Miami-Dade Plummets in “Most Dangerous Cities” Rankings

Miami-Dade County and most of its cities have dropped in the rankings on CQ Press’s “Most Dangerous Cities” list, which is considerably good news. Last year, Miami-Dade was ranked the fourth most dangerous metro area in America. This year, it’s only number 16, and no it’s not just because other cities…

Dolphins’ Phillip Merling No Longer Faces Charges for Allegedly Hitting his Pregnant Girlfriend

If the Dolphins’ Phillip Merling did violently assault his pregnant fiancée it seems he won’t be facing any formal consequences for it. The Broward State Attorney’s office has announced that they’re dropping all charges after the victim in the case refused to continue cooperating. The Dolphins meanwhile never punished Merling. Even following his arrest…

Buju Banton Wins Ruling For Release

Reggae star Buju Banton, who faces a February retrial on a criminal charge of conspiring to buy cocaine from an undercover police officer, could soon be released from Tampa jail. He has been locked up for the past 11 months. On November 4, Federal Judge James S. Moody Jr. denied…

Hialeah Fight Starts Over a Cigarette, Ends in Death

We all know cigarettes are deadly, but for at least the second time this year in Miami a man has died following a fight that started over a cigarette. An unidentified 54-year-old man is dead after a fight broke out somehow spurred by an argument about a smoke. 29-year-old Frank Alonso has been…

800 Pounds of Pot Seized in Boat Two Miles Off Miami

Rakontur is currently finishing up Square Grouper, their documentary on Miami’s pot smuggling heydays, but that’s not all in the past. The South Florida US Attorney’s Office announced that they recently found a boat just miles off the coast of Miami packed with 800 pounds of pot. Four arrests have…