FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A man was setting items on fire at an apartment building for hours and throwing them out the balcony on Thursday night in Fort Lauderdale.
Officers surrounded the building at 619 N. Andrews Ave., as the man was throwing things from the balcony of a fifth-floor apartment.
Firefighters and the SWAT Team responded and evacuated the fifth floor of the building. Negotiators were unable to calm the man down.
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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Amid a months-long battle between Miami Beach residents and city officials over a short-term rental hotel properties project continues.
In recent weeks, neighbors have been pushing to have various city boards reconsider the projects. City officials maintained the projects were approved correctly and should be allowed to move forward.
Becky Houchen-Bemis, a psychologist who lives in In the city’s South of Fifth... [...]
HIALEAH GARDENS, Fla. – A Hialeah Gardens man who is accused of killing his girlfriend and injuring her teenage son in a shooting last week is expected to appear before a Miami-Dade County judge on Thursday.
Julio Espiritu, 51, faces charges of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in connection with the Jan. 9 shooting that occurred at the couple’s apartment unit in the 9800 block of West Okeechobee Road.
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Traveler reportedly wouldn’t comply with federal mask mandate, 129 passengers forced to rebook flight
MIAMI, Fla. – An American Airlines flight on its way to London from Miami returned to Miami International Airport after a passenger who wouldn’t comply with wearing a mask became disruptive on Wednesday night. The flight had to be canceled and 129 passengers rebooked, according to ABC News.
AAL38 was in the air for 1 hour and 48... [...]
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Broward Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest of the person who fatally shot a woman while she was inside her trailer home in Hallandale Beach.
The shooting occurred just before 11:55 p.m. Dec. 28 in the 100 block of Northeast Fifth Street.
Police said Nancy Hernandez’s trailer home was caught in the crossfire between various people who fled the... [...]
