Miami Commissioner Ken Russell outraged after commission votes to cancel his last meeting

MIAMI – A veteran City of Miami Police Sergeant retired on Thursday, and she may have burned a few bridges on her way out. It is routine for an officer, when they retire, to announce it over the radio. But for 33-year veteran Sgt. Marilin Garcia, goodbye was anything...

MIAMI – Chief Larry Juriga announced on Thursday that he is moving forward with his March 5 retirement from the North Miami Police Department. Juriga, the son of a 30-year veteran of the department, joined NMPD in 1994. The father of three moved up the ranks until he was appointed interim chief in 2017 and chief in 2018.

NORTH MIAMI, Fla. – There will soon be a new Chief of Police in the city of North Miami. Chief Larry Juriga has announced that he is retiring on March 5. Juriga joined the department as a street officer in 1994 and worked his way up the ranks, becoming Chief in 2018.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Vickie Cartwright agreed to leave her job by way of a mutual termination agreement. Amid negotiations, it won’t be until about Feb. 15 that taxpayers will learn just how much money she will be walking away with. Had she...

MIAMI – Three now-shuttered South Florida nursing schools sold more than $100 million worth of fake nursing diplomas, leading authorities to charge more than two dozen people, federal prosecutors said Wednesday afternoon. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Markenzy Lapointe and representatives from FBI Miami and Department...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – As officials work to get to the bottom of possible structural issues that led them to shut down the very top floors of the Broward County Courthouse Friday, new photos released Tuesday show the extent of the cracks that prompted concern among staff members. Those...

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Two women were arrested Tuesday at Miami International Airport after they got into an altercation with an employee from Frontier Airlines, authorities said. Janaeah Negash, 21, and Makyan Mercer, 20, who celebrated her birthday on Sunday, were arrested Tuesday morning. According to Miami-Dade police, the...

DORAL, Fla. – Four Miami-Dade police officers are lacing up their running shoes and hitting the pavement to honor a fallen colleague. They’re “Running for Echy” in remembrance of fallen MDPD Detective Cesar “Echy” Echaverry. The 29-year-old Robbery Intervention Detail detective was shot and...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Police officers arrested four people following a chase on Thursday in Broward County. The pursuit ended just across from the Tamarac Fire Rescue station at 4801 W. Commercial Blvd. According to Sunrise police, detectives arrested four people, three of whom were connected to a robbery...

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Danny Euceda said his uncle who works as a diver for Downrite Construction was injured Thursday in Miami-Dade County. Battalion Chief Rogelio Vandamas, a spokesman for Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, said there were six divers searching for Euceda’s uncle. “Our dive lights are pretty much...

MIAMI – At just 17 years old, Seanna Martínez stood in front of a crowd on Wednesday in Miami-Dade and said she is a human trafficking survivor. Seanna told the crowd of community leaders that she aspires to have a career in law enforcement. She was the keynote speaker of Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle’s annual forum.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A vet technician employed by Miami-Dade Animal Services was arrested Tuesday on accusations that he abused a puppy that growled at him. According to his arrest report, Raudel Canizarez Perez, 54, of Miami, and another employee who witnessed the alleged abuse, were in charge of conducting medical assessments that were needed before placing dogs on the adoption floor.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The Miami-Dade School Board, educators and male role models from all walks of life came together Tuesday morning to help show elementary students that reading can be cool. The Real Men Read initiative program was intended to provide Pre-K-6th grade students, especially boys, the opportunity...

MARGATE, Fla. – A product label found in a South Florida supermarket is in the spotlight after it left a shopper disturbed and outraged. Paul Taffe told Local 10 News’ Layron Livingston that he was shopping at the Presidente Supermarket in Margate earlier this month when he came across Azucar Morena brown sugar.

MIAMI – The Miami Marathon is back, with more than 19,000 people expected to race through the streets of Miami on Sunday morning. The event starts bright and early at 5:55 a.m. outside Miami-Dade Arena. Runners will head over the MacArthur Causeway to Ocean Drive, through the art district and back around through Coconut Grove.

MIAMI – Artificial assistance is common in our lives; examples range from Siri, to Alexa, to Google. While at times those can be frustrating, some companies are taking the idea of intelligent assistance and beefing it up for more than just directions across town. A South Florida company hopes...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – A confrontation between two men and police officers led to gunfire in Miami Gardens on Tuesday. Those two men are now in police custody pending charges, one of whom was shot by officers during a struggle. Between 4 and 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, officers from Miami-Dade...

MIRAMAR, Fla. – An 18-year-old student at Everglades High School in Miramar was arrested after bringing a stun gun to school, authorities said. The incident allegedly occurred last Thursday at the school, located at 17100 SW 48th Court. According to an arrest report, a school administrator notified the school...

DORAL, Fla. – A 37-year-old man who was arrested on Monday after a police chase that involved Florida Highway Patrol troopers and police officers with the Doral and Miami-Dade police departments appeared in court on Tuesday. Justin Donald was at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center Tuesday afternoon accused...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A West Palm Beach woman is facing child abuse charges in Broward County on Tuesday after hitting her 6-month-old son several times in the head while recording the incident, authorities said. On Aug. 30, 2021, Marissa Kathai Galvin, 19, “forcefully struck the infant on both...