Miami-Dade Police Detective Karel Rosario had a taste in jewelry of a rich housewife and the ethics of a common crook. Rosario, a nine-year veteran of the forces, faces two felony charges after he allegedly stole $100,000 worth of pricey timepieces and jewelry by the likes of Bulgari, Cartier and…
In January 2013, in the days after New Times published an investigation linking Alex Rodriguez to Biogenesis, a steroid clinic in Coral Gables, the Yankees slugger scrambled to obtain the medical records at the heart of the story. His associates eventually bought two sets, for $4,000 and later $200,000. A year…
A bloody week in South Florida continued early this morning with a mass shooting outside a Latin music nightclub in the heart of Allapattah. Four people were hit outside The Flow Bar & Lounge on NW 36th Street as bystanders scrambled for cover. The shoot-out comes one day after a…
A Miami Police officer has shot a man in Overtown, police officials confirm. Sgt. Javier Ortiz, president of the Miami police union, tells New Times “the officer is fine, but the suspect is wounded.” The MPD hasn’t officially released any other details about the shooting. But reports from the scene…
Miami-Dade is one step closer to allowing police to issue fines — rather than making arrests — for marijuana possession. After a hearing yesterday where residents, public defenders and commissioners mostly enthusiastically backed the idea, a panel of Miami-Dade Commissioners gave initial approval to the ordinance. Supporters say the plan,…
Just weeks after the Miami Beach City Commission approved a ban on late-night alcohol sales and consumption on Ocean Drive over the objections of many restaurant and hotel owners, city officials say the change could be just the beginning of reforms on the iconic boulevard. And one South Beach hotel…
On the night of October 1st, 2005, Nigel Whatley and Michael Morris were leaving Club Boi, a now closed gay and bisexual nightclub in Liberty City and were walking back to Morris’ new Infiniti G35. That’s when a man attempted to rob them. The assailant ended up shooting Whatley to…
It all started with a $70 bill. That’s what a doctor’s office in West Kendall sent to Miami Police Detective Lizlinda Bremer. One year later, that simple bit of medical cost-collecting has led to two abuse investigations against Bremer and now the threat of a civil lawsuit against the doctor’s…
Brian Nobles, a Miami-Dade County corrections sergeant, could find himself on the other side of the cell after being arrested for beating his girlfriend. The victim claims that incident was just the latest in a line of physical assaults, and claims that Nobles even once assaulted her while he was…
Jamie Crabtree, a 32-year-old Key Largo native, just wanted to leave. The Keys, Florida, America, you name it. So Wednesday night, according to a police report, Crabtree boarded a Greyhound headed for Key West. There the 5’10”, hazel-eyed drifter made his way to Key West International Airport. He came up…
Marijuana reform has swept the nation recently, with Louisiana this week on the brink of becoming the 24th state to legalize weed for medical purposes. Florida narrowly missed joining that party last year, but some meaningful local change could be on the horizon. The Miami-Dade Police Department has helped draft…
Did Miami-Dade cops lure criminals to Redlands with the specific intent of executing them without a trial? Miami-Dade taxpayers may never know for sure, but they now are on the hook for $1.3 million in settlements to avoid that question going to trial. That’s the total price the county has…
It’s official. Body cameras will be rolled out amongst the Miami-Dade County Police Department by the end of the year. Yesterday, the county commission endorsed a measure to spend $5 million over the next five years to fit officers with tiny cameras that will record their interactions with the public. …
The week before he was killed by a brick-wielding, 400-pound mental patient, Terry Young told his mother not to worry. It was a Saturday in late April 2013. Bettye White, a retired elementary-school principal, had made her weekly trip to see to her 53-year-old son at the Liberty City Hope…
Lily Noelle Karolyi, 20, were arrested yesterday on charges they forced a 14-year-old girl into prostitution at a Hialeah motel, made her have sex with multiple unknown men, and then kept the profits for themselves. Karolyi met the young victim at the Crossway Motel in Hialeah. Karolyi was staying there…
Oh thank heaven for 7-Eleven’s oven timer. Police are on the look out for two men who attempted a ballsy armed robbery at a convenience store near the county line back in March, but the men were unable to complete there heist once they were scared off by an alarming…
For 20 years, Yuri Sucart was Alex Rodriguez’s right-hand man. A-Rod’s pudgy cousin arranged hotel rooms, booked travel — and also hooked the slugger up with the performance enhancing drugs that fueled much of his career. But Sucart now awaits a federal judge’s ruling on how much time he’ll spend…
When the shots rang out, they came in flurries. The pops drowned out the music echoing through the Spot, a Caribbean restaurant in Liberty City that by midnight had transformed into a nightclub where dozens of local young people, some in middle school, flirted and rubbed sweaty bodies in the…
When American prosecutors lobbed a grenade into world soccer’s governing body last week, they left a wake of legal carnage inside FIFA, the organization that oversees international soccer, including the World Cup. Fourteen top officials face corruption charges linked to decades of crooked deals. Among those indicted were the giant…
Thieves in Miami will steal just about anything. Even pigeons. The Miami-Dade Police Department is asking the public’s help in identifying three men who broke into a farm in Kendale Lakes in March and stole 150 pigeons. Though, the birds were returned to the owner a few days later, three…
The corruption scandal tearing through international soccer this week has already taken down more than a dozen top-ranking FIFA execs and business partners facing federal charges — including Aaron Davidson, the Miami-based head of soccer marketing giant Traffic Sports USA. But now the corruption probe looks likely to entangle an…
Steve Karro, a 55-year-old Rabbi on Miami Beach, is behind bars today on charges of molesting an 11-year-old girl. The alleged incident happened last month, but Karro told police that he was merely trying to cleanse the girl of her “negative energy.” Karro is a substitute Rabbi for the a…
