Miami-Dade Police Secretly Tracked Local Cell Phones Dozens of Times Last Year

For years, Florida police agencies have secretly purchased mysterious devices called Stingrays. Manufactured in Delray Beach and sold for up to $134,000, the machine lets cops track cell phones. And even though Stingrays were bought mostly with anti-terrorism money and pitched as emergency-only options, local court records hint that police…

KKK Hate Messages Spray-Painted Around Miami Gardens

Miami Gardens, the city that’s home to Sun Life Stadium and one of Florida’s highest crime rates, has had a wrenchingly difficult week. Days after police fatally shot a mentally ill man armed with a broom, city leaders are now dealing with an apparent hate crime. Yesterday, someone spray-painted “KKK”…

Biogenesis Chief Tony Bosch Gets Four Years in Federal Pen

Update: Shortly after Bosch’s sentencing, Alex Rodriguez issued his first apology to fans for secretly buying banned drugs from Bosch for years. This morning, U.S. District Court Judge Darrin Gayles sentenced Biogenesis chief Tony Bosch to 48 months in federal prison and three years of probation upon his release on…

Bar Fight Ends in Severed Ear, Accusations of Taser Abuse by Miami-Dade Police

On December 30, New Times published a yearlong investigation showing local cops routinely broke department policy on Tasers: using the weapons on skateboarding teenagers, shocking the mentally ill, even killing 18-year-old graffiti artist Israel “Reefa” Hernandez. The most disturbing finding, however, was evidence that Miami Police Officer Vincent Miller had…

Two Dead After Four Separate Shootings Hit Miami on Bloody Sunday

Thirty-year-old Reginald Killings was outside his home. Twenty-one-year-old Maurice Cabrera was riding his bike. Both men were shot multiple times, and both were killed. A 14-year-old was shot in the face, and another man was shot in the upper chest. And all the gunfire went down in a few hours…