Ex-Hialeah officer Rafael Otano sentenced 66 months in prison for kidnapping homeless man
Otano, 28, will be serving a 66-month-long sentence, followed by 5 years of probation.
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Otano, 28, will be serving a 66-month-long sentence, followed by 5 years of probation.
Miami International Airport is gearing up for its busiest holiday travel season on record.
New details have emerged from a fatal crash involving a Miami-Dade Police cruiser on Halloween night.
Miami-Dade police said a crash involving one of their police cruisers Tuesday night resulted in the death of the driver of a vehicle that had been fleeing police following a reported robbery in Miami Beach.
From Broward County to Miami-Dade, thousands of people decked out in their best Halloween costumes celebrated across the region.
Lauderhill police are investigating a triple shooting resulting in the death of a woman and the wounding of a man and a girl on Tuesday afternoon.
Police announced they have made an arrest in the New Year's Day Miami Gardens mass shooting.
Passengers at Miami International Airport may have noticed some 30 moving sidewalks, escalators and elevators are not operating. We asked why. The director said there's a $581 million program underway to modernize about half of the 600-plus automated movers and elevators over the next several years.
A man is facing serious charges after being accused of a violent sexual assault on a woman in Miami.
Aleus Alfred was found safe near his home.
Members of the Jewish faith gathered at the beach with a table set for the over 230 Israeli hostages they say have been captured by Hamas.
Police were searching Tuesday for the person who fatally shot a man outside a luxury high-rise condo tower in Aventura
In a unanimous vote, Lauderhill commissioners voted in favor of a resolution to try to reverse Florida House Bill 543, the law allowing permitless carry across the state.
You see a man jump out of a car and first try to pull down a banner at the Bagel Time Cafe off 41st Street.
Inter Miami's Lionel Messi won a record-extending eighth Ballon d'Or on Monday. The annual soccer awards celebrate the best players in the game.
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava is suspending Eulois Cleckley, Miami-Dade's director of transportation and public works, over the county temporarily suspending fares on public buses.
Miami Police tell CBS News Miami that they are alarmed after two women were wounded early Sunday during a drive-by at a Halloween-related block party in Overtown.
A man is facing charges after being accused of recording video of women while they changed clothes at Aventura Mall.
Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony held a press conference to talk about the recent arrest of a suspect accused of committing sexual battery on a Parkland woman.
Eulois Cleckley, Miami-Dade's director of transportation and public works, has been suspended.
Browsing through Isabela Rangel Grutman's Instagram, with a substantial following of over 480,000, it's evident she leads a glamorous life.
Firefighters are currently investigating what caused the large vessel to burst into flames.
"Love-Art-Football" features the late UVA football player and South Florida's native artwork and other displays.
History was made Friday at Gwen Cherry Park when they cut the ribbon for the brand-new Papa Keith Music and Media Studio.
A device that helps protect boaters from pirates and other criminals out at sea is being shown to people at the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show.
An Axios report on Cuba's military drones and possible U.S. strike plans sparks alarm in South Florida, though Cuban officials deny the claims.
Lionel Messi had a goal and assisted on another as Inter Miami won its first game at Nu Stadium with a 2-0 victory over the Portland Timbers.
Over 250 Miami Gardens drivers got free gas, and 25 moms won $200 Walmart sprees during a community giveaway led by rapper Yung Miami and local leaders.
The World Health Organization this week declared the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a "public health emergency of international concern."
A new generation of civil rights leaders is rallying against efforts to dismantle the Voting Rights Act.
An Axios report on Cuba's military drones and possible U.S. strike plans sparks alarm in South Florida, though Cuban officials deny the claims.
Lionel Messi had a goal and assisted on another as Inter Miami won its first game at Nu Stadium with a 2-0 victory over the Portland Timbers.
Over 250 Miami Gardens drivers got free gas, and 25 moms won $200 Walmart sprees during a community giveaway led by rapper Yung Miami and local leaders.
The World Health Organization this week declared the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a "public health emergency of international concern."
A new generation of civil rights leaders is rallying against efforts to dismantle the Voting Rights Act.
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.
A new generation of civil rights leaders is rallying against efforts to dismantle the Voting Rights Act.
The Senate's rulemaker delivered a blow to GOP plans to fund security for President Trump's overhaul of the East Wing of the White House.
Gas prices, inflation weigh on Americans. Many see lack of clarity on what's happening in Iran.
Incumbent GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy, who had occasionally broken with the Trump administration, lost his bid for a third term.
Russia's Putin will travel to Beijing next week to meet China's Xi. The announcement came one day after President Trump returned from his own summit with the Chinese leader.
The only remaining roadblock: Miami Dade County Commission Chairman Anthony Rodriguez, who has so far refused to say when – or even if – he will allow the full commission to vote on it.
A group of Miami residents, including historian Marvin Dunn, filed suit last week in federal court to block the transfer of land for the proposed library.
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.
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.
At least 80 deaths have been reported in a new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda, authorities said.
Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg, leader of the Food and Drug Administration division responsible for regulating prescription and over-the-counter drugs, is leaving her post, a senior FDA official confirmed.
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.
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.
"Survivor" 48 and 50 contestant Joe Hunter believes his sister Joanna, whose death was ruled a suicide, was murdered. He and their mother are working to be Joanna's voice and advocate for others who have experienced domestic violence.
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.