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Video shows group firing high-powered weapons in Miami Gardens neighborhood
High-powered gunfire rattled a Miami Gardens neighborhood in the middle of the night on Wednesday, and a barrage of bullets pierced through several cars, homes, and windows while neighbors were inside sleeping. The ambush with ammunition happened just after midnight in the 4200 block of 196th Street. Witnesses described at...
Body found floating in Miami canal
MIAMI – Authorities are investigating after someone discovered a body floating in a Miami canal Wednesday morning, according to police. Police said the call came in at around 11:25 a.m., reporting a body floating in the Seybold Canal. Death investigation underway after body pulled from Miami River. NOW PLAYING.
Authorities ID boat operator who fatally struck 15-year-old Ella Adler
MIAMI - The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission identified the boat operator in connection to the death of 15-year-old Ella Adler, who was struck while water skiing in Biscayne Bay on Saturday.Authorities say Carlos Guillermo Alonso, 78, of Coral Gables, was the boat's operator.They say he was the only occupant of the vessel on that day, according to the one-page incident report. The boat was discovered behind a home in the Hammocks Oaks neighborhood in Coral Gables. Neighbors described the man who lives in the home as a family man and an experienced boater. They said he was devastated...
Homestead parents arrested after severely abused infant dies at hospital: Police
A Homestead couple was arrested on murder charges after their infant daughter who'd been allegedly brutally abused died at a hospital, police said. Arnelle Arnelia Floyd and Nathan Richard Allen, both 24, were arrested Wednesday on charges of first-degree murder/aggravated child abuse, Miami-Dade jail records showed. According to an arrest...
Miami tag agency clerk accused in $3 million title fraud scheme
MIAMI – A woman who worked as a clerk at a Miami tag agency is facing 36 felony charges for what prosecutors said was her role in a multi-million-dollar title fraud scheme involving at least a dozen stolen vehicles. According to the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, the investigation began...
South Florida bus driver accused of inappropriately touching 16-year-old student
MIAMI (WSVN) - A South Florida school bus driver was arrested after, police said, he inappropriately touched a 16-year-old student. Juan Gonzalez, 75, of Southwest Miami-Dade, is charged with lewd and lascivious touching of a child. According to the arrest report, on Wednesday, Gonzalez, who works for a private transportation...
89-year-old man reported missing in Miami
MIAMI – Miami police are searching for an elderly man who has been reported missing. According to police, Joseph Jackson, 89, was last seen Wednesday in the city’s Model City neighborhood. Police search for missing elderly man last seen in Allapattah - 2023-12-02 NOW PLAYING. Police-involved shooting reported...
‘What’s up? What’s up?’ suspect says before shooting at Miami-Dade detectives, according to police
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Three suspects were arrested early Tuesday morning after two Miami-Dade police detectives who were driving past them were shot at, authorities said. Jail records show Skylar Richardson, 23, and Karyne David, 21, face charges of attempted second-degree murder of a law enforcement officer. Death investigation...
15-year-old driver accused in fatal Hialeah crash appears in adult court, is denied bond
HIALEAH, FLA. (WSVN) - It’s jail, not bail, for a 15-year-old boy accused in a deadly joyride in Hialeah. Maykoll Santiesteban is being charged as an adult in connection to the April 23 crash. Wednesday morning, he appeared in adult court cor the first time; he was denied bond.
Video shows Miami restaurant owner confronting burglar after seeing him on surveillance
Wild video shows a Miami restaurant owner physically confronting a man after he spotted him burglarizing the business through surveillance cameras early Thursday. The incident happened shortly before 3 a.m. when the owner of El Jardin Latino, in the 3000 block of Northwest 17th Avenue, watched the suspect burglarizing the restaurant through surveillance cameras.
Woman, 21, faces 2 attempted murder charges in Broward
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. – Khydeeja McBride was 18 when she was accused of domestic violence in Miramar. About three years later, she is back in Broward County jail facing more serious charges. County court records show prosecutors filed a first-degree felony case against McBride, 21, on Wednesday. Records show...
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