The father-and-son Miami imams charged this weekend with aiding Pakistani terrorists will make their first appearance in court today at 1:30 pm as South Florida’s Muslim community tries to come to grips with the accusations.The Miami Herald says that the case against Hafiz and Izhar Khan is actually a bright…
A father and his two sons in South Florida have been arrested and charged with financially supporting the Pakistani Taliban. Hafiz Muhammed Sher Ali Khan, 76, the Imam of the Flagler Mosque, was charged with providing “material support” to the terrorist organization by federal prosecutors. His son, Irfan Khan, 37,…
Michael Bueno, a mentally ill man who had become somewhat notorious in his North Miami neighborhood for always asking strangers who passed him by for 50 cents, has been shot and killed by a Miami-Dade Police officer. The force says that Bueno was seen brandishing a knife when he was…
Police in Puerto Rico are analyzing the contents of three plastic bags containing a white powdery substance that were found on the body of Juan Leonardo Aviles Otero, the Miami-Dade Police officer who was fatally shot along with his sister on the island at 3 a.m. Thursday. Another, empty envelope…
A 17-year-old girl is suing Royal Caribbean after one of its employees allegedly plied her with alcohol and raped her during a March cruise.According to the lawsuit, 31-year-old Francisco Piñeda Adames was singing in the band aboard the ship when, two days into the cruise out of Fort Lauderdale, the…
Another Miami-Dade Police Officer has been shot and killed, but this time the officer wasn’t on duty. Officer Juan Aviles was visiting his mother in Puerto Rico, when a car he was traveling in with his sister was ambushed. Both Aviles and his sister were found dead with multiple bullet…
Miami police are looking for multiple gunmen with assault rifles who attacked a group in Liberty City early this morning, leaving one man dead and two seriously wounded.Dean Nathan Young, who was 45 years old, died shortly after he and two others were “ambushed” on the front lawn of a…
Twenty-two men have been arrested for agreeing to have sex with young children, some as young as nine, that they had met online. When they arrived, though, they were met by the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. The men arrested include a UCF Student, a former television executive, a specialist in…
Adam Tavvs, the former Miami Beach cop who was involved in two fatal and questionable shootings within four days back in the summer of 2009, has found himself on the wrong side of the law once again. Tavvs was arrested in Doral over the weekend and charged with battery and…
Start with a premier so corrupt that the United Kingdom actually shut down his idyllic island’s government. Add a sexy beach resort trying to move into new territory. Top it off with a glass of spiked wine, a beautiful woman, and allegations of sexual assault. You’ve got either the plot…
In March 2010, Jonathan Labrada, 27, is alleged to have entered Botellita’s Bar, a popular spot in the Allapattah area of Miami, pulled out a gun and proclaimed “someone is going to die tonight.” Labrada did end up fatally shooting security guard Luis Diaz and has been on the run…
Last night, an unidentified North Miami man killed his wife, then failed in his attempt to kill himself. Police say that the couple’s three children, ages 4, 11, and 13, were home at the time. The children were unhurt, but one of the kids may have witnessed the father murdering…
A new court filing has exposed the identities of the adults involved in the production of a porn film that is believed to have starred a 15-year-old runaway- and even reveals the address where the shoot happened. Over repeated objections, Mauricio Botero, chief operating officer of Miami-based RK Netmedia- owner…
On July 5 last year, Miami Police Officer Joseph Marin fired a single shot into the head of a 36-year-old, unarmed man named DeCarlos Moore during a traffic stop in Overtown. Moore’s death touched off a firestorm that has escalated in past ten months as MPD officers have killed six…
Saddest story of the morning: An elderly Keys man has shot and killed his wife and his cat before committing suicide.Just after noon yesterday, Monroe County sheriffs got a call from Little Torch Key that gunshots had been fired inside an upscale, two-story house. Another neighbor called in to say…
Jeffrey Brown, a 19-year-old red shirt freshman on the University of Miami Hurricanes football team, has been charged with raping a woman on the school’s Coral Gables campus. Brown has been suspended from the team indefinitely…
Some whiny Celtics fans are complaining that their team got robbed in the first two games of their playoff series against the Heat. Whatever. They’re Boston sports fans. They’re apt to whine. Though, the team did literally get robbed in Miami last month. According to reports, someone had boarded their…
Think you have the world’s worst boss? At least he isn’t accused of shooting you to death. Adolfo Perez, a 61 year-old Hialeah businessman, turned himself into today after he allegedly shot and killed 48-year-old Jesus Torres, a former employee, after the two fought about money…
North Miami Police are on the hunt for Maria Tellez. The 29-year-old woman is suspected of running over another woman with her BMW SUV after a bar fight. The 25-year-old victim was found dead, lying face down on the pavement, when police arrived…
Earlier this week we reported the strange case of Richard Gamble, manager of the Captain’s Seafood & Restaurant in Florida City. Gamble was arrested earlier this month for allegedly threatening to kill his employees. But when his fingerprints were taken, cops discovered that Gamble was actually Ronald Gerald Miranda: a…
Miami Police are investigating the sudden death of a 4-year-old girl this week and believe the child’s mother’s boyfriend, 20-year-old Calvin Morris Lewis, might have beaten him to death. Lewis has been arrested and charged with felony murder and aggravated child abuse…
A City of Miami Police officer has shot and wounded a suspect in Little Havana. Ricardo Orta Jr., a 19-year-old, is in stable condition this morning at Jackson Memorial Hospital. The shooting happened outside a dollar store in the strip mall near NW 14th Avenue and West Flagler Street around…
