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A Miami police officer has been cleared of all criminal charges after allegedly attacking a date who turned out to be a man posing as a woman. The officer denies all allegations, but officials claim the 54-year-old became enraged after realizing the “woman” he brought home from a nightclub was, in fact, a full-blown man. WSVN: According to the arrest report, Chala met the woman at E11EVEN Miami Nightclub and brought her to his apartment on the 26th floor later that night. After kissing her, he was accused of wrapping his arm tightly around her neck for three minutes, choking...

In a ritzy enclave of South Florida, Chinese migrants are coming ashore via boat, leading to an investigation into human smuggling networks. Coral Gables is a picturesque city located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, known for its Mediterranean Revival architecture, tree-lined streets and lush landscapes. One Coral Gables neighborhood, Gables Estates, is ranked as the most expensive housing market in the country, according to data by Zillow. But in recent months, the dazzling city has seen an uptick of Chinese migrant interceptions. The city's uptick is representative of the Sunshine State's influx of Chinese nationals since 2020, according to U.S. Customs...

Among the Bellwether counties in the United States that went for Trunp was Miami Dade. Population comprised, by in large, of: (Latinos, mostly) Cubans, Jews and Haitians.White House spokesperson is Haitian Karine Jean-Pierre and the Democrats hammered Trump on Vance about their claims of "Haitian immigrants in Springfield of eating dogs and cats."

The pattern is clear, though the numbers may be slightly different when the final results are available. The state with the biggest Trump percentage increase was his native New York (6.9%), followed by California (5.6%), New Jersey (5.3%), Maryland (5.1%), Florida (5.0%), Illinois (4.9%), Connecticut (4.6%), and Texas (4.3%). They include the four highest-population states. All eight of them have large immigrant and Hispanic populations. The CNN exit poll reported that Trump lost Latino voters to Harris by only a 53 to 45% margin, a historic high percentage for a Republican and one that lays to rest Democratic analysts’ hopes...

Florida’s Miami-Dade County has turned red for the first time in three decades for a presidential election as votes continue pouring in. County Commissioner for District 6 Kevin Marino Cabrera made the historic announcement on Tuesday evening as Americans await the election results. “Miami-Dade supports President Trump and declares, ‘Kamala, you’re FIRED!’ For the first time in over 30 years, Miami-Dade County has turned red in a presidential election,” his news release stated:

Hundreds of people in Miami took to the iconic Calle Ocho, the heart of Little Havana, to celebrate former President and now President-elect Donald Trump’s victory on Tuesday night, waving American and Cuban flags and dancing in the streets. The former president is the projected winner of the 2024 presidential race, and he defeated Vice President Kamala Harris with a significant victory in the state of Florida. Trump reportedly won nearly 55 percent of the vote in Florida, according to counts at press time. Local media reported that Trump is the first Republican to win Miami-Dade County since 1988, leaning...

Blue Miami-Dade county in Florida flipped from Democrat to Republican in early and mail-in voting combined Thursday afternoon, according to the latest election results. The live update at 2:32 p.m. Eastern showed Republicans across the state of Florida leading Democrats in terms of early and mail-in voting combined, seeing 44.20 percent for Republicans — or 1,382,165 votes — to the Democrats’ 35.54 percent, or 1,111,890 votes.

Hector Alejandro Cabrera Fuentes, a Mexican citizen residing in Singapore, was arrested based on a Complaint charging him with acting within the United States on behalf of a foreign government (Russia), without notifying the Attorney General, and conspiracy to do the same.John C. Demers, Assistant Attorney General for National Security; Ariana Fajardo Orshan, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; George Piro, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office; and Diane J. Sabatino, Director of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Miami Field Office, made the announcement. According to court...

Newly released bodycam footage shows police officers in Tampa handcuffing and releasing the Miami-Dade police director after he 'put his gun in his mouth' and threatened to 'end it now' - hours before he shot himself in the head. Around a dozen Tampa Police Department officers were called to a hotel on July 23 at around 6.30pm following reports that a man - now known to be Miami-Dade police director Alfredo 'Freddy' Ramirez - was arguing with his wife and had pointed a gun at his head. After putting Ramirez in cuffs and speaking with the couple, police released him...

As warned by promoters of the precinct committeeman strategy, establishment Republicans do not welcome patriots to their elitist clubs with open arms. Just the opposite. The inhospitable treatment by RINOs of MAGA in the Miami Dade REC (Republican Executive Committee) is just the latest example of the depths that the elites descend to cling onto power: by-laws are flaunted, Robert’s Rules of Order are ignored, and promises are broken. Members who do not show up for three REC meetings in a row are supposed to be kicked out. But since most of them are RINOs, more placeholders than activists, the...

In an undercover takedown, Miami-Dade Police arrested and charged a man who they say tried to sell a bedridden elderly woman's house using fake IDs, fake documents and stolen information. Tom Roy Jenkins, 43, of Oakland Park, was arrested Monday and faces multiple charges, including fraud, grand theft and elderly exploitation, according to an arrest report. He's being held in jail on a $45,000 bond. "This individual attempted to practically steal a home from an 86-year-old bedridden female that's in a nursing home," said Miami-Dade Police spokesman Alvaro Zabaleta. Detectives said Jenkins used a fake Florida driver’s license and drew...

A video of two students viciously beating a 9-year-old student on a Florida school bus has surfaced online, alarming the community and prompting a swift reaction from the girl’s parents. The disturbing footage shows two boys repeatedly striking the girl as she is folded over in a seat, barely defending herself with one hand as she tightly grips her backpack with the other. Many of the punches land on the girl’s head, neck and face. No fellow students or adults intervened... "We’ve had issues before with my son and the kids on the bus, and also in the cafeteria and...

MIAMI – Benito Montes de Oca Cruz, 60, of Miami-Dade County, has pled guilty to abusive sexual contact with a woman serving part of her 51-month prison sentence in home confinement under his authority. Cruz, a site supervisor employed by Riverside House, conducted home visits to monitor compliance of federal inmates on home confinement. Riverside House, pursuant to a contract with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, is responsible for providing custodial, supervisory, and disciplinary oversight to federal inmates on home confinement. As admitted at the change of plea, on December 28, 2020, Cruz conducted a home confinement supervision visit to...

A Florida man wearing an ankle monitor after posting bond for pending charges was arrested this week for burglary and grand theft, according to reports. Joshua Reed, 19, was ordered by the Broward County Court to wear a GPS ankle-worn monitor for a pending case in Palm Beach, after posting bond for charges of grand theft auto. ABC station WPLG in Miami, Florida reported that Reed was in a Miami-Dade County court on Thursday for additional charges. Surveillance video from Jan. 7 allegedly shows Reed with others outside of a home near Dante Fascell Park in South Miami. One of...

MIAMI, Fla. [WFLA] — A Florida man is behind bars after he tried to rob a Publix in Miami with a stapler. Patrick Abbott, 31, entered the Publix on Biscayne Boulevard, gave an employee a note stating he had a gun, and told her to put money in a bag. After the employee read the note, she pretended to help one of her co-workers and called for help, according to NBC affiliate WFLA. Abbott left Publix empty-handed and was caught by Miami Police while throwing the note away. The gun he claimed to have turned out to be a black...

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Nelson Perez-Valdivia appeared in Miami-Dade bond court Tuesday morning, one day after he turned himself in to Florida Highway Patrol troopers after they said he was seen on video firing multiple gunshots from the passenger’s seat of a moving Lamborghini on the Palmetto Expressway last week. As the vehicle traveled at speeds of more than 100 mph, the 23-year-old Doral man is accused of firing the gun towards Tropical Park 14 times and then posting video of himself doing it. Perez-Valdivia, who required a Spanish translator, said nothing in court Tuesday. He faced charges of 14...

A democrat pundit, using the name Liberal Sherpa, Cathy Areu, has been arrested after being accused of exploiting her mom. Areu is a previous contributing editor for the Washington Post and a guest on Fox News. Areu is accused of stealing over $200k from her mom, taking her mom’s home, and physically dragging her to a nursing home twice using a revoked power of attorney. According to the Daily Mail the first time the mother was placed in a home, she tried calling a friend for help, but allegedly her daughter told the staff not to allow her phone usage...

A Florida man downed a cup of bleach in a courtroom moments after hearing the jury read his verdict in which he was found guilty of armed robbery. Jermaine Bell, 38, has spent more than three years in custody for the December 2018 robbery for which he was convicted. He pulled a gun on employees at the Millennium Engine Plating while he was disguised as a courier. Bell was seen drinking the bleach from a white disposable cup before an officer approached him with a trash can and attempted to have the inmate spit up the liquid. But Bell continued...

Miami-Dade County swung red this election, making Gov. Ron DeSantis the first Republican gubernatorial candidate to win the county in two decades.

We’re about halfway through Election Day for most of Florida, and the Democrats in Miami-Dade are staring a bloodbath straight in its beady little eyes. A few days ago, I posted about how things were not looking good for Democrats in early voting; see For the First Time Republicans Swamp Democrats in Florida Early Voting as an Electoral Disaster Looms for the Left. When I posted that Republicans had a 176,000 vote lead in early and vote-by-mail ballots, whereas, at the same point in the 2020 election, where President Trump carried Florida by four points, Democrats had a 387,000 vote...