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A Miami-Dade Sheriff’s officer readying for trial next week in the killing of two innocent men, including a UPS driver, during a wild shootout at a busy Broward County intersection six years ago made a last-ditch effort to have his case tossed on Friday. Suspended officer Jose Mateo, 33, who pleaded not guilty to...

Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale are being ordered to remove their rainbow crosswalks – or risk losing millions of dollars in state and federal transportation funding. The directive comes from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), which sent multiple cities across the state 14-day notices to take down...

Shakia Jenkins stabbed a former friend in the head in Florida and bragged about the bloody attack in outrageous social media videos, authorities allege according to People. Troublemaking Texan Jenkins, 29, plunged a knife into her onetime pal after the women clashed at a club in Miami and faced off in a nearby...

NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A man was rushed to the hospital after setting himself on fire Thursday afternoon. It happened in North Miami Beach along Northeast 182nd Street. Police were there to serve that man with a restraining order when they said he poured an accelerant on himself.

Eduardo Parapar’s week on the run ended Tuesday in northwestern Florida when deputies arrested him after a traffic stop, according to the Hialeah Police Department. Parapar, 23, a former middle linebacker and wide receiver at Westland Hialeah High School, was booked into the Santa Rosa County Jail on Wednesday.

SOUTH MIAMI, Fla. — A 52-year-old Hallandale Beach woman was arrested Thursday after police say she left her young son unattended and without food at a South Miami hotel. South Miami police said officers were dispatched around 7:45 a.m. to the Rodeway Inn at 5959 SW 71st St. after a boy, whose age was not disclosed...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Miami Beach police said when officers checked on two young children living at a Mid-Beach apartment on Thursday, they found them alone and living in disgusting conditions. They said that led them to arrest their 34-year-old mother on two child neglect charges. An arrest report...

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Deputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office have made a third arrest in the armed home invasion robbery of a jeweler with a large following on social media. It happened on March 13 at the southwest Miami-Dade home of York Valdez. The 34-year-old owns York...

Family Farms in Davie, Florida was marketed as a family-friendly petting zoo, but behind the scenes animals allegedly endured horrific abuse. According to reports, they were starved, forced to eat moldy food, and left sick and suffering in filthy enclosures. Chickens were crammed into coops where dead birds were...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Federal agents said they arrested a South Florida arms dealer Thursday for his involvement in a scheme to “ship weapons, parts and tactical accessories to countries that serve as pipelines for artillery destined for the Russian battlefield.”. Records show Maxim Larin faced a Fort...