South Beach Detective Stories Podcast

If you’re going to commit a crime, always look over your shoulder. You never know who’s watching.                            Sting operations are a great way for Detectives to gather evidence on identified criminals and record their criminal activity, then catch them in the act. But one mistake can ruin the operation. The post Sting Operations: The Hitman & The Rolex Bandits appeared first on South Beach Detective Stories.

In 2007 Amanda Lewis was convicted of Murder. Jurors decided that Lewis drowned her 7 year old daughter, Adrianna, in the family’s above ground because Adrianna had misbehaved. Amanda Lewis said it was an accidental drowning. Was this a questionable conviction? We review the case. The post Questionable Convictions: The Amanda Lewis Murder Conviction appeared first on South Beach Detective Stories.

A Pedophile was selling a young girl for sex. In the most difficult role of my career, I had to go undercover to catch him before he could. The post Undercover Operations – The Child Predator appeared first on South Beach Detective Stories.

The murder subject proved to be quite the escape artist, until his final act got him killed… A young, hardworking 18 year old had a bright future. While working at a South Beach movie theater he received a message from an admirer. Two days later his father walked into the Miami Beach Police Department to file a missing... The post The Psychopath – My First Shooting appeared first on South Beach Detective Stories.

A prisoner’s offer to turn in dirty cops was supposed to reduce corruption.  Instead, it led to murder. THE FIRST VICTIM A disoriented, beaten man staggered to a parked Police car. With duct tape still attached to his arms, the victim told cops he feared for his life and sought protection from his attackers. Detectives were called to investigate. The victim had been beaten by […] The post The Prosecutor And The Gangster appeared first on South Beach Detective Stories.

On a beautiful South Beach morning on July 15, 1997, world famous fashion designer Gianni Versace left his opulent mansion and walked to a nearby cafe. When he returned, a serial killer was waiting. Photo by Miami Herald Gianni Versace’s murder was the biggest case in Miami Beach history. I was off when I got the […] The post Gianni Versace Murder- The Untold Story appeared first on South Beach Detective Stories.