty-three-year-old Marian Hill is recovering in the hospital after her grandson, 23-year-old Kenneth Smith, Jr., accidentally shot her in the leg yesterday. The incident happened after Smith argued with his brother, Robert Hill, 28, over his cell phone and decided to pull out a gun in the family residence…
Officer Eric Guzman’s highlights over his nine years on the Miami Police Department include 30 use-of-force complaints, two dead suspects, and one self-inflicted gunshot wound to the foot. Sgt. Juan Mendez, meanwhile, has killed four suspects and racked up nearly 100 complaints in his 28-year career. Like a recurring migraine,…
Philippe Archer, the Miami Beach Police detective who has demonstrated a flair for beating the shit out of people and is now the subject of three lawsuits, has been relieved of duty. See also: Miami Beach Man Claims Cop Knocked Him Out When He Tried to Be a Good Samaritan…
Eighteen-year-old Jesus Trejo had been missing since Tuesday. His blue Honda Civic had been discovered empty in the remote area of Ingraham Highway and SW 232nd Avenue in South Miami-Dade. Yesterday, divers found a body in an Everglades canal near that general area and have now confirmed it is that…
Just before 11 p.m. this past Monday, Pinecrest police responded to a mansion just off Old Cutler Road to reports that a naked intruder was terrorizing the home’s owners. The cops found a 43-year-old man in the buff, and when he attacked police, they hit him with a Taser. He…
Miami-Dade Police are on the search for a feathered friend who was the victim of a parrot napping. The blue Macaw parrot stolen August 20th from its owner’s Coral Gables home…
In a stunning admission that could explain what kind of mood George Zimmerman was in on the night he killed Trayvon Martin, Shellie Zimmerman has revealed that she had gotten into an argument with George the night before that was so bad she walked out on him. Shellie also says…
Derek Medina, the South Miami man who killed his wife and posted a picture of her dead body on Facebook, appeared in court today. He’s been charged with second-degree murder after he was arrested on first-degree charges. Medina has pleaded not guilty. See also: Derek Medina Kills His Wife in…
If you worked hard earlier this month to avoid the gruesome Facebook photo Derek Medina posted of his just-murdered wife, beware: The death scene is now plastered across a tabloid in the supermarket aisle. The National Enquirer has reprinted the bloody shot of 26-year-old Jennifer Alonso that Medina posted to…
You can get away with killing an unarmed black teenager in this country, but you sure aren’t going to get away with lying to the courts about money. George Zimmerman’s wife Shellie pleaded guilty this morning to a misdemeanor charge of perjury after she lied about the couple’s financial situation…
Stand Your Ground isn’t the only state law set to stir controversy in the George Zimmerman case. The lesser-known Florida Statute 939.06 requires the state to pay all of a defendant’s expenses if he/she is acquitted of all charges. Zimmerman’s defense team has been tallying up the cost of expert…
For the next four months, rapper Fat Joe will be leaning back in the Federal Detention Center in Miami. He turned himself in today to start his sentence for tax evasion, but the seasonal stay will be quite a bit shorter than the two years he originally faced…
Hafiz Khan, a Miami Imam who was convicted of supporting the Taliban, has been sentenced to 25 years behind bars. It’s much lower than the 60-year maximum he faces, but at 78-years-old it’s likely Khan will spend the rest of his life behind bars regardless. See also: Miami Imam Hafiz…
Omar Ventura Blandino Rivera faces charges of sexual battery and video voyeurism after he allegedly recorded himself raping an unconscious woman he had met at a party in Hialeah this past December. Blandino Rivera was at the party with his girlfriend, a friend of the victim. The victim had drank…
“Apple picking” is the newest crime du jour in South Florida, perpetrated by gangs looking to steal your smartphone. Some are even willing to kill you for it. Last July 1, two teen boys on bicycles confronted 54 year-old Jerry Wayne Sherrell near NE 2nd Ave. and 54th Street and…
Miami’s Fraternal Order of Police president Javier Ortiz has officially now become one of the oddest characters in Miami. Which is no short order. In the past month he’s been accused of abusing his power by NFL player Jonathon Vilma. He blamed teenager Israel Hernandez for his own death. News…
Scott Storch, Miami’s, uh, maybe 653rd favorite son, recently left town to record in the Big Apple. But the music producer with a history of money problems lost $100,000 worth of property this morning in an armed stickup near Times Square. See also: Scott Storch raked in hip-hop millions and…
Taking out your iPhone to snap an Instagram pic or send a booty text late at night in Miami Beach might not be worth it. Miami Beach Police are warning residents and tourists to be careful with their smartphones after a rash of brazen armed robberies have struck the town…
On Tuesday South Miami police chief Orlando Martinez de Castro announced that he had taken the first step toward suing the city after a commissioner publicly disclosed that the chief had undergone weight loss surgery. On Wednesday night he was fired…
