Brian Hamacher has served as a digital editor and producer at NBC Miami since March 2009. He came to South Florida after a five-year stint at the New York Post, where he was a reporter and digital editor for the newspaper. Brian is a graduate of Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida, and The University of Illinois Chicago School of Law in Chicago, his hometown.
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Man arrested in Brickell building indecent exposure, attack on woman walking dog
A Miami man wanted in connection with a frightening indecent exposure incident at a Brickell building has been arrested in that case and a separate attack on a woman who was walking her dog, police said.
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‘Get in the house!' Video shows 8-foot gator interrupt pizza delivery in Florida
Video shows a Florida police officer stepping in to deliver a pizza after a large alligator scared off the delivery woman. The bodycamera video released Wednesday shows an officer in Bradenton arriving to find a gator estimated to be 8-foot roaming a neighborhood and outside a woman’s front door on Sunday. The resident had ordered pizza and when the...
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Man arrested in 2014 kidnapping and rape of woman in wooded area in Miami: Police
More than a decade after a woman was abducted and violently raped in a wooded area in Miami, police said they’re arrested the man they believe is responsible.
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Suspect arrested in 2022 murder of man found in garbage bin in Miami Gardens
A suspect has been arrested in the 2022 murder of a man whose body was found dumped in a garbage bin in Miami Gardens, police said.
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Miami-Dade inspectors arrested in restaurant extortion and bribery scheme: Sheriff
Two Miami-Dade food inspectors were arrested in a nearly year-long corruption investigation that found they were extorting restaurant owners out of thousands of dollars, authorities said. “Operation Grease Trap” began in April of 2024 after Miami-Dade Police were contacted by the restaurant owners who alleged extortion by county employees, Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said at a news conference Wednesday with Miami-Dade…
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Small plane crash lands in field near elementary school in Miramar
A small plane crash landed near an elementary school in Miramar on Wednesday, narrowly missing portable classrooms and coming to a stop near a playground where children had been playing moments earlier, officials said. The crash happened shortly after 1 p.m. near Coconut Palm Elementary School along Monarch Lakes Boulevard. Investigators said the pilot and his student were about 1,000…
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Man accused of murdering elderly victims in Miami, Miami Beach pleads not guilty
A man accused of murdering two elderly and disabled victims in separate killings in Miami and Miami Beach has pleaded not guilty. Zsolt Zsolyomi, 25, didn’t appear in court for his arraignment on Wednesday, where his attorney entered the not guilty plea on his behalf. State attorneys have filed two counts of second-degree murder and one count of grand theft…
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Bodycam video shows chilling moment police found Cuban singer El Taiger shot in Miami
Police body camera footage shows the moment an officer and first responders discovered Cuban reggaeton singer El Taiger shot inside an SUV in Miami.
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Dania Beach man arrested for stalking neighbor days after similar stalking arrest
A Dania Beach man was arrested for stalking a neighbor a week after he was arrested for stalking another neighbor, authorities said.
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Man armed with knife burglarized multiple cars at 2 Bal Harbour condos: Police
A man accused of attacking a worker who tried to stop him as he burglarized multiple vehicles at two Bal Harbour condo buildings while armed with a knife has been arrested, police said.
