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Top Miami news: Cop convicted in shooting; lawsuit alleges inmate's teeth knocked out in beating

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Published on June 19, 2019
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North Miami cop convicted of culpable negligence in shooting

A jury convicted former North Miami Police Officer Jonathan Aledda of one misdemeanor count of culpable negligence after he shot Charles Kinsey, an unarmed behavioral therapist who was filmed begging cops not to shoot him, in the leg in 2016.

Read the full story on MiamiNewTimes.

Prison guards knocked out Miami inmate's teeth in gang beating, lawsuit alleges

A lawsuit filed in federal court contends that a guard ordered Jimmy Jones to remove sunglasses his visiting mother had loaned him and told him that after the visit, there was going to "be a problem" — which, it turns out, was a gang beating that knocked out three of Jones' teeth and ended with his being thrown in solitary confinement.

Read the full story on MiamiNewTimes.

Police searching for Miami-Dade teen missing since May

Miami-Dade Police are asking for help in searching for a 14-year-old girl missing since last month.

Read the full story on Graham Media: WPLG Local 10.

Boxer to serve 1 year probation, 50 hours community service for Miami Beach beating

American boxer Shakur Stevenson was sentenced Tuesday to a year of probation following a brawl inside a Miami Beach parking garage last summer that injured a man and a woman.

Read the full story on Graham Media: WPLG Local 10.


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