A 19-year-old man was arrested Thursday after he fatally struck another man who was riding a standing electric scooter and then fled the scene, authorities said.
MIAMI – More than two decades ago, police say, Alejandro Cortes shot and killed a neighbor in Homestead and wounded four others after an argument over loud music. Cortes was never jailed. Instead, he fled overseas. But after 22 years on the lam, Cortes early Friday was booked into a Miami-Dade jail after being extradited from Mexico. Cortes, 59, must now await trial on a charge of first-degree .
A Ferris wheel operator has been charged with battery and felony child neglect after being caught on video whaling on patrons at a Miami flea market carnival.