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☆ ‘Cubans do not deserve this’: José Martí statue vandalized in Miami
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-25 | by ( Jessenia Hatti Barrett | Nbc South Florida | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A statue of José Martí was found vandalized in Miami, prompting a response from Republican U.S. Rep. Carlos A. Giménez. Pictures shared by the organization and Giménez show the statue on the floor, completely removed from the top of a monument, which also sustained damages. The vandalized bust of the Cuban poet José Martí in Miami. It is vandalism, and we Cubans do not deserve this. “There are many bad people who have come here and others who live here and who do not want freedom for this country,” Sánchez added.

Persons: José Martí, Carlos A, ”, Giménez, Sánchez, ” Sánchez Organizations: Republican U.S . Rep, ., NBC6 South, NBC6 South Florida Miami police Locations: Miami, Martí, Cuban, Spain, Cuba, el Exilio, Exile, NBC6, NBC6 South Florida

☆ Tyreek Hill wants officer involved in his traffic stop 'gone, gone, gone, gone'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Miami Dolphins star wide receiver Tyreek Hill emphatically said Wednesday the police officer involved in his traffic stop and detainment this week should be terminated. Hill, who was talking to reporters at a team-sanctioned press conference, was asked how he feels about his lawyer saying the officer involved should be dismissed. “Gone, gone, gone, gone. He got to go, man,” Hill said. He also said he could have approached the traffic stop differently.

Persons: Hill, “, ” Hill, Cheetah, Jonnu Smith, Calais Campbell, Campbell, Danny Torres, Torres, Ignacio Alvarez, Alvarez, Daniels, ” Alvarez, bodycams, ” Organizations: Miami Dolphins, NFL, Miami, Dade, Dolphins, McLaren, NBC News Locations: Dade County

Miami-Dade County Police on Tuesday identified the officer placed on leave following the detainment of Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill over alleged careless driving and failure to wear a seatbelt. Hill was accused of the violations that carry penalties of $179 for careless driving and $129 for failing to wear a seat belt, copies of the tickets showed. The alleged violations took place Sunday at about 10:40 a.m. on westbound Northwest 199 Street while Hill was behind the wheel of a 2018 black McLaren, the citations showed. The Dolphins have decried the detainment of their star wideout, calling it "despicable behavior" and a use of "misguided power.”Both citations were signed by an officer “M. Hill told NBC News on Monday that he as wearing his seatbelt while driving and then took it off as he was being pulled over.

Persons: Hill, Danny Torres, Torres, McLaren, bodycams, “ M, Batista Organizations: Miami, Dade County Police, Miami Dolphins, NBC News, Dolphins, NBC Locations: overreacting

☆ Illegal Eviction Complaints Rise As Police Fail to Enforce
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Cecilia Reyes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +44 min

The nature of illegal lockouts means they are hard to track directly. One of the responding officers calls a sergeant over, who says there's nothing else they can do. While only 14% of lockout calls led to a police report, 86% of calls about shoplifting did. As they walk over, one of the officers tells the other to look up "illegal lockout" on his phone. A 2006 bill that would have defined illegal lockouts for all Illinois residents was defeated.

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☆ As a young hitchhiker, he survived a ride with a serial killer. Now he’s telling his story
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-07 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —Steve Fishman was still in his teens when he came face-to-face with a serial killer. But as Fishman would learn later, the man harbored a dark secret: His name was Robert Frederick Carr III, and he was a serial killer who preyed on young hitchhikers. Although her father died in a Florida prison in 2007, Donna continues to struggle with her family’s dark past. In an exclusive interview with CNN, Donna tearfully described an adolescence filled with bullying and jokes about having a serial killer dad. “And that’s when I started to withdraw.”Serial killer Robert Carr’s daughter, Donna, in an undated photo he'd kept with him in prison.

Persons: Steve Fishman, Fishman, Robert Frederick Carr III, hitchhikers, Carr, who’d, Fishman’s, — Carr, —, Edna Buchanan, ” Fishman, “, ”, Donna, Rhonda Holloway, he’d, ” David Simmons, Robert Carr’s, ” Donna, Donna’s, Steve Fishman “, ‘, ’ ” Fishman, I’m, ’, ‘ I’ve, She’d, Steve, Sheriff Gordon Martin, Todd Payton, James, Jesus, unwrapped Organizations: CNN, Miami, Bettmann, Norwich Locations: Boston, Norwich , Connecticut, Miami, Connecticut, Florida, Norwich, Louisiana and Mississippi, Mississippi, Louisiana , Mississippi, West Virginia, St, James Parish , Louisiana

☆ Will Smith is officially forgiven with 'Bad Boys: Ride or Die'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"Bad Boys: Ride or Die" was the No. AdvertisementSmith pulled off his comeback by laying low and focusing on the movieWill Smith and Martin Lawrence in "Bad Boys: Ride or Die." He only returned to social media again while making "Bad Boys: Ride or Die." AdvertisementWith Smith focusing solely on the movie, fans were reminded again of Will Smith, the movie star, not Will Smith, the maybe-still-controversial celebrity. Suddenly, Marcus slaps Mike across the face, screaming, "Bad boy, Mike, bad boy!!"

Persons: —, Will Smith's, Will Smith, Serena, Venus Williams, King Richard, he'd, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett, Smith, Chris Pizzello, Oppenheimer, It's, Bob Bagby, Martin Lawrence, Paul Dergarabedian, Weeks, Lawrence, influencers, Max, Guy, Mike, Marcus, Brian Schultz Organizations: Service, Business, Dolby Theatre, B, Dallas, American, Miami, Sony, Apple, NBA, LOOK Locations: Los Angeles, Crenshaw

☆ Miami real-estate tycoon Patrick Carroll was ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation following bizarre gun video, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Cameron Manley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Police ordered the real-estate tycoon to undergo a psychiatric evaluation, report says. AdvertisementThe real-estate mogul Patrick Carroll was ordered by police to undergo a psychiatric evaluation and give up his firearms following the reports of gunshots at his home last week. Carroll later told The Real Deal that he wasn't shooting live rounds and that he had spoken to police. He was accused last year of spitting in the face of a restaurant manager, The Real Deal reported. Other unnamed sources told Page Six that Bertarelli wasn't involved in an altercation at the party.

Persons: Patrick Carroll, —, Carroll, Christopher Bass, Florida's, Ernesto Bertarelli, wasn't Organizations: Miami . Police, Service, Police, The Real, Real, Miami Beach Police Department, Miami Police Department, Miami Beach, Forbes Locations: Miami, Lakeview, Capri , Italy

☆ The real June Hawkins from 'Griselda' served as a consultant on the Netflix show. Here's where she is today.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

June Hawkins is a Miami PD analyst in "Griselda," the Netflix series starring Sofia Vergara. The real Hawkins worked in homicide for the Miami PD and consulted on the show. The real Hawkins-Singleton served as a consultant on "Griselda," working with her husband (and former colleague) Alan Singleton to recall the events of her investigation into Blanco, she told People. Hawkins-Singleton told Tudum that she only met Blanco once, and it was after she had stopped working on homicide. "Those lunches and those meetings with Smitten became the way we rekindled," Hawkins-Singleton told People.

Persons: Hawkins, Griselda, Sofia Vergara, Blanco, She's, —, Griselda Blanco's, Singleton, née Hawkins, Juliana Aidén Martinez, Alan Singleton, there's, Doug Miro, Vanity, Singleton's, Miro, Eric Reynolds, Elizabeth Morris, Netflix Hawkins, Tudum, Richard, Alan Organizations: Netflix, Miami PD, Service, Miami Police Department, Boynton Beach Police Department, Miami Locations: Miami, Cuba, Florida, Washington, Nashville

☆ How hitman Jorge 'Rivi' Ayala's sex scandal changed the case against Griselda Blanco
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Jorge "Rivi" Ayala, played by Martín Rodríguez, is one of those people, and he's an important figure in both the series and Blanco's real life. It's not that different from how things played out in real life, though "Griselda" certainly fills in the gaps about Ayala's intentions. In real life, Ayala was arrested and convicted of multiple murders. According to NBC Miami, Ayala pleaded guilty in 1993 to three killings. But Ayala's involvement in a phone sex scandal changed everything after it was revealed that he and three secretaries in the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office had been having sexually explicit phone conversations and sharing gifts, per CBS.

Persons: —, Sofia Vergara, Griselda Blanco, Jorge, Rivi, Ayala, Martín Rodríguez, he's, Blanco, It's, Griselda, Johnny Castro, Johnny's, Jesus Castro, Nelson Andreu, Johnny, Jesus, Jorge Ayala, Andreu, Michael Band, Dade Circuit Judge, Jim Lewis Organizations: Service, Netflix, Business, NBC Miami, CBS News, West Miami Police, CBS, Miami - Dade, Attorney's Office, Tampa Bay Times, Miami Herald, Dade Circuit, Florida Department of Corrections, Suwannee Correctional Institution Locations: Miami, Colombia, United States, Florida, Suwannee, Oak

☆ Ukraine was given 101 guns and 148,000 bullets collected by Miami police in a buyback scheme
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Miami Police Department sent over a hundred guns and 148,000 bullets to Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pressing the US to send more long-range weapons. The "Guns 4 Ukraine" scheme provides vouchers ranging from $50 to $150, depending on the type of weapon handed in. But last month Ukrainian President Zelenskyy made another plea for military assistance, urging the US to supply it with long-range weapons and modern aircraft. "I would really draw attention to long-range armaments," he said, adding: "We have been waiting for this for quite some time."

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ken Russell, Marian Zablotskyi, Biden, Zelenskyy Organizations: Miami Police Department, Service, Miami, Miami New Times, Ukrainian, Committee of America, Ukraine's Finance, Biden Administration, State Department Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon

☆ Someone brought a severed pig's head to the Miami courthouse where Trump is due to appear on Espionage Act charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Edith Honan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump critics and the MAGA faithful gathered in Miami ahead of the former president's arraignment. "I am here expressing my joy, because in the end the system works," Estrada told the Miami Herald. Osmany Estrada holds the pig's head near a group wearing 'Blacks for Trump 2020' shirts. A Trump impersonator outside the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Courthouse. Win McNamee/Getty ImagesA supporter of former President Donald Trump pulls a trailer around outside the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. courthouse in Miami.

Persons: MAGA, Trump, —, Donald Trump's, Osmany Estrada, " Estrada, Estrada, Giorgio Viera, Getty Images Trump, Wilkie, Ferguson Jr, Waltine Nauda, Domenic Santana, Win McNamee, Donald Trump, Scott Olson, Stormy Daniels, Joe Biden Organizations: Trump, Service, Miami Herald, Blacks, Getty Images, Federal, White House, Politico, Miami, Miami Police Department, United States, Getty, Manhattan, Attorney's, Prosecutors, Washington Post Locations: Miami, Lago, Cuban, Mar, Florida, Fulton County , Georgia

☆ What to know about Trump’s court appearance
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Jeremy Herb | Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Trump’s aide, Walt Nauta, was also charged in the indictment and is expected to appear in court alongside the former president. Here’s what to know about Tuesday’s court appearance:What happens when Trump gets to the courthouse? CNN reported that Trump’s team has had difficulty retaining seasoned lawyers. The former president is set to return to his Bedminster, New Jersey, resort following his court appearance Tuesday. Following that court appearance, he flew back to Mar-a-Lago and delivered a speech in front of supporters that night.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, He’s, Jack Smith, Trump’s, Walt Nauta, Jonathan Goodman, Alieen Cannon, Cannon, Jorge Colina, Jim, John Rowley, Todd Blanche, Chris Kise, Benedict Kuehne, it’s Blanche, Boris Epshteyn, Nauta, Stanley Woodward, Smith, Karen Gilbert, Gilbert, Nauta –, Police Manuel Morales Organizations: CNN, US, Trump, Miami, Former Miami, Justice Department, Trump’s Save America PAC, Who’s, Miami US, Lago, Trump’s, Navy, Trump White House, Trump –, Prosecutors, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, Miami Police Department, Federal Protective Service, DHS, Service Locations: Miami, Lago, Manhattan, Bedminster , New Jersey, New York, Florida, Kise, Washington, DC, Trump from New Jersey, Mar, Police, Bedminster

During his arraignment, Mr. Trump is expected to be advised of his rights, and a judge will assess whether he has legal representation. The case against Mr. Trump is the second criminal prosecution against the former president this year. Mr. Trump was already arraigned in April in a New York courthouse on state charges that he falsified business records. In the case that has brought him to Miami, Mr. Trump has been charged with 37 counts of unauthorized retention of national security information. After the court appearance, Mr. Trump is expected to fly to Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., to give remarks defending himself in the evening.

Persons: Wilkie, Ferguson Jr, Donald J, Trump, Francis X, Suarez, Mr, We’re, James, John Rowley —, Todd Blanche, Christopher M, Jay I, Bratt, Julie Edelstein, Manny Morales, Morales, “, ”, that’s, ” Adam Goldman, Alan Feuer, Charlie Savage Organizations: Mr, Trump, Suarez of Miami, Republican, United States Supreme, Justice Department’s, Trump National Golf Club, Capitol, Miami police Locations: Miami, United States, New York, Florida, Bedminster, N.J, MIAMI

Trump is scheduled to be in a Miami federal courthouse on Tuesday at 3 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) for an initial appearance in the case. The poll also found Trump continues to lead his rivals for the party's presidential nomination by a wide margin. Some 43% of self-identified Republicans said Trump was their preferred candidate, compared to 22% who picked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on as he attends the North Carolina Republican Party convention in Greensboro, North Carolina, June 10, 2023. Trump accuses Democratic President Joe Biden of orchestrating the federal case to undermine his campaign.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Jonathan Drake, Manny Morales, Jack Smith, William Barr, Joe Biden, Biden, Smith, Susan Heavey, Nathan Layne, Julia Harte, Doina Chiacu, Jacqueline Thomsen, Andy Sullivan, Noeleen Walder, Howard Goller Organizations: MIAMI, Reuters, Social, Republican, Florida, DeSantis, Former U.S, North Carolina Republican Party, REUTERS, U.S . Capitol, Miami, White, Democratic, Department, Thomson Locations: Miami, New Jersey, Georgia, Former, Greensboro , North Carolina, Lago Florida, Florida, New York

☆ Miami won't let police officers take off of work on Tuesday as it prepares for Trump's court date, the Washington Post reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Kelly Mclaughlin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Plainclothes detectives have also been asked to wear their uniforms, the Washington Post reported. The Post reported that plainclothes detectives have been ordered to wear uniforms in case they're deployed on Tuesday, too. According to The Post, officials have heightened security around the Miami federal courthouse ahead of Trump's arraignment. At 2024 presidential campaign events over the weekend, Trump called the indictment "ridiculous" and "baseless," the Associated Press reported. The Post reported that there are plans for pro-Trump rallies outside the Miami courthouse on Tuesday, one of which seems to be organized by the Proud Boys' local branch.

Persons: Trump, —, Donald Trump, they're, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, Manny Morales, Morales, that's, Suarez, They've, They're, Kari Lake Organizations: Miami, Washington Post, Service, Miami - Dade Police Department, Miami Police Department, Miami Mayor, Miami Police, White House, The, Associated Press, Trump, Arizona Senate, Georgia GOP, Justice Department, NRA, Boys, Trump National Doral Miami Locations: Miami, He's, Georgia

☆ A passenger died after falling from a cruise ship balcony and landing on a lower deck, where they also struck another person
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Virgin Voyages passenger died after falling from a balcony on the Valiant Lady cruise liner. The person struck another passenger, but that person was not seriously injured. The cruise ship was redirected back to Miami before departed again with a changed itinerary. The passenger who fell also struck another passenger on the lower deck, but that person was not seriously injured, per the spokesperson. He also said Virgin Voyages has been very accommodating and offered passengers future cruise credits.

☆ Clearview AI scraped 30 billion images from Facebook and gave them to cops: it puts everyone into a 'perpetual police line-up'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Clearview AI scraped 30 billion photos from Facebook to build its facial recognition database. Representatives for Clearview AI did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. Since then, the spokesperson told Insider, Meta has "made significant investments in technology" and devotes "substantial team resources to combating unauthorized scraping on Facebook products." CNN reported Clearview AI last year claimed the company's clients include "more than 3,100 US agencies, including the FBI and Department of Homeland Security." "You don't know what you have to hide," Guariglia told Insider.

☆ Peter Thiel's reported romantic partner was found dead in Miami. Police are investigating as possible suicide.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jeff Thomas, a 35-year-old actor and model, was found dead in Miami in a possible suicide. Miami police view the case as a possible suicide and plan to interview Thiel, The Intercept said. The Intercept reported that Thomas and Thiel had been seen at each others' homes, including at raucous parties. "And he did, and so he didn't support Trump in 2020. Thomas said he had doubts about his relationship with Thiel, the Intercept reported, and the two were not living together.

☆ Miami firefighter who allegedly punched handcuffed patient on camera: 'Consider my actions public education and this video a PSA'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

“If he never knew the consequence of spitting in a grown man’s face, then consider my actions public education and this video a PSA,” Robert Webster told NBC Miami on Tuesday. "The City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue was made aware of a video released of an incident involving a Miami Firefighter," the statement said. NBC Miami also reported the video, which had no audio, lasted about 40 seconds. NBC Miami obtained a police report of the incident and reported Cruz was “agitated and screaming to the rescue personnel,” according to the police report. Miami police on Wednesday were emailed questions about the incident, video and the police report, but did not immediately respond.

☆ Man accused of killing Massachusetts couple arrested in Florida, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Miami Police arrested 27-year-old Christopher Keeley around 8:20 p.m. on Friday night in Miami Beach, according to a statement released by the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office. Police found the bodies Tuesday night, when they arrived to conduct a well-being check, the district attorney’s office said in a news release Wednesday. Police also found a dead dog inside the home, according to the district attorney’s office. The Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is investigating the cause and manner of the victims’ deaths. Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz earlier said the attack appeared to be targeted and that it was unclear when it unfolded.

☆ OnlyFans model asked for a restraining order against boyfriend days before he was killed, video shows
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Newly released video shows an OnlyFans model asking Miami police for a restraining order against her boyfriend, days before authorities said she fatally stabbed him in their luxury high-rise apartment. No, I'm serious," she says in the video, which was released by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office. At one point in the video, Clenney appears to cry as she talks about getting kicked out of her apartment. He said the video shows Clenney was seeking help "from an abusive and violent relationship," according to NBC Miami. But Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said Clenney was the aggressor in the couple’s tumultuous relationship, which began in November 2020.

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