CRIME & SAFETY
12 teens now facing charges in brutal beating of 2 students near Miami charter school
A dozen suspects have now been arrested in connection with the brutal beating of two students near a Miami charter school last month that was caught on camera, police said Thursday. The 12 suspects, all between the ages of 14 and 18, are facing battery charges in the April 18...
Appeals court clears convicted Miami-Dade cop of lying, battering young Black woman
An appeals court has overturned the conviction of a Miami-Dade police officer who jurors determined lied on an arrest form and battered a young black woman who had called police on an older white neighbor after he pointed a shotgun at her.
4 hospitalized after flames erupt inside Miami home
MIAMI – Four people, including two police officers and a firefighter, were taken to the hospital early Thursday morning after a fire erupted inside of a home in Miami, first responders confirmed. According to City of Miami Fire Rescue Lt. Pete Sanchez, the fire was reported just before 12:30...
Bag of snakes found inside passenger’s pants at Florida airport
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A bag of snakes was discovered inside of a passenger’s pants at an airport checkpoint in Florida on Friday, according to the Transportation Security Administration. In a release, TSA officials said that officers at the Miami International Airport detected the bag hidden inside the...
Woman recalls scary moments homeless man cut her several times in Miami
A man is in jail after police said he cut a woman several times with a knife in Miami. Patrice Jacob told NBC6 that her life almost ended. “He stabbed me right next to my heart,” she said. Jacob said she came outside her Miami apartment last Friday to...
Father arrested at Miami school after his son shows up with injuries
MIAMI – A father was at the Metrowest Detention Center facing a charge of child abuse on Tuesday night in Miami-Dade County, records show. Police officers arrested Jorge Enrique Arias on Monday afternoon at the Frances S. Tucker Elementary STArts Magnet School in Miami’s Coconut Grove. Legal fight...
Wife of real estate mogul George Pino to pay $16M to parents of girl hurt in boat crash
MIAMI – The wife of prominent South Florida real estate broker George Pino will pay $16 million to the family of a girl seriously hurt in a September 2022 boat crash in Biscayne Bay as part of a lawsuit settlement, a Miami-Dade judge ruled. Pino, 53, of southwest Miami-Dade,...
Lil Tjay Arrested on His Birthday at Miami Airport
Lil Tjay was arrested on his birthday at Miami-Opa Locka airport on Tuesday, April 30. As confirmed by the Miami Dade Police Department in an email with Complex News, Lil Tjay, real name Tione Jayden Merritt, was arrested on a warrant at the Florida airport at approximately 6:30 p.m. local time. The rapper turned 23 the same day as the arrest and has since been released on a $500 bond. Information regarding the details of the warrant remains unclear, although it is dated Sept. 8, 2021, and appears to be related to a missed court date.
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