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MIAMI – Jessica Jones told detectives that she didn’t know anything about the drugs and weapons that detectives found inside a convenience store and its adjacent smoke shop, according to a report the Miami-Dade Police Department released on Wednesday. Jones, 32, said she was visiting the convenience store...

HIALEAH, Fla. – An insurance agent based out of Hialeah faces more than a dozen felony charges after state investigators said she stole clients’ identities, took out fraudulent life insurance policies without their knowledge and pocketed commissions on those policies. Investigators with the Florida Department of Financial Services’...

Two social media influencers are possibly facing federal charges after they were found trafficking over 200 pounds of cocaine in Alabama. Racquelle Dolores Anteola, 34, a singer and rapper from Van Nuys, California and Melissa Dufour, 36, a fitness model from Miramar, Florida were arrested after police stopped their Ford Expedition while driving on Interstate 10 Thursday. The pair were driving to Houston from Atlanta when police found cocaine in “hidden compartments” of their vehicle. The narcotics were valued at around $3 million, according to the online publication Lagniappe.

MARATHON, FLA. (WSVN) - A man and a woman from Miami were arrested in Marathon after a routine traffic stop exposed a substantial cache of narcotics, including fentanyl. William Scott Leiva, 34, and Melanie Andrea Aguila, 35, now face multiple charges related to drug possession, according to authorities. Following the...

FORT LAUDERDALE -- A robbery suspect was in custody following a hold-up attempt near a Bank of America at a Pembroke Pines shopping plaza, authorities said.Investigators did not identify the suspect and it was not clear what charges would be filed in connection with the case.Police were called to the location at 18291 Pines Blvd. around 10:30 a.m., police said in a social media post. A security guard fired at the suspect before the person drove away from the scene in a black Nissan Altima with.Florida tag HUYT59.The suspect fled to a waiting car with a bag of cash, police said.Police said the driver was possibly armed asked anyone with information about the incident to call 954-431-2200.A car matching the license plate of the wanted car was stopped by police but it was not immediately clear if the suspect was in custody.  Police restricted access to the plaza while they investigated the incident.No injuries were reported.

A man has been arrested after a high stakes poker player who'd been followed home from a Dania Beach casino was robbed at gunpoint out of tens of thousands of dollars worth of poker chips and personal checks in his Miami apartment building, police said. Alejandro Eugenio Arguello, 35, of...

MIAMI (WSVN) - Three people were arrested in Miami following a joint narcotics investigation that led to the confiscation of a “large” amount of illegal drugs, firearms and cash. The Miami-Dade Police Department, the Northside District Gang Unit and the Organized Crime Bureau Narcotics Section acted on a...

MIAMI - An arrest has been made in the deadly shooting of a beloved businessman and father of six children on Tuesday. Miami police said the suspected gunman, 38-year-old Ferris Phillips II, was taken into custody in Fort Lauderdale. Miami Police spokeswoman Kiara Delva said it was just before 11 a.m. when Nader Aweidah, 46, was discovered with gunshot wounds inside his business that friends said he had owned for 20 years, the Perfect Paint and Body Shop at 7455 NW 7th Ave., just west of I-95.When Miami Fire Rescue arrived, he was pronounced dead. Aweidah, who was known as...

Pembroke Pines police arresting a suspect after an attempted bank robbery this morning.

Five years after the Parkland mass shooting that left 17 dead, the former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resource officer accused of failing to confront the teenage gunman faced trial on Wednesday.“In an active shooter situation, [police] are trained to go towards the shots because people are dying…so you can stop the killing,” Assistant State Attorney Steven Klinger told Broward County jurors during his opening statements. “Seventeen beautiful people were lost.”Scot Peterson, now known as the “the coward of Broward,” has pleaded not guilty to several counts, including child neglect and perjury, for his failed response during the February 14,...

Her brother was also hospitalized, but not as a trauma alert patient.

MIAMI — Friends are speaking out after Miami Police said a beloved businessman and father of six children was gunned down inside his shop.One friend who identified herself as Crystal said she can not believe what happened to 46-year-old Nader Aweidah. "He was just a great man," she said. "He was always looking out for the community. He did whatever he could. He was just a great business owner. He did whatever he could. This is such a sad story.""This is so sad. This violence needs to stop. He loved all his kids. I don't know what happened. He didn't...

A man was hospitalized after a shooting broke out in Miami’s West Little River neighborhood. Around 1 a.m. Wednesday, Miami-Dade Police officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert on Northwest 27th Avenue, near 96th Street, after a shooter opened fire in the area. As officers canvassed the neighborhood, a man...

Police are looking for a man who followed a woman off an elevator at a Coral Gables high-rise, pushed his way inside her home and then exposed himself to her. Investigators said it happened last month at the Life Time high-rise luxury apartments. Surveillance footage shows the moment the man...

Scott Israel, the former Broward County sheriff and current Opa-locka Police Chief, has announced his resignation, effective July 1, 2023. Israel, who served as the sheriff during the tragic 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, has been at the helm of the Opa-locka police department for a year.

Miami won't be on the hook for a $63 million jury verdict against Commissioner Joe Carollo, and his legal expenses are being paid through insurance, city officials said Wednesday. A federal jury last week found Carollo liable for violating the First Amendment rights of Little Havana business owners William Fuller...

Neighbors are considering moving before the tall buildings take over.

Three teenage girls are facing felony charges after cellphone video shows them ganging up on a classmate and beating her on top of the bleachers at a Miami Springs park. The beating happened at Stafford Park after school on Monday. The girls, who attend Academy for Innovative Education Charter School, were surrounded by other classmates who can be heard on video egging them on to fight.

PEMBROKE PINES, FL– An armed suspect who attempted to rob an armored truck has been taken into custody. The incident occurred near the Bank of America on 18291 Pines Boulevard Wednesday morning. Authorities say around 10:00 a.m. the suspect approached a guard as they exited an armored truck and...

A McDonald's employee, and formerly registered sex offender, was arrested Monday for alleged sexual harassment against an underage co-worker in Broward County, according to NBC affiliate WTVJ.