Miami, FL
Miami man accused of sexting, trying to meet 12-year-old girl
MIAMI – A mother’s suspicion about her preteen daughter’s behavior led her to discover that she had been exchanging explicit text messages with a 37-year-old man, according to Miami police.
Authorities said after an undercover operation Thursday, Yosvany Fernandez Gonzalez is facing eight felonies.
A Miami Police Department arrest report states that the girl’s mother went to police Thursday to report what she found the day prior on her 12-year-old’s cellphone.
Authorities said the woman became suspicious after her daughter asked twice if she could step out of the house. Police said the woman refused and eventually, having become suspicious, took her daughter’s cellphone.
There, she found explicit conversations between her daughter and Fernandez Gonzalez, including “nude videos,” the report states.
Police said the girl told detectives that she had met Fernandez Gonzalez in her Little Havana apartment building as she went downstairs to help her father bring in groceries.
The report states that Fernandez Gonzalez, of Little Haiti, “approached her and asked her for her phone number and her age.”
Police said the girl made him aware that she was 12. They said he told her he was 27 and “did not mind.”
The report states that Fernandez Gonzalez then began sending explicit photos and videos of himself and told her, in Spanish, “I want to f— you.”
The girl told detectives that Fernandez Gonzalez “has tried to meet her in person on multiple occasions,” police said.
Police said on Wednesday, after the girl got home from school, Fernandez Gonzalez told her to meet him in her building’s laundry room, eventually leading to her mother discovering the explicit texts.
According to the report, after the woman reported what happened to police, detectives took over the girl’s cellphone to communicate with Fernandez Gonzalez undercover.
“I want to see you, because I like you, I want to give you a kiss,” police said he texted the detective, posing as the girl, in Spanish. “I can see (you) at my friends house, he left me the key, I need to go now, I (will) let you know when I get there, I’m just going to give you a kiss.”
Police said he added, “I only want to give you delicious kisses only.”
Authorities said the detective arranged a meeting with Fernandez Gonzalez at the Target shopping plaza at 3825 NW Seventh St.
Instead of encountering the girl, police said Fernandez Gonzalez came face-to-face with MPD’s Tactical Robbery Unit.
Police said they interviewed Fernandez Gonzalez, who confessed to sending the illicit texts and videos to the victim and signed and dated printouts of them.
Authorities said he also consented to a search of his electronic devices, which revealed four nude photographs of the victim.
Police arrested Fernandez Gonzalez on four counts related to the possession of child sexual abuse material, plus one count each of lewd and lascivious conduct on a child, traveling to meet a minor, sending electronic material harmful to minors and child solicitation.
As of Friday, Fernandez Gonzalez was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $55,000 bond. If released, he’ll be subject to house arrest.
Police, in a news release Friday, urged any potential additional victims of Fernandez Gonzalez to come forward and contact their Special Victims Unit at 305-603-6300.
“The Miami Police Department remains dedicated to protecting children from all crime and will work tirelessly to identify and bring those prey on the young to justice,” Officer Michael Vega, an MPD spokesperson, said.
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Miami, FL
2-year-old boy bitten in face by two pit bulls in Miami Gardens backyard, police say
An investigation is underway in Miami Gardens after police say a toddler was bitten in the face by two pit bulls on Tuesday.
Miami Garden police told CBS News Miami that officers responded to reports of a dog bite involving a child in the 3600 block of Northwest 191st Street just before 7 p.m.
When officers arrived, they said they were told that a 2-year-old was in the backyard of a home when he was bitten in the face by two pit bulls.
The child was rushed to Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital and is reported to be in stable condition.
No other information was released, and police said the incident remains under investigation.
Miami, FL
Miami Dolphins Fans Sound Off On The Signing Of QB Malik Willis
What I would have done is taken my lumps and rolled with Ewers during the 2026 season. From my understanding, the reality of Willis’ deal is two years x 22.5M. After that, the Dolphins can part with him, no harm, no foul. Hiwever, don’t you think that the Dolphins could have used that money, considering their salary cap situation, in other areas? Yeah, to me, this is a textbook Steve Ross engineered deal where the Dolphins are bidding against themselves and hoping against hope that they’re not as bad as they’re predicted to be.
As for Willis, he reminds me of another ex-Green Bay QB named Matt Flynn. Like Willis, Flynn was the 2nd string QB at GB and shined in a couple of relief appearances for Aaron Rodgers during the 2011 season. He is best remembered in Green Bay for his record-setting 480-yard, 6-touchdown game in 2011 versus the Lions. That set him up for a big contract with Seattle, but he never really did anything there due to the emergence of Russell Wilson.
Miami, FL
Eliott Rodriguez, former CBS News Miami anchor, announces run for Congress
Former CBS News Miami anchor and longtime South Florida resident Eliott Rodriguez announced his candidacy for U.S. Congress in Florida’s 27th Congressional District on Tuesday morning.
He will now embark on a campaign that’s centered on lowering the high cost of living, restoring accountability in Washington, D.C., and bringing people together to deliver results for families in Miami-Dade, his campaign said in the announcement.
“I didn’t plan to run for Congress,” Rodriguez said in his announcement. “But I cannot stay silent. For 48 years, you trusted me to tell the truth and listen to your stories. Today, like so many families, I am concerned that Washington is not delivering for South Florida. My parents taught me that citizenship is not just a right – it is a responsibility. And now, I am answering that call.”
Why is Eliott Rodriguez running for Congress?
In his announcement, Rodriguez explained why he decided to run for Congress. He said the decision was deeply personal.
In recent months, he said he’s spoken with families, seniors, small business owners and young people who are struggling to afford to stay in a community they love.
“South Florida has now become one of the least affordable housing markets in the United States, with families here spending more of their income on rent and mortgages than almost anywhere in the country,” Rodriguez said in his announcement.
According to the campaign, Florida’s 27th Congressional District is widely viewed as one of the most competitive battlegrounds in the country.
In the race for Congress, Rodriguez will challenge incumbent María Elvira Salazar.
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