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Rodent droppings on top of dishwasher, in dining room, behind bar: 3 South Florida restaurants shut
Rodent droppings all around — in a dining room, behind a bar, above a dishwasher — were among the issues that temporarily closed three South Florida restaurants last week. The South Florida Sun Sentinel typically highlights restaurant inspections conducted by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation in Broward and Palm Beach counties. We cull through inspections that ...
Hit-and-run driver arrested after striking 8-year-old girl in Hallandale Beach released from jail
HALLANDALE BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - A driver, who was arrested after being accused of striking an 8-year-old girl and leaving the scene in Hallandale Beach, was released from jail. 7News cameras on Wednesday afternoon captured 37-year-old Berdry Lubin walking out of the Broward County Jail. Lubin spoke exclusively to 7News...
‘Vilonious’ waits in jail after arrest in Plantation
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – John Gabriel Spannos, better known as “Vilonious” on social media, was at the Broward County main jail on Thursday afternoon, in Fort Lauderdale. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies booked Spannos, 35, on Wednesday after police officers arrested him in Plantation. Police searching for...
Graphic video: Detectives need help identifying 2 men after Miramar attack outside Publix
MIRAMAR, Fla. – The Miramar Police Department released a video on Thursday showing a fight and a shooting during a dispute over a parking space. Detectives asked the public for help with identifying the two suspects who attacked a victim on April 19, outside of the Publix at 9951 Miramar Parkway.
‘The pains of progress’: Parts of Sawgrass Expressway could be widened to 10 lanes
The state is embarking on a plan to widen the Sawgrass Expressway from north of Sample Road to west of State Road 7. This stretch connects I-75 with Florida’s Turnpike and currently is six lanes overall. Under the plan, it will become 10 lanes along the stretch targeted for widening. And although the construction duration hasn’t been projected yet, residents were told by state officials at a ...
18-year-old identified as one of the seven linked to brutal beating that left two students hospitalized
An 18-year-old has been identified as one of the seven arrested in connection with the brutal beating near SLAM! Charter School in Little Havana, which left two students recovering in the hospital. Diego Jones is facing a felony battery charge and is being held in a Miami-Dade jail. Police say...
A good sign for renters? Competition may not be as fierce as before in South Florida
While home prices continue to soar, the rental market may be cooling down in South Florida, providing renters much-needed relief. The Miami-metropolitan area, which includes Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, saw the most significant decrease in the median cost of rent from the first part of 2023 to the first part of 2024, out of the 75 most populated metropolitan areas across the ...
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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