Miami Dade Police Lieutenant Arrested Southern Florida is serious about interrupting the drug trafficking that comes into the ports from the Dominican Republic to be distributed across the United States. On April 9, undercover Miami-Dade police lieutenant Ralph Mata was discharged from duty, and the following day he appeared in court for participating in drug...Read More

A locked case? A Miami Herald article reports the arrest of a father and son charged with drug dealing and possession of weapons at their Northwest Miami-Dade home. According to the article, an anonymous tipster alerted police to activities involving a “hodge-podge of drugs” and “a cache of weapons” at the home. Responding to the...Read More

DEA Arrest Three People With Ties to International Drug Trafficking Drug Enforcement Administration agents arrested at least three people in southwest Miami-Dade County on February 20, charging possible links to transnational drug trafficking. The DEA complaint filed in Miami federal court does not specify the actual organization, although it does specify that investigators of the...Read More

Criminal defense attorney Kenneth Hassett quoted in the Sun Sentinel article “Crime lab chemist’s cases under review after missing-drug allegation” To view the original article click here.Read More