An investigation that began nearly five years ago led to the arrest of a woman on grand theft, fraud and exploitation charges after authorities said she befriended an intellectually disabled Miami-Dade man, acted as his caregiver and then stole — and later sold — his home.

A man and a woman are facing charges in Miami-Dade County after a Homestead police officer found a 2-year-old boy and his 5-year-old brother walking alone and barefoot in the street.

A southwest Miami-Dade man is facing five felony charges, including two counts of attempted murder, after police said he opened fire on his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend.

Ezequiel Brown tried to flee from police in southern Miami-Dade County while riding an orange sports motorbike, according to an arrest report released on Tuesday.

Police officers arrested a 43-year-old woman after an 11-year-old boy turned up alone in deep south Miami-Dade County.

Police arrested a 43-year-old southwest Miami-Dade man Wednesday after they said he grabbed and raped a 17-year-old girl who was walking down the street near his home.

Police said they arrested a caregiver in southwest Miami-Dade’s Leisure City area on a manslaughter charge Sunday after he told officers his attempt to restrain an 80-year-old man turned deadly.

The family of a 15-year-old Miami-Dade boy who was critically injured in a shooting Thursday night is pleading with the public to come forward with information.

Two FedEx workers making a delivery to a Pollo Tropical restaurant in Homestead Tuesday morning watched a man take off with their truck, police said.

Police arrested a southwest Miami-Dade woman on two animal cruelty charges Wednesday after accusing her of leaving a hungry dog caged in a backyard in deplorable conditions.

A multi-vehicle crash blocked three northbound lanes of Florida’s Turnpike north of Homestead Wednesday afternoon.

A mother and son from the Leisure City area of southwest Miami-Dade were each arrested on attempted murder charges Tuesday after police accused them of attacking a man outside of a smoke shop near their home.

A southwest Miami-Dade man faced a murder charge Tuesday after police said his story about why his son died back in November didn’t add up.

Police arrested a southwest Miami-Dade woman Monday after accusing her of sexually assaulting a boy between the ages of 12 and 16 in late November.

A 15-year-old boy is being charged as an adult in a double homicide in the Leisure City area of southwest Miami-Dade earlier this month.

Police arrested a Homestead man Sunday afternoon after they accused him of shooting and killing two men in the Leisure City area of southwest Miami-Dade the evening prior.

Detectives are investigating a man’s murder early Friday morning in Miami-Dade County’s Leisure City area, north of Homestead.

Detectives were investigating a shooting early Sunday morning at a strip club just north of Homestead.

A toddler drowned on Saturday in Miami-Dade County’s Leisure City neighborhood.

Miami-Dade police are investigating a possible stabbing that occurred Sunday night in Leisure City.

2 victims are found shot in a car in Southwest Miami-Dade, but that's not where the shooting took place, police said.

NARANJA, 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.