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2 days 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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2 weeks ago | 
nbcmiami.com | Christian Colon |Christian Colón
Shocking new surveillance footage shows sleeping homeless people randomly and repeatedly beaten in downtown Miami earlier this year in what authorities said was an "unprovoked" attack that left two dead and two others hospitalized and a man facing murder charges. It was around 5 a.m. on Jan. 16 when Miami Police said 37-year-old Brenton Clarke was caught on camera in the deadly rampage.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcmiami.com | Christian Colon |Christian Colón
A Miami social media model charged in the fatal stabbing of her boyfriend in 2022 was back in court Thursday as her attorneys seek to have Miami-Dade prosecutors removed from the case. Attorneys for Courtney Clenney made arguments as to why the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office should be disqualified from the case, claiming prosecutors accessed privileged communications. One prosecutor has already withdrawn from the case, but Clenney's attorneys want the entire office removed.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcmiami.com | Christian Colon |Christian Colón
An Iraq Marine Corps veteran who was arrested for abusing his 6-year-old stepson in Miami was hoping to be released from jail and go under house arrest. Zachary Perez, 42, was charged last week for abusing the little boyAccording to the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office, Perez struck the victim with a closed fist several times, kicked the child in the stomach, and at one point struck him with a tree branch.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcmiami.com | Christian Colon |Christian Colón
A man accused of shooting and killing in an execution-style murder caught on camera was hoping a judge would grant him some form of jail release as he awaits trial. Police charged 22-year-old Marcuss Ealy for robbing 21-year-old Malcom Avery Johnson Jr.'s gold medallion and then killing him. Surveillance video captured the 2023 shooting on May 30 in the area of Northwest 170th Street and Northwest 3rd Avenue.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbcmiami.com | Christian Colon |Christian Colón
New surveillance footage shows the moment a man was stabbed to death by another man outside a Miami restaurant back in February. The video captured the Feb. 5 killing of Wilfredo Clemente Campo Alegre outside Cacique Restaurant, located at 112 W. Flagler Street. Luis Acosta-Barbon, 60, is charged with second-degree murder in the killing.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbcmiami.com | Christian Colon |Christian Colón
A Miami Beach man who pleaded guilty in January for driving while sleep-deprived and crashing into and killing a motorcycle driver last year is back in jail after testing positive for cocaine. Patrick Schiebel was driving his Dodge Ram westbound on 41st Street at the intersection of Meridian Avenue on Miami Beach on April 15, 2024, when he ran the red light and struck 34-year-old Adrian Roberto Diaz Garcia, who was on his electric motorcycle, according to records.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbcmiami.com | Christian Colon |Christian Colón
A former athletic director and physical education teacher at a charter school in Miami Shores, arrested after police said he engaged in inappropriate contact with a female student, was sentenced to 364 days in jail. Jose Glen Rodriguez-Vazquez, 35, was arrested in 2023 and charged with sexual activity with a minor and offenses against a student. The crime happened at Doctors Charter School, where Rodriguez-Vazquez was employed.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbcmiami.com | Christian Colon |Christian Colón |Brian Hamacher
A retired Miami-Dade Police lieutenant who opened fire on her ex-boyfriend and led police on an hours-long standoff back in 2023 was sentenced to prison Tuesday under a plea deal. Evelyn Fernandez, 44, appeared in court to plead guilty to attempted murder, discharging a firearm, aggravated stalking and other charges in the Oct. 27, 2023 incident. Miami-Dade CorrectionsUnder the deal, Fernandez was sentenced to seven years in prison with credit for time served, followed by 20 years of probation.
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1 month ago | 
nbcmiami.com | Christian Colon |Christian Colón
A man convicted of ambushing and killing another man outside a North Miami motel back in 2013 in a shocking murder that was caught on camera has avoided the death penalty. Jurors on Thursday recommended Anthawn Ragan, 30, serve life in prison rather than face the death penalty, more than a decade after the killing. Ragan was found guilty last month of of murdering 21-year-old Luis Perez at the Motel 7 at 13445 Northwest 7th Avenue on Nov. 1, 2013.
