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SWAT, police officers respond to Naranja home regarding barricaded person
Read full article: SWAT, police officers respond to Naranja home regarding barricaded personHomestead police are investigating after they said a person barricaded themselves inside a home in southwest Miami-Dade Thursday afternoon.
Woman jailed after daughter, 12, says she was ‘abused her entire life,’ Miami-Dade police say
Read full article: Woman jailed after daughter, 12, says she was ‘abused her entire life,’ Miami-Dade police sayA 12-year-old girl removed from her southwest Miami-Dade home, along with her siblings, had scars old and new covering her body, according to police. Authorities said she suffered a lifetime of abuse at the hands of her mother.
Miami-Dade police, FBI make arrests after sweeping several homes in Naranja area
Read full article: Miami-Dade police, FBI make arrests after sweeping several homes in Naranja areaMore than a dozen people were arrested after Miami-Dade police and FBI agents conducted a sweep in the Naranja area, sources tell Local 10 News.
Who was at fault? FHP blames speeding Miami-Dade driver for death of possibly impaired U.S. 1 jaywalker
Read full article: Who was at fault? FHP blames speeding Miami-Dade driver for death of possibly impaired U.S. 1 jaywalkerAlexander Gracia Rodriguez died while attempting to cross U.S 1 at about 3 a.m., in a non-crosswalk area in southern Miami-Dade County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. He was 48.
In South Florida farmland, Guadalupe feast celebrates, sustains 60-year-old mission to migrant workers
Read full article: In South Florida farmland, Guadalupe feast celebrates, sustains 60-year-old mission to migrant workersStarting well before dawn Sunday, hundreds gathered on the grounds of St. Ann Mission in the Florida farmland to bring flowers, candles and petitions to Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Police: Suspect arrested for carjacking, shooting ex-ICE agent in Miami-Dade’s Naranja
Read full article: Police: Suspect arrested for carjacking, shooting ex-ICE agent in Miami-Dade’s NaranjaA retired U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent remained hospitalized on Thursday after a gunman shot him and took off in his car in Miami-Dade County.
Police: Woman says gunman shot her boyfriend in chest while walking in deep south Miami-Dade
Read full article: Police: Woman says gunman shot her boyfriend in chest while walking in deep south Miami-DadeA woman said she was walking with her boyfriend when a gunman shot him in the chest on Tuesday in deep south Miami-Dade County’s Naranja area, according to the Miami-Dade Police Department.
Police: Man confesses to attacking his mother with machete in Miami-Dade
Read full article: Police: Man confesses to attacking his mother with machete in Miami-DadeA 70-year-old woman told police officers that she had just served her 39-year-old son dinner on the kitchen counter when he attacked her with a machete in Miami-Dade County, according to police.
Burglars steal everything from meds to clothes from cancer patient
Read full article: Burglars steal everything from meds to clothes from cancer patientAfter three weeks in the hospital, a 34-year-old mother with cancer returned to a burglarized home on Monday in southeast Miami-Dade County. Her medications, clothes, shoes, jewelry — it was all gone.
Video allegedly shows hitman counting cash payment for killing TSA officer, prosecutors say
Read full article: Video allegedly shows hitman counting cash payment for killing TSA officer, prosecutors sayThe State Attorney’s Office released a video on Wednesday showing Javon Carter — who is accused of killing a U.S. Transportation Security Administration officer — while he recorded himself in a car counting stacks of $100 bills.
Little girl wants ‘bad guy’ who killed her mother in Miami-Dade caught
Read full article: Little girl wants ‘bad guy’ who killed her mother in Miami-Dade caughtDetectives have yet to make an arrest in the murder of 24-year-old TSA Officer LeShonte Jones in Miami-Dade County. Her three-year-old daughter was injured during the shooting and thinks about her mother and the killer every day.
Mother, daughter, both unvaccinated Miami-Dade school employees, die of COVID-19
Read full article: Mother, daughter, both unvaccinated Miami-Dade school employees, die of COVID-19Lakisha Williams, a mother of two teens, and her mother, Lillian Smith, both employees of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, died of complications with COVID-19 at Jackson South Medical Center.
Officers arrest 2 teens after shooting near unsolved murder in Naranja
Read full article: Officers arrest 2 teens after shooting near unsolved murder in NaranjaAs detectives investigated the murder of a TSA officer in Miami-Dade County’s Naranja neighborhood, police officers arrested two teenage boys in relation to a shooting nearby.
Mother, 24, killed next to daughter in Miami-Dade after working TSA officer shift
Read full article: Mother, 24, killed next to daughter in Miami-Dade after working TSA officer shiftMiami-Dade detectives are investigating the murder of a 24-year-old woman who worked for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration.
Day after rush-hour shootout, police focus on cafe’s surveillance video
Read full article: Day after rush-hour shootout, police focus on cafe’s surveillance videoSOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. – The day after a shootout during rush hour in Southwest Miami Dade, police said surveillance video from a nearby café is serving as a key component in the investigation. That’s when shots were fired from an SUV into a white BMW sedan. On the video, the passenger doors of the SUV open and gunfire can be seen hitting the sedan. Sky 10 over the scene captured the sedan after the shooting with all doors open and bullet holes in the front windshield. (See the surveillance video below.)
Fire erupts inside fourth-floor apartment unit in Naranja
Read full article: Fire erupts inside fourth-floor apartment unit in NaranjaNARANJA, Fla. – A fire erupted Wednesday morning inside a fourth-floor apartment unit in Naranja, authorities confirmed. According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokeswoman Erika Benitez, firefighters arrived at the scene to find heavy smoke and flames coming from the unit. Sky 10 was above the scene shortly after 10 a.m. as the fire appeared to have been extinguished. A window was blown out and the exterior wall around the window was blackened by the smoke and flames. According to Benitez, the apartment building was evacuated and the Red Cross has been requested to provide temporary assistance to the affected families.
Detectives investigate shooting near 2 schools in Naranja
Read full article: Detectives investigate shooting near 2 schools in NaranjaNARANJA, Fla. – Detectives were investigating a Monday morning shooting near two schools in Naranja, according to the Miami-Dade Police Department. Officers set up a perimeter in the area around Dr. William A. Chapman Elementary School, at 27190 SW 140 Ave., and Miami Douglas Macarthur South Senior High School, at 13990 SW 264 St., near Naranja Park. According to Jacquelyn Calzadilla, a spokeswoman for Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the schools were on lockdown as a precautionary measure until about 12:30 p.m. Assignment Desk Editor Nina Nahmias contributed to this report.