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Hialeah police officers have been involved in many headline-grabbing scandals.

Hialeah

High-profile cop problems hit Hialeah Police Department

- The Miami Herald , May 18
The Miami Herald

One cop was arrested and claims his girlfriend’s pimps set him up. Another officer was charged with gun trafficking while a third was... in an accident that killed a Miami Dade College student.

Federal court

Former Hialeah Mayor Robaina and wife released on bond in tax-evasion case

- The Miami Herald , May 17
The Miami Herald

Ex-Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and his wife have to surrender their passports and limit travel while awaiting trial on tax-evasion charges.

Hialeah ‘Shadow banking’

Former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina and wife surrender to authorities on tax evasion charges

- The Miami Herald , May 16
The Miami Herald

Julio Robaina and his wife are accused of receiving undisclosed cash payments as interest on more than $1 million in personal loans.

Defeated candidate Ricardo Corona says he never hired ‘boletera’ Deisy Cabrera

- The Miami Herald , May 14
The Miami Herald

After having learned that his name appears next to the amount of $1,500 in a notebook kept by an alleged Hialeah ballot broker, lawyer Ricar... do Corona said Tuesday that he never hired anyone to collect absentee ballots on his behalf during his unsuccessful campaign for a Miami-Dade judgeship in 2008.

Hialeah/Miami Lakes

Hialeah, Miami Lakes mayors to duke it out in ‘mixed martial arts’ bout

- The Miami Herald , May 15
The Miami Herald

The mayors of two Northwest Miami-Dade cities will fight in public to raise money for charity.

POLITICS

Miami-Dade GOP candidates told to avoid using ballot brokers

- The Miami Herald , May 13
The Miami Herald

A top Miami-Dade Republican official said local GOP candidates should not use ballot brokers.

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