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1 week ago | 
nbcmiami.com | Christian Colon |Christian Colón
A man arrested in Tampa in connection with a fatal double shooting at a homeless encampment in Miami earlier this month has been extradited to Miami-Dade. Juan Antonio Vera, 60, was booked into the Miami-Dade jail Wednesday on first-degree murder and first-degree attempted murder charges, records show. Miami-Dade CorrectionsThe shooting happened June 4 at an encampment by the railroad tracks across the street from the Brightline station, between Northwest 6th and 8th Street in Downtown Miami.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcmiami.com | Christian Colon |Christian Colón
An appeals court has granted a new trial for a former South Florida corrections officer sentenced last year to 13 years in prison for fatally shooting her boyfriend nearly four years ago. Atoya Holmes was initially facing a second-degree murder charge for killing 52-year-old Verdell Goins inside her car in Miami Gardens after leaving a Miami Dolphins game in November of 2021. But jurors in 2023 found her guilty of a lesser charge of manslaughter.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcmiami.com | Christian Colon |Christian Colón
A man accused of shooting his ex-mother-in-law in Miami Gardens was hoping to get placed on house arrest to wait for his trial at home. Bilal Ismail, 49, is facing attempted first-degree murder for allegedly shooting his ex-wife's mother in the hand and head. On Wednesday, Gary Florencio, a Miami Gardens police officer, told Judge Christine Hernandez, the bullet, which was fired from a handmade gun, went through the victim's forehead and into her lungs.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcmiami.com | Christian Colon |Christian Colón
A woman who was arrested for a 2023 hit-and-run in Miami Gardens that hurt two pedestrians and killed one woman will be going to trial after prosecutors took a plea deal off the table on Monday. Sharon Leola Cox, 62, was charged with leaving the scene of a crash involving death, two counts of leaving a crash involving no serious injury, leaving the scene of an accident and causing property damage, and driving with a suspended license.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcmiami.com | Christian Colon |Christian Colón
The luxury real estate mogul Alexander brothers and their friend are seeking to dismiss their South Florida sexual battery charges related to an alleged gang rape. Miami-Dade prosecutors claim Ohad Fisherman, a South Florida real estate broker, joined Alon and Oren Alexander, when he pinned a 25-year-old woman inside a Miami Beach apartment on New Year's Eve in 2016. Fisherman and Alon were charged in December with one count of sexual battery by multiple perpetrators.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbcmiami.com | Christian Colon |Christian Colón
A woman charged for leaving the scene of a crash that caused a woman's death and injured two others was about to plead guilty on Friday, however, the victim's family stepped in and urged a Miami-Dade judge to deny the plea deal. Sharon Cox, 64, is currently under house arrest, but on Friday, she appeared in court after signing a 366-day prison deal negotiated by her attorneys and the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office. "We had a signed contract.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbcmiami.com | Christian Colon |Christian Colón
The social media real estate agent turned suspected serial killer targeting homeless people in Miami could face the death penalty. Prosecutors announced on Thursday that a grand jury recently indicted 28-year-old Willy Maceo on two first-degree murder charges and one attempted murder charge. In 2022, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle shared video surveillance that allegedly showed Maceo leaving and entering three separate shooting and stabbing crime scenes.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbcmiami.com | Lorena Inclan |Brian Hamacher |Christian Colon |Christian Colón
Newly released text messages between a Hungarian national, accused of the murders of two elderly and disabled men, and one of the victims are shedding light on the criminal case. The messages show that the suspect, 26-year-old Zsolt Zsolyomi, and 66-year-old Carlos Villaquiran had a close relationship, according to investigators. But toward the end of their contact, the victim started growing suspicious of a man he considered his friend.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbcmiami.com | Christian Colon |Christian Colón
A former Hialeah Police chief, accused of committing organized fraud and grand theft during his tenure, appeared before a judge on Tuesday. Sergio Velazquez, who served as chief from 2012 until his suspension in 2021, is facing several charges, including money laundering, organized fraud of $50,000 or more and first-degree grand theft. During his court appearance, a judge set Velazquez's bond to $30,000. Velazquez was also arraigned and his attorney entered a non-guilty plea on his behalf.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbcmiami.com | Christian Colon |Christian Colón
A deputy of the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office arrested in April for battering a woman he met at E11even nightclub has been cleared from all criminal charges. On Monday, state attorneys announced they will not prosecute 54-year-old Lt. Daniel Chala. Chala was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center nearly two months ago on charges of battery and false imprisonment, records showed.
