The jury in the public corruption trial of a former Miami-Dade commissioner came back ... hours to unanimously agree with prosecutors that Joe Martinez took $15,000 in kickbacks from business ...

A Miami-Dade jury deliberated for about three hours before returning two guilty verdicts Thursday afternoon in the corruption case against former Miami-Dade County Commissioner Joe Martinez.

A jury on Thursday convicted former Miami-Dade County Commissioner Joe Martinez of accepting bribes in exchange for political influence.

O n the fourth day of trial for ex Miami-Dade Commissioner Joe Martinez, prosecutors brought in the defendant's side job boss to try and prove he was struggling financially prior to the alleged ...