The suspect in Saturday night’s fatal shooting in the middle of South Beach’s busiest tourist area surrendered to Miami Beach officers Thursday, police said.
Alan Michael Alt, 32, gave a statement in the tune of Stand Your Ground, saying he was attacked and “believed he was in physical danger.”
Alt is charged with second degree murder after the shooting of a 32-year-old man Saturday night at 14th Street and Collins Avenue, one... [...]
Federal prosecutors, under former Miami U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, broke the law when they concealed a plea agreement from more than 30 underage victims who had been sexually abused by wealthy New York hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
While the decision marks a victory for crime victims, the federal judge, Kenneth A. Marra, stopped short of overturning Epstein’s plea deal, or issuing an... [...]
America's drug war is still here and still going strong. Today Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle announced her office had persuaded a grand jury to indict two fentanyl dealers for first-degree murder after they allegedly sold opiates to a user who died.
Rundle's office said Karl Schmidt, age 21, and David Cash, age 52, had peddled the drug to David Calle, who overdosed. Charges like this are controversial in... [...]
The man who pulled a gun on a group of black teens who were protesting on Brickell Avenue on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, is now facing a host of charges that were enhanced because of a hate crime bill passed by Florida legislators.
In addition to the felony charge of carrying a concealed weapon, Mark Bartlett is now facing three counts of aggravated assault with prejudice, which are second-degree felonies and a single count of improperly... [...]
A U.S. Marshals fugitive wanted for attempted murder was taken into custody around 1 a.m. Monday in South Beach, Miami Beach police said.
Miami Beach police, with help from Miami and Miami-Dade police and U.S. Marshal, had set up a perimeter in the area of Dade Boulevard and Alton Road, which is on the edge of South Beach’s Sunset Harbour area. Video from Herald news partner CBS4 shows the fugitive taken into custody near West Avenue... [...]
