Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo blasts Miami election change, calls move "legally and morally wrong"
Commissioner Joe Carollo says city leaders are extending their terms; Mayor Suarez calls accusations "political performance."
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Commissioner Joe Carollo says city leaders are extending their terms; Mayor Suarez calls accusations "political performance."
MDSO said upon arrival, deputies found the man "sitting inside of a vehicle suffering from apparent gunshot wound(s)."
Cited concerns included light pollution, saying the bright lights from the facility are diminishing the internationally recognized dark skies of Big Cypress.
A man is facing serious charges after being accused of committing two separate assaults in Miami-Dade County this week.
According to police, the bridge opened just as she crossed to the second half of the structure.
The burglary happened just before 4 a.m. Thursday at Kicks Circuit, located on Southwest 104th Street.
One person was sent to the hospital for smoke inhalation.
The congressman said he was motivated to visit after reading reports that the center was overcrowded and rundown.
Authorities said the group staged a car crash as part of a scheme to collect tens of thousands of dollars from an insurance company.
Miami Beach leaders held a special meeting to discuss the future of the Bikini Hostel, which has housed homeless residents since last November.
Saturday, just after 2 p.m., MDSO said deputies responded to the apartment, where a man allegedly "slammed his 5-year-old son against the wall and the child suffered a laceration."
Among those affected was Santos Varela, a terminally ill man with pancreatic cancer.
Chopper 4 flew over the detention facility on Thursday morning, where detainees were seen gathering outside on a basketball court and arranging themselves to spell out "SOS" to be viewed from the air.
They got together to reflect on their harrowing pasts and express growing concern over the resurgence of antisemitism.
Two people were hospitalized after an altercation at a Miramar apartment complex led to gunfire and a carjacking at a nearby Aldi on Saturday afternoon, police said.