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Ordinance limits docking options for Miami Beach boaters

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1 year ago

August 14, 2024

Ordinance limits docking options for Miami Beach boaters

MIAMI – A new Miami Beach ordinance prevents boaters from docking at Maurice Gibb Memorial Park and people who live on boats are not thrilled about it.

Todd’s boat is his house. His dingy is his car. It’s how he gets to shore.

He picked us up behind the convention center because he can’t use the docks at the park.

A new city ordinance took effect August 3 banning people from parking boats there or picking or dropping people off. The city commission passed it unanimously. But Todd still has to come to shore to get groceries.

“I tie it up to this wall,” Todd said. “And I risk the chance of getting caught by code enforcement.”

City Commissioner David Suarez is a sponsor of the ordinance. He says the park isn’t designed for how people are using it.

“It’s for launching or retrieving vessels. It’s not a marina it’s not a pickup and drop off point,” Suarez said. “Unfortunately it’s been abused by everyone on the water including illegal charters.”

And he said there are too many derelict boats on the water already. He showed CBS News Miami some of them.

“This will never run,” Suarez said about a derelict boat in the water.

Suarez says there are more accommodating places to park your boat if you need to run errands on land, such as a marina.

“There’s staff, there’s infrastructure and most importantly there’s insurance that can cover any issues that might happen,” Suarez said.

Todd says what he thought was a simple life just got harder. But he doesn’t know how to adjust to it yet.

“To go see my doctor today I had to break the ordinance,” Todd said. “To pick you up, I had to break the ordinance.”

Suarez says the city will give warnings for now, if someone picks people up or drops them off at the park. But in about a month the city will start fining people.

Repeat offenders will see higher fines and potentially jail time. Suarez says if you leave your boat at the park, it will be towed.

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Steve Maugeri joined the CBS News Miami team in April 2024. Steve has always loved the beach and is excited to live this close to the ocean within a major city as well!

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Miami‑Dade deputy fatally shoots woman during neighborhood altercation, officials say

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14 hours ago

February 8, 2026

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Miami‑Dade deputy fatally shoots woman during neighborhood altercation, officials say

Updated on: February 7, 2026 / 11:32 PM EST
/ CBS Miami

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating after a deputy fatally shot a woman in northwest Miami‑Dade on Saturday afternoon, authorities said.

This happened just north of Miami-Opa Locka airport at NW 55th Avenue and 189th Street.

The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said in a press release that they responded to a call regarding a woman who was harming herself with a knife.

Deputies attempted to have a conversation with the woman, they said. During the altercation, a deputy shot their weapon and hit the woman.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue then arrived at the scene and the woman was transported to a local hospital, where she succumbed from her injuries.

Before the press conference, CBS News Miami spoke to family members on scene.

The young woman, who says her mother was the victim of the shooting, said that she was on the phone with her younger sister, 12, when she heard gunshots.

“I hear gunshots in a house with no guns. I don’t have a gun, my dad is out of the country, and it’s just my little sister and my mom in the room, so why don’t I know where my mom is,” she said, “Why are they not telling me what hospital my mom is in? Why are they interrogating my little sister without an adult present?

No deputies were reported to be injured. The investigation is ongoing and as is customary for deputy-involved shootings, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is taking over the case.

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Body camera video shows rescue of woman from Miami River after crash

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2 days ago

February 7, 2026

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Body camera video shows rescue of woman from Miami River after crash

Published: February 6, 2026 at 10:57 PM

Video captures rescue of woman from Miami River following crash

MIAMI — Newly released body camera video captures the moments a woman was pulled to safety from the Miami River after the pickup truck she was in crashed into the water.

A police officer and two other people jumped into action, helping rescue the woman from the sinking vehicle.

The city of Miami confirmed the woman was one of two city employees inside a waste department truck at the time of the crash.

Surveillance video obtained by Local 10 News shows the driver losing control of the truck, slamming into a fence, a tree and a boat before plunging into the river.

The crash happened Dec. 1 near Northwest 18th Terrace and 24th Court.

Witnesses described the chaotic scene.

“It was like a crazy situation for us because we’re normally used to seeing boats in the marina, not cars sinking,” boat captain Mauricio Florez said.

Florez said one of the people that helped cut the truck’s airbag to help both city workers escape just before the vehicle sank. One worker made it safely to shore as first responders gathered on the dock to assist.

Body camera video shows the emotional moment the two workers were reunited after the rescue — embracing after surviving the frightening crash.

Police said the driver of the city truck was later cited for careless driving.

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Miami police: Human trafficker threatened to kill victim with Haitian Vodou

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2 days ago

February 6, 2026

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Miami police: Human trafficker threatened to kill victim with Haitian Vodou

MIAMI — Some of the threats that a 37-year-old man made to force a 20-year-old woman into prostitution included killing her with Haitian Vodou, according to Miami police.

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A police officer fluent in Haitian Creole helped a Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office human trafficking task force investigator and a Miami detective to communicate with the victim, records show.

She was in the emergency room at Mount Sinai Hospital, where she had been receiving treatment for injuries after a crash involving an RV, according to police.

“The victim explained he was not like this at the beginning, but for the last couple of months,” a detective wrote, according to the police arrest report.

Police officers arrested Joanel “Tyson” Herard on Thursday morning at North Miami Avenue and 79 Street near his home in Miami’s Little River neighborhood, according to a police report.

The woman reported she had met Herard, 37, “a few months ago,” was in a “romantic relationship with him” that seemed “normal at first” until he forced her into prostitution to use the “money for food, marijuana, and dope … would not allow her to keep any” and “would punch her and beat her up,” according to police.

Herard admitted “he sells weed on the streets,” was “having a sexual relationship with her,” and he “wanted to scare her and intimidate her,” but he denied “selling her for money,” according to police.

A detective found a video stored in Herard’s cell phone showing an argument between him and the victim where he used expletives, according to a police report.

“Want to die, like, I told you, I am going to Voodoo, I am going to sell you for money for Haiti, and I am going to trade you for money,” Herard told the victim during the recording of the video, according to police.

Herard faced three charges: Human trafficking for commercial sexual activity via coercion, deriving support from the proceeds of prostitution, and battery. A judge denied him bail for the human trafficking charge. His bond for the other charges was $8,500.

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