Lawyer says guards beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

WSVN 7News 4/15 6:44A Rubén Rosario

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Guards severely beat and pepper-sprayed detainees at a state-run immigration detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades this month, according to a lawyer for two detainees. The guards targeted...

Vet tech treating 2 cats found with chemical burns in Little River believes they were ‘intentionally...

WSVN 7News 4/15 6:28A Rubén Rosario

A veterinary technician who is treating two stray cats that were found in North Miami-Dade with severe chemical wounds believes this was an act of animal cruelty, as an outraged community continues to seek the public s help for information on who...

Local artist Lili Cantero captures World Cup’s iconic moments on painted soccer balls displayed in...

WSVN 7News 4/15 6:11A Sebastian Cuervo

A South Florida artist is turning soccer balls into one-of-a-kind art that is being displayed at local galleries. With every brush stroke, Lili Cantero captured the moment Spain won the World Cup in 2010. The feeling of joy and celebration,...

3 hospitalized due to hazmat situation at Homestead Air Reserve Base

WSVN 7News 4/15 5:06A Rubén Rosario

A hazmat situation at Homestead Air Reserve Base has sent three people to the hospital, officials said. Miami Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the base along the 2900 block of Coral Sea Boulevard, just after 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday. Due to the...

Search underway for 16-year-old boy reported missing from NE Miami-Dade

WSVN 7News 4/15 12:08A Rubén Rosario

Authorities seek the public help in their search for a 16-year-old boy who was reported missing from Northeast Miami-Dade. Back on April 8, Miami-Dade Sheriff s Office deputies said, Josiah K. Burrows was dropped off by a school bus after...

Trump posts graphic video of deadly hammer attack in Fort Myers, putting renewed focus on...

WSVN 7News 4/13 2:21A Rubén Rosario

(CNN) — A Haitian national has been charged with murder after officials say he repeatedly struck a woman with a hammer outside a convenience store in Florida last week, the latest immigration case thrust into the national spotlight by President...

BSO seeks to ID man in attempted abduction of 11-year-old boy in Oakland Park

WSVN 7News 4/13 2:09A Rubén Rosario

Authorities seek the public s help to find a man who, they said, tried to abduct an 11-year-old boy in Oakland Park. According to the Broward Sheriff s Office, the subject approached the victim near the 4100 block of Northwest 21st Avenue, just...

1 dead, 2 stable after shooting at 2nd Taste of Miami Karnival in Little Haiti

WSVN 7News 4/13 12:05A Rubén Rosario

Shots rang out during the Second Annual Taste of Miami Karnival in the Little Haiti neighborhood, leaving one person dead and sending two others to the hospital, police said. City of Miami and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the...

Volunteers clean up Biscayne Bay shoreline as part of 44th annual Baynanza in NE Miami-Dade

WSVN 7News 4/12 5:41A Jayme Berezdivin

Thousands of volunteers worked around Biscayne Bay to help clean up the shoreline. Miami-Dade County hosted the 44th annual Baynanza cleanup day in Northeast Miami-Dade. It s really an opportunity for residents across the region to come together...

Residents speak out as BSO continues pleas for help to find man caught assaulting woman in Weston

WSVN 7News 4/12 3:48A Jayme Berezdivin

Weston residents are reeling after a man was caught on camera violently attacking a woman in broad daylight. When I walk out, I carry my Taser with me. Even in this parking lot because you just don t know. It s scary. said Tina McMahon, a Weston...

Miami Southridge Senior High School teacher accused of battery; MDCPS responds

WSVN 7News 4/12 3:10A Jayme Berezdivin

A teacher at Mother of Miami Southridge Senior High School is spending time behind bars. 53-year-old Rudolph Infante has been charged with four counts of battery and one felony charge of offenses against students by an authority figure. Details...

Emergency crews free trapped person after accident on Florida Turnpike; condition unknown

WSVN 7News 4/12 2:36A Jayme Berezdivin

A person was freed from their SUV after being trapped during an accident that caused trouble on the Florida Turnpike. The accident took place Saturday near Caribbean Boulevard in Southwest Miami-Dade. Emergency crews freed the person from the...

3 hospitalized after shooting in Miami Gardens; police investigating

WSVN 7News 4/12 2:04A Jayme Berezdivin

Three people have been hospitalized after a shooting took place in Miami Gardens. First responders arrived late Saturday night to reports of a shooting near a Checkers restaurant near Northwest 27th Avenue and Miami Gardens Drive. It was a good...

Mandarin Oriental Hotel demolished in implosion; residents and visitors react

WSVN 7News 4/12 1:32A Jayme Berezdivin

An iconic hotel that graced the Miami skyline has been demolished, with residents and visitors reacting. The Mandarin Oriental Hotel, a 23 story building, came down early Sunday morning. This side, because of the other side, it was probably going...

Miami Heat hold Earth Day celebration with students at Driftwood Middle School

WSVN 7News 4/11 3:40A Jayme Berezdivin

Students and teachers at Driftwood Middle School in Hollywood celebrated Earth Day with the help from the Miami Heat. The event hosted a pep rally from the Heat mascot Burnie and the Hoop Troop, and students bounced basketballs. The school won...