Car chase in Florida Keys reveals potential link between espionage and ‘Havana syndrome’
A recent report by CBS’ “60 Minutes” into cases of “Havana syndrome” revealed that a suspected Russian spy — who some believe is linked to the mysterious illness — was involved in a high-speed South Florida police chase back in 2020.
Griselda archives: Cocaine dirty money affords foreign brutal killers luxury in Miami
Luis Garcia-Blanco, a Cuban who had arrived in Miami on the Mariel boatlift, was accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend Maricel Gutierrez in the head with a machine gun in 1980, in Miami-Dade. He had allegedly also cut off her finger and kept it in a Bible.
Griselda archives: War on drugs leaves trail of cold case cases in Miami-Dade
When an assassin in Miami-Dade killed Oscar Piedrahita — who had allegedly betrayed Colombian cocaine trafficker Griselda Blanco — he used a submachine gun. The hitman put more bullets in Piedrahita’s garage door than he put in him.
Griselda archives: Colombian mothers face true cost of cocaine business after families turn into crime rings
Federal agents with the Drug Enforcement Agency waited for guests to arrive for a baby shower at a restaurant in Miami’s Little Havana. When they moved in to arrest a woman, two men who were near her ran away holding cases for what appeared to be a violin and a guitar.
After charge filed, Pembroke Park commissioner turns tables on town with $10M planned suit
Pembroke Park Commissioner Geoffrey Jacobs is the defendant in a civil — and now a criminal — court case connected to his time on the dais in the south Broward town of about 6,000 people. Now, he plans to be a plaintiff.
Griselda archives: Cocaine wars in Miami came with wild-west-style shootouts amid competition for crown
In northern Bogotá, Colombia, in a posh neighborhood, a woman clad in soft beige walked in high heels out of a two-story house with armed guards to investigate who was spying on her in the 1980s. Detectives identified her as Veronica Rivera de Vargas, better known as Bogotá's “Queen of Cocaine.”
Hallandale Beach ex-HOA prez cuffed after leaving gun drawing on resident’s doormat, cops say
Police arrested the former president of a Hallandale Beach co-op building — the subject of multiple Local 10 Investigates stories — after they said he left a hand-drawn photo of a gun on a resident’s doormat.
WATCH: Pembroke Park commissioner goes on profanity-laden tirade from dais
F-bombs flew at Pembroke Park Town Hall Wednesday night as outspoken commissioner Geoffrey Jacobs, once the town’s mayor, went on a profanity-laced tirade directed towards colleagues on the dais. It comes as Local 10 News has learned that Jacobs, the subject of multiple Local 10 stories, may now be under investigation by Broward County’s chief watchdog.
Georgia couple says ‘Dream’ dealership in Hollywood made Lexus purchase a nightmare
An elderly Georgia couple tells Local 10 News they have been ripped off. They paid a South Florida car dealership $15,000 for a hard-to-find Lexus. And while the dealer cashed the check weeks ago, they have no car and no answers.
Report accuses Pembroke Park official of laundry list of ‘hostile, volatile, toxic’ behaviors
An outside firm hired to investigate a Pembroke Park commissioner — who was once the town’s mayor — found the official engaged in an extensive series of “threatening, humiliating, or intimidating behaviors,” according to a report obtained by Local 10 News on Friday.
More records surface about Ramirez’s detention in Tampa before I-75 shooting
More details surfaced on Wednesday about how Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez III ended up hospitalized on July 23 in Hillsborough County after he traveled there for a Florida Sheriff’s Association conference.
Woman detained getting off cruise ship at Port Everglades for crime she didn’t commit
A Texas tourist who took a cruise from Port Everglades returned, only to be arrested at the port on a felony child endangerment charge. She spent three nights in the Broward County Jail, but it turns out law enforcement officials detained the wrong person.
Pembroke Park commissioners censure ‘toxic’ ex-mayor; he replies they’ll ‘end up in jail’
Drama on the dais continued in Pembroke Park as commissioners voted to publicly reprimand outspoken former mayor and current Town Commissioner Geoffrey Jacobs after he was accused of creating a “hostile work environment” in the small Broward County town.
‘Nothing about flashy’: Lifted ‘monster’ police, fire trucks in South Florida aren’t for show
It started as a call from a concerned taxpayer who wanted to know why so many South Florida fire and police departments are filling their fleets with what appear to be expensive “monster” looking trucks with big wheels and tires. Turns out, these vehicles aren’t there to show off.
Tip results in search warrant amid probe into unlicensed assisted living facility
A 39-year-old woman is facing criminal charges in Miami-Dade County in a case related to a two-story four-bedroom house that neighbors said Wednesday often had a strong odor of marijuana coming from the inside, and people coming in and out regularly — including a group who fired guns nearby.
Co-op association orders woman remove camera — only after it caught president behaving badly
A new fight is now brewing at a Hallandale Beach building that was the focus of a recent Local 10 News investigation. A camera that caught a now-former co-op building president verbally abusing and harassing a resident is being forced down.
Magistrate confronts Dania Beach landlord over ‘terrible’ conditions; city asks state to intervene
Ori Gal owns residential real estate in Dania Beach. A mother and her three children live in one of his rodent-infested apartments with mold, and termite damage and without a proper ceiling, or working kitchen.
Property manager’s refusal to fix elevator in Lauderhill hurts cancer patient who wants to go home
It would be nice if Shanna Gibson, a retiree, could spend her final days in the comfort of her home at the International Village in Lauderhill, but the cancer patient has been in a hospice facility for about a week instead.
Dirty Dining: Inspector finds 31 violations at Kendall restaurant, rodent droppings in Thai restaurant’s pan
We have said it before and we will say it again: For some reason Inspectors in District 1 (Miami-Dade and the Florida Keys) who work for the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation don’t follow the same rules as inspectors in other areas.
FLORIDA FILES: Listen to episode 3 of police shootout gone wrong
On Dec. 5, 2019, Frank Ordonez would go to work at UPS and never return home. He'd be taken hostage by two armed robbers and end up in the midst of a police shootout in Miramar Parkway. Richard Cutshaw would be driving home from work and he'd be caught in the crossfire and shot in the head while in his car. Hear the stories of what happened that day and where things stand 3 years later.
Hialeah school asks state investigators to look into ‘alarming’ barbers’ licensing fraud
State officials found nearly 90 students were enrolled last year at the Futura Career Institute in Hialeah, yet there were more fraudsters who were not listed who were claiming that they had graduated when they never even attended.