Crime News

Marlin Joseph’s lawyers said he suffered from paranoid delusions and his fears caused him to pull the trigger.

By Marc Freeman

Feb 26, 2020

A judge this week denied a new sentence for former police officer Nouman Raja in the 2015 on-duty killing of stranded motorist Corey Jones. Raja will still appeal his punishment of 25 years in prison.

By Marc Freeman

Feb 26, 2020

A bank robbery in Deerfield Beach was not the first heist for James Andrew Phillips, according to federal investigators. Following his capture on Monday, Phillips told the feds he was recently released from prison after 22 years for an earlier bank robbery and that he couldn't find a job and was desperate for money.

By Doug Phillips

Feb 26, 2020

Carlos Jeovany Gutierrez, now 19, of Miami, was arrested Tuesday on 10 charges including failing to remain at the scene of an accident involving a death and driving without a license.

By Lisa J. Huriash

Feb 26, 2020

Cheyenne Lutek, who once posed topless with two New York Police Department cops in a photo that went viral, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to all charges after an arrest at the South Beach Food & Wine Festival on Sunday.

One of two men who spent the early part of 2020 hitting cellphone retailers in Boynton Beach for thousands of dollars in merchandise has been arrested, according to police.

By Doug Phillips

Feb 26, 2020

When agents intercepted a package sent by a Miami husband and wife, they found a menagerie of undeclared wildlife. Prosecutors allege that the shipment’s owners, Alvaro Cortes and Olga Rodriguez, were at the center of a wider conspiracy to traffic internationally protected marine species, including rare corals, to Bogota, Colombia.

By Mario Ariza

Feb 25, 2020

Several startled church goers wrestled a man who suddenly charged and attacked a deacon at St. Coleman Catholic Church in Pompano Beach during Saturday evening mass. Thomas Donald Eisel, 28, was subdued and detained and is now charged with battery and disturbing the peace during a religious gathering.

By Doug Phillips

Feb 25, 2020

His girlfriend moved out while he was away from home, but the surprises didn’t end there. Along with the furniture, she took his stash of cocaine, authorities say.

By Mario Ariza

Feb 25, 2020

Marlin Joseph was found guilty of the 2017 shooting deaths of Kaladaa Crowell, 36, and her daughter, Kyra Inglett, 11, at the West Palm Beach home they shared. Prosecutors will now seek the death penalty for Joseph, 28.

By Marc Freeman

Feb 24, 2020

A close call Monday when a speeding car went out of control and drive into, and practically through, a home in Pompano Beach, rescue officials said.

By Doug Phillips

Feb 24, 2020

An English bulldog puppy that was stolen from a Pembroke Pines pet store was found a day later after it was dropped off at a fire station in Miami Gardens.

More details are surfacing about a collision and subsequent shooting at police officers arriving to help in Davie that resulted in the arrest of Odane Wellington, 25, of Lauderhill.

By Wayne K. Roustan

Feb 22, 2020

Terrance Jackson's friend saw the teen's killer taking cover. That's when he picked up the man's gun and shot him in the head, police say.

By Eileen Kelley

Feb 21, 2020