Deputies swarm Columbus High after report of armed person. All safe, cops say
Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies and other police swarmed Christopher Columbus High School Wednesday morning after reports of an active shooter on campus, leading the school to go into lockdown before authorities concluded it was a false threat, officials said. “The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office immediately...
Video shows arrest of delivery driver accused of stealing while on the job in...
DORAL, Fla. — Video obtained by Local 10 News on Tuesday shows Doral police arresting a man who authorities said stole packages multiple times while working as a delivery driver in Miami-Dade County late last year. Deputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office identified the suspect as Marcos Marcelo Garibaldi,...
Audit: No one told 5,400 drivers their Miami-Dade school-bus tickets were dismissed
Faulty paperwork last year led to the blanket dismissal of thousands of violations from school-bus cameras in Miami-Dade, but the cited drivers never got word they were off the hook, according to a new audit on the suspended safety program. Before the BusPatrol camera program was suspended last year for doling out...
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava Celebrates Federal Court’s Decision to Protect Haitian TPS Holders
Today marked a significant moment for Miami-Dade's Haitian community as Mayor Daniella Levine Cava joined local leaders in celebrating a federal court's decision to halt the Department of Homeland Security's effort to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. The community, woven deeply into Miami's bustling...
Miami mother facing felony charge after child arrived for therapy session with black eye
MIAMI — A Miami mother is facing a felony charge of child neglect after her daughter made some disturbing allegations to police. Miami Police Special Victims Unit detectives were called to Kristi House, a children’s advocacy center in the city, on Tuesday afternoon after a therapist alerted officials about an...
Dump truck driver killed during flat tire repair on Dolphin Expressway: FHP
A dump truck driver was killed after a flat tire led to his death on the Dolphin Expressway in Miami-Dade on Wednesday morning, officials said. The incident happened around 10:20 a.m. when the dump truck became disabled due to a flat tire in the westbound lanes of the expressway near Northwest 137th Avenue, Florida...
Bahama Breeze to close all locations this spring
Bahama Breeze is closing its doors after 30 years in business. On Tuesday, parent company Darden Restaurants announced it would shut down the Caribbean-themed chain’s remaining 28 locations in the coming months. Half will close outright, while the others will be converted to different Darden-owned brands, including...
Most of the thousands of cold-stunned green iguanas killed in Florida were dropped off...
SUNRISE, Fla. — When temperatures dropped so low in Florida that cold-stunned green iguanas were falling from trees, state animal regulators moved quickly. On Jan. 30, Roger Young, the director of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, signed an executive order that expired at 4 p.m. on Monday.
Miami Dollar Tree Freezer Death Triggers $50 Million Family Showdown
The family of a Miami mother found dead inside a walk-in freezer at a Little Havana Dollar Tree has launched a high-stakes legal battle, accusing the company and a store manager of negligence. The wrongful-death lawsuit, filed in Miami-Dade civil court, seeks more than $50 million and claims staff brushed off...
MDSO: Man, 3 teens arrested in connnection with shooting in Miami-Dade’s Gladeview area
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A man and three teenagers were arrested Monday following a shooting that left a person wounded in the county’s Gladeview area, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office. Lewis Scipp, 20, was taken into custody along with Zecheriah Jamal Brown, 17, and 16-year-olds Rayon...

















