It’s been another difficult couple of days for those in the Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park in Sweetwater.

Police arrested two executives of a South Florida contracting company after they claimed the pair engaged in a six-figure scam targeting a Sweetwater senior.

Three California men who donned “Michael Myers” Halloween masks during a Sweetwater armed robbery that led to a police shooting and chase on Friday are now facing federal charges, authorities say.

Police said an armed robbery that authorities set off a chaotic chain of events, ending in a police shooting and high-speed chase that stretched from Sweetwater to Medley Friday.

An armed security guard put an 86-year-old man in a headlock and threw him to the ground as he was waiting in line at the Social Security Administration office in Sweetwater, authorities say. Police concluded that the guard was in the wrong.

The Florida Board of Governors confirmed the appointment of Jeanette M. Nuñez as Florida International University’s seventh president.

A man used a metal pipe to beat up a teenage boy who was waiting to cross the street on Sunday night in Sweetwater, police said.

Three Mississippi men posted up near the Victoria’s Secret at the Dolphin Mall to run an illegal gambling scheme Thursday, arrest reports state. But Sweetwater police also had a secret: They say a plainclothes cop was watching them.

The 10th annual Local 10 Big Book Drive kicked off Wednesday morning with an exciting start!

One day after hundreds of residents defied an order to vacate their trailers at the Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park in Sweetwater, a fire broke out in one of the once-sprawling park’s remaining mobile homes.

Roger Sanchez says it’s tragic.

Midnight marks the end for the remaining residents of Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park, once a bustling community of about 900 families.

More than three decades after the death of Sweetwater Police Officer James Mathis Beasley Jr., the city officially honored its only officer killed in the line of duty during a memorial ceremony Thursday at Vista Memorial Gardens in Miami Lakes.

Several areas of Miami-Dade County were impacted by heavy rain and flooding on Monday.

A man used a pen with a hidden camera and placed it facing the toilet seat area to record The Cosmetics Company Store employees in Dolphin Mall, police said.

A man is facing four felony charges after Sweetwater police said he committed a disturbing Tuesday morning home invasion targeting a senior who lives in the Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park.

A 33-year-old Broward County man was arrested early Sunday in connection with a series of mail thefts targeting tile businesses in Sweetwater, according to an arrest report obtained by Local 10 News on Monday.

Speaking in Sweetwater on Thursday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defended the allocation of $10 million in taxpayer funds to his wife’s charity.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference Thursday morning in Sweetwater.

Residents of the sprawling Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park in Sweetwater are racing against time to stop the demolition of 900 mobile homes.

Demolition has begun at the Li’l Abner mobile home community in Sweetwater.

Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park residents in Sweetwater have until mid-May to find another place, so many have left, but the ones who remain continued to protest and ask for help on Wednesday.

A fire at the Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park in Sweetwater has left remaining residents fearful for their safety as the community continues to empty ahead of demolition.

A Sweetwater man has been arrested after police said he attempted to stab his co-worker last week following an argument.

Friday marks the first deadline for Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park residents to move out and receive the highest incentive package.

Additional court documents explain how and why a child molestation suspect ended up in South Florida while out on bond for a similar crime while living in the Vero Beach area.

A man facing an ongoing court case centered around allegations that he sexually battered a teenage boy in Indian River County is now suspected of committing a similar crime in Miami-Dade.

Residents of the Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park are packing up as they prepare to face eviction in the new year.

As residents leave the Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park facing impending evictions, Local 10 News has learned that real estate agents were selling homes there, even though new owners would not be able to stay.

A little more than a month after letters ordering them to move out, sparking protests, residents of the sprawling Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park in Sweetwater are taking their fight against what they call “illegal and unconscionable acts” to court.

Last minute holiday shoppers are crowding South Florida malls.

One person was hospitalized Wednesday afternoon after a vehicle and a school bus collided head-on near Sweetwater.

A Missing Child Alert was issued Tuesday afternoon for a 15-year-old girl who police say was last seen over the weekend at Dolphin Mall.

Jose Quintana was already a fugitive wanted for defrauding the U.S. government when he stole more than $130,000 in luxury watches from a former business associate in Miami-Dade County.

Sweetwater police say a “porch pirate” was caught, arrested and taken to jail in November after a man caught him stealing a package from his doorstep. They say he was released from jail and, nine days later, was back to stealing packages.

A 61-year-old resident of the Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park bonded out of jail and checked herself into a hospital following a rough arrest that sparked a protest outside of Sweetwater City Hall.

Police in Sweetwater arrested a resident of the Lil Abner Mobile Home Park on Wednesday.

Retailers in Broward and Miami-Dade counties opened stores early in the morning for shoppers hunting for in-person Black Friday deals, but there weren’t any frenzied crowds.

Police have arrested a woman who they said attempted to choke and then stab her daughter following an argument on Monday afternoon.

A pedestrian is dead after being hit by a private school bus in Sweetwater Wednesday morning, according to police.

As construction on a new, bigger and bolder affordable housing apartment building continues to take shape on the edge of the Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park in Sweetwater, residents caught in the middle of a looming change continue to worry after being blindsided by a letter warning them that the property has been sold and they have six months to move.

Authorities arrested a 50-year-old Sweetwater man on Tuesday after they said he raped a teenage boy a decade ago after meeting him online and plying him with hard drugs, including methamphetamines.

Residents of the sprawling Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park in Sweetwater became outraged after receiving a letter ordering them to move out by May 19 as the park closes for redevelopment.

Steady streams of voters visited their local precincts throughout Miami-Dade County on Election Day.

An optical network unit was left burned after catching fire in a Sweetwater neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, with the cause still unclear.

Tensions were high in Venezuela early Monday morning after officials announced Nicolás Maduro had won Sunday’s presidential election.

A 40-year-old man was arrested Sunday after he stabbed another man in the hand outside a café in Sweetwater, authorities said.

A woman was arrested last Friday at the Dolphin Mall in Sweetwater for the unlawful possession of a stolen credit or debit card, authorities said.

A 17-year-old boy riding a motorcycle was killed after crashing into a panel van in Sweetwater Monday afternoon, according to police.

After reports of a shooting prompted stores to close at Dolphin Mall on Sunday in Miami-Dade County, police officers reported the mall was safe

A recent dispute among roommates over a stolen credit card prompted a confrontation that devolved into arrests for kidnapping and drug possession in Miami-Dade County, according to police.

Diamondback Energy will attempt to buy rival Endeavor Energy Resources to create an energy giant in the Southwestern United States worth more than $50 billion.

After refusing to comply with a traffic stop and getting away from police officers, an 18-year-old woman who was driving without a license crashed into two cars in Miami — injuring five people, according to police.

A possible robbery at a Miami-Dade bank prompted a police investigation on Sunday afternoon.

Sweetwater police arrested a 20-year-old man on a felony animal cruelty charge Wednesday after they said his neighbor called 911 to report he was beating his dog — and had been doing so for months.

Police arrested a southwest Miami-Dade man Monday on a felony charge after accusing him of giving a girl drugs and raping her in a bathroom at the Dolphin Mall in Sweetwater.

U.S. Sen. Rick Scott was in Miami-Dade County’s Sweetwater on Friday when he had a public conversation on the phone with María Corina Machado, a lead figure of the Venezuelan opposition.

Detectives arrested a 21-year-old student, who aspires to be an emergency medical technician, at the American Medical Academy School of Nursing on Tuesday in Miami-Dade County, according to police.

A South Florida man with an extensive criminal history is facing a host of felony charges after police said he carjacked a man in Doral Tuesday afternoon, then fled from police in and later crashed the victim’s Lexus on the Turnpike.

Several good Samaritans are being hailed as heroes after racing toward danger to save a family from their burning home.

Police arrested a Sweetwater man Wednesday after they said he shot at a man twice, pistol-whipped him, then went into a mobile home and pistol-whipped and threatened to kill a woman.

A fire erupted Monday morning at a concrete plant in west Miami-Dade.

Detectives are searching for a stalker who has been targeting students at Florida International University’s Modesto A. Maidique Campus in Miami-Dade County.

Sweetwater police are searching for a 59-year-old man who hasn’t been seen since Monday.

A Sweetwater man was accused by Miami-Dade prosecutors Friday of selling his girlfriend for sex and then bringing their baby along for the would-be encounter at a South Miami hotel.

An assistant manager at the True Religion store inside the Dolphin Mall was arrested last week on accusations that he stole tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of merchandise from the store over a nearly year-long period, authorities said.

A Sweetwater man and two others billed an auto insurance company more than $91,000 for injuries sustained in a hit-and-run crash in the summer of 2022. But according to authorities, there was a problem: they weren’t hurt, because there was no crash.

Detectives were investigating the source of the emails and calls that prompted false alarms on Tuesday at university and college campuses in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and St. Lucy counties.

Local 10 Weather Authority is tracking a storm moving eastward.

A Miami man was arrested Monday after being accused of spitting on an elderly man over a parking space dispute at a gas station in Sweetwater, police say.

Five years ago, Wednesday, a 174-foot-long pedestrian bridge that was under construction collapsed after a section splintered just outside Florida International University’s main campus in Miami-Dade.

A Miami-based nonprofit organization will be providing free mammograms to uninsured women between the ages of 40 to 60 years old next week in Sweetwater.

State wants to help affordable housing developers as senior housing project opens in Miami-Dade

Police officers reported finding 16 forms of U.S. identification, including driver’s licenses and social security cards, and 47 debit cards in a man’s car and wallet on Sunday in Miami-Dade County.

Miami-Dade police released new details Wednesday, a day after a body was discovered inside a vehicle behind Keiser University in Sweetwater.

Police are investigating after a body was found inside a vehicle Tuesday afternoon in Sweetwater.

Sweetwater police arrested a 48-year-old South Florida man accused of being a serial panty thief Tuesday.

Organizations collected critical supplies for Hurricane Ian victims at the Dolphin Mall Monday.

A man and a woman are facing charges Monday in Miami-Dade County for stealing three pairs of Versace sunglasses valued at $1,035 by removing the antishoplifting devices.

There has been a recent increase in firearm and ammunition smuggling from the United States to Haiti, federal officials reported on Wednesday during a news conference in Miami-Dade County.

A 14-year-old girl pepper sprayed a Dolphin Mall store employee in the face after she and two adults snatched about $550 worth of items, police said.

Police now have a photo of the woman who stole a car with a baby inside, then left the child and took off.

9-month-old baby found safe inside stolen vehicle.

Surveillance video shows a man recently attacking a Florida International University student at The One at University City, a student housing building in Sweetwater.

In the debate over abortion rights, one rare agreement is generally over the right to abort in cases where a woman got pregnant in sex crimes like rape, incest, trafficking or by coercion.

The Florida Highway Patrol posted video overnight showing how they were able to stop a car with burglary suspects on Florida’s Turnpike.

Detectives are still investigating Friday’s fatal police-involved shooting in Doral.

In a situation where seconds count, two Sweetwater police officers sprang into action to save a choking 16-month-old, and it was all caught on camera.

Two men, including the brother of an NFL player, were both booked at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Wednesday and appeared in front of a Miami-Dade County judge on Thursday to face charges for a murder that happened more than four years ago in Sweetwater.

Two men have been arrested and face first-degree murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Florida International University honor student and freelance photographer Michael Zaldua.

According to Sweetwater PD, a motorman was working an off-duty escort when the accident occurred.

A child dies from being left in a hot car every ten seconds in the United States.With the summer months already upon us, the Department of Children and Families is taking the time to remind all parents to be cautious and vigilant to make sure their children don’t become a statistic.

The victim was shot five times in the legs, feet and buttocks, but he is in stable condition after being rushed to Kendall Regional Medical Center.

Sweetwater police say that just after 3 p.m., the victim pulled over the pickup truck he was driving around the area of Southwest 108th Avenue and 5th Street. He stepped out and was shot “in the lower extremities.”

A 42-year-old man was arrested Monday on accusations that he peered through the crack of a bathroom stall inside Dolphin Mall as another man was sitting on the toilet, authorities said.

A 28-year-old Miami man was arrested after allegations that he exposed himself to a 14-year-old boy in a bathroom at the Dolphin Mall.

For the first time since the pandemic, FIU is hosting an in-person commencement ceremony. In all, six ceremonies will take place over two days.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Two new FEMA-supported satellite COVID-19 vaccine locations opened Thursday in Miami-Dade County. AdThe satellite sites are intended to move around to allow different parts of the community to have access to vaccines. The Miami Dade College North Campus site (11380 NW 27th Ave.) will remain open as the main FEMA-supported hub in South Florida. The FEMA sites are among the locations that are vaccinating Floridians under 65 who are extremely vulnerable to COVID-19. AdMore CVS vaccine locations comingIn other vaccine news, Gov.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Federal and state officials said a new vaccination site is ready to open at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, just after Gov. “It just shows the strength of America.”U.S. Army soldiers fill syringes with COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday at a new government vaccination center in Miami-Dade County. Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Vincent Carey receives his first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine on Tuesday at the new vaccination center at Miami Dade College. The state agencies involved include the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County. For more information about how to pre-register for a vaccine in Florida, visit the state’s page or call any of these three Miami-Dade County lines: 1-888-499-0840, 1-888-256-8918, or 1-833-540-2065.

Caught on camera, a man is seen climbing up along the side of the giant fish tank at Bass Pro Shops before jumping in and making a big splash. Bass Pro Shops told Local 10 that the stunt was to draw attention saying that “we are deeply concerned about attempts to promote and sensationalize incidents of this nature. This incident is illegal, dangerous and highly discouraged. We work with law enforcement to investigate all individuals who personally attempt or are involved with such activities. Bass Pro Shops referred our questions to local law enforcement.