Miami FL

MIAMI — Tomás Niembro, the former chief executive officer of Nodus International Bank, is awaiting sentencing in Miami for a fraud estimated at more than $24 million. Niembro, 64, a Venezuelan who lived in Miami-Dade, pleaded guilty to federal charges and agreed to forfeit more than $16 million as part of a plea...

An overdose death at the Miami Ultra Festival has led to the arrests of four people, including a woman who now faces a charge of murder. An investigation was launched in March 2025 after the Miami Police Department responded to a report of a woman who died at Jackson Memorial Hospital after attending the EDM […]

A South Florida businessman has been charged with seven felony grand theft charges. Police say he took orders for thousands of dollars, but never delivered the product. 7’s Courtney Allen investigates. In 2021, Richard Zizys said he had his sights set on getting a jetcar — a car propelled...

The woman who supplied a 24-year-old woman with the pill that she overdosed on while attending the Ultra Music Festival in 2025 was charged with first-degree murder, Miami-Dade’s top prosecutor said in a Wednesday afternoon news conference. Charlene Forti, 27, is accused of supplying the MDMA, better known as...

Authorities have identified the man arrested for allegedly stealing a dump truck in Miami and fleeing on foot. Carlton Moss, 42, was arrested on Thursday, after Miami Police officials said the owner of the dump truck woke up and realized the vehicle was gone. An employee said a construction crew...

A late-night parking hassle outside a South Beach Subway ended with an employee in handcuffs after police say she pulled a gun on six people and warned, “I am going to knock you all out,” in a crowded plaza lot. The confrontation unfolded around 12:40 a.m. Wednesday outside...

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Three females from Miami are facing charges after deputies say they stole baby formula from multiple Publix stores in Martin County. According to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, the thefts happened on March 17 at a Publix located along Southeast Federal Highway. Investigators...

MIAMI — A Miami Beach biochemist arrested in 2023 for drugging and raping women in his West Avenue condo is now headed to prison. Records show Jeremy Bittner, 44, recently pleaded guilty to multiple counts of sexual battery and false imprisonment across cases involving three different women. He also pleaded guilty to...

A neurologist examined George Pino, the Doral real estate developer who crashed his boat into a fixed channel marker, killing a teenage girl and seriously injuring her classmate, to determine if he suffered a traumatic brain injury that caused him to have amnesia and “false memories regarding the details of the...

Two people connected to Indiana University are dead after a driver allegedly struck them down in Miami Beach Thursday night.