Manuel Diaz, 60, of Hialeah, has been caught in a weird wine scam. The con artist suggested to several elderly people that a case of wine might be the perfect present for the birthdays of friends, loved ones, and even, apparently, their doctors. He told his victims that he’d deliver…
A clubber in downtown Miami died early this morning after a man punched him in the head, apparently in retaliation for not bumming him a cigarette. Around 5:30 this morning, 26-year-old Lisney Oliveira and a friend were walking outside Club Mekka downtown when a man approached and asked for a…
Hialeah police got a call that a Farm Store at West 6th Avenue and 29th Street had been robbed.The police tracked down the suspect to a nearby residential neighborhood where a confrontation occurred. A police officer then shot at the suspect, riddling his green Nissan Altima with bullets.Police will not…
H. Wayne Huizenga built his billions from the ground up and eventually owned the Marlins, the Dolphins, and the Panthers. His son, Robert Ray Huizenga, didn’t seem to inherit much of Daddy’s ambition and was content to do things such as get drunk and boat all day. Now the younger…
The trial of former Northwestern High principal Dwight Bernard for alleging covering up an on-campus statutory rape committed by a football player continues, and the Hurricanes star quarterback Jacory Harris was brought in to testify. Harris attended Northwestern and played with Antwain Easterling, the player Bernard was covering up for…
Dr. Kirk Gastrich, a researcher at Florida International University, was out diving in the Everglades yesterday studying the ecological impact of sharks. What he got instead was a firsthand account of a different type of shark impact.A six-foot-long lemon shark attacked Gastrich and bit into his elbow as he was…
Two armed robbers entered the home of several migrant workers on SW 141st Avenue at 282nd Street last night. They demanded cash and valuables, but one man decided to fight back. They subdued him and held him at gunpoint, eventually shooting him the mouth.The man’s son went inside, retrieved a…
Car collisions are a dime a dozen, but boat accidents? Not so much. Especially in the open blue sea. Three boaters were out off the Haulover Beach area when their vessel was hit by another boat. It began taking on water, and eventually completely capsized. Rescue teams begin searching for the boaters shortly…
Shots rang out last night near 95th Street and NW 29th Avenue, as two unidentified men shot at four others. Police were called a little after 9:30 p.m. When they arrived, they found the four victims, all males between the ages of 30 and 40. They were taken to Ryder…
Some animals urinate on things to mark their terrority. Despite what a certain human nature photography blog would have you think, the organisms that shop at Wal-Mart are not animals. Though in some cases we’d forgive you for getting confused. Christina Cifaldi, 22, was arrested for suspicion of urinating on clothing at a…
Jack Barouh, a 65-year-old Golden Beach man, pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges related to the probe of Swiss bank UBS. His attorney blames it on the Holocaust. Barouh’s parents apparently evaded the Holocaust, and Barouh claims that because of this, he had a compulsion to hide his money in case…
Let’s call it the Week of the Floaters: Since Monday, three mysterious corpses have bobbed to the surface in waterways around the metro area.Saddled with three new homicide investigations, Miami detectives have made progress in at least one case this morning.Last night, police arrested a man suspected of fatally stabbing…
Miami cops are dealing with a rash of floating corpses this week, after two dead bodies washed up today — one in Peacock Park this morning, and another this afternoon in Tamiami Canal. Detectives were already trying to solve the case of Ernesto Puentes, a 45-year-old found floating beneath the…
The 11 students who got high off of Coricidin while at Hialeah Middle School might have already faced the consequences of vomiting, collapsing, and in one case having a seizure in school, but they could face charges. The students, all between ages 13 and 14, will be suspended, according to the school board, and…
“Will that be paper or plastic?” Despite the fact Nevin K. Shapiro ran a grocery diverting business, when he was asking that he was most likely wondering how victims of his alleged $900 million ponzi scheme wanted to pay up. The SEC has charged Shapiro with running the scheme since 2005. The…
Sherry Marks, the 19-year-old driver whose Ford Mustang struck and killed Miami firefighter Leslie Luma two weeks ago, admitted she had taken drugs at the time of the crash. Marks admitted to taking Xanax and Lexapro, which she may have been prescribed, but she was also high on nitrous oxide,…
A South Florida helicopter pilot found himself under attack by a laser. No, we do not live in some Star Wars age where helicopters can be brought down by laser blasters. But as anyone who attended Ultra Music Festival knows, we have harnessed the power of lasers for ultimate distraction, annoyance,…
Three years ago, former Miami Northwestern Senior High principal Dwight Bernard was indicted for allegedly covering up sex that happened in a school bathroom between an 18-year-old football star and a 14-year-old girl. Now he’s headed to trial. Antwain Easterling, the player in question, went on to help the school win…
Not far from Miami International Airport, there’s a little pink house where one man lives with 24 pigeons. Adrian Acosta-Gonzalez is a 37-year-old, Cuban-born landscaper with bronze skin and good bone structure. He slides open a birdcage in his back yard and snaps his fingers twice.Out hops a plump pigeon…
What is the deal with all this baby-related violence down in Homestead lately? Now a women is behind bars after she tried to snatch a one-month-old from its mother outside a medical center.Twenty-five-year-old Shalese Nicole Mostiller is behind bars after attempting to abduct the child. She sprayed an unknown substance…
Responding to reports of “foul odors” at a small ranch house on NW 41st Street just north of the Airport Expressway, Miami police made a gruesome discovery this morning. Inside the home, at 1860 NW 41st Street, cops stumbled on three “badly decomposed” bodies, says Officer Jeffrey Giordano, Miami PD…
View Larger Map Just before 10 p.m. last night, Miami-Dade cops discovered the body of a 23-year-old Hialeah woman in a vacant lot across from a $800,000 waterfront home in Biscayne Gardens. Officers don’t know much about Nazelene Khan, the young woman, but court records show she was charged with…
