Miami Beach Police Department

Miami Beach ramping up police presence to curb recent crime

Miami Beach police are stepping up patrol following a violent wave of crime recently, including when a young father, Dustin Wakefield, was murdered on Ocean Drive last week.

New details discovered about men found with Gillum in South Beach hotel room

Aldo Mejias, 56,

Video shows man brandishing knife before dying in police-involved shooting

Miami Beach detectives released surveillance video Monday showing a man brandishing a large chef’s knife outside Mango’s Tropical Cafe in South Beach. Officers later fatally shot him.