A habitual South Florida broadcasting buccaneer who repeatedly thumbed its nose at the FCC Enforcement Bureau has been arrested and charged with a felony for continuing to operate his unlicensed radio station out of his home in Biscayne Gardens, a community just south of the Golden Glades Interchange in Miami.
As first reported WPLG-TV, Abdias Datis, known as “DJ AJ 305,” was taken into custody by Miami-Dade Sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday during a live broadcast, as agents executed a search warrant and seized broadcasting equipment.
Datis is charged with unauthorized transmissions — a third-degree felony in Miami-Dade County.
Based on Enforcement Bureau research, Datis had been running an operation branded as “Unique FM” on 91.7 MHz for at least the last seven years. This activity yielded a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture valued at $120,000, issued in September 2024. That penalty was escalated in March 2025 to $325,322 as the Enforcement Bureau discovered that Datis continued to operate the pirate radio station in November 2024 and in January 2025. With multiple violations and the station’s potential to interfere with Emergency Alert System transmissions, as WLRN-FM 91.3 and WMKL-FM 91.9 each serve Biscayne Gardens, local law enforcement took action; five more instances of unauthorized activity between March and August 2025, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.
Following his arrest, Datis was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center near Miami International Airport and held on $2,500 bond. Datis also has a prior 2008 conviction tied to a pirate radio operation.
While Datis is in Turner Guilford Knight, infamous as the local jail, the biggest brazen South Florida pirate remains at-large, and defiant. Fabrice Polynice owes the FCC $2.39 million for his unauthorized use of 90.1 MHz in North Miami for “Radio Touche Douce.” However, after years of ignoring the Commission, Polynice recently responded to the Commission by taking a cue from former Commissioner Nate Simington, arguing that the Supreme Court’s SEC v. Jarkesy decision limits the agency’s authority to impose civil fines without judicial oversight.
Local law enforcement has opted not to apprehend Polynice, likely due to potential armed conflict — long a concern for those seeking to take down radio pirates in South Florida.
— Additional reporting by Adam R Jacobson, in Delray Beach, Fla.
They aren’t busting the REAL criminal because of fear of armed conflict??? Can’t Rhonda put on her high heel boots and take this guy down like the tough guy he pretends to be?
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