North Miami Beach couple wants answers after landscaper took their money and disappeared
A North Miami Beach couple said a landscaper took off with their money without finishing the work. They couldn’t get an answer or their money back. Courtney Allen has this 7Investigates. What started as a simple landscaping job…. DJ Gentile: “He’s good, he’s smooth.”. Left this...
A Winn-Dixie known as ‘The Big WD’ has closed. What will fill the space?
A massive Winn-Dixie affectionately known as “The Big WD” on Coral Way in Miami closed for good Sunday, and customers took to their socials to bid farewell to the neighborhood store. The 57,000-square foot Winn-Dixie opened in 1990 on grounds that had belonged to the Triple Gables movie theater where E.T. once soared a
17-year-old accused of shooting gang rival near Riverside Park in Miami now charged as...
MIAMI — A 17-year-old who was arrested late last month after being accused of shooting another teenager in the leg near Miami’s Riverside Park is now being charged as an adult, court records show. According to an arrest report from the Miami Police Department, Donald Eliam Centena, of...
Miami man accused of repeatedly stealing from Macy’s and Goodwill, cops say
A Miami man is facing charges in connection with over a dozen thefts at a local Macy's and a Goodwill store, authorities said. Ibrain Gonzalez, 63, was arrested Monday on 14 counts of petit theft, Miami-Dade jail records showed. According to arrest reports, Gonzalez repeatedly entered the Macy's at the...
‘In utter disbelief’: Residents question planned data center in NW Miami-Dade
Across the country ,more than 3,000 data centers work to power AI systems that roughly half of Americans use daily, and according to PEW Research, more than 40% of Americans now live within 5 miles of an operating or planned data center. And that’s the case right here in South...
Public assistance fraud suspects bought 70 cans of Spam, other items, MDSO says
Two South Florida men are facing charges after authorities said they bought thousands of dollars' worth of Spam and other items using fraudulent public assistance information. Myrthland Ince, 33, and Romario Stewart, 32, were arrested Monday on 10 counts each of fraudulent use of identification, along with grand theft
Miami-Dade issued $2.2 million in school bus camera tickets. See the hotspots
Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ controversial school bus camera ticketing program relaunched last May after a yearlong hiatus, and now we know how much the school district made in the final weeks of school — and where drivers were getting cited the most. The school bus stop-arm cameras issued...
Dirty Dining Extra: 2 Westland Mall restaurants with rodent issues ordered shut
HIALEAH, Fla. — Records show a clear problem inside the Westland Mall. Two restaurants, Kelly’s Cajun Grill and Danny’s Pizza Miami Style, were recently ordered shut after inspectors found rodent activity. At Kelly’s, inspectors found dozens of rodent droppings throughout the kitchen, including around the handwashing s
Duo bought thousands worth of Spam, Café Bustelo using stolen benefits, Miami-Dade deputies say
DORAL, Fla. — Two South Florida men were using stolen benefits card information to spend thousands of dollars on, among other things, Spam lunch meat and Café Bustelo coffee, authorities said. Miami-Dade deputies said Myrthland Ince, 33, and Romario Stewart, 32, are among “several subjects” who “have been...
Police: Mother leaves 1-year-old daughter alone in parked car to go to Miami Gardens...
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — A 22-year-old woman faced a felony charge on Tuesday in Miami-Dade County after police officers reported finding her 1-year-old daughter alone in a car in Miami Gardens. At about 7:55 p.m. on Friday, Miami Gardens police officers and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel responded to the...
