2 sought after attempting to dump car in Miami canal before torching it, MDSO says
Detectives said the incident happened on Sept. 12, shortly after 6:30 a.m., in the 1000 block of S. Biscayne River Dr. in Miami.
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Detectives said the incident happened on Sept. 12, shortly after 6:30 a.m., in the 1000 block of S. Biscayne River Dr. in Miami.
The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to identify two men who allegedly set a vehicle on fire after they could not push it into a Miami canal earlier this month.
According to local police and the sheriff's office, detectives received tips from family members that linked him to the investigation.
Surveillance video shows smoke pouring from her husband's Mustang as it burned behind the family's gate.
Detectives have not said if the car was intentionally set on fire, but the agency confirmed its arson unit is investigating.
An arson investigation is underway after a car was set on fire at an apartment complex early Wednesday morning, Miami officials said.
Miami Fire-Rescue responded to the incident at about 3:40 a.m. in the area of 3400 NW 22 Avenue.
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CBS News Miami's Peter D'Oench reports on the arrest of a teenager accused of setting fire to three cars and a house in North Bay Village.
The arson was reported at the RIU Florida Beach Hotel on Collins Avenue.
Miami Police are asking for the public's help after they said an arsonist torched cars outside an Allapattah apartment building
Morgan Rynor reports Miami-Dade police arson and homicide detectives are investigating the fire along with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue arson investigators.
Police have released a video of a person who is seen pouring an accelerant on vehicles and then setting them on fire.
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A teenager was shot and killed on New Year's Eve in Fort Lauderdale.
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Physicians and educators spoke out against the proposed repeal of vaccination requirements for diseases such as chickenpox during a Department of Health workshop in Panama City Beach, while vaccine critics applauded Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration for advancing the plan.
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