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A judge has denied bond for a trucker accused of killing a woman and dumping her body on a Dania Beach road over the weekend. Raul Serrano, 28, was arrested Sunday and charged with one count of first degree murder in the death of 49-year old Lacy Woolridge.
Florida courthouses took center stage in 2013, especially with the eyes of the nation glued to the George Zimmerman trial in Sanford.
She was a woman with an infectious smile. Linda Chestnut was a mother to seven children and a grandmother. On the night of December 17, 2009 Linda was murdered next to an old pickle factory near Broward Blvd and I-95 in Fort Lauderdale. "As time goes on," her daughter Chiquita Chestnut cried, "it's hard to deal with it."
Terry Allen Nealy, 22, made his first appearance in bond court Monday after being arrested over the weekend on first-degree murder charges in relation to a shooting death at a Motel 7 in North Miami.
A Miami-Dade County grand jury has indicted Anthawn Ragan, Jr. for first-degree murder for the shooting death of 10-year-old Aaron Vu.
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.
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.
A fight between two men in Pompano Beach led to a deadly shooting early Thanksgiving morning and one man is in custody.
Six-year old Makayla Sitton loved to sing. But her angelic voice was silenced four-years ago when she was murdered in a Thanksgiving day massacre at her home in Jupiter.
Crime in the state of Florida is down, including Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe Counties.
Florida death row inmate Darius Kimbrough was executed Tuesday.
Two former classmates of Jason Beckman testified Friday saying Jason had expressed hatred toward his father years before he allegedly shot him to death.
The sense of loss has not changed for Jeanette Pata. Seven years ago, she rushed to her son's Kendall apartment to find out he had been shot to death in the parking lot. On the anniversary of Bryan Pata's death, she feels the case has gone cold.
The state's star witness in the trial of Jason Beckman, accused of murdering his father South Miami City Commissioner Jay Beckman, took the stand Thursday.
Crime Scene technicians worked into the night Tuesday investigating a double murder after the bodies of an elderly couple were found in their Deerfield Beach Condo Monday.
The murdered school nurse whose body was dumped in a sugar cane field reported a break-in at her house in the weeks before she disappeared.
After 16 hours of deliberations over four days, the jury in the Sean Taylor murder trial has found Eric Rivera, Jr. guilty of second-degree murder for the death of Sean Taylor.
The ex-husband of Kimberly Lindsey, the school nurse who was found dead in a Glades sugar cane field last week, is also dead.
The South Florida woman convicted of kidnapping and child abuse in the case of missing 4-year-old foster child Rilya Wilson will not be tried for murder.
A 67-year-old former maintenance man at a condominium community in Pembroke Pines went to trial Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting and killing a 93-year-old woman.
Child abuse caseworkers failed to take action on a number of "red flags" that might have prevented the death of a 3-year old Southwest Florida boy Saturday.
The man accused of firing the deadly shot which claimed the life of Washington Redskins star Safety Sean Taylor reportedly confessed to police.
During day three in the murder trial against Eric Rivera, the man accused of killing famed football player Sean Taylor, jurors got to hear the contents of a letter written by Rivera in which he asks his cousin to tell a witness to lie to police.
It's day two of testimony in the trial of the man who allegedly shot and killed former UM and NFL star Sean Taylor during a 2007 attempted burglary.
In a case stemming from the 1978 murder of a woman after she left a Leesburg grocery store, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to Florida's standards for determining whether Death Row inmates should be shielded from execution because they are mentally disabled.
The Transportation Security Administration has launched a new program at 13 airports, allowing eligible TSA PreCheck members without plane tickets to pass through security and enter the gates.
An aviation attorney says a key question for investigators is why the crew didn't attempt a go-around before crashing.
Apple's Sept. 9 tech showcase is set to feature new CEO John Ternus unveiling its first foldable iPhone and the iPhone 18.
Silvi Larrieu, the niece of pilot Mario Lamar, told CBS News Miami that two civilian boats left Miami to help look for the missing plane, and a relative found one of the bodies.
The Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767 cargo plane that crashed off a Miami runway on Sunday, killing five people, was operated by a North Carolina company that has been accused by past employees of violating safety regulations, legal documents reveal.
The Amazon cargo plane crashed off the end of a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, leaving five people dead and five others injured.
An aviation attorney says a key question for investigators is why the crew didn't attempt a go-around before crashing.
The Transportation Security Administration has launched a new program at 13 airports, allowing eligible TSA PreCheck members without plane tickets to pass through security and enter the gates.
Apple's Sept. 9 tech showcase is set to feature new CEO John Ternus unveiling its first foldable iPhone and the iPhone 18.
Silvi Larrieu, the niece of pilot Mario Lamar, told CBS News Miami that two civilian boats left Miami to help look for the missing plane, and a relative found one of the bodies.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has reappeared in public at a military event celebrating an army branch's anniversary.
Diario Las Américas, a Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper, reported Tuesday that Castro is seriously ill, citing a confidential source in Cuba close to his inner circle.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of developing and directing the plot to crash hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.
Degnis Bofill, who won a 2022 Latin Grammy, is being held at the Krome Detention Center in Miami-Dade County while his asylum case is pending.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife asked a judge to toss their drug trafficking indictment on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.
The deal involves developing 17 strategic oil fields in Venezuela, an undertaking that experts said could take years.
President Trump announced a deal to grant the U.S. control of more than 60 billion barrels of proven Venezuelan oil reserves.
Carlos Tellez Sanchez had worked at a car dealership in Dallas during the day and drove for Uber Eats at night to support his family.
Courtney Walter said her husband, Jorge Luis Eliecer Ruiz, was stopped by immigration agents on Aug. 3 in Coconut Creek.
Scott Singer, the former mayor of Boca Raton, discusses winning his primary and what's next in the race.
Former prosecutors question why a grand jury found $10 million misappropriated but charged no one.
The report found taxpayer money was routed through nonprofits and into political accounts, while Attorney General James Uthmeier faces fresh criticism over his role in the transfer.
Moskowitz discusses primary win, Democratic divide.
Gilbert is running for the seat that Frederica Wilson is retiring from.
Employer health benefit costs are projected to see the steepest increase next year since 2003. That could mean higher deductions and out-of-pocket costs for workers.
Moderna and Merck announced study results that reflect a "landmark moment" in treatment for one of the deadliest forms of skin cancer.
The notice from a U.S. government agency does not indicate in which stores the beef was sold.
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.
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.
While performing in St. Louis on Saturday night, Lionel Richie appeared at one point to lean on a piano for support, according to video from the show.
The international airport in Nashville, Tennessee, would be renamed for Dolly Parton under a proposal by Tennessee's governor.
Stella Parton said her sister Dolly told her "that if there was no hope for her, she would still allow her medical team to try experimental drugs in the hope of helping others in the future."
Tim Curry was known for his iconic performances in cult classics like "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and the original screen adaptation of Stephen King's "It."
President Trump said that he would be "lowering the American flag" throughout the nation for one week in Dolly Parton's honor.