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U.S. Marshals attempted murder fugitive cuffed in Miami Beach residential neighborhood

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A U.S. Marshals fugitive wanted for attempted murder was taken into custody around 1 a.m. Monday in South Beach, Miami Beach police said. Miami Beach police, with help from Miami and Miami-Dade police and U.S. Marshal, had set up a perimeter in the area of Dade Boulevard and Alton Road, which is on the edge of South Beach’s Sunset Harbour area. Video from Herald news partner CBS4 shows the fugitive taken into custody near West Avenue... [...]

The $7 Million Medicare fraud cost the nursing assistant her freedom and her license

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Helping run a $7 Million health care fraud out of a West Miami-Dade businees cost Rossana Ramirez a few years of freedom and her certified nursing assistant license permanently. The Florida Department of Health dropped an Emergency Suspension Order (ESO) on Ramirez’s certified nursing assistant license after she pleaded guilty last fall in federal court to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Ramirez’s home address... [...]

A Florida 6th-grader called the Pledge of Allegiance ‘racist.’ Then he got arrested.

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Dhakira Talbot is shocked that her 6th grade son was arrested in school after he refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. “I’m upset, I’m angry. I’m hurt,” the Florida mother said, according to BayNews9. “More so for my son. My son has never been through anything like this.” The incident happened on Feb. 4, according to The Washington Post, and reports began to surface over the weekend. Police say the... [...]

Kids sue state of Florida for action on climate change. DeSantis wants suit dismissed

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ relatively green platform and his promises to prioritize the environment have received bipartisan applause since he was sworn in. In a state where former Gov. Rick Scott banned regulators from using the phrase “climate change,” DeSantis has gotten credit for making resiliency a priority and even hiring someone to oversee efforts in the state. But the words “climate change” appear nowhere in his... [...]

Rapper YNW Melly accused of slaying two longtime friends on lonely road near Everglades

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Two young men from the Treasure Coast who’d sought their fortunes in the South Florida rap business were murdered by gunfire, most likely in a Jeep on a lonely stretch of road near the Everglades. The accused trigger man was their close friend, rising rap star YNW Melly, aka Jamell Demons, 19, according to Miramar police and the Broward state attorney’s office. Prosecutors also charged another friend from the tight... [...]