Miami Tech Guru Who Lied About Stanford Degree Charged With $7.4 Million Fraud

For years, Alberto Chang-Rajii charmed Miami power brokers with his rags-to-riches story of immigrating from Chile to attend Stanford University, meeting Sergey Brin and Larry Page, and investing in Google before the company blew up. He turned that origin story into a multimillion-dollar tech investment fund and a board seat with Endeavor Miami.

Miami Cops Tweet Photo of Themselves Breaking U.S. Flag Code

Will Donald Trump strip a group of Miami cops and U.S. military veterans of their citizenship? If he makes good on his promise to crack down hard on anyone caught desecrating the U.S. flag, he’ll now have to: Today the City of Miami Police Department tweeted a photo of a group of military veteran officers signing their names on an American flag.

Man Says Miami Cops Arrested Him for Recording Them on His Cell Phone

In most instances, it’s perfectly legal to record police officers in public. Yet cops regularly arrest and harass people filming them, which is why one of the most followed police-accountability websites is called Photography Is Not a Crime. City of Miami Police still haven’t figured out that they can’t pester…

Despite Public Outcry, Miami Gives Cops 148 New Assault Rifles

City of Miami Police promise this time will be different. Standing in front of the Miami City Commission yesterday, Police Chief Rodolfo Llanes — who was caught this week fudging the truth about when he learned about destroyed murder case evidence — promised that if Miami PD was allowed to purchase 148 new Bushmaster AR-15-style rifles…

Miami Police Chief Knew for Years About Rotting Murder Case Evidence Locker

Murder evidence is pretty important, so you’d think the Miami Police Department would have a good place to store all of those key items in unsolved cases. But it turns out that for years MPD has kept vital evidence in a metal storage container under an I-95 overpass. As blogger Al Crespo revealed last month, the container rusted, letting in water and pests that destroyed evidence in more than 500 cases.

Miami Beach Commissioner on Morning Run Chases Down Drug Dealer

Miami Beach Commissioner Michael Grieco’s Sunday routine rarely varies: He begins the day with an early-morning, three-mile jog on Ocean Drive. Yesterday that routine took an unexpected turn. Although Ocean Drive has been bedeviled by crime this year, Grieco says he rarely sees any trouble along the iconic…

Miami Man Sells Windshield ID Cases to Prevent Police Shootings

From his home in Miami, Eric Cardenas felt a too familiar surge of sadness and anger. It was July 6, 2016, and he’d just heard the news about Philandro Castile, a 32-year-old cafeteria supervisor who was gunned down by a Minnesota police officer during a traffic stop. Castile’s girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds,…