miami crime (Hialeah, Fort Lauderdale, Miami Beach: attorney, homes, wages)

[CiXeL]

Dead man washes up on Miami Beach - 06/12/2007 - MiamiHerald.com (broken link)

this is like not far from where i work.

[Chromedome]

drug dealers have dissagreements just like the rest of us, they just handle them differently. usually with ducktape and .45 handguns

[doggiebus]

And people on these forums say its not as bad as we make it out to be. Just read the local news station websites.

So these are some of the crime issues (not all are crime) since this weekend.

1) A Southwest Miami Dade woman claims she was almost raped while waiting for a bus by an armed gunman.

2) For a second day in a row, members of the Centers for Disease Control, Miami Dade police and fire respond to a possible medical emergency at Miami International Airport.

3) A Pompano Beach couple is recovering after getting into a scuffle with a home invasion robber. Robber stole the couple car.

4) Three people are being charged by the state attorney's office in Miami-Dade with a scheme to collect monies from the county for work never completed.

5) Coral Gables Veteran Officer Charged Today With Soliciting Prostitute

6) A 19-year-old was shot to death and another man was critically injured Sunday night in a gang-related shooting, according to police in Little Haiti.

7) There were no injuries after an American Airlines flight and a catering truck collided at Miami International Airport, officials said.

8) Two armed robbers tried to rob the Questcomm Mobile Phone store on Oakland Park Boulevard in Lauderdale Lakes last Friday, police said. Little did they know someone inside the store was armed as well.

9) FORT LAUDERDALE Officials arrested a suspect who they say broke into a young woman's home and raped her.

10) HIALEAH, Fla. -- A teenager with a brown belt in karate used a samurai sword to scare off a burglar who was after his PlayStation 3 video game console.

11) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The number of officers working for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department has decreased in recent months, and many more could follow because of perceived low wages, according to the local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Police. The police union said Fort Lauderdale's police department is losing an average of two officers each week.

12) A motorcyclist is in serious condition after a three-vehicle crash on the Palmetto Expressway.

13) POMPANO BEACH, Fla. -- Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a Pompano Beach man who was run over while he was lying in the middle of a road Saturday morning.

14) Broward -- More than a dozen stolen vehicles were recovered by BSO divers during a two-day sweep of an Oakland Park canal.

15) MIAMI -- Police said a hit-and-run driver killed a 69-year-old man who stopped in the street to tie his shoes Sunday.

16) BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. -- One man is dead and another injured after a shootout between occupants of two vehicles on a central Broward County road Saturday night, the Broward Sheriff's Office said.

17) MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- A postal employee discovered the body of a man in her back yard Friday morning wearing a ski mask.

18) MIAMI Two more teen suspects wanted in connection with a shooting at a Little Haiti cafeteria have been put behind bars.

[CiXeL]

"A teenager with a brown belt in karate used a samurai sword to scare off a burglar who was after his PlayStation 3 video game console."

have to give him points for that though.

[Jon F Moss]

it's hard to argue against the facts...there is a lot of crime down here

[jeffw]

hahah 13 and 15 are good......... hmm lets lay in the street maybe i wont get run over duh...

extra point to the kid with the sword nice job....... lucky for him they were not armed with a gun as last i checked a gun beats a knife even if it is a huge one.......

[Dro420]

Damn, dude. You work in Miami Beach and live in Homestead? What a commute.

Yeah, crime is pretty bad down here. It's sad.

[CiXeL]

dro420, whatever it takes to pay the bills.
actually i like miami beach ALOT better than where i live but i wouldnt want to live there because i need a yard for the tropical plants.

[Derek1]

Originally Posted by TriDad

it's hard to argue against the facts...there is a lot of crime down here

Guys ... I do not want to rain on anyone's parade .... especially since I do not much care for Miami either ... unless it is the Brickell or Coral Gables areas but I just got back from ten days in New England ( Boston & Providence ) and the headlines there are just as scary ... Providence and surrounding areas like Warwick were especially nasty , I thought I was in Carol City or Hialeah but with a New England "flair " !!!

Our great country is going thru an unprecedented decay in civility and morality that is affecting every region ... all I heard everyone talk about in Boston and Providence was rising crime , gang violence , cost of living , illegal immigration and the MTV culture ... every once in awhile the topic would change to their beloved Red Sox ... but for the most part you heard what you hear every day in South Florida .. same gripes !!!

The only major difference other than the weather is that you hear much less Spanish and you do not have the arrogance displayed by some hispanics , but man corruption , bad drivers , bad roads , ghetto culture especially in Rhode Island ... I felt right at home !!!

[PBCboy]

I hear Rhode Island is quite a nice state actually, maybe it's just Providence.