Crime

String of Disney Cruise Workers Charged with Child Porn

String of Disney Cruise Workers Charged with Child Porn

Boynton Beach Man Convicted for Voicemail Death Threats to George Santos

Boynton Beach Man Convicted for Voicemail Death Threats to George Santos

Cold Case Review: Brutal South Florida Murders That Remain Unsolved

By Theo Karantsalis
Feb 22, 2024

Those who perpetrated these crimes were never brought to justice. If you know anything that could help detectives, it's not too late to come forward.
New Report Highlights Spike in Sexual Assault Cases Aboard Cruise Ships

By Naomi Feinstein
Jan 26, 2024

Cruise law expert Jim Walker says cruise liners' crime reporting is "the bare minimum" of what the law mandates.
Kodak Black Stuffed Cocaine in Mouth During Traffic Stop, Police Say

By Alex DeLuca
Dec 11, 2023

The rapper has landed back in a Broward County jail after he was arrested on drug and tampering charges.
Sea Cucumber Smuggler Nabbed at South Florida Airport, Feds Say

By Izzy Kapnick
Dec 11, 2023

Federal wildlife officials are not taking kindly to illegal trade in the squishy echinoderms.
FBI: Cruise Youth Counselor Admits to Molesting Children Aboard Celebrity Silhouette Ship

By Naomi Feinstein
Dec 11, 2023

The FBI says a serial child molester employed by Celebrity Cruises was arrested after a 6-year-old girl came forward and exposed his abuse.
Florida Democratic Party Calls for GOP Chair's Resignation After Report of Sexual Assault Claim

By Naomi Feinstein and Alex DeLuca
Dec 1, 2023

Florida Democratic Party chair Nikki Fried said the "level of hypocrisy in this situation is stunning."
Boca Raton Attorney Charged With Father's Murder Found Dead in Jail

By Alex DeLuca
Nov 16, 2023

An arrest affidavit noted Brandon Labiner's souring relationship with his father in the time leading up to the murder.
Dan Markel Murder: Accused Mastermind's Attorney Says Hit-Man Comments Were Just "Bad Jokes"

By Naomi Feinstein
Oct 30, 2023

The defense claims Charlie Adelson's onetime girlfriend was the real mastermind behind the murder-for-hire plot to kill FSU law professor Dan Markel.
Feds: Man Tortured, Waterboarded by Kidnappers at Plantation Airbnb

By Alex DeLuca
Oct 18, 2023

Prosecutors claim the trio used an Airbnb bathroom as a makeshift torture chamber in a bungled kidnapping scheme.
Rosewood Man Guilty of Hate Crimes in Assault of Black Historian Marvin Dunn

By Naomi Feinstein
Aug 1, 2023

Just before the 100th anniversary of the Rosewood massacre, a local resident in the rural Florida town flew into a racist rage against Black historian Marvin Dunn.
Brandon Labiner Accused of Forging Court Document Shortly Before Father's Murder

By Alex DeLuca
Jul 11, 2023

Brandon Labiner's father accused him of defrauding a Palm Beach County judge shortly before the elder Labiner was found in a pool of blood outside his Boca Raton law office.
January 6 Rioter From Weston Sentenced to Nearly Five Years in Prison

By Alex DeLuca
Jun 21, 2023

The 27-year-old Weston native was sentenced to nearly five years for using a baton to pummel a D.C. officer who was being dragged down a flight of stairs at the Capitol.
"We Are Everywhere": Ominous Messages on Anti-Abortion Counseling Centers Prompt Federal Charges

By Naomi Feinstein
Jan 29, 2023

The unsealed indictment claims Caleb Freestone and Amber Smith-Stewart spray-painted threats on three Florida pro-life pregnancy centers this past summer.
Local Spiritual Guide Headed to Prison for Family Curse Fraud

By Alex DeLuca
Dec 12, 2022

A federal judge sentenced soothsayer Samantha Stevens, 51, to two and a half years in prison in connection with a multimillion-dollar spiritual fraud.
Austin Harrouff Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity in Face-Eating Murder Case

By Alex DeLuca
Dec 2, 2022

Austin Harrouff will be sent to a mental hospital after a judge determined he was in a psychotic state when he bludgeoned and stabbed two strangers to death.
Judge Sets Trial Date for Florida Jan. 6 Rioter #Tweedledumb UPDATED

By Alex DeLuca
Dec 2, 2022

A Broward man known as #Tweedledumb is headed to prison for assaulting a police officer during the Capitol Hill riot.
Catalytic Converter Theft Is on the Rise — And the Legislature Doesn't Seem to Care

By Alex DeLuca
Jul 21, 2022

Although the U.S. is seeing a sharp rise in catalytic converter theft, state lawmakers have no plans to crack down.
Miami Beach 5-Year-Old Missing for Six Months Found Outside Atlanta

By Joshua Ceballos
May 25, 2022

Miami Beach police declined to issue an Amber Alert for the missing Black girl when she went missing in November.
Paradise Lost Podcast Serializes Miami's Most Lurid True-Crime Stories

By Jose D. Duran
May 25, 2022

Miami and true crime are a match made in, well, hell.
Four South Florida Moms Have Allegedly Killed Their Kids Since Pandemic Began

By Alex DeLuca
Apr 19, 2022

Pandemic-induced depression and psychosis may have played a role.