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​Well-known Miami DJ Juan Carlos Portieles, known professionally as DJ Seasunz, turned himself in to police yesterday after driving around with the dead body of his 18-year-old girlfriend, Jaclyn Torrealba. The 30-year-old Portieles is charged with second-degree murder. Read the arrest affidavit here. 

Miami-Dade Police found a young Hialeah man dead this morning outside of the Days Inn Miami International Airport Hotel. He was identified at 3:30 a.m. as 21-year-old Raudel Sanchez.

The noisy,  hotel is located on NW 11th Street on the southwest side of the airport. Not much is yet known about Sanchez. Records show he has no criminal history in Miami-Dade or Broward. He has only one dismissed infraction for fishing on a bridge.

Managers at Days Inn did not immediately return calls seeking comment. Homicide detectives are now investigating. Contact Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS with information.

Update: Witnesses say he was shot at Club Mystique, which shares the the same address as the hotel. Police found him dead outside the club.

Gregory Poux was killed last night around the corner from New Times, at the Windwood Car Wash on NE Second Avenue.

The 34-year-old who lived up the street in Little Haiti was shot multiple times and then died at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

The Miami Herald and cops portrayed the death as tragic. He cared for his handicapped mom. His son misses him.

Now, we don't mean to be insensitive. Maybe it was just a random crime and he was just a victim. But two things point to the fact that it might have been something more than just tragic.

First, his criminal record: Poux had been charged with aggravated assault, armed robbery, and most recently possession of pot. Four felonies since 1999. He was found guilty on some charges and cleared on others.

Second, Manny Rodriguez, a 62-year-old who has been using the car wash for more than 30 years, says it is no crime mecca. "I can't believe it," he told me. "In all the years I have been coming here, nothing like this has ever happened."

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Riptide is a nonviolent blog, but we're all for self-preservation. And there really is no activity more South Floridian than pulling a gun and blasting on the schlub who just pulled a gun on you. So this evening, we propose a toast to the yet unnamed clerk at La Catrachita #2, the convenience store located at 1712 NW 36 St., who went all Gran Torino on an armed robber this afternoon. 

According to a Miami Police news bulletin, a man entered the convenience store just after 1 p.m. and attempted to stick up "multiple patrons." Instead, a clerk pulled a gun and "an exchange of gunshots took place between the subject and the store manager." The robber was struck, stumbled from the store, and collapsed dead around the corner.

It's not getting any results in Google Translate, but we're guessing "La Catrachita" means "The Large-Testicled Clerk."

Police this morning released the first details of a Saturday-night murder in Allapattah -- including a sketch of the prime suspect in the killing.

Around 11:45 p.m. Saturday, someone shot a man named Hector Belgrade near 2261 NW 28th St. and then ran off, says Det. Juan D'Elia of the Miami Police Department.

Belgrade had no criminal convictions, based on Riptide's search of public records.

Police believe the shooter is the man pictured in this sketch.

Know where to find this guy? Or have any other juicy info about the murder? Call Miami-Dade Crimestoppers at 305-471-TIPS.