Police & Law Enforcement

Fort Lauderdale cops smothered Errol Leath into the ground and handcuffed him before realizing they had the wrong guy.

The ink wasn’t dry on the jury verdict before public figures stepped onto their social-media soapboxes to crow or condemn.

Photos on Lauderdale-by-the-Sea’s Facebook page show him posing with kids in his lap.

Known locally as a prolific fossil hunter, John Kreatsoulas is facing prison time for illegally shipping wild turtles to clients as far away as Germany and Hong Kong.

The Miami-born singer was arrested at a California military base where he was scheduled to perform a concert.

Instagram video shows vigilante Miami streamers confronting a man they lured for a liaison with a 15-year-old boy.

Jesus Menocal, Jr. was accused of wielding his power as a cop to sexually abuse women and girls as young as 14 years old.

The police department says the car is a promotional tool to help recruit “the best and brightest individuals to serve our community.”

The day of Ana’s disappearance, the FBI claims, a man resembling her husband was seen spray-painting a security camera lens in her apartment building.

A new section of the law creates a third-degree felony charge for participation in a “coordinated street takeover.”

The student’s family has called the incident an act of “torture” at the hands of Florida police.

News stories, updates, documentaries, podcasts, and videos about the infamous 2011 Florida teen murder case.

During the 2019 incident, lawyer Lee Feinberg allegedly busted out a Glock pistol during a bout of road rage.

Surveillance video shows a man grabbing a pipe and using it to repeatedly strike Andrea Dos Passos in the head.

In one incident, Max Azzarello allegedly insisted to police that a pest control company was trying to “exterminate children and dogs.”

Newly released dash cam footage shows the moment Madison Cawthorn slammed into an FHP cruiser at high speed.

In a span of three months, three Disney Cruise workers have been nabbed at Port Everglades and charged with downloading vile material.

Ex-U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn is accused of rear-ending a Florida Highway Patrol cruiser on I-75.

Kamruzzaman lived incognito in the Sunshine State after he was released from ICE custody following a string of sexual assault accusations, federal agents say.

The 23-year-old, who leaves behind an infant daughter, was set to graduate from FIU next month.

St. Lucie County Sheriff Keith Pearson parades arrestees around his social media videos as if they were props in a re-election campaign ad.

“He is coming off as this very helpful guy, which is BS. He just wants to get in her pants,” the complainant insists.