Crime & Police

The latest case is certain to place added pressure on Chief Jorge Colina to finally fire Ortiz.

A Miami corrections officer used a broomstick to beat an inmate and punched him while two other inmates stood nearby, court records say.

Rubio went on a rant about Sanders’ self-professed “democratic socialism” while operating a moving vehicle.

The proposal took many people by surprise, including Miami-Dade Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Diaz, whose district includes a town that abuts the planned jail site.

Routine sex worker busts were included on the list of 183 trafficking-related arrests that occurred in the leadup to Super Bowl LIV.

Commissioners will discuss the proposal this morning despite the fact that the public agenda makes no mention of the project.

The feds say Fuentes flew to Miami this past February 13, rented a car, and began stalking his prey.

After he was arrested in Fort Lauderdale at a $4,000-a-night Airbnb rental housing 900 pounds of cocaine, Gregorio Martinez is a free man.

The total amount in plastic surgery loans confirmed or suspected as fraudulent exceeded a half-million dollars.

Lynwood Walker III, better known to rap fans as Tankhead666, was arrested for his involvement in the homicide.

Supporters of the legislation say police need the power to stop repeat offenders, while critics warn it could lead to the unnecessary criminalization of homeless people.

Police toys in South Florida keep popping up where they’re not expected.

The FOP suggests the ad could lead to cops’ being “defamed.”

Video showed the officer walking up to the suspect, winding up, and hitting the handcuffed teen right in the face.

“It’s like an episode from Caso Cerrado,” says Aileen Guillen, CEO of the Tax Team.

Why is it quite so insane to hear Ortiz now claim that he’s black? Allow us to count the ways.

The campaign is particularly focused on the race for Miami-Dade State Attorney this November.

Days after claiming he was a black man at a Miami City Commission meeting, Capt. Javier Ortiz was suspended with pay from the Miami Police Department.

News cameras are circling above his home in Hollywood Oaks after he allegedly assaulted someone.

The Miami-Dade NAACP wrote on Instagram that it was baffled and outraged by Ortiz’s comments.

Commissioner Keon Hardemon, smiling, asked whether Ortiz classified himself as black or white when he applied to work at MPD.

Black took to Instagram this week to accuse officials in Miami federal prison of neglect and mistreatment.