ERNESTO RODRIGUEZ

A man fired his weapon while trying to separate two fighting dogs and injured a person in the leg on Friday in South Beach, according to the Miami Beach Police Department.

Police are seeking a driver they say is responsible for injuring two pedestrians in two separate hit-and-run crashes in Miami Beach on Thursday afternoon.

Detectives are investigating a woman’s murder after finding her dead at an oceanfront hotel on Tuesday night in Miami Beach.

Police officers arrested a man on Thursday who is accused of shooting a 25-year-old aspiring architect from Argentina during an armed robbery in Miami Beach.

Police officers arrested a man on Thursday who is accused of shooting a 25-year-old aspiring architect from Argentina during an armed robbery in Miami Beach.

Miami Beach police said officers responded to a call of a shooting at the Clevelander Hotel at 1020 Ocean Dr. just after midnight Friday.

A man was fatally shot while driving Thursday morning in Miami Beach, authorities confirmed.

Large crowds are expected at Miami Beach for Memorial Day weekend.

It was Saturday afternoon when the family's 12-year-old son came home and realized his house had been robbed.

Police say no charges will be filed in a shooting at the North Carolina home of rapper DaBaby.

The Miami Beach Police Department is praising the courage of a Miami Beach detective who arrested the wrong-way driver of a slingshot vehicle after a pursuit and a rough arrest on Sunday near Palm Island.

Miami Beach police are investigating a shooting that occurred inside an apartment building early Monday morning.

Miami Beach police are investigating after a homeless man was stabbed Friday morning.

Officials say an apparent typo was sending motorists in South Florida seeking to resolve their traffic citations to a website selling 2024 merchandise for former President Donald Trump.

An officer was injured while trying to arrest a strong-arm robbery suspect on Thursday in Miami Beach.

Miami Beach police are investigating a shooting that left one man injured Monday morning.

A man called the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8277 just before getting into the water with a heavy backpack in an attempt to drown on Sunday night in Miami Beach.

A man riding a scooter died Thursday afternoon after colliding with a UPS truck in Miami Beach, authorities confirmed.

Miami Beach police confirmed that several people were detained Tuesday morning after officers executed a search warrant near 75th Street and Carlyle Avenue.

Miami Beach police are investigating a bizarre case of road rage.The incident occurred late Sunday night on the MacArthur Causeway near Bridge Road.

A dog was stunned with a Taser Wednesday morning as authorities were trying to issue a trespass warning to a man at the property of a restaurant in Miami Beach, authorities said.

Police have charged two suspects with attempted murder in a shooting that wounded two people on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach.

That’s a perception city leaders and law enforcement want to avoid leading up to the holiday weekend.

Miami Beach police investigating a shooting that left one man injured Tuesday morning.

One person was killed and another person was injured early Monday morning following a crash involving three vehicles.

Miami Beach police are investigating a crash involving a U.S. Postal Service truck and a Range Rover.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Before he recognized the man who was arrested for allegedly abducting, raping, and shooting a 12-year old boy, Vicente Izaguirre said that he had seen him acting strangely in South Beach. Izaguirre said that before officers arrested Aliex Santiesteban he parked his black car near a dumpster in an alley on Monday, and he pulled stuff out of his car and threw it away. After leaving the boy to die on Saturday in Miami-Dade County’s Brownsville neighborhood, he drove to South Beach, police said. AdAccording to Officer Ernesto Rodriguez, a spokesman for the Miami Beach Police Department, Santiesteban alleged that he was the victim of a robbery. He received medical attention at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, police said.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A man is in custody in connection to the attack of an elderly woman over the weekend inside her Miami Beach apartment building. Miami Beach police said Marvin Miguel Bravo, 28 of Doral, was found along the 1600 block of Bay Road on Thursday morning. “He initially fled from officers but with the help of K9 was ultimately apprehended,” the department said in a tweet. This is a man that we need to take off the streets,” Officer Ernesto Rodriguez of the Miami Beach Police Department said. Bravo, who was on probation, faces multiple charges, including burglary with assault or battery.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Businesses in Miami Beach are taking the safety of their employees and clientele into their own hands. On Friday, the Clevelander restaurant and bar announced they will be closing until at least next week for safety reasons because of the wild spring break crowds. Miami Beach Police say they’re doing everything they can to keep people safe as spring breakers have caused violence and chaos along the streets of South Beach. Officers then detained at least three people, and Miami Beach Fire Rescue personnel responded to help the few who were injured. “We put the measures in place to curb any criminal activity, to tame the crowds, and to encourage the people who are here to behave responsibly,” explains Rodriguez.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – It was a wild Friday night in South Beach. Miami Beach Officer Ernesto Rodriguez, a spokesman for the department, said two officers were injured while dealing with a very large crowd near Eighth Street and Ocean Drive. “While taking a subject into custody, officers were forced to utilize pepper balls to disperse members of the crowd who were disorderly and surrounding officers,” Rodriguez said. 1/2 — Miami Beach Police (@MiamiBeachPD) March 13, 2021Several subjects have been detained. 2/2 — Miami Beach Police (@MiamiBeachPD) March 13, 2021

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – People in a crowd threw bottles at police officers on Thursday evening in South Beach, according to the Miami Beach Police Department. Officers were dealing with large crowds at about 9:30 p.m. in the area of 11th Street and Collins Avenue. Police officers stand on Thursday evening at the intersection of 11th Street and Collins Avenue. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, police officers are facing larger crowds during Spring Break season which ends on April 12th. Police officers and code enforcement officers are mostly focused on the area of Fifth and 16th Streets, between Ocean Drive and Washington Avenue.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A violent assault at a Miami Beach hotel has led to a Pennsylvania man’s arrest. According to Miami Beach police, the manager of the Rivera Hotel on South Beach was in a back room when a man, who had his head covered with a towel, barged in. The suspect, identified as Tehrron Greene, punched the manager and slammed him against the wall before continuing the relentless beating. Police said Greene was visiting South Florida with two others who had checked into the hotel. Greene initially refused to speak to detectives, who also reached out to his mother, according to Miami Beach police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez.

“This area is known by Miami Beach residents as a troublesome area,” said Officer Ernesto Rodriguez, a spokesman for the department. On Feb. 17, a 23-year-old victim of human trafficking that was trapped in the area called 911 to ask for help just before a severe beating. Officers identified the suspects as Jason Rivera, Luis Delgado-Hernandez, David Romero, Alberto Figueroa, Carlos Colon, Damian Herrera, and David Vega. Vega, 37, Colon, 37, Romero, 38, Figueroa, 39, and Herrera, 48, face charges of cocaine possession. Rivera, Romero, Figueroa, and Herrera were facing charges of human trafficking.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – An English teacher who worked at the Hebrew Academy, a Jewish private school, lost her job after school administrators claimed her nude videos and photos were shared with a former male student who had since graduated. Miami Beach Police Officer Ernesto Rodriguez confirmed that police are investigating Alexandra Handwerger, also known as Alex Lowe, after the school reported her to police on Feb. 19. According to an incident report, school administrators received an anonymous email informing them that a teacher was sending inappropriate pictures. It lead them to an administrator of a school in Israel. Rodriguez was asking anyone with information about the case, or anyone who feels they may have been victimized, to call the Miami Beach Police Department at 305-673-7900.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Isariel Delestre surrendered to the Miami Beach Police Department on Monday night after fleeing from officers during a chaotic chase in a stolen black Cadillac, authorities said. Isariel Delestre, 18, has been arrested in connection with a police chase in Miami Beach. Officer Ernesto Rodriguez, a spokesman for the Miami Beach Police Department, said the officer did the right thing. AdThe teenager ran out of the car after getting a flat tire at Washington Avenue and Sixth Street. “Well, if you’re coming here because you think it’s an anything goes place, please turn around or go somewhere else,” Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber said.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A woman is charged with attempted second-degree murder after a stabbing on Friday in South Beach, according to Miami Beach Police. Witnesses said two women were fighting near the intersection of 14th Street and Washington Avenue early Friday evening. According to Officer Ernesto Rodriguez, a spokesman for the Miami Beach Police Department, officers found a woman injured near the intersection of 13th Street and Collins Avenue. The suspect, later identified as Bradley, was nearby, according to Rodriguez. Miami Beach Fire Rescue took the victim to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where she was in stable condition.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Miami Beach detectives are investigating a stabbing on Friday in South Beach. Witnesses said the stabbing happened while two women were fighting near the intersection of 14th Street and Washington Avenue. According to Officer Ernesto Rodriguez, a spokesman for the Miami Beach Police Department, officers found a woman injured near the intersection of 13th Street and Collins Avenue. Miami Beach Fire Rescue personnel took the victim to Jackson Memorial Hospital. Shootings, beatings and robberies have become a regular occurrence in the heart of South Beach.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Three people were shot Sunday night and Miami Beach police are searching for a dark-colored SUV that they said fled the area after the shooting. Washington Avenue was shut down for hours between Sixth and Ninth Streets as detectives combed through evidence. Miami Beach police said around 8:41 p.m., they received several 911 calls about a shooting along the 700 block of Washington Avenue. Officers responded and found a man wounded in front of The Licking restaurant at 754 Washington Avenue. One man is in stable condition and the other is listed in critical condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital, according to Ernesto Rodriguez, spokesman for the Miami Beach Police Department.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Officers are searching for the person who was behind the wheel of a white 2020 Kia Sorrento with Florida tag KCMD06 that they say was involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash Thursday night in Miami Beach. Detectives said the driver ran over a man who was crossing Fifth Street at Michigan Avenue around 7 p.m. and sped away — leaving South Beach westbound on the MacArthur Causeway. Detectives on Friday located the Kia Sorrento, which was being towed from Opa-locka to the Miami Beach Police Department so it could be swept for evidence. He added that police found the vehicle through a tip from Crime Stoppers, but they are still searching for whoever was driving it Thursday night. Rodriguez asked anyone with further information to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A crime crackdown in Miami Beach is all thanks to a new task force. It’s a group of two dozen officers that have either cited or put behind bars hundreds of people for breaking the law in Miami Beach. Officer Ernesto Rodriguez with the Miami Beach Police Department said it’s a special group of uniformed, undercover and K9 officers and detectives aggressively cracking down on crime, including drinking and driving in the Art Deco cultural district of Miami Beach. “Dangerous folks who we’ve been able to prevent even more serious crimes from occurring,” said Officer Rodriguez. This special task force will keep hitting the streets for at least two more weeks.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A 31-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the killing of a woman who was found dead over the weekend in Miami Beach, authorities announced Tuesday. According to Miami Beach police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez, officers responded to an apartment unit at 659 Meridian Ave. shortly after 12:30 p.m. Saturday after receiving a 911 call from someone who discovered the body. Kim Bonanno is the building manager who, along with an exterminator, discovered the victim’s body. “Just worked and took care of him.”According to Chow’s arrest report, a blooding fingerprint was discovered on a disinfectant wipe container that was near the victim’s body. According to the report, Chow confessed to the killing, saying he used a kitchen knife to stab his mother as she laid in bed.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Miami Beach police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found inside an apartment over the weekend. According to Miami Beach police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez, officers responded to an apartment unit at 659 Meridian Ave. shortly after 12:30 p.m. Saturday after receiving a 911 call from someone who discovered the body. “So he went in and he saw a body completely covered with a sheet.”Police in Miami Beach investigate after a woman was found dead inside her apartment. “They know the victim sustained trauma to her neck area, however, we have not yet been able to identify her,” said Officer Rodriguez. Anyone with further information about the case is asked to call the Miami Beach Police Department at 305-673-7901.

A more than 11-minute video captures cars doing donuts just before midnight at a busy intersection in South Beach on Friday. Traffic is blocked and, at one point, when the action stops momentarily, some cars try to get through. About 10 minutes into the video, the crowd can be seen running in different directions as the Miami Beach police try to make their way through what’s turned into a major traffic jam. Local 10 reached out to Miami Beach police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez who said that MPBD is monitoring the actions of what they believe is a “car club,” which arranges reckless driving events throughout Miami-Dade County. Rodriguez said over a dozen arrests were made and traffic citations issued on a “very busy night in Miami Beach.”In the middle of July, Miami Beach PD captured video of a wild donut driver at the same intersection.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – An investigation is ongoing after a man’s body was found in a Miami Beach canal. According to Miami Beach police, officers responded around 5 p.m. after receiving a call of a body in the water near Meridian Avenue and West 41st Street. “One of our officers was able to jump onto the boat of a nearby resident and they together canvased the area while the other officers were searching yard by yard,” said Miami Beach Police Officer Ernesto Rodriguez. According to police, the older man’s body was found several blocks away, in the water near Meridian and 45th Street. “The body will go to the medical examiner’s office where ultimately a cause of death will be determined,” said Officer Rodriguez.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Authorities responded to a building Friday morning in Miami Beach after two workers got stuck on the scaffolding they were on. According to Miami Beach police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez, a mechanism failed as the crew was working on a building at 3 Island Ave.“One guy was on the top yelling at the other guy because only one side was going down. WATCH: Raw footage of rescue operation in Miami Beach after scaffolding malfunctionsMiami Beach firefighters used a bucket truck to get the workers down safely shortly after 10:30 a.m. Authorities said the incident left the scaffolding at a dangerous angle, however the scaffolding was still secure. This gave Miami Beach Fire Rescue crews time to bring down harnesses to the workers before bringing them down via the bucket truck.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Police are looking for a white BMW SUV as they investigate gunfire near the Fontainebleau Miami Beach on Wednesday morning. Miami Beach police say they received multiple 911 calls around 8:30 a.m. reporting that someone in that BMW fired several shots in the area of 44th Street and Collins Avenue. Nobody was seriously injured, Miami Beach Police public information officer Ernesto Rodriguez said. A white Mercedes that had been shot multiple times was located in North Beach near 74th Street. Anyone with information about the white BMW SUV is urged to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. Erick Morillo, the internationally-known DJ who was facing a sexual battery charge, was found dead Tuesday at his Miami Beach home, police say. Officers received a 911 call at 10:42 a.m to 5660 La Gorce Drive. Miami Beach Police Public Information Officer Ernesto Rodriguez said that there were no apparent signs of foul play and that the cause of death will be determined by the Miami-Dade Medical Examiners Office. Witnesses saw investigators taking several bags of evidence out of the home, and Morillos body was removed Tuesday afternoon. Morillo was scheduled for a court hearing Friday.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. A normally bustling Ocean Drive was eerily quiet Saturday night thanks to a new curfew in place aimed at trying to stop the spread of COVID-19. The countywide curfew of 10 p.m. has been changed to 8 p.m. along South Beachs entertainment district. The move affects businesses and restaurants along Ocean Drive, Collins and Washington avenues between 5th and 16 streets. Miami Beach police officers were out patrolling the streets to make sure people are respecting the new early curfew. In the meantime, a new emergency order is in place in Broward County with a curfew there too, which went into effect Friday nightThe curfew is critical, said Broward County Mayor Dale Holness.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Officers are investigating a shooting Friday afternoon in South Beach, and they are asking drivers to avoid the area of First Street and Ocean Drive. According to Officer Ernesto Rodriguez, a spokesman for the Miami Beach Police Department, officers detained a man at Fifth Street and Collins Court. This is a developing story. Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Wilson Louis contributed to this report.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. Wednesday mornings reopening of beaches in Miami-Dade County was graced by a cool breeze, near perfect weather and a lot of new faces. These are a group of men and women in these pink or salmon-colored shirts that are out here to educate the public visitors on all the rules that are in place, Miami Beach police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez said. This is what Miami Beach is all about. What are we without the beach? City Manager Jimmy Morales said. So were out here to educate the public, educate everybody thats been waiting for weeks to come out and enjoy these beaches, and Mother Nature truly played a big role today, Rodriguez said.

MIAMI A driver in a car stolen Wednesday in Miami Beachs Normandy Isles neighborhood crashed hours later in Miamis Upper East Side neighborhood, police said. According to Officer Ernesto Rodriguez, a spokesman for the Miami Beach Police Department, the driver stole the car after someone left the keys in the ignition about 1:10 p.m. at 960 Biarritz Dr.Officers provided tracking info from the scene to dispatch who shared the information with the surrounding jurisdictions, Rodriguez said. Miami police officers responded to Northeast 10th Avenue and Northeast 81st Street after the driver of the stolen car was involved in a crash. Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Guadalupe Monarrez contributed to this report.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Detectives released surveillance video Monday showing a man brandishing a large chef’s butcher knife outside of Mango’s Tropical Cafe in South Beach. Ryan Simms died in a police-involved shooting on Saturday night in South Beach. Rodriguez said Mango’s Tropical Cafe reported Simms had threatened a club employee about 9 p.m.“It was not any yelling,” said David Wallack, of Mango’s Tropical Cafe. “It was really talking, but talking while waving a butcher knife.”Minutes later, witnesses said they heard 15 or 20 shots. During his three-year tenure with the department, Castillo, a former Florida Highway Patrol trooper, has received awards and commendations, Rodriguez said.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - A Miami Beach man was arrested Thursday after his wife was found dead inside their apartment. Russel Ewing, 53, faces a charge of second-degree murder. According to a Miami Beach police report, a friend went to the victim's Carlyle Avenue apartment to check on her and noticed a foul smell coming from inside. Police said he barricaded himself inside the apartment and refused to come out, prompting the SWAT team. According to the report, Ewing said he had been arguing with the victim about finances while he was taking kitchen knives from a bag.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Police in Miami Beach are looking for a man they believe is responsible for a fatal shooting that happened last weekend. "This is a very dangerous man that needs to be taken off the streets," said Miami Beach Police Officer Ernesto Rodriguez. Gunshots were heard early Sunday morning in Miami Beach. Witnesses said they saw Wiggins arguing with a man moments before the shooting. "The same morning (of the shooting) we were able to recover the firearm used in the investigation," Rodriguez said.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Miami Beach police are looking for the man who killed a woman in a shooting early this morning on 10th Street and Collins Avenue. Police say a man and a woman were arguing on the street when the man pulled out a gun and fired multiple times. He fled the scene heading north on Collins Court and threw his weapon around 11th Street, police said. We have all different areas canvassing for that video, Miami Beach police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez said. Police are interviewing witnesses and looking for surveillance video.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Miami Beach police arrested a man Thursday who they said attacked a 68-year-old woman the day before. "He entered the elevator with the victim and then began attacking her. Rodriguez said the elevator doors opened to the fourth floor during the attack, allowing the victim to escape. Surveillance video shows the man walking out of the elevator on the first floor and running out through the front door. The woman tried chasing after Bodden, but he got away, eventually targeting the second woman at the condominium building, authorities said.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Miami Beach police arrested a man Thursday who they said attacked a 68-year-old woman the day before. Miami Beach police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez said Martin Alexander Bodden II, 23, who is currently homeless, was taken into custody Thursday morning on the boardwalk near 41st Street. Rodriguez said the elevator doors opened to the fourth floor during the attack, allowing the victim to escape. Surveillance video shows the man walking out of the elevator on the first floor and running out through the front door. The woman tried chasing after Bodden, but he got away, eventually targeting the second woman at the condominium building, authorities said.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - A man stalked a jogger, followed her to the apartment building where she lives and attacked her in the elevator, Miami Beach police said Wednesday. The 68-year-old woman described the 9 a.m. attack at 4747 Collins Ave. as an attempted rape. Rodriguez said the elevator doors opened to the fourth floor during the attack, allowing the victim to escape. Surveillance video shows the man walking out of the elevator on the first floor and running out through the front door. Rodriguez is asking anyone with information about the attacker to call the Miami Beach Police Department or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - It was late Friday night and although Hurricane Dorian was approaching Florida, Miami Beach police officers said a heartless landlord kicked an elderly woman to the curb in South Beach. The 75-year-old woman with platinum white hair stood near the stairs of the second-floor building's stairwell. Police officers and Miami Beach Fire Department personnel responded. The newly homeless woman faced several threats. With the ongoing king tide and the possibility of the hurricane's storm surge, Miami Beach is also preparing for the threat of flooding.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - A man was taken into custody Friday morning after multiple shots were fired in front of an apartment building in Miami Beach, authorities confirmed. "At 5:45 this morning we received two calls that shots were being fired near the 1500 block of Drexel Avenue," Miami Beach police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez said. "Three of our officers arrived immediately to 1535 Drexel Avenue, where they located several spent shell casings outside of that building." A perimeter was established in the area as the Miami Beach Police Department's SWAT team and a hostage negotiator responded to the scene. Rodriguez said officers saw the suspect jump from a second-floor window in the rear of the building to the ground, at which time he was taken into custody.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Miami Beach police are seeking to identify a woman who they believe might have information about a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred earlier this month. Rodriguez confirmed Tuesday that city surveillance cameras at 15th Street and Collins Avenue captured the woman walking with a man just after 8 p.m. Aug. 9. He said the duo were then captured on camera just after 1 a.m. Aug. 10 returning to a parking garage where the vehicle involved in the fatal crash was parked. "We are looking to identify this woman, who we believe may have information into this deadly hit-and-run." Anyone with information about the woman's identity or the hit-and-run crash is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Miami Beach police are searching for a man and a woman who they said worked together to rob a tourist earlier this week. Miami Beach police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez said the victim, who is visiting from Poland, was on the way back to the apartment building where she's staying when a man approached her from behind and knocked her to the ground. "He attacked me from behind, so I was in shock completely, so I was not aware of what was happening. "We fell down on the ground, and I was trying to fight a little bit, but he was stronger." Rodriguez said the man's accomplice acted as a lookout as the man struck the victim several times before taking off with her cellphone, ID and $20 in cash.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - A motorcyclist was killed Tuesday night in a collision with a trolley in Miami Beach. The crash occurred just after 11 p.m. at 65th Street and Indian Creek Drive. Miami Beach police Officer Ernesto Rodriguez said it appeared the motorcycle was traveling north on Indian Creek Drive when it collided with a southbound trolley that was making a left turn. The motorcyclist was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center in Miami, where he was pronounced dead. His identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Miami Beach Police Department detectives are searching for the hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a cyclist on Saturday morning on the MacArthur Causeway. Detectives found the vehicle involved, but they have yet to release the description of the driver. Officer Ernesto Rodriguez said the driver was speeding on the westbound lane reserved for bicyclists. Rodriguez didn't release the name of the victim saying relatives had yet to be notified. Savage said officials with the city of Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County and the Florida Highway Patrol need to work on public safety.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - A bicyclist died after a hit-and-run crash on MacArthur Causeway early Saturday morning in Miami Beach. Miami Beach Police Department detectives are searching for the driver who fled after the 1:20 a.m. crash along the westbound lanes of MacArthur Causeway. "The driver went on to the shoulder and bicycle lane of the causeway where they unfortunately struck and killed a cyclist." A witness who remained on the scene spoke to police officers and the was closed until about 11:15 a.m. Officers were asking drivers leaving Miami Beach to use the Julia Tuttle Causeway or the Venetian Causeway. Rodriguez said traffic homicide investigators recovered the vehicle believed in the crash and they are still searching for a suspect.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Miami Beach robbery detectives arrested a man Thursday who they said snatched cellphones from at least three tourists this week. The first robbery occurred around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday as the 46-year-old victim from the Bronx was walking along the 1000 block of Collins Avenue. According to Miami Beach police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez, the man approached the victim from behind and snatched her Samsung cellphone from her hand. The second robbery occurred around 7:10 a.m. Wednesday along 18th Street and Collins Avenue. Rodriguez said the 35-year-old victim from Ocoee, near Orlando, was also walking when the thief snatched her iPhone from her hand.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Southbound lanes of Alton Road were shut down for several hours Wednesday afternoon after a construction accident left wet concrete on several vehicles, Miami Beach police confirmed. According to Miami Beach police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez, Alton Road was shut down from Lincoln Road to 16th Street after the incident occurred just before 1 p.m. Authorities said concrete was being used at a construction site when it spilled over to a Wells Fargo Bank parking lot. Video taken at the scene shows wet concrete covering several vehicles. Authorities have issued a stop order to the construction company involved in the accident, until an investigation into the incident is complete.

Miami Beach Police DepartmentMIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Southbound lanes of Alton Road were shut down Wednesday afternoon after a construction accident, Miami Beach police confirmed. According to Miami Beach police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez, Alton Road is currently closed from Lincoln Road to 16th Street. Authorities said concrete was being poured when it spilled over to a Wells Fargo Bank parking lot. #TRAFFIC UPDATE: Southbound Alton Road from Lincoln Road to 16 Street remains closed. https://t.co/HLzSS8tAer pic.twitter.com/urFz9uxFep Ernesto Rodriguez (@ERodriguez782) July 31, 2019Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Police are searching for a thief who targeted two banks Friday morning in Miami Beach. Miami Beach police said a man tried to rob the Regions Bank branch at 780 Arthur Godfrey Road around 9 a.m. Police investigate an attempted robbery at the Regions Bank branch on West 41st Street in Miami Beach. Miami Beach Police DepartmentMeanwhile, a second bank was targeted Friday a short time after the attemped robbery at the Regions Bank. According to Marshall, detectives believe Friday's two incidents in Miami Beach are connected, although the thief was wearing a white shirt and bright blue hat during the second incident.

MIAMI - A car drove through a police barricade Thursday morning and then crashed into the water near Watson Island, Miami Beach police said. Police pursued the car along the causeway before it drove into Biscayne Bay, Rodriguez said. The man then got out of the submerged car and took off his clothes before surrendering to police, Rodriguez said. Nobody was hurt, but divers searched the water to make sure nobody else was in the car. Miami Beach police had blocked off the westbound lanes of the MacArthur Causeway while they were investigating a fatal crash earlier in the morning.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – A man killed in a hit-and-run crash early Tuesday in Miami Beach has been identified as Andrew Hamilton, 27, who was a tourist visiting from the U.K.Police said a man driving a silver BMW sped past a police office on Collins Avenue near 15th Street about 2:30 a.m. When the officer went to investigate, he found Hamilton dead in the street near Collins Avenue at 11th Street. "He was traveling southbound from about 15th Street at a very high rate of speed, which resulted in this tragedy," Miami Beach police spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez said. Police questioned three women who were in the car, but said the driver ditched the car and ran off. Anyone with information about the identity of the driver is asked to call Miami Beach police or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.