Volunteers clean up Biscayne Bay shoreline as part of 44th annual Baynanza in NE Miami-Dade

WSVN 7News 4/12 5:41A Jayme Berezdivin

Thousands of volunteers worked around Biscayne Bay to help clean up the shoreline. Miami-Dade County hosted the 44th annual Baynanza cleanup day in Northeast Miami-Dade. It s really an opportunity for residents across the region to come together...

Residents speak out as BSO continues pleas for help to find man caught assaulting woman in Weston

WSVN 7News 4/12 3:48A Jayme Berezdivin

Weston residents are reeling after a man was caught on camera violently attacking a woman in broad daylight. When I walk out, I carry my Taser with me. Even in this parking lot because you just don t know. It s scary. said Tina McMahon, a Weston...

Miami Southridge Senior High School teacher accused of battery; MDCPS responds

WSVN 7News 4/12 3:10A Jayme Berezdivin

A teacher at Mother of Miami Southridge Senior High School is spending time behind bars. 53-year-old Rudolph Infante has been charged with four counts of battery and one felony charge of offenses against students by an authority figure. Details...

Emergency crews free trapped person after accident on Florida Turnpike; condition unknown

WSVN 7News 4/12 2:36A Jayme Berezdivin

A person was freed from their SUV after being trapped during an accident that caused trouble on the Florida Turnpike. The accident took place Saturday near Caribbean Boulevard in Southwest Miami-Dade. Emergency crews freed the person from the...

3 hospitalized after shooting in Miami Gardens; police investigating

WSVN 7News 4/12 2:04A Jayme Berezdivin

Three people have been hospitalized after a shooting took place in Miami Gardens. First responders arrived late Saturday night to reports of a shooting near a Checkers restaurant near Northwest 27th Avenue and Miami Gardens Drive. It was a good...

Mandarin Oriental Hotel demolished in implosion; residents and visitors react

WSVN 7News 4/12 1:32A Jayme Berezdivin

An iconic hotel that graced the Miami skyline has been demolished, with residents and visitors reacting. The Mandarin Oriental Hotel, a 23 story building, came down early Sunday morning. This side, because of the other side, it was probably going...

Miami Heat hold Earth Day celebration with students at Driftwood Middle School

WSVN 7News 4/11 3:40A Jayme Berezdivin

Students and teachers at Driftwood Middle School in Hollywood celebrated Earth Day with the help from the Miami Heat. The event hosted a pep rally from the Heat mascot Burnie and the Hoop Troop, and students bounced basketballs. The school won...

Music star Pitbull makes surprise appearance at FIU house party

WSVN 7News 4/11 2:51A Jayme Berezdivin

A house party at Florida International University had a surprise guest after the major music star Pitbull made a special appearance. Video on social media showed the moment that Pitbull walked into the small gathering, hosted by FIU Athletics...

Students share plant research, take part in symposium at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

WSVN 7News 4/11 2:26A Jayme Berezdivin

Students from across the country shared their research and ideas at a symposium at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables. The Growing Beyond Earth event, a classroom based science program, was made to empower students to come up...

Patients at Niklaus Children’s Hospital meet UFC superstars ahead of upcoming event

WSVN 7News 4/11 1:55A Jayme Berezdivin

Patients at Niklaus Children s Hospital met with UFC fighters ahead of an upcoming event. Alexandre Pantjoba and former champion Joanna Jędrzejczyk played tic-tac-toe with patients. The stars also donated toys and sat in on radio interviews...

Father charged with lewd conduct involving 13-year-old daughter

WSVN 7News 4/10 6:05A Steven Cejas

A 39-year-old man was arrested Thursday and charged with lewd and lascivious conduct involving a child under 16. John Jairo Mendez was taken into custody on April 9 following an investigation into an incident involving his 13-year-old biological...

Search underway for 67-year-old man missing from Little Haiti since February

WSVN 7News 4/10 5:33A Rubén Rosario

Police seek the public s help in their search for a man who went missing from Miami s Little Haiti neighborhood two months ago. According to City of Miami Police, 67 year-old Kenneth Jones was last seen in an unspecified part of Little Haiti on...

SUV hits cement wall at Plantation senior living community

WSVN 7News 4/10 4:59A Rubén Rosario

Police are investigating a crash that sent a driver careening into a cement wall outside a building in a Plantation senior community. 7Skyforce hovered above the scene of the crash at The Pointe at Plantation Senior Living along the 8500 block of...

Miami Lakes woman faces multiple felony charges in alleged car loan scam

WSVN 7News 4/10 4:47A Steven Cejas

Dunia Sierra is facing multiple felony charges, including organized fraud, grand theft and vehicle-related fraud, following an investigation into an alleged auto loan fraud scheme, authorities said. The arrest stems from an ongoing investigation...

Man arrested for spitting on McDonald’s drive-thru employee

WSVN 7News 4/10 4:17A Allyson Castillo

A Key West man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly spitting on a McDonald s drive-thru employee in Marathon. The incident occurred on March 17, at approximately 10:14 p.m. According to the Monroe County Sheriff s Office, the victim told...