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New Miami council votes to keep current police department funded instead of sheriff's deputy, no police at all
NEW MIAMI, Ohio — A resolution to keep the Village of New Miami’s police department funded as is was adopted by council members Thursday night.
Council members voted to either keep the current police department, bring in a Butler County sheriff’s deputy or have no policing at all.
This comes as the council was deciding possible solutions for budget issues.
A current tax levy in New Miami helps provide a small amount of the police department’s funding, but the police chief says with rising costs, that levy doesn’t provide enough funding to operate the department.
Council members had to decide if dipping into the general fund to cover the roughly $57,000 shortfall was worth it for the village.
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Mayor Jewel Hensley said if they don’t clean up the community, funding will continue to be an issue in the future.
“We want our streets repaired, we want our allies repaired, we want the businesses cleaned up to where it doesn’t look like you’ve moved into a junkyard when you come down 127,” Hensley said.
The decision by the council means the three part-time officers who work alongside Chief Dan Bower will continue to get paid.
“They dedicate a lot to the village and they do it for a reduced amount of pay as it is, so it’s good to see council recognize their value and what they bring to the village,” Bower said.
Hensley said the officers sacrifice a lot to protect village residents.
“They are putting their lives on the line for 12-bucks an hour, and they are staring guns in the face, crazy people flipping out on drugs, domestic issues,” Hensley said. “They are risking their lives for 12 bucks an hour, and then to want to take that away from them? To me, that was just insane.”
Hensley and Bower said it’ll take time to make improvements and they ask for patience from residents.
“We live in this village, so the things that we’re doing for this village, it’s not trying to hurt any of them, it’s trying to make it better as one,” said Hensley. “Because, whatever decision we make, we have to live with, too.”
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 12-year-old girl was shot in the arm after gunfire erupted in a northwest Miami-Dade neighborhood early Tuesday morning, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said they responded just before 1 a.m. to the area of Northwest 64th Street and Northwest 21st Avenue in the county’s Gladeview area, where they found three vehicles struck by gunfire, including a silver Hyundai.
“The car was parked outside of the residence. It was occupied by three juveniles, so it was the girl and her two siblings that were in the vehicle. The mom was outside of the vehicle at the time, so this could have been a very different outcome,” MDSO Detective Samantha Choon said.
Authorities said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue medics transported the girl to a nearby hospital in stable condition.
A family member of the victim told Local 10’s Jackie Pascale that the girl is now home and doing OK.
They said neither her siblings nor their mother was injured in the shooting.
According to investigators, no arrests have been made, and detectives have not released any suspect information at this time.
Neighbor Marie Grimes said she was shaken after hearing multiple gunshots.
“I heard the booms — boom, boom, boom, boom — and I said, ‘Oh my God, what’s happening?’” she said. “Maybe five or six, ’cause look at that right there. I’m just glad the little girl is OK.”
Investigators asked neighbors to check their surveillance or Ring camera footage from around 1 a.m. and contact authorities with any information.
Anyone with information on the shooting is urged to contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477. Anonymous tips are accepted.
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Three people were hurt after a building caught fire on Lincoln Road on Sunday, according to authorities.
The Miami Beach Fire Department said it was working a fire near 230 Lincoln Road.
The flames had spread from a fire in a manhole that “ignited an FPL vault of an adjacent building,” officials said.
Three people were taken to Mount Sinai Medical Center with minor injuries.
The building was evacuated, and FPL has shut off power to the surrounding area, the fire department said.
Drivers were asked to avoid the area of Collins Avenue between 16th and 17th streets while crews worked the scene.
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