Mom ‘attached at the hip’ to 9-year-old nonverbal son leaves him alone for 17...
A Florida woman is facing child neglect charges after her nonverbal 9-year-old son was discovered alone, an incident her father described as “extremely abnormal.” Melissa Marie Luckett, 31, posted $5,000 bond following her arrest on Saturday. Neighbors reportedly found her son alone in Doral, Fla. According to an...
‘Let it go’: Judge gives advice to man arrested in Miami road-rage shooting
A man has been arrested for allegedly shooting a woman's car during a road-rage incident in Miami. Yuri Reyes, 24, was arrested on charges including aggravated assault with a firearm, shooting a deadly missile, unlawfully discharging a firearm in public, and tampering with physical evidence while armed, records...
Abandoned boat washes ashore on Sunny Isles Beach
SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - An abandoned boat washed ashore on Sunny Isles Beach, prompting a swift response by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 7Skyforce hovered above the vessel on the shoreline in the area of 103rd Street and Collins Avenue, at...
No relief in sight: Hialeah residents may not see rebate at all
A rebate for Hialeah property owners is off the table for now, and it may not happen at all. City Council members failed to agree on the amount of a possible rebate, citing concerns that it could jeopardize ongoing projects and the city’s overall quality of life. The debate comes as the city grapples with rising...
Miami Woman Allegedly Goes Looking For Her Man at Another Woman’s House, What Happens...
A wild love triangle turned violent last week in Florida. Now, one woman is recovering from gunshot wounds to her buttocks and back area, and the other woman is now faces serious charges. Suggested Reading. It all went down on Saturday (Sept. 20) outside of a home in Miami Gardens....
A Publix sold Wednesday’s only Florida Lottery jackpot hit, worth $36.5 million
Of Wednesday’s big-prize drawings — including Fantasy 5, Cash4Life and Powerball — Florida Lotto ‘s $36.5 million jackpot came due. The even-numbered combination of 2, 4, 6, 8, 18 and 22 bought at the Hallandale Place Shopping Center Publix, 1400 E. Hallandale Beach Blvd., took the Florida Lotto big prize. According...
Burglary suspect in custody after barricading himself inside Miami home
MIAMI (WSVN) - A man has been taken into custody after prompting a multi-hour SWAT situation outside his home when he decided to barricade himself after police tried to serve a warrant. Miami Police detectives said they established a perimeter in the area of Northwest 35 Avenue and Third Street...
Detectives searching for pair who set car on fire in Miami-Dade: Sheriff
Authorities are searching for a pair of suspects who they said set a vehicle on fire in northwest Miami-Dade earlier this month. The incident happened around 6:30 a.m. on Sept. 12 behind a home in the 1000 block of S. Biscayne River Drive in Biscayne Gardens. Surveillance video from the...
Miami federal grand jury indicts 5 in $1.5M nationwide refund fraud and money laundering...
MIAMI (WSVN) - A federal grand jury in Miami has returned a 22-count indictment charging five men in connection with a nationwide fraud and money laundering scheme that generated $1.5 million in bogus refund credits, authorities said. Michael Jerry Phanor, 35; John Ngotho, 33; William Lopes, 35; Armani Amado, 28;...
Miami’s Nuclear Power Plant Increasingly Vulnerable As Newest Rounds of Hurricanes Approach East Coast
Miami sits at the edge of a storm, and not only because of the hurricanes forming in the Atlantic. The city's only nuclear power facility, the Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station, is at the center of a growing debate as environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe warn in interviews with The Latin Times that the...
