City employee pocketed more than $100K in licensing fees, prosecutors say
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OPA-LOCKA, Fla. – Officers arrested a former city of Opa-locka employee on Thursday who is accused of stealing nearly $117,000 of taxpayer’s money.
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said Mary Brown found an opportunity to steal from the city as a clerk for the building and licensing office.
“She would meet with the person seeking a license. She would take the money from the person seeking the license, she would take the cash herself, and there was no record of it,” Fernandez Rundle said. “Sometimes the person would get a receipt; sometimes they wouldn’t.”
Miami Construction Co. Owner Arrested in $88K Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme May 11, 2021
A construction company owner was arrested in Florida this month for workers’ compensation premium fraud and grand theft for allegedly concealing payroll information to avoid paying more than $88,000 in workers’ compensation premiums, according to a statement from the Florida Department of Financial Services.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis said Yoni O. Martinez, president and owner of LAMX Construction Company Corp. was arrested May 3, 2021, after an investigation by the department’s Division of Investigative & Forensic Services (DIFS), Bureau of Workers Compensation Fraud.
The investigation revealed that the president that Martinez actively concealed payroll to avoid paying a higher workers’ compensation premium. Martinez claimed $119,150 in annual payroll to Southeast Personnel Leasing for the policy periods of July 2014 to January 201
05/10/21
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Miami, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis announced the arrest of Yoni O. Martinez, president and owner of LAMX Construction Company Corporation, for workers compensation premium fraud and grand theft for allegedly concealing payroll information to avoid paying more than $88,000 in workers compensation premiums.
CFO Jimmy Patronis said, “I hope this arrest serves as a warning to other criminals that if they commit fraud they will be held accountable. As your CFO, I am working every day to put an end to fraud in our state. Worker s compensation fraud increases insurance rates for businesses across the state. I thank the hard work of my fraud detectives for bringing alleged criminals to justice.”
71-year-old man accused of molesting boy who was walking to school
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Pablo Romero. (Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation)
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A 71-year-old man was arrested Friday, a day after he molested a 12-year-old boy while the child was walking to school in northeast Miami-Dade, authorities said.
Police said the incident occurred around 8:30 a.m. Thursday in the 1400 block of Northeast 163rd Street.
According to the suspect’s arrest report, the victim was walking to school when Pablo Romero, who is homeless, approached him and grabbed the boy’s penis over his clothing “in a lewd and lascivious manner.”
Police said Romero was located the next day and was taken into custody.
Police: NYC Man Arrested in Miami After Fighting Fire Rescue
8 May 2021
A New York City man is facing charges after he got into a fight with a fire rescue crew member who came to his aid after someone reported that he was passed out, police said.
A video showed the shirtless man allegedly shoving a firefighter while he backed away.
Crews responded to a call about an unconscious man in Miami Beach, Florida, Friday around 6:45 p.m., WPLG reported.
Police identified the man as Noel Harrison, 26, of Brooklyn, New York. Officers said as firefighters were trying to determine Harrison’s status, he suddenly “took an aggressive stance.”