Disgraced Pines Attorney Charged With 22 Counts Of Fraud
First he was disbarred, now he's in jail. Attorney Mark Foster Dickson was arrested on 22 charges of theft and fraud.
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First he was disbarred, now he's in jail. Attorney Mark Foster Dickson was arrested on 22 charges of theft and fraud.
Jeffrey Soffer, the principal of real estate developer Turnberry Associates which owns a number of properties including the famed Fontainebleau Miami Beach, was one of four Americans to survive a helicopter crash at an upscale resort in the Bahamas on Thanksgiving.
Hurricane Sandy is being blamed for 29 deaths across the Caribbean.
The US Coast Guard and Bahamian officials are searching for any survivors from a small plane that crashed Monday near the islands as it traveled to Daytona Beach.
The search has resumed for at least 10 missing Haitians whose boat capsized as they headed to the U.S., according to a police official in the Bahamas.
A Miami boat captain who allegedly sank $1.86 million yacht off the Bahamas as part of an insurance fraud scheme has been arrested.
The Coast Guard suspended its search Thursday evening for a 47-year-old Canadian women who went overboard off the cruise ship Bahamas Celebration during a trip from Freeport, Bahamas, to Palm Beach early Wednesday.
The Coast Guard has joined in the search of a missing cruise ship passenger who is believed to have fallen overboard.
More than 100,000 sharks are circling the South Florida coastline as part of an annual migration. The same migration is underway in the Bahamas. But unlike South Florida, CBS4's David Sutta shows us why the ocean's top predators there are all protected from fishing.
There's been a slight delay for the company planning to run a high-speed ferry service between Port Everglades and Freeport in the Bahamas.
Driving past Port Everglades you can't miss the colorfully awkward ferry boat now sitting at terminal one.
A boat used by a fugitive from Texas who committed suicide when the Coast Guard approached him off the Bahamas was stolen from Key Largo.
A Tropical Storm Watch has been issued for Bermuda as Tropical Storm Maria crawls up the Atlantic.
In Friday's Aquatic Adventure, snorkeling is a fairly common waterspout to many South Floridians but as CBS4's Jeff Berardelli found out, the snorkeling adventure at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas is anything but common.
Hurricane Irene has left the Bahamas, and Friday morning, tourists stranded by the storm are leaving after Nassau's airport and seaport reopened. Now, the job of assessing the damage left behind has begun.
Just as South Florida was starting to see a gradual decline in gasoline prices, we could see a hurricane kick them higher again, even though Irene passed us by. Blame the potential hike on eastern refineries at risk from Irene.
The very powerful and very dangerous Hurricane Irene has started to slowly move away from battered Abaco Island in the Bahamas.
A very powerful and dangerous Hurricane Irene pounded the Bahamas Thursday and there is widespread damage reported on at least two southern islands.
The main cargo carrier between the U.S.and Bahamas is shipping donated goods to those in need throughout the islands, and they're asking South Florida residents to assist.
Hurricane Irene, already a major Category 3 storm, has gotten stronger as it heads toward the East Coast but not before the eye moves over Crooked Island in the southeastern Bahamas.
Parts of the Bahamas are getting battered by Hurricane Irene, now a major Category 3 storm with top winds of 115 mph.
As Hurricane Irene moves in on the southern Bahamas, it's causing flight cancellations at Miami and Ft. Lauderdale's airports.
Florida is outside of the forecast cone for Hurricane Irene, but that doesn't mean there won't be problems in the Sunshine State due to the storm.
Hurricane Irene is forecasted to pass over or near the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas by Tuesday night and be near the central Bahamas early Wednesday.
New Florida congressional districts backed by Gov. DeSantis are facing a court challenge arguing it violates the state's ban on partisan gerrymandering.
The family, including the parents and their three daughters, was vacationing in South Florida for the first time, spending a week at the Radisson Resort Miami Beach.
CBS News Miami's investigation into one such home in Lauderhill has found that the owner again appears to be out of compliance with city occupancy rules.
ICE has released the wife of an active-duty U.S. soldier after a month in detention, her husband told CBS News.
Mayor Bryan Calvo said the site could have up to 30,000 square feet available, and some startup business owners say this could be what they need to open their first in-person location.
New Florida congressional districts backed by Gov. DeSantis are facing a court challenge arguing it violates the state's ban on partisan gerrymandering.
The family, including the parents and their three daughters, was vacationing in South Florida for the first time, spending a week at the Radisson Resort Miami Beach.
CBS News Miami's investigation into one such home in Lauderhill has found that the owner again appears to be out of compliance with city occupancy rules.
The NFL has officially released the Miami Dolphins' full 2026 schedule, including preseason matchups and all 18 weeks of the regular season.
ICE has released the wife of an active-duty U.S. soldier after a month in detention, her husband told CBS News.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
ICE has released the wife of an active-duty U.S. soldier after a month in detention, her husband told CBS News.
The potential indictment — which must be approved by a grand jury — is expected to focus on Cuba's 1996 downing of two planes operated by a humanitarian group.
The launch is being backed by the American Mexican Leadership Council, a new national organization also debuting Thursday to elevate Mexican American leadership and advance U.S.-Mexico collaboration.
The Senate unanimously agreed to adopt a resolution on Thursday that will withhold senators' pay during a lapse in funding for any federal agency.
A ship was taken by unknown parties toward Iranian waters after an Indian-flagged vessel was attacked off Oman.
CBS News Miami has confirmed from multiple sources that the Miami Dade State Attorney's office is investigating A3.
State Senator Rosalind Osgood is urging Wasserman Schultz not to run in Florida's 22nd Congressional district.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
A New York native is among 16 American passengers who are quarantining in Nebraska after being on the cruise ship that is at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak.
The head of the World Health Organization says "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
In 2002, Zermeño found out he contracted hantavirus after cleaning the family house following the death of his mother and sister. He had been exposed to rodent droppings and became infected.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" edges out "Mortal Kombat II" at the North American box office this weekend.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.