Additional victims are coming forward following a Local 10 News report earlier this week on a scammer posing as a licensed contractor.

El portal police are looking for a man who they say never did the contracting work he was paid for.

A 59-year-old massage therapist is facing two felony charges after authorities said he sexually assaulted two patients at his home in El Portal.

A 17-year-old has been charged as an adult after he allegedly brought a gun to school in El Portal, Local 10 News learned Monday.

About seven months ago, a 22-year-old gunman shot three people in Miami-Dade County, according to police. Two died in a mobile home. A woman was shot in the head in the kitchen and a man in the living room.

A former employee accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars worth of liquor from the only major chain in the village of El Portal was arrested Thursday after evading authorities for months, according to police.

Police are searching for a woman seen in video stealing packages in Miami-Dade County.

Authorities are searching for a former liquor store employee who they said robbed the store of over $40,000 worth of booze.

Police in Miami-Dade County are investigating after a man drove up to a seemingly random home and dumped several tires on its front lawn.

A 65-year-old man is facing charges on Friday for allegedly defrauding a 94-year-old woman out of her home and social security benefits in Miami-Dade County, prosecutors said.

Police in the small Miami-Dade village of El Portal are looking for a group of young suspects a woman says pelted her with rocks on Monday.

A Miami-Dade County public school teacher was arrested Tuesday on multiple charges after authorities said he had an “inappropriate relationship” with a 12-year-old girl.

Witnesses called 911 to report that a man was firing a weapon up into the air on Friday night in Miami and a police officer who responded shot him, police said.

Where Little River crosses Northeast Second Avenue in El Portal, the remains of a person found dead in the water June 8 were unidentifiable — until this week.

The body of a dead woman turned up in a canal on Thursday in Miami-Dade County.

Two pedestrians were terrified when a 38-year-old convicted felon who was with his 22-year-old girlfriend in a black van recently pulled up and threatened them with a rifle, police said.

A 16-year-old boy confessed to the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy in northeastern Miami-Dade County, police announced on Friday night.

A killer is on the run and a family is grieving Thursday — just hours after the murder of a 15-year-old boy — in Miami-Dade County.

The person who shot and killed a 15-year-old boy is on the run. Police are searching for the shooter and the murder weapon used.

Members of South Florida’s law enforcement community met on Sunday for a procession in honor of a fallen Florida Department of Law Enforcement special agent who died on Saturday in Miami-Dade County.

Another South Florida police officer found themselves in trouble with the law this week; in the latest case, an El Portal police officer is facing a charge of simple battery after Miami police arrested her Wednesday.

The South Florida Water Management District is actively trying to drop water levels in canals across Broward and Miami-Dade counties in preparation for a tropical system expected to bring heavy rainfall to the area.

A grieving daughter is hoping someone will come forward about who murdered her mother.

A Miami woman was found shot to death inside her own home on Monday night, homicide detectives are actively searching the crime scene for clues to what happened.

Video capturing the incident on Wednesday shows the student on the ground with a staff member on top.

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper stopped along I-95 in El Portal as the child's parents, who had already pulled over, tried desperately to help the young girl.

Surveillance video shows a man walking through a gate before creeping into a family’s backyard near North Miami Avenue. He rummaged through their stuff. Detectives said it was Daniel Hernandez, a serial burglar.

A 54-year-old man was arrested early Thursday morning in connection with two burglaries and a shooting in El Portal.

A burglary suspect fired at police officers after leading them on a chase in northeast Miami-Dade, authorities confirmed.

The man police are looking for has been seen on surveillance cameras lurking around a quiet neighborhood, and officers want to find out who he is.

A vaccine drive organized by the Association of Miami-Dade Police Chiefs and the Miami Heat provided COVID-19 shots to law enforcement officers who hadn't yet received them.

A part-time security monitor at Horace Mann Middle School in El Portal was arrested Thursday morning on charges of child abuse without great bodily harm and battery, school officials confirmed.

El Portal Police Chief David Magnusson said he’s trying to use science to persuade officers to get vaccinated.

An officer heading home spotted the situation and jumped into the water to help in the nick of time.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Mayor Daniella Levine Cava held a news conference Friday morning to unveil Miami-Dade County’s sea-level rise strategy. She was joined by Commissioner Rebeca Sosa, Clerk of Courts Harvey Ruvin, Chief Resilience Officer Jim Murley, Dr. Carolina Maran of the South Florida Water Management District, and Village of El Portal Mayor Omarr C. Nickerson. Watch a replay of the news conference below:

EL PORTAL, Fla. – A pickup truck was pulled from a canal in El Portal late Tuesday afternoon. Family members confirmed to Local 10 that 82-year-old Mernier Sainvil was found dead inside the truck. The yellow Ford pickup truck matched a description of the truck police said was being driven by Sainvil the last time he was seen on Friday. Police has yet to confirm the identity of the person found inside the truck. Family members were concerned when Sainvil, who is currently receiving dialysis, missed his last treatment.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Miami-Dade detectives are investigating a shooting Friday night near El Portal. According to Detective Lee Cowart, a spokesman of the Miami-Dade Police Department, officers responded about 9:30 p.m. to Northwest 83rd Street and Northwest Sixth Avenue. Officers found a man injured. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel took the man to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center. Officers are asking anyone with information to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

EL PORTAL, Fla. – Tamika Bickham was working on Friday night in her home office. “I told them, ‘I think somebody shot into my house,’” Bickham said. El Portal Police Department officers noticed the bullet went past her couch and right over the coffee table. “I could have been sitting there!”Miami-Dade Police Department officers were investigating a shooting near Bickham’s home at Northwest Fifth Avenue. The officers couldn’t confirm if the bullet at Bickham’s house was a stray bullet from that shooting.

EL PORTAL, Fla. A 52-year-old man has been arrested following an uptick in shed burglaries that had been occurring in the middle of the night throughout El Portal and nearby areas, authorities announced on Sunday. According to El Portal police, one man was apprehended last month during an operation authorities put together to catch the thieves. Luckily for the owner, the man dropped the stolen items and the property was returned. Sure enough, the officer spotted Hernandez riding into El Portal from 85th Street in violation of the curfew in place, authorities said. Police said they are reviewing old cases with surveillance video to determine whether Hernandez had any involvement in those burglaries.

MIAMI – A 15-year-old girl was shot in the head early Tuesday morning in Miami, police said. Family members have identified her as Arya Gray, and say the girl has died. It took police over 12 hours to process the scene, and they said it may have been an accidental shooting. The girl’s family said they can’t comprehend this and want to know where the gun came from. “(She was a) very peaceful person, she loved to be around her family, her friends, her brother and sister, and her sister actually witnessed everything -- witnessed her take her last breath.”Family members say 15-year-old Arya Gray (pictured) was shot in the head and killed.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - Police officers continue to search for a man who crashed a stolen vehicle and was able to evade officers. Officers pursued the driver of the vehicle, a gray Nissan, with lights and sirens on after running plates and determining the car was reported stolen, officers said. A short time later, the car thief crashed the vehicle into a parked black Cadillac on Northeast 98th Street and fled on foot in a Miami Shores neighborhood, officers said. Following the crash, officers established a two-block perimeter at Northeast 2nd Avenue and Northeast 98th Street and brought in K-9 units. The officers have recovered the vehicle while the search for the thief continues.

Amos Shuler told an officer he "was resting" when he was caught sitting in the front seat of a Mercedes-Benz parked in the driveway of an El Portal home, police say. According to an arrest affidavit, an El Portal police officer was patrolling the neighborhood when he noticed someone sitting in the driver's seat of the Mercedes-Benz. When the officer confronted the man, later identified by police as Shuler, he told the officer he "was resting." Shuler also told the officer that he didn't live at the home but was waiting for his mother, the affidavit said. El Portal police are warning residents of recent burglaries to unlocked vehicles.

MIAMI - Police are investigating after someone opened fire early Tuesday in Miami, striking at least two parked cars and causing a man to crash his car in the nearby village of El Portal. The incident occurred near Northeast 82nd Street and Northeast Fourth Place, just blocks away from the city limits. Miami police investigate after shots were fired near Northeast 82nd Street and Northeast Fourth Place. About two blocks north in El Portal, police were interviewing a man who appeared to have crashed his car into a chain-link fence. Unsure whether the shooter was firing at him, the man drove off before crashing into the fence on a dead-end road.

El Portal police are warning residents to be careful after a coyote was spotted wandering the area Monday. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. - El Portal police are warning residents to be careful after a coyote was spotted wandering the area Monday. According to authorities, the coyote was last seen Monday on Northwest 92nd Street at First Avenue. El Portal resident Jessica Sirmans told Local 10 News reporter Janine Stanwood that her husband saw the coyote while taking their dog for a walk. Sirmans said her family has lived in the area for eight months and has seen animals like raccoons and possums, but never a coyote. The Miami Shores Fraternal Order of Police tweeted the El Portal Police Department back, saying the coyote has been around for years and typically lives on the Miami Shores golf course.

El Portal police are warning residents to be careful after a coyote was spotted wandering the area Monday. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.