Miami police beef up presence in Brickell, Downtown and Edgewater
Miami Police Chief Manny Morales said the department is combining the Edgewater, Downtown and Brickell areas into one new East District.
Detective catches Miami-Dade felon beating woman with metal broomstick over $40, cops say
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office detective caught a 56-year-old man with an extensive rap sheet beating a woman with a metal broomstick less than two blocks away from a police station on Monday, deputies say. According to an arrest report, the detective was driving in...
Fight Breaks Out on American Airlines Flight After Landing
A fight broke out on an American Airlines jet while passengers were trying to get off and make connections ... and it's all on video.
Ring video shows man being mauled by 3 dogs in West Park
WEST PARK, Fla. — Ring camera video obtained exclusively by Local 10 News captured the moments a man was mauled by three dogs in a West Park neighborhood Monday afternoon. “It could be a kid. My cat’s here, it could be a cat. My wife is pregnant, it could be her,” said witness Alberto Dominguez.
Police bust major drug operation in Florida
FLORIDA — A narcotics operation in West Park was dismantled Friday night after Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies served a search warrant and seized drugs, firearms, and cash, authorities confirmed Tuesday. The search took place at a home on the 5200 block of Southwest 22nd Street, where deputies had been...
Victims identified following fatal illegal U-turn crash on Florida’s Turnpike
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. — Three people from South Florida who were killed earlier this month in a crash on Florida’s Turnpike have now been identified. An arrest report for the suspect arrested in connection with the Aug. 12 crash identifies the victims as Herby Dufresne, Faniola Joseph and Rodrigue Dor. Joseph, 37,...
Miami Beach Mom Arrested After Leaving Two Children Home Alone in Filthy Condo
Miami Beach, FL – A Florida mother was recently arrested after her two young children were found living alone in squalor at her condominium on Collins Avenue in Miami Beach. Authorities say the children, ages 5 and 9, were left unsupervised while the residence was in extremely poor condition.
Miami-Dade officer charged in UPS truck shootout granted Stand Your Ground hearing
A Miami-Dade police officer charged in the deaths of two innocent bystanders during a 2019 shootout at a busy intersection is in court Monday after requesting that his charges be dropped under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law. Broward Circuit Court Judge Ernest Kollra found that suspended officer Jose Mateo was...
Accused gunman arrested in Coconut Grove food store murder
MIAMI — Miami police arrested the accused gunman on Friday in an early-August murder at a food store in the city’s Coconut Grove neighborhood. Police said Keith Leebrooks Wilson, 33, of Coral Gables, shot and killed 30-year-old Robert Denardes Whittle Jr. at Ike’s Food Center, located at 3374 Douglas Road.
‘Kind of failed us’: Family of tourist slain on Ocean Drive decries 4-year wait...
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — It’s been four agonizing years for the family of a 21-year-old father fatally shot outside of a South Beach restaurant while on vacation from out of state. By all accounts, Dustin Wakefield, of Castle Rock, Colorado, died a hero, shielding his 1-year-old son, Eli,...