CRIME & SAFETY
Suspect in deadly carjacking of Homestead woman claims he was paid to deliver the victim, federal affidavit shows
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A suspect in the deadly April 11 carjacking of a South Florida woman near Winter Springs claims he was paid to deliver the victim to someone else, and was also given the gun used in the attack, according to a federal affidavit obtained by WKMG in Orlando.
Police: Woman hurts man with bat she had grabbed for protection in Homestead
MIAMI – A woman allegedly told police officers she had grabbed a bat to defend herself from men in Homestead. The police officers later decided to arrest her. According to the arrest report, Yilian Herrera said a conflict got so bad that her boyfriend had to hide her from his roommates in his apartment’s master bathroom.
Teenager airlifted after near drowning in Homestead canal
HOMESTEAD, FLA. (WSVN) - Rescue crews airlifted a teenager to the hospital after he was pulled from a canal in Homestead. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and Homestead Police units responded to the scene along the 2300 block of Southeast 28th Avenue, Thursday afternoon. Once they arrived at the scene, dive crews...
Police fatally shoot Homestead man. Angered family says he was unarmed and had mental health issues
Police shot and killed a man at a home in Homestead over the weekend. Family members told local media that 33-year-old Leandro Ledea Chong was unarmed and was struggling with mental health issues. Homestead Police Captain Fernando Morales said officers were dispatched early Saturday morning to a residence following reports...
Arrest of woman found with cocaine stuffed in lamp linked to carjacking. She’s released
A federal magistrate in Orlando ruled Monicsabel Romero Soto, arrested on drug charges and connected to a Homestead woman’s carjacking, wasn’t a flight risk as she had two young children in Central Florida.
Ex-deputy linked to fatal carjacking of Homestead woman seeks redemption: ‘I just want my life back’
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A former Orange County Sheriff’s Deputy Wednesday who was arrested and relieved of duty after investigators say he inserted himself into a fatal carjacking and shooting case of a Homestead woman is now sharing his side of the story. Francisco Estrella, who is accused...
71-year-old Miami-Dade man speaks out after he is robbed, pistol-whipped
MIAMI - A 71-year-old man is speaking out after he says two young men robbed him and pistol-whipped him earlier this week and Miami-Dade Police are appealing for the public's help.Alcides Gonzalez said he was picking up his mail at his aunt's home around 9 Wednesday night when two young men with guns suddenly confronted him and demanded cash, his cell phone and his keys.Gonzalez said there were some frightening moments and he described them for CBS News Miami's Peter D'Oench.He said, "One of them put a gun to my forehead and the other put a gun behind my ear....
Over 3 years after cops found her with baby bleeding, mother struggles to stay out of Broward jail
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A 30-year-old mother — who has been in and out of jail for years in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties — was at the Broward main jail on Friday in Fort Lauderdale. Ashly Marie Kestler, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, has...
MDPD salutes oldest living retired officer on his 99th birthday
MIAMI - The oldest living retired Miami-Dade police officer is now 99 years old and he's still living in the neighborhood where he served.On Friday, Miami-Dade police officers turned out in droves for a drive-by salute to celebrate George Gibson's 99th birthday. Gibson served for more than 40 years, from 1956 to until the late 90s. "My career started back in the 50s when so many problems were going on," Gibson recalled. "There was discrimination of black and white. The black community had no black officers. I was one of the first black officers to serve."He says he has no...
Convicted felon with long record was back behind bars in Miami-Dade
MIAMI – A 59-year-old man — who has been in and out of Florida prisons since 1988 — was last freed on March 6, but it only took about seven weeks for him to get back behind bars. According to Miami-Dade County inmate records, correctional officers booked...
Miami man arrested, charged with four voting-related third-degree felonies
Apparently, six felony counts were not enough for one Miami-Dade County man. Wednesday, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle pinned a few more badges of dishonor on Cuban-born Lazaro Valle-Villar, 74, who is charged with four voting-related third-degree felonies related to becoming a registered voter in the county despite his present non-citizen status.
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