It’s only natural that a group gathers in remembrance when its members believe one of their own was unjustly killed. So the Miami Fraternal Order of Police will host a rally this afternoon in support of the New York Police Department and the two officers who recently lost their lives…
Christmas Day turned deadly after a gunman opened fire at a group of people in Overtown last night. The incident happened just before 8:00 p.m. at 467 NW 8th Street. A crowd had gathered outside the Express Food Center when someone decided to pull out a gun. Update: The man…
A few years back, Florida passed a law allowing religious displays in public buildings. The legislators’ idea, as you might imagine, was mangers and crosses at Christmastime. But under the letter of the law, all religions had to be invited to the table, which has led to the delightful sight…
Former Miami Lakes Mayor Michael Pizzi won’t be heading back to office, but the Supreme Court has ruled that Governor Rick Scott must formally un-suspend him anyway…
What a week for crooked mayor news, even by Miami standards. After former North Miami Mayor Lucie Tondreau was found guilty on fraud charges earlier this week, another former area mayor received his sentence for an earlier corruption case. Steve Bateman, formerly the mayor of Homestead, will spend the next…
A former student who lost her virginity to her teacher in a classroom is now suing Miami-Dade County Public Schools for failing to properly protect her. The now-17-year-old victim says the teacher, 33-year-old Bresnniell Jansen, had previously been accused of sending an inappropriate text to another teen in 2008 but…
Former Miami Police officer Jose Maldonado-Dick will remain on lockup over the holidays. A judge ruled today during Maldonado-Dick’s second appearance in bond court that he will not be eligible for release before his January 25th, 2015 trial based on the severity of his crimes…
On November 13th, Bradley Holt, 24, was standing in front of an apartment building when a yellow Mustang pulled up and tried to do donuts in a parking lot where a group of children were playing. Holt yelled at the driver to quit driving so erratically, but his attempt at…
Bobby Lee Bryant and Derrick Barnes are behind bars after allegedly committing a heinous crime in the alleyway behind a popular Miami Beach bar. Police say the men were caught raping a mentally ill woman in the alley way behind the Lost Weekend and Kill Your Idol bars near Espanola…
Lucie Tondreau’s political rise and fall was swift. She was elected to office as North Miami’s first female mayor in May 2013. Then she was arrested and suspended from office less than a year later, and now she’s been found guilty on all charges. After just two hours of deliberation,…
Michele Traverso will spend at least the next two years in prison for violating probation after having already previously served 22 months for the 2012 hit-and-run death of cyclist Aaron Cohen. Last Saturday, Traverso was supposed to be in his parent’s Key Biscayne condo when a probation officer came to…
Rodolfo “Rudy” Llanes has been chosen as the next chief of the Miami Police Department, according to the Miami Herald. Currently a deputy chief, Llanes, a department lifer, will take the helm following current chief Manuel Orosa’s scheduled retirement next month…
Roger Perry does not seem like a nice man. The 53-year-old tried to check out with full basket of groceries in the express lane, and then when another man pointed out he was in the wrong lane, Perry allegedly hit him so hard he ended up in a coma. Perry…
A complaint that began with towing companies grumbling at a city commission meeting about “pirate” drivers stealing their city-approved jobs has reportedly blossomed into a mass FBI probe of Miami cops. Now three Miami officers and two public service aides have been suspended under allegations that they called unapproved tow…
For years, Adam Meyer has occupied a unique space on the local sports scene. A “sports handicapper,” he boasted he could predict which team would win 60 percent of the time, and through his Real Money Sports Inc., he offered that edge to gamblers for annual fees up to $250,000…
Hours after Delbert Rodriguez, a 21-year-old street artist known as “Demz,” died last night, the Miami Police Department reiterated its version of what happened: An undercover cop chased Rodriguez after spotting him tagging a building in Wynwood early Friday morning. When the cop turned a corner, police say, Rodriguez was…
Ninety-five school shooting have occurred in the United State in the two years since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary, and eight of those have happened right here in Florida according to a new report by Everytown for Gun Safety. That’s the second most of any state, trailing only our…
Miami Police officer Gary Sampson was entrusted with keeping justice and order on the streets of Miami, but allegedly made threats of violence and abuse at home. The 47-year-old officer was arrested today after allegedly threatening to kill his wife and smashing her phone when she attempted to call 911…
In the wake of this weekend’s boisterous protests that twice shut down 195 and clogged streets from Wynwood to Midtown, Miami Police Chief Manuel Orosa sat down with Michael Putney on Channel 10 last night. Orosa was surprisingly blunt about the Eric Garner case in New York, telling Putney that…
One Dutch art dealer is certainly having a blue period after a plate crafted by Pablo Picasso was straight-up snatched from his booth overnight at Art Miami. The 16.5-inch silver plate, dubbed Visage aux Mains and made in 1956, is worth around $85,000. Its small size may have made it…
Update: Delbert Rodriguez Gutierrez, AKA Demz, died of his injuries on Wednesday, December 10. A witness reached by New Times also disputes the police version of events. Danny Garcia, a friend who was with Demz that night, says there’s no way he had time to disappear down a side street…
When Miami cop Reynoldo Goyos shot and killed an unarmed man named Travis McNeil at a traffic stop three years ago, the Miami PD left no doubt about the killing’s propriety. Miami PD’s chief promptly fired Goyos and called McNeil’s death “unjustified.” The feds later investigated the department and, based…
