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Murder and other violent crime dropped across the U.S. last year, FBI data shows
Violent crime was down about 3% from 2022 to 2023 and property crime took a similar drop of 2.4%, the FBI reported in its annual “Summary of Crime in the Nation.” The most serious crimes went down significantly: Murder and non-negligent manslaughter were down an estimated 11.6% — the largest single year decline in two decades — while rape decreased by an estimated 9.4%, NBC News reports.
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‘I needed the money': ‘Ghost candidate' says he was offered $50k to run for office
A ghost candidate who helped sway a Miami-area legislative race back in 2020 testified Friday that he was offered $50,000 to run for office.
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‘Ghost candidate' testifies against former Sen. Frank Artiles
A ghost candidate who helped sway a state election testified that he was offered $50,000 to run for office. He never planned on winning, only disrupting the race – which ended up flipping the Senate seat from Democrat to Republican. NBC6’s Steve Litz reports
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Man accused of beating victim, using homophobic slurs on South Beach
A Miami man was arrested this week after police say he brutally beat another man on Miami Beach, called him homophobic slurs and threatened to kill him.
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Family emotional as Derek Rosa appears virtually in status hearing
The family of a teenager accused of murdering his mother in Hialeah burst out in tears Friday when they saw him appear in court virtually.
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‘Call the cops!': Florida dad whacks man with bat for allegedly peeping into teen's room
A man is under arrest after a Florida father hit him with a bat and chased him away from his home for allegedly peeping into his 14-year-old daughter’s room.
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‘Call the cops!': Florida father whacks man with bat for allegedly peeping into teen's room
Authorities said the suspect lives just a block away from the victim and told them he gets a thrill out of going around people’s homes.
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Video shows thieves sidling up to woman to steal wallet at South Miami restaurant
Police are searching for the thieves caught on camera sidling up to a woman in a South Miami restaurant before stealing her wallet and trying to use it at several stores.
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Ex-‘Jackass' star Bam Margera jailed in Pennsylvania over probation violation
Former “Jackass” star Bam Margera found himself back behind bars this week after allegedly violating his probation.
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Couple caught on camera stealing wallet, trying to use credit cards in Brickell
Police are searching for the thieves caught on camera sidling up to a woman in a South Miami restaurant before stealing her wallet and trying to use it at several stores.
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Justice Department opens probe on Mississippi sheriff's office after torture of 2 Black men
U.S. District Judge Tom Lee called the former officers’ actions “egregious and despicable” and imposed sentences near the top of federal guidelines for five of the six.
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Kentucky officials say sheriff fatally shot judge in courthouse chambers
A sheriff in Kentucky is accused of fatally shooting a district judge at a courthouse on Thursday, authorities said.
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Miami-Dade Corrections fails to answer how drunk driver in triple deadly crash got deported
Three Miami-Dade families were once again struck with tragedy when county officials refused to answer how the man accused of causing a deadly triple crash on West Flagler was deported to Honduras and avoided American justice.
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Man shot, killed while intervening in fight between girls in Florida City: Police
Miami-Dade police are searching for the person who fired the shots that left a man dead in Florida City.
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Man shot, killed trying to stop fight between girls in Florida City: Police
Investigators say a group of girls were in a dispute when the victim, 47-year-old Johnny Lewis Stevenson Jr., tried to intervene.
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Ex-CIA officer from San Diego jailed for 30 years for drugging, sexually abusing women
Brian Jeffrey Raymond kept nearly 500 videos and photographs he took of naked, unconscious women.
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27-year-old Nebraska man who posed as high schooler sentenced to at least 85 years for sex crimes
Zachary Scheich, who prosecutors said identified himself as 17-year-old ‘Zak Hess,’ pleaded guilty to sexual assault and other crimes.
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Ex-CIA officer accused of sexually abusing dozens of women gets 30 years in prison
A longtime CIA officer who drugged, photographed and sexually assaulted more than two dozen women in postings around the world was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Wednesday
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Woman accused of attacking teen, starting brawl at IHOP
A massive fight broke out inside an IHOP in North Miami Beach after police say a woman attacked a 14-year-old customer. NBC6’s Christian Colón reports
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Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to additional sex crimes charge
Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty on an additional sex crimes charge in a New York City courtroom on Wednesday.