A Miami man accused of killing a great-grandmother in a hit-and-run crash faced a judge Thursday, one day after his arrest. In court, his attorney claimed that he did not know he had hit the victim.

Sergio Velazquez, the Hialeah police chief from 2012 to 2021, walked out of jail Tuesday after prosecutors accused him on Monday of using city funds to cover lavish personal expenses including Rolex watches.

Former Hialeah Police Chief Sergio Velazquez appeared in court Tuesday, facing serious accusations that he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars during his time leading the department.

A 58-year-old Santeria practitioner stands accused of being so mad at his mother for trashing ceremonial items that he set a fire in their Miami-Dade County home, a judge said.

A man suspected of shooting and critically wounding his mother-in-law in Miami Gardens Monday appeared in front of a judge Wednesday, one day after his capture at a gas station in the city.

A 15-year-old boy who faces serious charges in connection with a Florida City drive-by shooting that left another teenager hospitalized last month appeared before a judge on Friday.

A 30-year-old woman appeared in court on Thursday morning after deputies reported that an argument about religion turned violent in Miami-Dade County.

Isabel Estrin was back before a Miami-Dade judge Friday morning, one day after turning herself in to face a new child sex charge. The 24-year-old Aventura woman was originally arrested, along with her husband, in late February.

A Miami Beach eye doctor surrendered to authorities Thursday, more than a year after she installed a tracking device on her now ex-husband’s vehicle, authorities said.

A man who allegedly was driving drunk before crashing into a disabled vehicle last week on the MacArthur Causeway appeared in court Tuesday.

A Miami-Dade judge called the man suspected of killing five people, four of them children, in a Miami Gardens crash in which authorities said he was driving nearly 100 mph, “a great danger” on Wednesday, ordering he be held without bond.

A substitute teacher is facing three criminal charges after Miami-Dade Schools police said “several” girls came forward to report that he had been engaging in “extremely alarming and highly inappropriate behavior” while working at a middle school in Miami.

A northeast Miami-Dade rabbi is facing a robbery charge that deputies said stemmed from a confrontation with a county water meter reader outside of his synagogue.

A Miami Gardens teacher was arrested Thursday after police said she hit her 5-year-old student with a ruler back in November.

A former police officer provided his perspective Monday on the Miami Beach arrest of Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley.

An Olympic medalist is facing legal trouble in South Florida after police accused him of assaulting an officer during an incident in Miami Beach late Thursday night.

Three prominent brothers with ties to Miami Beach and New York’s luxury real estate market face a barrage of state and federal charges in connection to sexual assault allegations dating back several years.

An 18-year-old student was arrested Thursday after he repeatedly punched a teacher at his school, authorities said.

An 18-year-old student was arrested Thursday after he repeatedly punched a teacher at his school, authorities said.

A 55-year-old man is facing a felony charge in South Florida for a bizarre impersonation scheme that left pizza customers getting a raw deal, authorities said.

A psychologist is facing several serious charges in Miami-Dade County, including child trafficking, after police said she groomed a 15-year-old girl she met at a Kendall hotel pool and tried to pressure her into having sex with at least two men.

Several days after police filed an arrest report in her case, model Maecee Marie Lathers faced a Miami-Dade County judge on multiple felony charges Friday morning after police said she tried to walk away from a crash she caused in downtown Miami that left two people dead the prior weekend.

Miami-Dade County inmate records show a former 62-year-old school autism specialist was behind bars Wednesday morning at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

A couple is behind bars after police accused them of leaving their 2-year-old son inside a hot car while they shopped at a Target in Aventura over the weekend.

Witnesses reported a local political candidate slapped one teenager and choked another in public at a restaurant Sunday in Miami-Dade County.

An OfferUp meeting in Homestead turned into a shooting that left a 16-year-old boy injured, and four suspects behind bars — including two South Dade High School students.

A man stood up to defend a woman after a man crashed into her car. A graphic video released on Monday shows how that cost him his life on Wednesday in Homestead.

A woman allegedly told police officers she had grabbed a bat to defend herself from men in Homestead. The police officers later decided to arrest her.

A 59-year-old man — who has been in and out of Florida prisons since 1988 — was last freed on March 6, but it only took about seven weeks for him to get back behind bars in Miami-Dade County.

Miami-Dade prosecutors were waiting for blood test results to decide whether or not to charge a 58-year-old man with DUI manslaughter, a second-degree felony with a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.

A 25-year-old man stands accused of sexually abusing a child in Miami-Dade County.

A 14-time convicted felon from northwest Miami-Dade may become a 16-time convicted felon after his 3-year-old nephew shot himself with a gun he left in the back seat of a car while he went shopping in Hialeah, authorities say.

Shirlene Alcime appeared remotely in Miami-Dade County court on Friday after she was charged with child neglect in the deaths of her 3-year-old twins, who were found unresponsive and foaming at the mouth in her SUV along Interstate 95 on Feb. 2.

A woman was arrested Wednesday after the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office Human Trafficking Task Force received a tip that she allegedly trafficked one of her three children near a North Miami park.

A Miami-Dade police officer was arrested by his own department Tuesday after they said he was accused of molesting children.

Two women leaving a nightclub in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood thought they were getting into an Uber, but, according to police, one of them was about to get robbed and the other was about to get sexually assaulted by the man they assumed was a real rideshare driver.

A 60-year-old woman was arrested over the weekend after authorities say she grabbed a random 4-month-old baby who was being pushed in a stroller at the Aventura Mall.

A man who was accused of a sexual assault at a Miami bar’s restroom appeared in bond court on Monday in Miami-Dade County.

A 56-year-old wanted fugitive was awaiting extradition on Saturday morning at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami-Dade County.

A 16-year-old girl told police officers that a 30-year-old man said he would help her after her father kicked her out of her home — but he took advantage of her instead.

Alfonso Kelly allegedly sat down outside of his former home in Miami-Dade County to wait for a woman, who he is married to but recently separated from. She arrived at about 9:30 p.m., on Saturday, and she reported that what followed was a frightening attack, police said.

As a valet attendant, Antoine Louissaint was hired to help the residents of the Aria on the Bay Condominium. Miami police say he robbed one of them instead.

Detectives believe a 25-year-old convicted felon turned into a killer in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood just about eight months after getting out of prison for weapon-related charges.

A man who detectives accused of attempting to steal a real estate property from a woman who is the bed-ridden resident of a nursing home appeared in Miami-Dade County court on Tuesday.

A 31-year-old man accused of stealing stole dozens of key fobs from rental car companies at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport appeared in court Wednesday.

Officials with the Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation Department are disputing allegations that beauty influencer Nikita Dragun, a transgender woman arrested in Miami Beach earlier this week, was placed in a men’s unit in jail.

A popular social media influencer from New York found herself in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center Monday night after being accused of behaving “extremely disorderly,” walking around naked at a South Beach hotel pool, and then assaulting an officer.

A woman is custody and police are searching for a man involved in a robbery and shooting in the Pinewood area of Miami-Dade County, according to prosecutors.

A South Florida mother and member of the Miccosukee Tribe of Florida faced a judge after she left her 7-month old alone with his brother in a bathtub and returned to find he had drowned.

Miami-Dade County Commissioner Jean Monestime’s district coordinator remained behind bars on Saturday afternoon at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Commissioner Jean Monestime’s district coordinator appeared in Miami-Dade County court on Friday afternoon.

Three corrections officers were denied bond Friday by a Miami-Dade County judge, a day after they were arrested and charged with the death of an inmate who they are accused of beating.

A 36-year-old man accused of brutally beating another man Saturday night in Miami-Dade County appeared in court Monday.

The teenage boy who is facing charges as an adult in a New Year’s Day crash killing four people and injuring two appeared at Miami-Dade County court on Tuesday.

Detectives with the economic crimes unit zeroed in on a troubled home owners association in a western community in unincorporated Miami-Dade County. They patiently collected evidence and accused a woman of stealing from homeowners.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A massage therapist who was hired to perform massages for a Miami-Dade County family last week was arrested Wednesday on accusations that he molested one of the family members -- a 14-year-old girl. According to an arrest report, Cristian Mauricio Ramirez, 39, was massaging the victim when he began to fondle her breast and vagina under her clothes. Cristian Mauricio Ramirez. Ramirez appeared in bond court Thursday, at which time Miami-Dade County Judge Mindy Glazer ordered him to stay away from the victim. Records show Ramirez has no prior complaints since he got licensed to be a massage therapist in Florida five years ago.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – There was a slight smirk on the face of 30-year-old Christopher James Shaw Friday morning in bond court following his arrest at his Coral Gables home. Shaw is accused of stalking George Sarduy, who is the Miami-Dade County judge presiding over his domestic violence with children family court case. I have been extremely frustrated and I’m a good father,” Shaw told Miami-Dade County Judge Mindy Glazer on Friday. We have to follow the law and you respect a judge’s decision, and if you are unhappy, you file an appeal. The defense argued the places Shaw visited are public places and the emails didn’t rise to the level of a credible threat.

MIAMI - A security guard is facing a manslaughter charge after he accidentally shot and killed a 62-year-old woman Friday afternoon, police said. Alejandro Cabrera-Cruz, 54, was arrested Monday and booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. According to a Miami-Dade police report, Cabrera-Cruz was working as a security guard at a business on Southwest 184th Street near Southwest 110th Avenue and didn't have a holster for the gun he was given by his employer. Alejandro Cabrera-Cruz faces a manslaughter charge after he accidentally shot and killed a woman while working as a security guard at a business on Southwest 184th Street. Glazer said Cabrera-Cruz must remain on house arrest upon his release and cannot own a gun or work as a security guard.