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Man shot by Miami cops reflects on incident as prosecutors decide not to pursue charges
Read full article: Man shot by Miami cops reflects on incident as prosecutors decide not to pursue chargesMiami-Dade prosecutors announced Thursday that they will not pursue charges against Donald Armstrong, who authorities said was tased and shot multiple times by Miami police officers back in March.
Miami auto shop owner accused of kidnapping, beating man
Read full article: Miami auto shop owner accused of kidnapping, beating manThe owner of a Miami body shop is facing three felony charges after police said he kidnapped a man from a northwest Miami-Dade apartment, forced him to strip to his underwear and then beat him in August. Police said he then took thousands of dollars from the man.
Man in 60s caught in crosshairs of Miami drive-by shooting
Read full article: Man in 60s caught in crosshairs of Miami drive-by shootingCrime scene tape blocked the corner parking lot for USave Fish & Chicken & Smoke Shop after two men were injured during a shooting on Friday in Miami’s Model City neighborhood.
SWAT officers detain barricaded subject following alleged robbery in Liberty City
Read full article: SWAT officers detain barricaded subject following alleged robbery in Liberty CityMiami police and SWAT officers have detained a robbery suspect who they said barricaded himself inside an apartment building in Liberty City on Tuesday.
Liberty City Rising development plan has progressed extremely slowly, was supposed to open years ago
Read full article: Liberty City Rising development plan has progressed extremely slowly, was supposed to open years agoThe so-called Liberty City Rising plan for Liberty Square is the largest redevelopment project in Miami-Dade County.
‘I’ll stab you like my mom used to’: Miami woman accused of threatening grandfather over car ride
Read full article: ‘I’ll stab you like my mom used to’: Miami woman accused of threatening grandfather over car rideA heated argument over a car ride escalated into a potentially dangerous situation when police said a woman threatened her 81-year-old grandfather with a knife inside their Miami home in late April.
Police: Miami Liberty City gang member gets arrested again while on probation
Read full article: Police: Miami Liberty City gang member gets arrested again while on probationA violent gang had been operating out of a public park in Miami’s Liberty City area when a detective in an undercover car drove around it — while in search of two suspects.
‘I can’t go to jail’: Video shows moments after woman crashes BMW into Miami Popeyes
Read full article: ‘I can’t go to jail’: Video shows moments after woman crashes BMW into Miami PopeyesA woman was caught on cellphone video trying to dodge accountability in a big way after police said she crashed her BMW convertible into a Popeyes restaurant in Miami.
Man told ex to buy him new clothes or he would put her nude photos online, Miami police say
Read full article: Man told ex to buy him new clothes or he would put her nude photos online, Miami police sayA man is facing two criminal charges after Miami police said he demanded new clothes from his ex-girlfriend, telling her that if she didn’t comply, he would spread her nude photos on social media.
Liberty City food truck owner serves community more than just hot dogs
Read full article: Liberty City food truck owner serves community more than just hot dogsAre you hungry? Friday marked National Food Truck Day and one Miami food truck owner is serving the community more than just loaded hot dogs.
Man faces charges over alleged sex crimes with teenage girls in Miami-Dade
Read full article: Man faces charges over alleged sex crimes with teenage girls in Miami-DadeA 16-year-old girl recently told police officers her boyfriend was a 37-year-old man, and he had sex with her and her 17-year-old friend during a visit to his home in Miami-Dade County, records show.
Miami family’s wounded dog waits for surgery after help from ‘amazing rescue partners’ in Broward
Read full article: Miami family’s wounded dog waits for surgery after help from ‘amazing rescue partners’ in BrowardA teenage boy was waiting to have his dog back while animal advocates were doing everything they could to save his pet’s leg after a shooting on Thursday in Miami’s Liberty City.
Video shows Ohio man was likely trained to use gun before killing 2, injuring 1 in Miami
Read full article: Video shows Ohio man was likely trained to use gun before killing 2, injuring 1 in MiamiSurveillance video released on Tuesday shows it’s likely that a gunman who killed two men and injured a witness in Miami had firearm training, police said.
Ohio man arrested for Miami shooting killing 2, injuring 1 had arrest record in Miami Beach
Read full article: Ohio man arrested for Miami shooting killing 2, injuring 1 had arrest record in Miami BeachShamun Shaukat was about to close the Chevron gas station when he suspected a troubled 23-year-old man from Ohio was shoplifting and he confronted him, according to an arrest report the Miami police released on Sunday morning.
Benjamin Crump says man police officer paralyzed must be freed: ‘The whole world is watching, Miami’
Read full article: Benjamin Crump says man police officer paralyzed must be freed: ‘The whole world is watching, Miami’Attorney Benjamin Crump stood next to a distraught mother during a news conference in Miami on Tuesday about a police-involved shooting that left a man paralyzed.
Miami man accused of beating 5-year-old boy for watching ‘PAW Patrol’
Read full article: Miami man accused of beating 5-year-old boy for watching ‘PAW Patrol’Police arrested a Miami man on a felony child abuse warrant Tuesday for beating his girlfriend’s 5-year-old son for watching the children’s show “PAW Patrol” in 2022, according to an arrest report; they say he told the boy the show was “for girls.”
Third felon arrested in Liberty City teen gang rape, police say
Read full article: Third felon arrested in Liberty City teen gang rape, police sayPolice have arrested a third convicted felon accused of gang-raping a teenage runaway at an abandoned home in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood last Friday.
Police: Convicted felons rape teen runaway after drugging her in Miami’s Liberty City
Read full article: Police: Convicted felons rape teen runaway after drugging her in Miami’s Liberty CityAfter a 16-year-old girl ran away from home, a man told her she was in a dangerous neighborhood and offered her shelter. That is where she told police officers she was gang raped.
Miami-Dade prosecutor resigns after judge disqualifies him over alleged misconduct
Read full article: Miami-Dade prosecutor resigns after judge disqualifies him over alleged misconductA Miami-Dade assistant state attorney resigned after a judge disqualified him over alleged prosecutorial misconduct that surfaced in the case of the former leader of the Miami Liberty City’s John Doe gang.
Videos show latest police shootings in Broward, Miami
Read full article: Videos show latest police shootings in Broward, MiamiVideos show deputy and police-involved shootings that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement was investigating in Broward County’s city of Pompano Beach and Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood.
Miami-Dade judge disqualifies 2 prosecutors over alleged misconduct
Read full article: Miami-Dade judge disqualifies 2 prosecutors over alleged misconductAfter alleged prosecutorial misconduct surfaced in the case of Liberty City’s John Doe gang boss, a Miami-Dade judge disqualified two prosecutors from the case.
2 killed, 1 hurt in Liberty City shooting; Miami police investigating
Read full article: 2 killed, 1 hurt in Liberty City shooting; Miami police investigatingDetectives with the Miami Police Department are investigating after three people were shot in the city’s Liberty City neighborhood Tuesday afternoon.
‘Magic City, but magic for whom?’: Film spotlights climate gentrification fears in Liberty City
Read full article: ‘Magic City, but magic for whom?’: Film spotlights climate gentrification fears in Liberty City“Miami is ground level for sea level rise. We are the example of climate gentrification,” local climate organizer Valencia Gunder explains in the new movie “Razing Liberty Square.”
Student entrepreneur at Miami MLK Day cookout: ‘They didn’t do it for nothing.’
Read full article: Student entrepreneur at Miami MLK Day cookout: ‘They didn’t do it for nothing.’Comedian Tommy Davidson was at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park on Monday in Miami where local businesses participated in a cookout.
Billionaire entrepreneur Bob Duggan among grand marshals for MLK Day parade
Read full article: Billionaire entrepreneur Bob Duggan among grand marshals for MLK Day paradeA California native, Bob Duggan has done many things in his life, but becoming a grand marshal is something he would have never expected.
Police officers arrest Miami grandmother over ‘Te voy a matar’ text message
Read full article: Police officers arrest Miami grandmother over ‘Te voy a matar’ text messageA Miami-Dade County judge ordered a 70-year-old grandmother who was jailed on Wednesday to stay away from her ex-husband who reported he was afraid of her.
Miami woman accused of beating dog to death, tossing body in dumpster
Read full article: Miami woman accused of beating dog to death, tossing body in dumpsterMiami police arrested a 31-year-old woman Tuesday after they said she beat her Yorkshire terrier to death on the balcony of her Liberty City apartment and then threw its body in a dumpster.
Miami-Dade convict, on probation for murder, accused of killing again, shooting another
Read full article: Miami-Dade convict, on probation for murder, accused of killing again, shooting anotherAuthorities formally charged a 47-year-old man with first-degree murder Tuesday in connection with a fatal shooting just outside of the Miami city limits in October. Police said it’s not his first time killing.
Miami Lakes man accused of armed rape of sex worker in Liberty City
Read full article: Miami Lakes man accused of armed rape of sex worker in Liberty CityMiami police arrested a 38-year-old Miami Lakes man Tuesday on multiple felony charges after they said he robbed and raped a sex worker at gunpoint in the city’s Liberty City neighborhood the week prior.
Accused gunman, 15, charged as adult in Brownsville double shooting, joining mother in jail
Read full article: Accused gunman, 15, charged as adult in Brownsville double shooting, joining mother in jailAuthorities booked a Miami teenager into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center Thursday, joining his mother behind bars at the adult facility in connection with a July 18 double shooting at a northwest Miami-Dade park.
Police: Miami mom gave gun to son; he shot 2 at Brownsville park
Read full article: Police: Miami mom gave gun to son; he shot 2 at Brownsville parkPolice arrested a 41-year-old woman Thursday after accusing her of giving her 15-year-old son a gun, which he used to shoot two people at a northwest Miami-Dade park, according to authorities.
Porsche driver, felon trade shots in gunfight wounding 3 in Liberty City, police say
Read full article: Porsche driver, felon trade shots in gunfight wounding 3 in Liberty City, police sayA man was just about to get back into his Porsche in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood on July 23 when he saw a red Hyundai pull up; behind the wheel was an armed convicted felon, police said.
Police: Drag racer purposely hit Miami-Dade lieutenant trying to stop him
Read full article: Police: Drag racer purposely hit Miami-Dade lieutenant trying to stop himA Royal Palm Beach man faced an attempted murder charge in Miami-Dade County after authorities accused him of purposely hitting a police lieutenant who was trying to stop him after he participated in an illegal “intersection takeover” early Sunday morning.
‘Jealous’ mechanic shoots colleague for doing more work than him, Miami police say
Read full article: ‘Jealous’ mechanic shoots colleague for doing more work than him, Miami police sayA shooting at an AutoZone in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood was the result of one mechanic’s jealousy over getting less work than a fellow car repairman, according to police.
Here is how education center in Miami’s Liberty City is already celebrating Juneteenth
Read full article: Here is how education center in Miami’s Liberty City is already celebrating JuneteenthJuneteenth is on Monday, but the commemoration was already kicking off on Friday at the African Square Park in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood.
‘It just still feels unreal’: Brother mourns Miami activist killed in I-95 crash
Read full article: ‘It just still feels unreal’: Brother mourns Miami activist killed in I-95 crashFriends, family and members of the Miami community are mourning the loss of Danny Agnew after the Liberty City businessman and local activist was killed in a chain-reaction crash on Interstate 95.
Arrest warrant details moments leading up to fatal shooting of well-known Miami business owner
Read full article: Arrest warrant details moments leading up to fatal shooting of well-known Miami business ownerAn arrest warrant obtained Wednesday by Local 10 News details the moments leading up to the fatal shooting of a well-known business owner in Miami’s Liberty City.
Want cocaine with your bread? Convenience store, smoke shop were drug dealing front, police say
Read full article: Want cocaine with your bread? Convenience store, smoke shop were drug dealing front, police sayJessica Jones told detectives that she didn’t know anything about the drugs and weapons that detectives found inside a convenience store and its adjacent smoke shop, according to a report the Miami-Dade Police Department released on Wednesday.
Suspect arrested after well-known Miami business owner killed in Liberty City
Read full article: Suspect arrested after well-known Miami business owner killed in Liberty CityMiami police confirmed Wednesday that a suspect has been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s fatal shooting of a well-known business owner in Liberty City.
Unsolved shooting injures 1 in Miami’s Liberty City, police say
Read full article: Unsolved shooting injures 1 in Miami’s Liberty City, police sayAfter an early Friday morning shooting injured one person in Miami, crime scene technicians peppered about a dozen bullet markings around a few parked cars.
Rapper Trina to hold free Miami ‘Welcome to Suga Land’ in honor of slain niece
Read full article: Rapper Trina to hold free Miami ‘Welcome to Suga Land’ in honor of slain nieceRapper Trina’s 17-year-old niece Toni Chester, also known as “Baby Suga,” died after a shooting about 10 months ago in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood.
Man who pointed rifle at cops during chase arrives at jail over 5 days later wearing hospital gown
Read full article: Man who pointed rifle at cops during chase arrives at jail over 5 days later wearing hospital gownDuring a recent police chase in northwestern Miami-Dade County, police officers said a 16-year-old boy was behind the wheel of a stolen black Nissan Sentra. He was speeding.
Over 10 years later, Miami detectives have yet to find teen’s killer
Read full article: Over 10 years later, Miami detectives have yet to find teen’s killerIt has been over a decade since a killer shot a 16-year-old boy in Miami and his relatives said homicide detectives have yet to identify a suspect.
Police: Man confesses to killing enraged man who found him in his girlfriend’s bed in Miami
Read full article: Police: Man confesses to killing enraged man who found him in his girlfriend’s bed in MiamiA 23-year-old man was in a woman’s bed at an apartment in Miami when her enraged boyfriend walked in, so he reached for his gun and shot him several times, police said. The man died.
‘Cease Fire!’: Plies among performers at free The People Matter Fest in Miami-Dade
Read full article: ‘Cease Fire!’: Plies among performers at free The People Matter Fest in Miami-DadeThis year’s 24-Hour Cease Fire campaign is on. A community festival with a focus on preventing gun violence kicked off on Friday afternoon with a list of events in northwestern Miami-Dade’s Gladeview and Westview neighborhoods.
Man attacks 2 with machete during neighbors’ dispute in Flagami, police say
Read full article: Man attacks 2 with machete during neighbors’ dispute in Flagami, police sayA man appeared in Miami-Dade County court on Wednesday after detectives accused him of attacking two men with a machete during a neighbors’ dispute in Miami’s Flagami neighborhood.
Man faces 8 counts of attempted murder after shooting in Miami’s Liberty City
Read full article: Man faces 8 counts of attempted murder after shooting in Miami’s Liberty CityDetectives accused Hakeem Lanier of shooting at a mother and her children while they were on their way to school earlier this month in Miami. He appeared in Miami-Dade County court on Wednesday.
‘Kiss my a--’: Man jailed after apparent mooning provokes scuffle, shooting, Miami police say
Read full article: ‘Kiss my a--’: Man jailed after apparent mooning provokes scuffle, shooting, Miami police sayA woman taunting her ex-boyfriend by dropping trou in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood last New Year’s Eve evoked an angry reaction that eventually led to a shooting, according to a police report. Miami police arrested the woman’s ex-boyfriend Tuesday.
Group kidnaps, stabs, robs man ‘smoking weed’ on Miami street corner, police say
Read full article: Group kidnaps, stabs, robs man ‘smoking weed’ on Miami street corner, police sayA man who told cops he was “smoking weed” on a street corner in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood ended up being kidnapped, beaten, stabbed and robbed by a group of four men last month, according to an arrest report; police have since made at least two arrests in the case.
Police officers close street during shooting investigation in Miami
Read full article: Police officers close street during shooting investigation in MiamiPolice officers from the Miami-Dade and Miami-Dade Schools police departments closed a street to investigate a shooting on Tuesday in Miami’s Liberty City.
Fugitive task force arrests convicted felon in Miami-Dade for murder in Broward
Read full article: Fugitive task force arrests convicted felon in Miami-Dade for murder in BrowardNevin McCormick was 19 years old when he was arrested after a violent burglary in Miami-Dade County. He spent a year in prison and his criminal record shows he never changed his ways.
Sylvester Cancer Center’s ‘Game Changer’ vehicles conduct prostate cancer screenings in Liberty City
Read full article: Sylvester Cancer Center’s ‘Game Changer’ vehicles conduct prostate cancer screenings in Liberty CityThe Sylvester Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s game changer vehicles conducted prostate cancer screenings in front of the Liberty Square Community Center in Liberty City on Friday.
Search for suspect continues as community mourns 89-year-old woman killed in Liberty City
Read full article: Search for suspect continues as community mourns 89-year-old woman killed in Liberty CityMiami-Dade police are requesting information regarding the murder of Elizabeth Level, known as “Ms.Liz,” to her community.
As wounded officer clings to life after shooting, new details shed light on suspects
Read full article: As wounded officer clings to life after shooting, new details shed light on suspectsAs a Miami-Dade police officer remained in critical condition after he was shot in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood Monday night, Local 10 News has learned more information Wednesday about the suspects connected to the incident, both of whom were killed by police.
MDPD officer, 29, remains in critical condition 2 days after shooting
Read full article: MDPD officer, 29, remains in critical condition 2 days after shootingThe officer has been identified in a department memo as 29-year-old Detective Cesar Echaverry, a member of the department’s Robbery Intervention Detail.
Philanthropists put Miami’s Village (Free)dge food bank back in service
Read full article: Philanthropists put Miami’s Village (Free)dge food bank back in serviceThe day the Village (Free)dge closed was heartbreaking for the woman who opened it who had to turn people in need away. But a group of proactive philanthropists put a stop to the hopelessness and the food bank reopened to cheer.
‘We’ve got to talk about gang violence,’ mother says at teenage son’s funeral
Read full article: ‘We’ve got to talk about gang violence,’ mother says at teenage son’s funeralAurianna McNear was burying her 17-year-old son Cairi “Cai” McNear, the victim of a 15-year-old shooter at a public housing rental community in Miami-Dade County’s Gladeview neighborhood.
‘I’m really proud of him’: Lifeguard injured while trying to save shooting victim at JCC
Read full article: ‘I’m really proud of him’: Lifeguard injured while trying to save shooting victim at JCCKatherine Lagos said she was proud. She stood near her 25-year-old son on Tuesday and said he tried to save the woman who was fatally shot on Sunday at the Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center in Ojus.