Metro West Detention Center
Miami-Dade’s remote courtroom takes on case of suspect in Eric the Jeweler’s $2M heist
With the courthouse closed, all of the parties involved held Miami-Dade’s second virtual criminal court hearing Wednesday. It was in the case of Xandi Garcia, who is facing charges for stealing about $2 million in bling from Eric the Jeweler in South Beach during the Super Bowl.
Judge orders Miami-Dade to increase coronavirus protections at Metro West Detention Center
Anthony V. Swain lives with paraplegia, paralysis of the legs and lower body. He also has cystic myelomalacia, the softening of the spinal cord. He is one of the hundreds of prisoners at the Metro West Detention Center who are afraid of the coronavirus pandemic.