Broward County Judge Michael Usan sentenced 29-year-old Junior Bazile to two years of probation following his arrest for grand theft.

A Miami Gardens pastor, Eric Readon, who has been the subject of multiple Local 10 News investigations, has lost his church property following foreclosure proceedings.

This year’s hurricane season has been challenging for roofers in South Florida.

A 90-year-old woman in Miami Lakes is pleading for repairs to a broken elevator that has kept her from visiting her late husband’s grave in a mausoleum.

Months after being charged, controversial Pembroke Park Commissioner Geoffrey Jacobs is no longer facing a criminal case for calling the police on his rival on the dais.

Prosecutors recently concluded that since a burglar “posed a substantial threat” a Doral police officer “had no duty to retreat” and was “legally justified” to use deadly force in self-defense or defense of others.”

Consumers who paid dealer fees when buying out a leased vehicle shouldn’t have, and they may be entitled to get their money back after a Local 10 News investigation.

Residents in a Fort Lauderdale neighborhood are protesting citations and fines for illegal dumping occurring in an alley behind their homes.

After months and months of trying to figure out what she did wrong, it’s now case closed for a South Florida homeowner following a Local 10 News investigation.

There’s a “rocky” situation in one South Florida community where neighbor has been pitted against neighbor.

A South Florida car dealership is no longer allowed to operate in the state of Florida following a Local 10 News investigation.

A South Florida car dealer is being accused of taking $275,000 from a customer and not delivering.

Some South Florida condo owners are being hit with six-figure assessments that are forcing them to flee.

Coral Gables restaurant Canton Chinese has been a fixture in the Miami-Dade city for 28 years.

A determined Spirit Airlines passenger was on a mission to find her stolen luggage.

Local 10 News has learned that the former Pembroke Park police chief is now under investigation by her former department for entering town hall unauthorized and taking documents.

Kim Marchena said she feels heartbroken after a killer targeted dozens of ducklings and ducks in her North Miami neighborhood.

A long-term employee of the Broward Clerk of the Court’s office was fired because she’s planning to run for office against her boss, she told Local 10 News.

An Aventura woman shared a video showing the Uber driver who refused to give her a ride.

The owner of a small South Florida business says he’s been hit by a Google extortion scam involving fake negative reviews.

A recent report by CBS’ “60 Minutes” into cases of “Havana syndrome” revealed that a suspected Russian spy — who some believe is linked to the mysterious illness — was involved in a high-speed South Florida police chase back in 2020.

A Wilton Manors accountant is accused of scamming more than 20 of his customers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Mayor Ashira Mohammed and Commissioner Geoffrey Jacobs, typically bitter rivals on the dais in the small south Broward town of Pembroke Park, appear to agree on one thing, sources say: They want the town’s police chief out.

Police Departments across South Florida are struggling to recruit and retain police officers.

A Surfside mayoral candidate claims there are people registered to vote in Surfside who don’t live there — or even in Miami-Dade County. Prosecutors are looking into it and so did Local 10 Investigates.

Fake Uber and Lyft drivers were busted last weekend at Miami International Airport soliciting rides.

Some South Florida drivers are learning the hard way that just because you pay for full car insurance coverage, it doesn't mean your insurance company will have your back.

It's been nearly three years since residents of a North Miami Beach condo building were forced out of their homes because it was deemed unsafe.

Luis Garcia-Blanco, a Cuban who had arrived in Miami on the Mariel boatlift, was accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend Maricel Gutierrez in the head with a machine gun in 1980, in Miami-Dade. He had allegedly also cut off her finger and kept it in a Bible.

When an assassin in Miami-Dade killed Oscar Piedrahita — who had allegedly betrayed Colombian cocaine trafficker Griselda Blanco — he used a submachine gun. The hitman put more bullets in Piedrahita’s garage door than he put in him.

Federal agents with the Drug Enforcement Agency waited for guests to arrive for a baby shower at a restaurant in Miami’s Little Havana. When they moved in to arrest a woman, two men who were near her ran away holding cases for what appeared to be a violin and a guitar.

Illegal activity at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport has been caught by Local 10 News’ hidden cameras.

Pembroke Park Commissioner Geoffrey Jacobs is the defendant in a civil — and now a criminal — court case connected to his time on the dais in the south Broward town of about 6,000 people. Now, he plans to be a plaintiff.

In northern Bogotá, Colombia, in a posh neighborhood, a woman clad in soft beige walked in high heels out of a two-story house with armed guards to investigate who was spying on her in the 1980s. Detectives identified her as Veronica Rivera de Vargas, better known as Bogotá's “Queen of Cocaine.”

The Florida lawmakers who are pushing for The Decker-Backmann Act to become state law in July have the families of Marilyn Decker and Clifford “Cliff” Backmann in mind.

A Broward Sheriff's Office employee has been placed on administrative leave following the death of an inmate.

An early Christmas present arrived for a Broward County man after his tax return check was stolen.

Police arrested the former president of a Hallandale Beach co-op building — the subject of multiple Local 10 Investigates stories — after they said he left a hand-drawn photo of a gun on a resident’s doormat.

The Florida State Attorney General's office is looking into complaints that a Miami-based car rental business is forcing people to pay for damages they claim they didn't do.

A Local 10 News hidden camera investigation discovered disabled parking permits are being sold online without any required doctor authorization.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office gave Local 10 an inside look at the department’s body scanning technology that detects potential contraband before it enters the jail.

A Texas woman is now banned from stepping onboard any Carnival cruise ship for life all because she tried to bring CBD gummies on board to help her sleep.

Federal agents and other law enforcement officers encountered a staggering number of migrants attempting to come to South Florida last fiscal year, often in unseaworthy, homemade vessels.

Pembroke Park Town Commissioner Geoffrey Jacobs went on the attack following a Local 10 News investigative report on his actions.

A commissioner who preaches integrity is now facing questions about not getting required permits.

State Troopers stop the driver of a Dodge Charger wrapped to imitate a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle. Now the driver is facing misdemeanor charges.

A South Florida woman says her mother’s ashes are gone, possibly discarded by a car rental company following a crash on Interstate 95.

A councilman requests documents regarding troublesome deficiences in Hialeah's 911 call center, but the paperwork will cost him.

A homeowner in Pembroke Pines is warning others in the South Florida community about a pair of men she believes are scammers, posing as construction workers.

Shannon Johnson said she is missing her beloved 61-year-old father, Alton Johnson, a former college football player who had worked as a forklift operator on a shipping dock in Fort Lauderdale.

F-bombs flew at Pembroke Park Town Hall Wednesday night as outspoken commissioner Geoffrey Jacobs, once the town’s mayor, went on a profanity-laced tirade directed towards colleagues on the dais. It comes as Local 10 News has learned that Jacobs, the subject of multiple Local 10 stories, may now be under investigation by Broward County’s chief watchdog.

A former condo association president stands accused of stealing from the residents of the Blue On The Bay, a gleaming curved 34-story tower overlooking Biscayne Bay, in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood.

Public health officials have been warning Floridians about the increased risk of mosquito bites during this very active hurricane season.

A couple said that what was supposed to be a graduation present for their daughter turned into a nightmare. They paid a car dealer $17,600 in cash. Now the car is gone and the dealer is out of business.

There are new questions being raised about an independent candidate running in the special election to fill a southwestern Miami-Dade County-based seat in the Florida House of Representatives.

A Broward Sheriff’s Office homicide detective who was the focus of an internal investigation following a fellow detective’s fentanyl death has resigned; records show she violated several agency policies.

Miami-Dade police officers said a special task force monitors social media and their findings have led to several arrests after dangerous street takeovers.

An Acworth, Georgia couple who told Local 10 News they were ripped off by a Hollywood car dealership has gotten all of their money back days after their story aired.

With Florida's questionable past with shill candidates, we wanted to speak to a southwest Miami-Dade man running in a special election as an independent.

An elderly Georgia couple tells Local 10 News they have been ripped off. They paid a South Florida car dealership $15,000 for a hard-to-find Lexus. And while the dealer cashed the check weeks ago, they have no car and no answers.

A South Florida man says he’s hit roadblock after roadblock with the federal government trying to get his stolen tax return money back.

An outside firm hired to investigate a Pembroke Park commissioner — who was once the town’s mayor — found the official engaged in an extensive series of “threatening, humiliating, or intimidating behaviors,” according to a report obtained by Local 10 News on Friday.

More details surfaced on Wednesday about how Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez III ended up hospitalized on July 23 in Hillsborough County after he traveled there for a Florida Sheriff’s Association conference.

Documents newly obtained by Local 10 News revealed the cause of death for a well-known Broward Sheriff’s Office homicide detective.

An ongoing investigation into spending from a previous administration in North Miami Beach shows Visa cards to be used for city purposes paid for goods not sanctioned including even an alimony payment.

Hollywood residents have been trying to get rid of abandoned boats — and now that there is a law in their favor —the city is getting ready to officially hire a new vendor.

Attorneys for the family of a 19-year-old shot by an Uber driver are asking the state attorney's office to reconsider its decision to not prosecute the driver.

After deciding not to file charges for the shooting death of a 19-year-old man, Broward County prosecutors released their close-out memo on Friday.

A Miami-based company selling high-end home fragrances is being called out by customers around the country who say they were deceived into signing up for financial agreements they never agreed to.

A Texas tourist who took a cruise from Port Everglades returned, only to be arrested at the port on a felony child endangerment charge. She spent three nights in the Broward County Jail, but it turns out law enforcement officials detained the wrong person.

Jon Zepnick said he has been living at his home in Hollywood since 2011, and although he has never filed a claim, the cost of property insurance has continued to increase.

Drama on the dais continued in Pembroke Park as commissioners voted to publicly reprimand outspoken former mayor and current Town Commissioner Geoffrey Jacobs after he was accused of creating a “hostile work environment” in the small Broward County town.

Kenneth Wright abandoned his damaged 80-foot boat in Broward County’s town of Davie. The fuel is leaking into the water. The sinking vessel is covered in graffiti.

Firefighter Jose Lopez has been under administrative duty with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue since April 2022.

It started as a call from a concerned taxpayer who wanted to know why so many South Florida fire and police departments are filling their fleets with what appear to be expensive “monster” looking trucks with big wheels and tires. Turns out, these vehicles aren’t there to show off.

Broken elevators and escalators, some sitting dormant for over a year, are plaguing Miami’s Metromover system, and are causing large concerns for riders, especially those with disabilities.

A South Florida woman is accusing her homeowner’s association of towing away her late husband’s cars while she dealt with his sudden death and planned his funeral.

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is facing accusations that he used his influence to help a local developer to push his real estate project forward.

Cats are disappearing one-by-one in one area of Hollywood as neighbors are going to war over the missing felines.

The family of a 32-year-old man was grieving on Monday in Broward County, as they prepared to attend a vigil on Wednesday night in Pompano Beach.

Tokitae is as majestic and powerful as ever. Jessica Comolli, the director of the Miami Seaquarium’s animal health department, said Tokitae is doing great.

The Third District Court of Appeal has sided with WPLG TV and ordered Miami Gardens Pastor Eric Readon and his attorneys to pay $73,372.29 plus interest for attorneys’ fees and court costs WPLG incurred.

After riders voiced frustration over broken elevators and escalators at Miami Metromover stations, the elevator company responsible for maintaining them is defending its work after county officials said they’re looking for a new vendor.

Miami-Dade's mayor acknowledged rider frustration with the system's myriad broken elevators and escalators, saying the county is looking at a change.

Below is a list of places that had ZERO VIOLATIONS on their unannounced state inspection in April.

After a man’s unsolved murder, city officials found something wrong with the crime scene in Broward County.

It 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.

Pembroke Park Commissioner Geoffrey Jacobs will soon be under investigation for allegedly creating a hostile work environment while he was mayor of the town.

A 39-year-old woman is facing criminal charges in Miami-Dade County in a case related to a two-story four-bedroom house that neighbors said Wednesday often had a strong odor of marijuana coming from the inside, and people coming in and out regularly — including a group who fired guns nearby.

All the places that were ordered shut were allowed to re-open following an ordered clean up and re-inspection.

A new fight is now brewing at a Hallandale Beach building that was the focus of a recent Local 10 News investigation. A camera that caught a now-former co-op building president verbally abusing and harassing a resident is being forced down.

Several Miramar residents have filed a class-action lawsuit against the city, alleging improper water treatment is causing damage to their pipes.

A Dania Beach landlord who was the focus of a recent Local 10 News investigation has been charged with one count of criminal mischief for spray-painting a vulgar insult on a tenant’s Ring doorbell camera.

Tenants and owners in a century-old downtown high-rise pressed Miami officials for answers Friday after they suddenly deemed their building unsafe and evacuated it this week.

Here is a list of places inspected by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation last week in South Florida that were ordered shut or had a roach, rodent, and or fly issue.

Ori Gal owns residential real estate in Dania Beach. A mother and her three children live in one of his rodent-infested apartments with mold, and termite damage and without a proper ceiling, or working kitchen.

There is a joint effort that includes prosecutors, elected officials, and state lawmakers to protect the millions of Floridians who are living in communities with condominium and homeowners associations.

A South Florida man thought he'd hit the jackpot, winning thousands of dollars on a Florida Lottery scratch off ticket.

It would be nice if Shanna Gibson, a retiree, could spend her final days in the comfort of her home at the International Village in Lauderhill, but the cancer patient has been in a hospice facility for about a week instead.

Residents of one South Florida community described how they fought back and got rid of their property management company.