Former Cop Takes Plea Deal For Roadside Rip Off
A former Miami-Dade police officer accused of using his badge and gun to help his cousin and another man steal more than $130 thousand from a gambler has taken a plea deal from prosecutors.
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A former Miami-Dade police officer accused of using his badge and gun to help his cousin and another man steal more than $130 thousand from a gambler has taken a plea deal from prosecutors.
A high speed chase which spanned two counties ended with a person hospitalized after he was shot by police.
A woman seen in surveillance video the day three fires were set inside a Michael's Arts and Crafts store has been cleared of any wrongdoing.
Two men were arrested Wednesday night after leading police on a short chase through Miami-Dade and Broward Counties.
Two of the three teens accused of setting Deerfield Beach teen on fire will be spending the next few years behind bars.
Miami-Dade police spent the day Wednesday looking for a woman captured in a surveillance video, calling her a person of interest in connection with three fires started in a Kendall arts and crafts store. Late Wednesday, they said they had found the woman and decided she had no connection to the fire.
On Florida's death row for more than three decades, a twice-convicted murderer was executed Wednesday night for the rape and murder of a St. Petersburg woman.
Broward Sheriff's deputies are going door to door in one Lauderdale Lakes neighborhood asking residents and businesses alike if they have any information which could lead them to the two men who robbed and sexually assaulted a woman.
One man is dead, a second hospitalized, after a dispute at a popular club in Pembroke Pines ended in gunfire on a Hollywood Street.
A Barbara Goleman Senior High student, who was stabbed last week by a classmate, has been charged.
Former private school PE director Paul Mira, charged with sexual abuse of two students including a 12-year-old girl, has accepted a plea deal that makes him a sex offender for life, bans him from teaching, but keeps him from prison. The parents of the girls accepted the deal to keep their kids from having to testify.
There's a fair amount of difference between an 84-year old woman and a pack of pit bulls, but police say when the dogs started fighting and turned on the woman, her son used a gun to get control of the situation and shot his mom instead of the dogs.
Miami Police are looking for a crook who took advantage of the Valentine's Day celebration to pull off a frightening armed robbery.
A watch thief with an impeccable sense of timing stole an expensive Rolex from woman at Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
On a day most women want flowers, two women went to court hoping for justice.
A Pompano Beach teen accused of raping a woman after he broke into her home over the weekend will be staying behind bars.
It's the stuff nightmares are made of. A young woman opened the windows of her Coral Springs home to take advantage of the cool weather and wound up being attacked.
Three people have been arrested in connection with the death of a Miami Beach whose body was found in the back of a burning vehicle in August of last year.
Police have a teenager in custody who they say admitted a home invasion and sexual assault that was caught on tape, because the victim called 911 and left the line open during the attack.
On Florida's death row for more than three decades, a twice-convicted murderer is scheduled to be executed this week for the murder of a St. Petersburg woman.
A suicide at a South Florida gun range led to the discovery of a second dead body in a Tamarac home as BSO investigators discovered it wasn't just a suicide but a murder-suicide.
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is asking for the public's help in connection with a homicide case.
The FBI is asking for the public's help in locating a serial bank robber who struck again at a Fort Lauderdale bank on Friday.
A South Florida man was arrested early Saturday morning after being involved in a six-hour police standoff in Pompano Beach.
A toddler was pulled from a Lauderdale Lakes canal Friday afternoon died after being rushed to Broward General Medical Center.
The warrant is the 15th DeSantis has signed this year; Florida has executed 12 inmates so far in 2026.
Duniel Arecesgonzalez faces a felony theft charge after police found $852 worth of avocados in his truck and nearby bags.
Florida has 155 measles cases so far in 2026 and a vaccination rate well below the herd immunity threshold, according to the Florida Department of Health.
A powerful and deadly earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
The warrant is the 15th DeSantis has signed this year; Florida has executed 12 inmates so far in 2026.
Duniel Arecesgonzalez faces a felony theft charge after police found $852 worth of avocados in his truck and nearby bags.
Florida has 155 measles cases so far in 2026 and a vaccination rate well below the herd immunity threshold, according to the Florida Department of Health.
A powerful and deadly earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
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.
The winner of the August primary will face Republican candidate Te Brown in the November general election.
A U.S. Marine veteran from Massachusetts who has been held in Russia for more than four years on disputed charges has been released.
Ahead of a flight from Turkey, President Trump secretly left Air Force One and was moved to another plane with the help of a catering truck, according to a source, as the U.S. grappled with a threat from Iran.
Two Senate Republicans released a set of 2021 texts that show Dr. Anthony Fauci discussing how to "weigh the potential risks against the benefits" of pregnant women taking COVID-19 vaccines.
President Trump signaled he would be piling economic pressure on Iran as the stalemate continued and Tehran laid out new conditions to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
In a statement, Moody attempted to distance herself from the affair, suggesting the blame rests with the Governor and his Administration.
The race to see who will be the Democratic nominee to take on Republican Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar in District 27 is being closely watched.
Months after leaving TV news, Rodriguez is competing against former prosecutor Robin Peguero for the CD-27 nomination.
On Sunday, Collins spoke about the ruling on this week in South Florida and explained why he believes he is trailing the Republican frontrunner, Byron Donalds.
CBS Miami's Jim DeFede spoke to former Republican State Senator Jeff Brandes, president of the Florida Policy Project, who is behind one of those lawsuits.
Despite a rash of foodborne illnesses in recent months, one expert said the nation's food supply is "remarkably safe." Here's what to know.
Federal officials issued a public health alert for meat products containing jalapeños that may be linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds of people across at least 27 states.
In a wide-ranging interview with the CBS News partner BBC News, Hunter Biden grew emotional as he discussed his father's condition, describing it as very sad to watch.
Two Michigan residents who had "significant underlying health conditions" have died after contracting cyclosporiasis, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said.
Since May, more than 11,000 cases of illness caused by the parasite cyclospora have been reported in 41 states. This comes after the Trump administration drastically cut FDA and CDC staff, prompting one expert to call this summer's outbreaks "a national wake-up call."
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.
Ariana Grande had been due to star alongside her "Wicked" co-star Jonathan Bailey in a production of "Sunday in the Park with George" in 2027.
Vincent Pastore played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on all six seasons of "The Sopranos," which aired from 1999 to 2007.
Four women say Hollywood star Jared Leto committed sexual crimes against them when they were teenagers, in interviews with the BBC.
Carly Simon, the singer known for 1970s hits like "You're So Vain," announced she has Parkinson's disease and also was treated for basal cell carcinoma.
Paramount Skydance on Friday said it would delay the deal until as late as June 2027.