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A man is facing charges after police said he attacked another man in Surfside because he was Jewish. Jorden Stephen Perozo, 35, is facing battery with prejudice and harrassment/intimidate based on religious or ethnic heritage charges, according to an arrest affidavit. The attack happened Sunday evening at 95th Street and Harding Avenue while the victim and his wife were walking in the area and…
A former University of Miami professor and doctor has been arrested on sexual battery charges after he was accused of performing unnecessary intimate medical procedures on students and employees. Ranjith Ramasamy, 45, was arrested on three counts of sexual battery, Miami-Dade jail records showed. Ramasamy had been living in Dubai but had agreed to come to South Florida to surrender following an…
Animals at one California shelter got to spend time with a celebrity this week. Actor Josh Hutcherson stopped by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles location in Long Beach on Tuesday as he advocates for shelter pet adoptions . The visit included Hutcherson touring the facility, volunteering, walking dogs and playing with kittens. “I’ve always loved animals and there’s…
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook Peru’s southern Andes Mountains on Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no immediate reports of damage. The USGS said the quake occurred at 1 p.m. local time (18:00 GMT) and was centered 38 kilometers (24 miles) northwest of the city of Upahuacho, in the Parinacochas province of the Ayacucho region. It had a depth of 66 kilometers (41…
A former Miami-Dade County Public Schools psychologist has been found guilty of eight criminal charges after prosecutors accused him of possessing and promoting child sexual abuse material. A jury convicted Dr. Robert Lee Turner , 64, following a trial that centered on child porn investigators said was found on his cellphone. Turner was arrested in August 2024 after police began investigating a…
The arrest last month of a suspect in connection with a triple shooting in northwest Miami-Dade has led to the arrest of another man accused of conspiring with the alleged shooter to launder fraud proceeds, authorities said. Edinson Daniel DeLeon, 28, was arrested Wednesday on charges including organized scheme to defraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and unlawful use of a communications…
A man and a teen have been arrested in connection with a series of car burglaries and thefts in Miami Springs and Hialeah, authorities said. Christopher Caceres, 22, and the 16-year-old were arrested Wednesday on multiple charges including burglary of an unoccupied conveyance, grand theft of a vehicle, criminal mischief, petty theft, and theft of a firearm, arrest reports said. The charges are in…
A 24-year-old Hollywood lifeguard says years of training prepared him for a sudden rescue overseas involving his own family members. Marcelo Lorenzo, who has worked with Hollywood Ocean Rescue for three years, was on his annual family vacation in Aruba when an excursion on the water turned dangerous. “We’re always training,” Lorenzo said while standing in front of his lifeguard stand on Hollywood…
A woman has been charged with providing support to a terror group after allegedly plotting an ISIS-inspired attack on the New York State Capitol building in Albany, federal officials said Thursday. Jessica Bowie, 35, of Albany, allegedly told a confidential source that she supported ISIS and asked for help learning to make explosives, according to a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District…
Police said an Opa-locka mother accused of robbing an auto parts store had an unusual partner in crime: her 13-year-old daughter. Opa-locka Police responded to the robbery on Wednesday at the Advance Auto Parts at 13400 Northwest 27th Avenue. According to an arrest report, an employee said a woman entered and started grabbing several items then exited the store without paying. When employees…
