Miami residents plead guilty in elaborate mail theft and fraud scheme
MIAMI GARDENS, Florida - Five individuals from Miami Gardens have pleaded guilty in federal court for their involvement in a complex scheme involving stolen U.S. Postal Service mail keys and counterfeit checks. From September 2021 through May 2023, Angel Joe Gonzalez, 28; Evens Necler Monestime, 27; David Gonzalez,...
Developer strikes back against residents in a Miami condo takeover attempt
A judge ruled this year that a developer that tried to buy out a Miami condo tower was on the hook for millions of dollars in repairs. But in another twist to the legal saga surrounding the waterfront property, the developer has filed a lawsuit against the residents who sued to stop the takeover. If the suit is...
Miami U.S. Postal worker arrested in alleged theft of over $1M in Treasury checks
A Miami U.S. Postal Service employee has been arrested in the alleged theft of over $1 million worth of U.S. Treasury checks, authorities said. Sylvester Green Byrd, 35, was arrested Wednesday on charges of first-degree grand theft and fraudulent use or possession of personal identification, records showed. The...
At least 2 arrested, several on the loose following fraud allegations at Hialeah tag...
HIALEAH, FLA. (WSVN) - Officials say a state tag agency in Hialeah may have been fueled by fraud, resulting in the arrest of at least two people and several more remain on the loose. Marvin Codio and Belkis Escobar Navarro are behind bars after, police said, they were involved in...
Cause of Death Revealed for Mom of 2 Found Dead in Dollar Tree Freezer
Helen Massiell Garay Sanchez, 32, was found dead inside a freezer at a Dollar Tree store in Miami on Dec. 14, 2025
2 arrested, 2 hospitalized after large group fight at Hallandale Beach nightclub, cops say
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. — Hallandale Beach police responded to a fight involving 15 to 20 people at the Amsterdam Night Club while working an off-duty detail early Thursday morning, authorities confirmed. Police said they observed an “active physical altercation” when they arrived at the nightclub at 100 S. Federal...
‘I’m sorry’: Woman, 82, speaks out after she allegedly hit child with her car...
An elderly woman is speaking out Tuesday after she was accused of hitting a 7-year-old boy with her car and driving away, leaving the child in the hospital in critical condition. It happened back on Jan. 10 in the 8200 block of Southwest 32nd Street. The boy's mother, who wanted...
Miami hasn’t had half the rain it needs. Here’s what we need to do...
South Florida’s sapped of water. The kind of downpours we need to relieve the region’s dangerously dry conditions are not in the immediate forecast. Miami-Dade has only seen 3.72 inches of rainfall since Nov. 1. That amount is just half of what should have fallen to keep groundwater levels at the Biscayne Aquifer...
22-year-old man accused of bringing gun to Citrus Grove K-8 Center during school dismissal
MIAMI (WSVN) - A scare at a school in Miami landed a man accused of bringing a firearm behind bars. City of Miami Police on Wednesday said they arrested 22-year-old Anthony Mariano Gutierrez for bringing a gun onto school property at the Citrus Grove K-8 Center, located at 2153 NW 3rd St., Tuesday afternoon.
South Beach’s Alamac Lists Quietly With Rare Hotel Card To Play
The Alamac, a seven-story Art Deco building on Collins Avenue in South Beach, has quietly come to market. Because the site was originally a hotel, it sits among only a handful of properties in Miami Beach that still carry the right to return to transient use, a detail that could nudge buyers toward a full hotel...
