Honored to be recognized by the Miami New Times today. Iโm also lucky to work with the best photojournalists, producers and assignment desk pros in the business. The grind continues. ๐ช๐๐ผ๐บ
@wsvn
@miaminewtimes
โWho cares another dead copโ
โI had to transport with honor guard their dead bodies from coronavirus because they all were too stupid to wear masks or get vaccinated. Fโ the police.โ
-now suspended Miami Firefighter re: shooting death of MDPDโs Cesar Echaverry
@wsvn
story:
#NEW
: 1-yr old Darin Williams III, has bullet wounds to his head, chest and hand, but was said to be up and talking in hospital according to police and family friends. His father, Darin Williams Jr. died while shielding child, according to detectives. 47 rounds fired
@wsvn
#7News
Body Cam Video: The moment the Colombian Soccer Federation President and his son went from VIPs to arrestees during the Copa America madness at Hard Rock Stadium last month.
@wsvn
#Exclusive
story:
This is video of a previous encounter between murder suspect Courtney Clenney and her now deceased boyfriend. The 2/21/22 incident shows her attacking him in an elevator before he pushed her away.
@wsvn
More video from Watson Isl.
where the 120-foot yacht said to be owned by Marc Anthony is on fire, looking like a total loss at the Island Gardens Marina. No injuries reported as of late Wednesday night. 45+ firefighters battling flames and smoke from boats and the dock.
@wsvn
โI actually, literally, fโing want to kill you.โ
-Courtney Clenney to boyfriend Christian Obumseli, 1 month before fatally stabbing him in their Miami condominium.
@wsvn
#Exclusive
story:
Hollywood cops deploy their Grappler to catch a pair of 17-year-old accused carjackers Tuesday. Hereโs a clip from when the police cruiser bumps the stolen Camaro before they netted the back tire, disabling the car.
@wsvn
Police picked up Conor McGregor at this home on Venetian Dr in Miami Beach hours after an altercation at the Fontainebleau Hotel where they say he slapped a manโs phone out of his hand, stomped on it and confiscated it. The victim police say was trying to take a picture.
@wsvn
VIDEO: Nearly $2M in Birkin handbags stolen from the boutique at the Setai Miami Beach Hotel during caught on camera caper ๐๐คฏ
@wsvn
#Exclusive
story:
#Update
:
#Loffee
the dog survived a 2-alarm fire, got his oxygen from 1st responders and then some love from his owner, Dani Barrios in
#Hialeah
.
@wsvn
Dwyane Wade, Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Rick Ross, Fat Joe and Ja Rule among the first to play craps
@HardRockHolly
on the day sports betting, roulette and craps go live
@wsvn
โItโs hard feeling whole when youโre missing a part of you.โ
Victim, 22, who lost leg when hit by Miami Heatโs Haywood Highsmith in crash, speaks publicly for the first time since losing leg
@wsvn
#Exclusive
story:
Busted: Hialeah Police officers Rafael Otano and Lorenzo Orfila are in jail, charged with armed kidnapping, kidnapping, official misconduct and battery.
@wsvn
Let week we interviewed this guy after he was fined by
#Miami
PD for not wearing a mask. Today we learn he tried to allegedly collect close to $4M in PPP (COVID relief) loans to buy a Lamborghini, lux hotel stays and Saks items. David Hines is charged with bank fraud, etc.
@wsvn
Heโs accused of coaxing a hotel employee into giving him a room key before allegedly committing burglary, assault and battery on a tourist from Kansas City in her Ocean Dr. hotel room, and he has a history.
@wsvn
#Exclusive
story:
Rapper Pooh Shiesty is in Miami-Dade County jail. The 20-year-old, whose government name is Lontrell Williams, was wanted after a double shooting in Bay Harbor Islands put two in the hospital last Fri. He just was brought to into TGK.
@WSVN
#Exclusive
A woman visiting
#MiamiBeach
from Kansas City was assaulted & battered in her Ocean Dr. hotel room when police say this man convinced Hotel Victor staff to give him her room key. Heโs in jail now but has preyed on several women, according
@MiamiBeachPD
& others.
@wsvn
#Exclusive
Weโre told this was road rage on Sunset Dr. and SW 72nd Ave this AM. The lady in the car said her vehicle was not damaged and no cops were called. The shoe lady later posted a video on IG saying her high heel is now ruined, but โit was worth it.โ
@wsvn
@ONLYinDADE
#Now
: truck riding through Liberty Cityโs Liberty Square neighborhood displaying video of yesterdayโs confrontation in
#Miami
when Mark Bartlett, 51, pulled and gun and called a group of kids the N-word before he was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon.
@wsvn
#7News
So far in 2023
@CityofMiami
:
--Commissioner
@JoeCarolloNow
ordered to pay a $63 million civil judgment for shaking down a local business;
--Mayor
@FrancisSuarez
under FBI investigation for corruption
--And now Commissioner
@alexDLPmiami
charged with money laundering
Days after we broke the story of a rollerblader raped and the arrest of a sex offender, Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner recommends prosecuting and subpoenaing city employees who give info to the media.
Our coverage and surveillance video helped cops catch the suspect.
@wsvn
Our report on the arrest of the accused sex battery ambush attacker of Miami Beach rollerblader and convicted Illinois sex offender busted in Hollywood
last week, as seen on body cam.
@wsvn
#1stOn7
#Breaking
: Just learned from
@MiamiDadePD
the man who allegedly held another at gunpoint before speeding off once he realized he was being recorded, WAS indeed a police officer. MDPD have NOT said if heโs an officer at their department or if heโs been arrested.
@wsvn
#Exclusive
Imagine just getting home, when a man in a โpoliceโ SUV w/flashing lights drives up, points a gun & says youโll be killed. It happened to a SW Miami-Dade father before the SUV sped off. MDPD investigating, not saying whether gunman is an officer or cop imposter.
@wsvn
#Exclusive
Mayor
@StevenMeiner
refuses to answer questions, has security guard push news crew when asked about his item agenda to investigate cops who give out info to media. Mayorโs memo came days after an accused rapist was arrested following news coverage on the crime.
@wsvn
#Exclusive
Earlier tonight a tip came from a law enforcement about officers being sent to near 8th and 9th on Ocean Drive for people jumping on occupied cars.
@ONLYinDADE
just posted video of it.
#SpringBreak
@wsvn
Current situation in Downtown Miami after this Miami-Dade bus was stolen, then left abandoned on I-95 off ramp near Whole Foods, where police have been searching for the suspect ๐ณ
@wsvn
Yesterdayโs killing of a tourist father was unprovoked, according to a
@MiamiBeachPD
arrest form. โTHE DEFENDANT STATED HE
WAS HIGH ON MUSHROOMS WHICH MADE HIM FEEL EMPOWEREDโฆSAYING HE RANDOMLY CHOSE TWO MEN TO
SHOOT AT. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED..โ
@wsvn
โMy reaction was to get the gun and to defend. They could have killed me. They could have killed my son. They were shooting right over his head. They didnโt care.โ Ansley Pacheco said she was shot at at least 6 times during a home invasion 10/4.
@wsvn
#Exclusive
Dustin Wakefield, 21, is survived by his wife and 1-year-old son. His family gave us permission to use these photos, a day after the tourist was killed in an unprovoked, random shooting on Ocean Dr. The shooter 1st aimed the gun at the child before firing at his father.
@wsvn
Her car window was smashed and her purse stolen, so a Wynwood waitress took matters into her own hands. She found the accused thief, pounded on him and got her bag back. He wound up with a black eye and in jail.
@wsvn
story:
This dog was hit by a car in NW
#Miami
-Dade and somehow wound up inside the vehicleโs grill. A group of good Samaritans pulled out the good boy, who appears to be okay. Weโre told heโs being driven to a shelter.
@wsvn
#Exclusive
Spring Breakers who are arrested on Miami Beach will have their college documented on the arrest form, so that Miami Beach Police can inform their school about the arrest with a letter, the department tells
#7News
.
@wsvn
#EXCLUSIVE
#Update
: Darin Williams III, 1, is in surgery to repair his hand after Mondayโs Miami Gardens shooting that killed his father, Darin Williams Jr., 27, who was shielding son from 47 bullets fired. Williams Jr. graduated from
#Miami
-Dade Firefighter academy earlier this yr.
@wsvn
Two are dead after shots were fired at the Versace Mansion. This video was taken shortly after the call came in from the hotelโs housekeeping department.
@wsvn
@MiamiBeachPD
#MiamiBeach
This man with a broken arm used his cast to break the window of the home of his 92-year-old neighbor during a fire. He climbed inside the burning house and saved her before she was rushed to the hospital for smoke inhalation. He was also treated on the scene.
@wsvn
@Exclusive
Another Spring Break, another deadly shooting on Ocean Drive. One man is dead. Another is critical. Friend of mine on scene just told me a tourist asked him, โis this a movie set?โ
@wsvn
@MiamiBeachExperience
Rough Spring Break Friday night on
#MiamiBeach
. This just happened at 8th & Ocean Dr. It appears to show a bodyslam takedown as police try to control a crowd. Witnesses who sent me this video say cops were forced to deploy pepper spray which caused a stampede.
@wsvn
#Exclusive
There was a vicious beating outside I Love Liquor near 16th Street on Collins Ave. Those who work in the area tell me it happened Saturday afternoon and police responded. This video was posted to Reddit. Working to learn more.
@wsvn
7News sources are telling us the 120-boat currently on fire while docked at Watson Island is owned by recording artist Marc Anthony. No injuries.
@wsvn
#NightTeam
A mob of 10 to 12 young teens on bikes chased down a 34-year-old man and beat him in the middle of Collins Ave and 9th Street Tuesday. A boy, 13, was arrested and charged with battery, but the others got away.
@wsvn
#Exclusive
#MiamiBeach
@MiamiBeachPD
Erik De Moura is alive because he listened to his girlfriend, Fernanda Figueiredo. He was halfway out the door of her house, headed to his Champlain S. Tower condo when she convinced him to stay over last Wednesday night. His unit, 1004, is gone.
@wsvn
#SurfsideBuildingCollapse
Confirmed from
@MayorDanGelber
: tonight thereโs an 8PM curfew in Miami Beachโs Entertainment District, on itsmajor streets: Ocean Dr, Collins Ave, Washington Ave, btwn 5th and 15th Streets. EB traffic on causeways will be limited to local traffic after 9.
@wsvn
#springbreak2021
Hereโs video of real estate investor Patrick Carroll firing a shotgun from a boat at his Miami Beach home last week. Miami Beach Police say theyโre investigating and have twice been called about Carroll since last Thursday.
@Wsvn
#Exclusive
Police: The front desk employee of the Clevelander was shot dead, after asking a man to stop sneaking into the hotelโs nightclub. The man was โasked to leave,โ before shooting the employee 6 times.
@wsvn
Know this guy? He pistol whipped, punched & said heโd murder the
@UPS
store manager Wed. Went live on social media during his visit & said heโd be back. He was angry over a damaged printer from
@amazon
he wanted to return. Cops looking for him. Call
@CrimeStopper305
@wsvn
story:
Costco in North
#Miami
just began telling customers that they have run out of water. Prior to this announcement, they were telling people two cases, max. โฆ
@wsvn
โฉ
#7News
Current situation after a โroad rage incidentโ
@Publix
in Miramar. Cops: Two men fought, and a shot was fired. The shooter missed. Evidence marker smack in front of supermarket at Miramar Parkway and Palm with Friday night shoppers heading in and out. Large police presence.
@wsvn
Woman withdraws $10,000 from bank to keep cash handy during health crisis but gets followed home and robbed in
#Miami
. She just spoke to
@wsvn
.
#Exclusive
VIDEO: Dash cam footage shows the PIT maneuvers used to stop a stolen U-Haul van during Thursdayโs wild Florida Turnpike chase, just before a suspect nearly jumped from an overpass wall.
@FHPMiami
@wsvn
#Exclusive
Massive police scene in Fla. City after a chase. Cops from several agencies responding now. Iโm told traffic is being diverted on US1 and elsewhere.
@wsvn
Update: Marwan Habibโs now charged w/2 sex battery offenses connected to when he allegedly burglarized a S. Beach hotel room & attacked a visiting KC woman in Nov. Charges were added in a hearing Thurs. 1st was charged w/burglary w/assault/battery. Heโs in jail w/no bond.
@wsvn
83-year-old Prince Pinkney fell while trying to cut his grass with his wife today in Ft. Lauderdale. When Ft. Lauderdale Fire Rescue arrived moments later, they treated Mr. Pinkneyโa U.S. Army vetโand then mowed the coupleโs lawn.
@wsvn
#Exclusive
Police say Dontavious Polk, 24, is seen on surveillance video shooting and killing a man this morning on Ocean Drive. Heโs charged with 1st degree murder and is in Miami-Dade County Jail.
@wsvn
#SpringBreak
Hereโs surveillance video of this morningโs shooting on Ocean Drive near 10th Street. Iโve stopped the video just as the shooter fires the 1st shot. He fires at least 9 times more before running off.
@wsvn
@MiamiBeachPD
@MiamiBeachNews
Hereโs surveillance video of this morningโs shooting on Ocean Drive near 10th Street. Iโve stopped the video just as the shooter fires the 1st shot. He fires at least 9 times more before running off.
@wsvn
@MiamiBeachPD
@MiamiBeachNews