Miami’s Coconut Grove Playhouse Construction Site Plagued by Repeated Vandalism, Police Investigating
Vandalism has struck the construction site of the historic Coconut Grove Playhouse, with the Miami-Dade commissioners now reaching out for community assistance. Over the past couple of days, vandals have targeted a drainage sock located on Charles Avenue, prompting inquiries from local officials and causing concern...
‘Selling Sunset’ star Bre Tiesi talks about Miami Swim Week debut
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Miami Swim Week was special for Breana “Bre” Tiesi, a “Selling Sunset” real estate agent who has a 2-year-old son with Nick Cannon, a father of 12. The model and reality TV star presented her Montage Swimwear collection during a fashion...
Wild chickens take over Miami while some embrace roosters as a cultural symbol
MIAMI — Flamingos, pelicans, herons and parrots are just a few of the wild birds that call Miami home, but it’s the roosters, hens and baby chicks that have come to rule the roost in recent years.
Labor Department suspends job training program for income teens, adults
MIAMI – The U.S. Department of Labor announced the suspension of the Job Corps training program, which prepares low-income teens and adults to enter the workforce. The program, which debuted in 1964, has created a pathway for millions of disadvantaged teens and adults for a better life through education and job...
Driver charged in deadly Little Havana hit-and-run faces judge, denies telling police ‘it was...
WEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A woman charged in a horrific hit-and-run in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood denied telling police that it was “just a homeless person.”. Ivana Gomez appeared before Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge William Altfield, Saturday afternoon. The judge read the charges that the 32-year-old...
Man Injured in Shooting Following Dispute at Pembroke Gardens Shopping Plaza, Suspect at Large
An altercation at the Shops at Pembroke Gardens yesterday ended in gunfire, leaving one man with non-life-threatening injuries. The shopping center, a well-trafficked area at 527 SW 145th Terrace, became an impromptu crime scene after what began as an argument quickly escalated, Local10 reports. Pembroke Pines...
Police: Search continues after gunfight injures 2, pursuit ends with armed 19-year-old carjacker’s arrest
MIRAMAR, Fla. – Detectives arrested an armed 19-year-old suspect and they were searching for two others on Sunday after a chaotic gunfight injuring two and an armed carjacking terrorized a neighborhood in Miramar. According to the Miramar Police Department, the two bystanders who were shot were not involved in...
Coconut Grove Playhouse construction site vandalized, commissioners say
Miami-Dade commissioners are asking for help after the historic Coconut Grove Playhouse construction site was vandalized. Officials said the site had been the target of two acts of vandalism in the last two day. Both incidents involved damaged to the drainage sock on Charles Street. Now, commissioners are asking...
Man charged in vandalism at Ocean Drive building claims he was trying to cover...
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Police arrested a man accused of drawing a sinister symbol on a Miami Beach building, one of two acts of vandalism in the city involving hateful words and symbols currently under investigation. Forty-five-year-old David Carroll was taken into custody near Ocean Drive and 12th Street,...
Colorado man handed 210-year sentence for abusing children at Haitian orphanage
MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) — A Colorado man was sentenced to 210 years for sexually abusing children at the Haitian orphanage he founded and ran for decades. According to court documents, 73-year-old Michael Karl Geilenfeld founded St. Joseph's Home for Boys in 1985 and operated the orphanage for over two decades.