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MIAMI (WSVN) - A Miami Lakes attorney who ended up behind bars after a fight on board a cruise ship says video proves that he was the victim of the attack instead of the attacker and that he was defending his family. Phillip Ortiz tells 7News the scuffle with the...

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Authorities are asking for the public’s help finding a missing teen. Detectives with the Broward Sheriff’s Office say Juwon J. McGraw, 19, was last seen at Broward Health Imperial Point Hospital on North Federal Highway at around 11:15 a.m., Wednesday. McGraw stands at...

OPA-LOCKA, FLA. (WSVN) - A car was hit by a train in Opa-locka, but the two passengers involved were not injured, police said. 7News cameras captured the mangled gray Honda Accord involved in the wreck that took place near the intersection of Ali Baba Avenue and Northwest 22nd Avenue, at around 6:30 a.m. on Thursday.

Once a month, from 7 to 10 p.m., Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church in south Miami-Dade gives youth a safe alternative to spending their Friday night hanging out on the streets. This high-energy experience, nicknamed “Club Surge,” draws teens from Perrine, Cutler Bay, and other neighboring communities to a “church...

Chaos ensued at a Plantation hotel when police and SWAT teams responded to reports of a barricaded man last night. Raul Decasanova, 47, was arrested after holing up in the Holiday Inn Express & Suites located at 1701 N. University Dr. Plantation Police and Broward Sheriff’s Office SWAT team members worked to coax...

Ahead of his final days in office, outgoing Miami Mayor Francis Suarez penned an editorial in the Miami Herald to reflect on his eight-year tenure. In the piece titled “Mayor Suarez: I leave behind a global city and a safer Miami,” Suarez highlighted some of the city’s accomplishments under his watch, rather than the...

Florida authorities are investigating the death of a 32-year-old woman who was found inside a freezer at a Dollar Tree store in Miami over the weekend, according to multiple reports. The Miami Police Department confirmed that officers responded to a call early Sunday after a store employee reported discovering a...

A delivery driver was caught on camera making an unauthorized pickup at a Miami building, stealing hundreds of dollars worth of packages, according to security. It happened in early December at a commercial and residential building near Southwest 3rd Avenue, just west of Interstate 95. Eduardo Bocanegra, the head of...

According to the City of Miami Police Department, the attack happened on Friday, Dec. 12, at the Planet Fitness on SW 8th Avenue.

Eileen Higgins will be sworn in as Miami's mayor on Thursday afternoon.