Facing South Florida: Miami Gardens Crime

We take a closer look at the crime problem in this South Florida city paying particularly close attention to the goings-on at a Miami Gardens convenience store. The store owner has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city, the mayor, and the police department, alleging police harassment. The state's attorney has just wrapped up its investigation and there is already fallout following that office's decision to not charge officers with any crime.

• Dec 9, 2013

Shooting, Barricaded Person Temporarily Closes Turnpike

The Florida Turnpike Extension between SW 8th Street and Bird Road was closed to traffic for most of Sunday as police investigated reports of a shooting.

• Dec 8, 2013

Witness: Miami Barber Shop Shooting Allegedly Started With Argument Over Parking Space

A witness tells CBS4 an argument over a parking space led to a shooting that left two people dead on Sunday including the owner of a barber shop and a security guard.

• Dec 8, 2013

Tamarac Man Charged In Sexual Assault In Hospital

A Tamarac man was arrested after he allegedly raped a physically disabled woman at a South Florida hospital.

• Dec 8, 2013

Allapattah Man Pistol Whipped During Home Invasion Robbery

An Allapattah man fought back after he and his wife were attacked by two armed men as they left their home.

• Dec 8, 2013

Police Search For Gunmen In Allapattah Home Invasion

A couple, leaving their home, were approached by two men who then forced them back into the home.

• Dec 7, 2013

Police: Man Spends Hours In Strip Club, Leaves Baby Inside Car

The bond is set at $100,000 for a man who police say left his infant child locked inside the car while he spent more than three hours inside a Fort Myers strip club.

• Dec 7, 2013

Keys Man Upset By Kiss Ends Up In Jail

An altercation involving a box cutter at an outreach mission facility sent three people to the hospital Friday night—one of the men ended up in jail.

• Dec 7, 2013

Young Girl Reports Being Followed In Key Largo

Police say a 13-year-old girl, in Key Largo, did the right thing when she managed to get away from a male stranger trying to follow her—and then alerted authorities of the incident.

• Dec 7, 2013

Police Arrest Alleged Driver Involved In Deadly Motorcycle Hit & Run

Kevin Gilliam Jr., 29, was killed by a hit and run driver while riding his motorcycle on Broward Boulevard back in November. Just shy of a month later—authorities have made an arrest.

• Dec 6, 2013

Miami-Based Cocaine Smugglers Going To Prison

For seven years, a Miami-based drug trafficking operation used cargo ships to smuggle cocaine into South Florida. Now the ringleaders are heading to prison.

• Dec 6, 2013

Accused Nail Salon Killer Charged With Another Murder

A 19-year-old career criminal who was recently charged with shooting and killing a 10-year-old boy in his family's nail salon is now connected to the murder last month of a 21-year-old man.

• Dec 5, 2013

MDPD Search For Knife-Wielding Man Accused Of Robbing Grocery Stores

Police are asking for the public's help in finding a man accused of robbing grocery stores in Miami-Dade county last month.

• Dec 5, 2013

Lawsuits Filed In Sawgrass Expressway Wrong Way Crash

The families of the two women killed in a wrong way crash on the Sawgrass Expressway last month have filed lawsuits against the driver and the owner of the car she was driving. The Catronio and Ferrante families along with their attorneys announced the filings of the lawsuits against Kaila Mendoza and Federico Javier Reyes this afternoon.

• Dec 5, 2013

State Attorney's Office Won't Press Charges Against Miami Gardens Officers

The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office won't charge Miami Gardens officers with any crimes following an investigation into harassment complaints made by a convenience store owner, which have since become the basis of a federal civil rights lawsuit.

• Dec 5, 2013

TV Thieves Seen On Video Targeting Pompano Beach Businesses

Surveillance video has revealed each second of a burglary as it unfolded at a Pompano Beach barber shop.

• Dec 5, 2013

Police Chase Man Into Carol City High School

Carol City High School was temporarily put on lockdown after a man, who was running from police, entered the school building.

• Dec 5, 2013

Big Screen Bandits Strike Two Pompano Beach Businesses

The hunt is on for a couple of guys who have a thing for flat screen televisions. Unfortunately, the televisions didn't belong to them.

• Dec 5, 2013

Tire Thieves Target Gables Residents

A rude awakening for a couple of Coral Gables residents who found their cars up on blocks, their wheels gone, early Thursday morning.

• Dec 5, 2013

Investigation Underway After North Dade Man Found Dead

An investigation is underway after a north Miami-Dade man was found dead. "This was my only child," said Shanay Hall. "He was a good boy. In fact, today is the fifth and he would have been 27 in a month. This hurts so bad."

• Dec 5, 2013

Alleged Swindler Reading Auras Is Under Arrest

A self-proclaimed faith healer was jailed on accusations that he swindled two women he met at Aventura Mall out of nearly $100,000.

• Dec 5, 2013

Police Investigating Possible Connection Between 2 Restaurant Robberies

Police are investigating whether two armed restaurant robberies are possibly connected. One happened Sunday, and was captured on security tape, the other happened last month—and was also captured on tape.

• Dec 4, 2013

Vigil Held For Weston High School Student Killed By Father

A Weston father killed himself after killing his wife and 17-year-old son and then driving to Tallahassee to attempt to kill his 21-year-old son.

• Dec 4, 2013

Police Release Video Of Armed Robbers In Restaurant Robbery

Four armed men stormed into a Miami restaurant Sunday night pointing pistols at customers. Police say two of the four men were caught, and now they hope that newly-released security tape helps them catch the other two.

• Dec 4, 2013

Painting Purloined On Eve of Art Basel

The thief or thieves came in the dark of night, leaving even-tempered artist Phil Fung with an empty place in his heart...and on a Wynwood wall.

• Dec 4, 2013

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