Miami, FL
‘He has a gun’: 911 calls reveal moments before Miami-Dade deputy’s battery arrest
New 911 calls are revealing the moments before a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s deputy was arrested on kidnapping and battery charges following an incident with his girlfriend.
Terrance Dion Chester, 28, was arrested by Broward Sheriff’s deputies in Pompano Beach and booked into jail Thursday morning.
Broward Sheriff’s Office
Broward Sheriff’s Office Terrance Dion Chester
According to an arrest report, Chester repeatedly struck his girlfriend and mother of his child, and when she tried to get away, he allegedly grabbed her by the hair and dragged her back into the couple’s house, pulling out a gun at one point.
“There’s a woman being beat on somebody and he has a gun, I don’t know if that’s her boyfriend or what,” a caller tells a dispatcher in one of the calls. “He’s swinging her around ma’am.”
Multiple neighbors apparently witnessed the incident as it unfolded late Wednesday night.
“The gate was wide open and we seen the lady on the floor begging for help,” one says in one of the calls. “She’s getting hit on for sure. She’s obviously not able to get far because he’s already pulling out guns and stuff.”
The victim’s sister also called 911 at one point.
“They have a 2-year-old baby and that baby is in the house,” she said in the call.
Broward Sheriff’s deputies arrived and said they were able to take the gun away from Chester.
Chester went before a judge on Friday, where his bond was set at $90,000.
During the aparance, his defense attorney mentioned Chester had no priopr criminal history, and at one point downplayed the kidnapping allegation.
“So basically the kidnapping is going from just outside the residence to inside the residence where she is let go and she is free to go outside,” the attorney said.
The prosecutor asked the judge to keep Chester locked up.
“The victim was dragged back into the home, there was a small child in the home. Thankfully she was able to escape from the home with the child and contacting law enforcement. If she were unable to, it’s concerning where this could’ve gone,” the prosecutor said.
Chester later posted the bond. When he leaves jail he’ll have to wear a GPS monitor, will be on house arrest, and is prohibited from contacting the alleged victim or having weapons.
Chester, who’s been with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office for five years, was relieved of duty but is still an employee for now.
“I am deeply troubled and angered by the arrest of one of my deputies on serious domestic related charges. This conduct is completely unacceptable and stands in direct violation of our values and the law,” Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said in a statement. “I want to make it absolutely clear; no one is above the law! The safety and wellbeing of victims will always take priority, and any member of this agency who violates the trust of this community or their oath of service will be held fully accountable. The deputy is currently relieved of duty. There is no place for violence in this profession or in our homes.”
Miami, FL
Miami-Dade deputies detain elderly father who they say shot and killed his son after a domestic dispute
A 75-year-old man has been detained after Miami-Dade deputies say he shot and killed his son after a domestic dispute in Palmetto Bay.
This happened, according to investigators, at approximately 4:49 p.m. in the area of SW 168th Street and 92nd Avenue.
When deputies arrived, they found the elderly man, who had not yet been identified, and immediately detained him for questioning.
Afterwards, they conducted a security sweep and found an adult male, 47, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.
Deputies say this isn’t the first time they have responded to the home.
“We have responded to this particular residence in the past due to mental health-type incidents,” MDSO PIO Detective Argemis “AC” Colome said.
Deputies say the dispatcher heard a dispute happening over the phone during the 911 call, but it’s unclear what led to the shooting and who was having the mental health crisis.
“The individual who shot was the father, and the male deceased on the scene was the son,” Colome said.
Neighbors reacted to this family tragedy with shock.
“So sad, a little bit concerned cause maybe you’re, you know, you’re staying somewhere, and you don’t know what’s actually happening at the other houses,” Giorgos Kollilekas, who lives in the area, said.
Colome said that there is no danger to the community as this was the result of a domestic dispute.
“There’s always help, please, there’s a lot of hotlines, there’s a lot of numbers. You can call us. At the end of the day, getting help early can mitigate situations like this,” Colome said.
No other information has been released, including the identities of those involved or what caused the dispute.
The investigation is ongoing.
Miami, FL
Cain, Kushner launch South Florida JV with plans for Edgewater rental tower
Cain and Kushner are launching a South Florida real estate joint venture, planning a luxury apartment tower in Edgewater for their first project, The Real Deal has learned.
London-based Cain, led by Jonathan Goldstein, and New York-based Kushner, led by Laurent Morali and Nicole Kushner Meyer, plan a 40-story, 364-unit project on Cain’s 1.5-acre site at 614 and 720 Northeast 27th Street in Miami, according to a news release. The property is near the Missoni Baia condo tower that Cain co-developed with Vlad Doronin’s OKO Group.
BDT & MSD Partners provided a $42 million loan for the project, which is in the pre-development phase. Construction is expected to start late next year, the release says.
The Cain-Kushner JV is targeting residential and mixed-use investments and developments in the tri-county region.
“We are looking at all opportunities that we think are sensible,” Goldstein said.
Their South Florida JV comes as the region is experiencing another influx of out-of-staters after the pandemic-era boom, only this time the in-migration is primarily of wealthy individuals and their companies amid the blue-to-red-state migration.
Yet, Cain and Kushner’s plans for Edgewater apartments come as the multifamily market has softened due to hefty deliveries in recent years. A record 18,600 units were completed in 2024, outpacing leasing that year by about 20 percent, CoStar Group data shows. Although construction starts have slowed, last year’s 12,718 unit completions still surpassed total leasing for the year by about 1,000 apartments.
It has led to slower lease-ups, more concessions and a drop in the average asking rents across South Florida.
Developers starting projects now have said demand will catch up by the time they finish their buildings, with many adding that South Florida remains a strong apartment market. Many are betting on luxury rentals, which CoStar’s data showed made up the bulk of leasing in recent years.
“We are big believers in South Florida and big believers in Miami,” Goldstein said.
Cain, backed by Todd Boehly’s Eldridge Industries, has been investing in South Florida for nearly a decade, with the JV in some ways marking its second chapter in the region.
Cain’s most recent project is the Delano Miami Beach renovation. The hotel, which closed in 2020, is expected to reopen in time for the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix early next month.
Aside from the Missoni Baia condo tower, Cain also partnered with OKO on the Una Residences condo tower in Brickell and the 57-story 830 Brickell office tower. The office building was completed in 2024 fully pre-leased, catching a demand surge during the pandemic-era in-migration of out-of-state companies to Miami. Cain also is an investor in Doronin’s hospitality firm Aman Group.
Kushner has a presence in Miami’s Edgewater, completing the 37-story, 420-unit apartment tower at 2000 Biscayne Boulevard in 2024, with plans for more residential development next-door at 1900 Biscayne Boulevard. It also purchased the 276-unit Hamilton apartment building at 555 Northeast 34th Street from Aimco.
Elsewhere, Kushner plans a 932-unit multifamily development at 300 West Broward Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. It borrowed a $115 million construction loan last year for a luxury 68-unit apartment project in Surfside. And it scored approval in October for a 470-unit rental building and synagogue development near Hollywood’s Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
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