A Miami mom was charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and aggravated child abuse after she allegedly beat her daughter with a metal guitar and broomstick because she had to wait 10 minutes until she came out of school. An arrest report says that 52-year-old Sayda Orellana Castellanos was picking her daughter up …
A Florida sheriff’s deputy was arrested last week as he was getting ready to board a cruise ship, where police say he planned to sell ecstacy he was smuggling aboard in Skittles packages. The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said a confidential informant bought pills in December from Francisco Melo, 36, and learned that he was about …
A Florida couple was arrested Tuesday after they left their five children in a disgusting apartment with no food, electricity, or working plumbing . Sanel Canovic, 40, and Azra Nikocevic, 33, were charged with fice counts each of child neglect with no great bodily harm, WTVJ reported. An arrest report says police were called Tuesday …
A woman was found dead alongside Interstate 95 in Miami-Dade early Saturday morning after police received multiple 911 calls about two people arguing in the area. The Florida Highway Patrol responded to the calls just after 6 a.m. and found the woman on the grass between the highway and an onramp, according to WTVJ, which …
A Florida mother has been charged with aggravated assault after she shot her 15-year-old daughter outside a Miami McDonald’s Friday night. Melissa Valbrum claimed the shooting was accidental, WPLG reported. She said she had the gun in her waistband, but it fell and went off, with the bullet striking the teen, according to a police …
Police in Florida have arrested an Amazon delivery driver for a hit-and-run this week that sent a 30-year-old Miami mother and her infant son to the hospital. The incident took place Thursday morning when the woman was pushing her child in a stroller while walking her dog. A vehicle struck the mother and child, knocking …
South Miami police are looking for a 3-year-old girl believed taken by her mother. Shea Eminhizer is described as 3 feet tall, 40 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The department said the little girl may be with Christine Betancourt, 41, who is described as 5 …
An Florida man arrested after he killed two convenience store workers and critically injured a customer early Saturday morning was sentenced to probation in 2022 after he put a nail between his knuckles and punched another man in the face. Jason Dyer-Mitchell, 23, was identified by the black hoodie he was wearing with the word …
A Florida mom who jumped from an interstate ramp in an apparent suicide attempt after her 3-year-old twins were found unresponsive in a nearby car has been arrested but is not facing murder charges. Shirlene Napoleon Alcime, 42, has been charged with two counts of child neglect causing great bodily harm, WTVJ reported. Police did …
A brutal drug trafficking gang from Venezuela is operating on South Florida, federal and local law enforcement have revealed. A murder investigation provided evidence that members of the vicious Tren De Aragua gang used women as a lure while working from hotels in Medley and near Miami International Airport, WPLG reports. The investigation began last …
A Florida man found dead in a trash can on Tuesday was wanted for trying to kill his ex-wife the day before. Miami-Dade Police said that Armando Benavides, 54, apparenlty crawled in to a garbage bin in Miami’s West Kendall area and shot himself, according to WPLG. Police found a gun in the bin with …
A Florida man forced his way into the condominium his ex-girlfriend and her mother shared, shooting both women to death. Miami police said the shooting took place just after 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Yolanda Villas Condominium in the Flagami area of the city. Investiators said they found Isbelsy Olivera, 22, and her 50-year-old mother, …
