Miami Beach Cop Suspended for Punching Good Samaritan in Head

Andrew Mossberg was walking back to his condo in South Beach when he saw a disturbing scene: A muscular man was grappling with a thin woman, punching her and grabbing items from her purse. Naturally, Mossberg assumed it was a mugging in progress and called 911. That’s when the man…

DJ Laz Won’t Face Criminal Charges Over Deadly Nixon Sandbar Boat Accident

Moments after a muscular 23-year-old named Ernesto Hernandez was sucked into his boat’s propellers and killed off Key Biscayne, DJ Laz was interviewed by a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer. Although the death occurred during a vodka-sponsored event at a notoriously drunken sandbar, the officer says Mendez showed…

Cyclist Hit by Car, Thrown to Death Off Julia Tuttle Causeway

Miami’s dire record of fatal incidents involving cyclists added another deadly incident last night. A man on a bicycle crossing the Julia Tuttle Causeway was hit by a car, flew off his bike and plunged to his death in Biscayne Bay around 11 p.m. last night. The driver — who…

Hungarian Man Convicted for Keeping Gay Sex Slaves in Miami

Andras Vass, a 25-year-old Hungarian national, faces up to 155 years in prison after being convicted of running a gay sex-slave ring that eventually made its way to Miami-Dade County. Vass was one of three men arrested last October after authorities busted them keeping another three men captive in a…

Cops’ Racist Video Just Beginning of One South Florida Department’s Problems

The word shot out on the police wire: Be on the lookout for a Ford Focus, black female at the wheel. The driver is waving a handgun at other cars. That muggy afternoon on July 10, 2012, a Fort Lauderdale community service officer coursing through a grid of industrial streets off Sunrise Boulevard tracked the driver down to a rental agency on NW Eighth Avenue.