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Three people were injured, including one who had to be hospitalized, early Tuesday morning after a migrant boat came ashore in Sunny Isles Beach.

In a gut-wrenching video still sending shockwaves throughout South Florida, police say Sunny Isles Beach mother Yulia Storozhuk was caught on a neighbor’s doorbell camera tossing and kicking her defenseless 3-year-old son.

A Sunny Isles Beach woman is facing two felony child abuse charges after police said she was caught on doorbell camera videos tossing and kicking her 3-year-old son inside the hallway of her condominium building.

South Floridians have been coming together to show their solidarity with Israel.

The man accused of hurling hate outside a South Florida synagogue went before a judge on Tuesday.

A man with “YEHSHUA” and “YHWH” tattoos on his face recently stood outside of an Orthodox synagogue to blow a horn in Sunny Isles Beach, police said.

A woman accused of neglecting two dogs, one of whom starved to death, after she was hired to watch over them in Sunny Isles Beach bonded out of the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center Friday afternoon, but didn’t have much to say to Local 10 News as she walked out.

Local 10 News obtained exclusive body camera video Thursday of authorities arresting a “violent” armed robbery suspect who was part of a crime ring that led police on a chase throughout Miami-Dade County.

An Illinois woman is accused of neglecting two dogs, one of whom starved to death, after she was hired to watch over them in Sunny Isles Beach.

Local 10 News has compiled a list of South Florida restaurants that had no violations on their routine inspections last month.

Two teenagers were arrested Tuesday following the armed carjacking of an Uber driver in North Miami Beach, which led to a police shooting, authorities said.

Two suspects were detained Tuesday morning following an armed carjacking that led to a police shooting, North Miami Beach police confirmed.

Sandra Morales, a single mother of three, was going out for her morning run Monday in Sunny Isles Beach when she found out that her car had gone missing.

Police officers arrested a 42-year-old man who hit a pregnant woman on Saturday in Sunny Isles Beach.

The first-ever Excessive Heat Warning was issued for Miami-Dade County on Sunday.

A state representative from South Florida is being sued for sexual harassment.

Three Florida men have been charged with making $22 million illegally by insider trading ahead of the public announcement that an acquisition firm was going to take ex-President Donald Trump's media company public.

Sunny Isles Beach police released more video Thursday as they sought the public’s help identifying a pair of women they said robbed a man claiming to be related to boxing champion Floyd Mayweather early Sunday morning.

Sunny Isles Beach police are seeking the public’s help identifying a pair of women they said robbed a man claiming to be related to boxing champion Floyd Mayweather early Sunday morning.

Police officers responded to a beachfront condominium building on Friday in Sunny Isles Beach.

Authorities arrested a man Monday who was accused of attempting to kidnap two children in Sunny Isles Beach on Memorial Day.

The Sunny Isles Beach Police Department is searching for the driver of a red Corvette who fled the scene following a crash Monday morning.

A man died and his mother suffered injuries after a domestic violence dispute turned into a stabbing on Wednesday evening in northeastern Miami-Dade County, police said.

Authorities responded to a suspected migrant landing on Sunny Isles Beach Monday.

Hialeah was the city with the highest rent increase among other cities in Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties, according to recent Zumper research.

Below is a list of places that had ZERO VIOLATIONS on their unannounced state inspection in April.

Video footage taken in Golden Beach was another example of the growing crime trend in South Florida of car thefts.

A police officer was recovering from surgery on Monday after a carjacking suspect shot him during a pursuit involving law enforcement agencies from Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

A surveillance video shows a thief pulling up to a luxury oceanfront resort in Sunny Isles Beach and searching for a fob key in the valet area.

A Massachusetts woman is $1 million richer this week after playing Florida Lottery’s Mystery Multiplier scratch-off game while visiting South Florida.

Sunny Isles Beach police say they caught a pair of booze bandits last Friday.

New cell phone video is showing the moments police arrested a man accused of stealing a luxury car in Sunny Isles Beach, crashing it and then returning to the scene of the crime to retrieve another stolen car.

A man accused of stealing a fancy car from a Sunny Isles Beach hotel was arrested, but only after he returned to the scene of the crime.

Authorities arrested a man accused of following someone home, breaking into that person’s car and stealing pricey items, including a Rolex and a gun.

A kitten was seen being thrown around like a toy in Sunny Isles Beach and one local animal lover stepped in to save that baby feline.

A South Florida family is feeling a sense of relief following a judge's decision to suspend the license of the driver who hit and killed their 11-year-old son.

A new troubling scam has criminals posing as a police chief.

Prosecutors recently accused a man who drives passengers for a living of causing someone to be ejected from their car during a hit-and-run crash in Miami-Dade County. Police officers believe he was driving drunk.

The family of a young boy who was killed by a driver who ran a red light were in court Wednesday.

Numerous restaurants in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties had zero violations on their unannounced inspections during June, July and August!

Tijana Kakovic always treated her 10-year-old teacup Pomeranians like her children.

Harold Wilbourn was arrested again on Monday and remained at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami-Dade County.

Westbound traffic on the Sunny Isles Beach bridge headed toward North Miami Beach shut down for more than an hour Saturday afternoon after the bridge became inoperable, police department spokesperson Sgt. Brian Schnell said.

A man visiting South Florida from out of town simply wanted to get his haircut.

Police believe this guy has a habit of the ritzy rip-offs, with surveillance cameras capturing him at the Ritz Carlton residences in Sunny Isles Beach.

A 32-year-old man from Illinois was accused of stealing watches and cash at the Ritz Carlton Residences in Sunny Isles Beach.

Linda Bemis was using Facebook when she thought she had connected with a handsome military serviceman known as Mr. Bravo. Detectives said it was a scammer who would later manipulate her into handing over $60,000.

Oksana Zamfira and her friend Camelia Catruc live in Miami-Dade County. They have teamed up to help Zamfira’s brother who is fighting in Ukraine, his unit, and nonprofit organizations that are offering relief during the war.

Security cameras captured the truck getting stuck as it pulled through the exit of the luxury condo building located at 400 Sunny Isles Beach Blvd back on April 7.

With over 25 years in law enforcement, Interim Sunny Isles Beach Chief of Police, Edward Santiago will now be the permanent Chief of Police.

A Ukrainian family on vacation in South Florida gets stranded from their home country in Ukraine.

Between the nail appointments and hair trimmings, a salon is a gathering place of people, and at Shai Salon International in Sunny Isles Beach, clients with families in Ukraine and Russia are talking about the war.

A Ukrainian family on vacation in South Florida is now in limbo not knowing when they will be able to return home as the war rages.

South Floridians are emotional over what they’re seeing in Ukraine, many of them calling and texting family and friends who are fighting for their lives.

Local Ukrainians and Russians share their concerns about Russia's attack on Ukraine.

Voters in portions of Miami-Dade County headed to the polls Tuesday.

When it comes to celebrating or memorializing anyone with balloons, don’t let them go. They are horrible for the environment.

Sunny Isles Beach Mayor Dana Goldman said she was grateful for the three police officers who saved the life of her husband, Michael Gates.

Arina Zhirkova, an 18-year-old senior at NSU University School, launched Sunny Isles Beach Cleanup, gaining volunteers for her mission through social media.

Five races in Miami-Dade County are heading to a runoff with residents heading back to the polls Tuesday.

Sources tell Local 10 that Paulie Velez tried sexually assaulting a women in Sunny Isles Beach back in 2020.

She was driving a Maserati while drunk and hit a man who had gotten out of his Ferrari to check the engine and, according to police, the impact sent him over the side of the bridge. He ended up in the Intracoastal Waterway where he died.

Residents from several parts of South Florida headed to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots, with some making their selection for mayor, including those in the cities of Hialeah, Miami, Miami Beach, Sunny Isles Beach and Homestead.

A boater dropped off about two dozen migrants on the beach on Wednesday in Sunny Isles Beach.

Police said the man was having problems with his car, so he pulled over and got out to take a look at the engine.

Local 10 News has compiled a list of all the restaurants in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties that had zero violations in September.

Anthony Reznik was on the marked crosswalk on Sunny Isles Boulevard when police said Samentha Toussaint, who was driving a red Mercedes-Benz, ran a red light.

Surveillance video shows 43-year-old Fariz Feyzullayev, of Brooklyn, New York, used a bag of M&M candy to lure a 5-year-old girl a few steps away from her mother at the checkout line of a Publix Supermarket in Sunny Isles Beach.

A New York man was arrested last week after he kissed a 5-year-old girl on the mouth inside a Publix store in Sunny Isles Beach, authorities said.

Inspectors with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation temporarily closed six South Florida restaurants last week.

The family of an 11-year-old boy who died after a driver struck him while crossing the street on Feb. 10 in Sunny Isles Beach shared surveillance video of the tragedy.

Tripadvisor has just released its highly-coveted annual Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best Awards for Hotels for 2021, and not one, but four South Florida hotels made the cut.

Little Palm Island Resort in Little Torch Key has made Condé Nast Traveler’s 25th annual “Hot List” for the year of 2021.

According to a report from The Real Deal, 33-year-old forward and captain for FC Barcelona and Argentina’s national team, Lionel Messi, has purchased the entire ninth floor of a luxury apartment in Sunny Isles Beach.

As part of our new “Don’t Trash Our Treasure” initiative, we want to get you involved with helping to clean up our beaches and natural resources.

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. – Four Cubans on a “styrofoam vessel” were rescued about five miles east of Aventura on Wednesday afternoon, the U.S. Coast Guard said. They were picked up by a Coast Guard cutter around 2:15 p.m.Three were on the vessel and authorities say a good Samaritan helped rescue one Cuban who jumped into the water. “The four Cubans have no medical concerns and reported leaving Cuba seven days ago,” the Coast Guard said in a statement. “The Coast Guard will be working with interagency partners to work through the standard disposition process.”

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. – The crash that ultimately claimed the life of 11-year old Anthony Reznik happened nearly a month ago. But the driver of the red Mercedes, 32-year-old Samentha Toussaint, has yet to be charged criminally — even though police say she ran a red light that night, hitting the boy as he crossed the street in a crosswalk with his family near A1A and Northeast 163rd Street. Anthony’s mother Inna Trachtenberg, who held a memorial for her son Sunday, has been pushing for prosecutors to file charges in the case. Records show Toussaint still owes big fines for some of those past driving citations. Because if it wouldn’t be for numbness, no words can describe.”ALSO SEEBoy struck by car in Sunny Isles by red-light runner declared brain-deadPolice increase safety enforcement after boy struck and killed in Sunny Isles Beach

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SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. – If you had $59 million to spend on a home, what would you buy? One of the most expensive penthouses ever offered on the Miami market is set to go on sale later this year. Estates at Acqualina in Sunny Isles Beach. All of these extras may just be enough to attract buyers looking into luxury real estate. It’s part of a trend in a hot South Florida market.

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. – Law enforcement officials are increasing pedestrian safety enforcement two weeks after an 11-year-old boy was struck by a vehicle in Sunny Isles Beach and later lost his life. According to Sunny Isles Police Sergeant Brian Schnell, people are unaware of just how dangerous stretches of highways in South Florida truly are – and this most recent tragedy is an example of that. On Friday, Sunny Isles Beach Police were seen patrolling Collins Avenue doing high visibility enforcement to try and prevent a tragedy before it happens again. The enforcement program is a partnership between Sunny Isles Police Department and researchers from the University of North Florida. According to Sunny Isles Police, they reached out to the department in November of 2020 to uncover how Collins Avenue, between 170th and 189th streets, was a hot spot for dangerous accidents.

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. – The family of an 11-year-old boy hit by a car two weeks ago say his injures are too severe to save him after doctors have declared him brain-dead. His mother said the two were crossing the street to go to the CVS store across the street from where they live. “It’s just unfortunate that someone was reckless driving, on a solid red,” Reznik said. The driver who hit the boy remained at the scene the night of the accident police said. A petition has gathered nearly 2,500 signatures seeking to rename Sunny Isles Boulevard to Anthony Reznik Boulevard in memory of the 11-year-old boy.

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. – A 42-year-old man from New York was arrested Tuesday on accusations that he barged into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment in Sunny Isles Beach and assaulted her because she wanted to leave him. According to his arrest report, Yossef Azour, who also has an apartment in Sunny Isles Beach, hid behind the wall of the victim’s home on Monday as she opened the front door, thinking her food delivery had arrived. According to his arrest report, Azour then grabbed a rope, cut it into several pieces and used it to tie the victim’s wrists behind her back, as well as her ankles. AdThe roommate left but returned 10 minutes later and told Azour to get out or she would call the police, the arrest report stated. According to the arrest report, the victim said she had been in a three-year-long relationship with Azour, which she ended on Feb. 6.

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. – A witness recounted to Local 10 News what happened that led to an 11-year-old boy being struck by a car. While two cars did stop at the red light, a third did not and hit the child. On Thursday, Sunny Isles Beach Police Chief Dwight Snyder was joined at a news conference by Vice Mayor Larisa Svenchin. The child was struck by a car wile crossing Sunny Isles Boulevard near A1A on Wednesday night. Detectives questioned the driver, who did stop, as to while she failed to stop for the red light.

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. – A child was hit by a car that police said ran a red light in Sunny Isles Beach. According to police, the 11-year-old was in the crosswalk when struck by a red Mercedes-Benz. It happened early Wednesday evening in the eastbound lanes of Sunny Isles Boulevard near A1A. Police on the scene after an 11-year-old boy was struck by a car that ran a red light. “You are not expecting the light to be red, so a lot of people often run the red light,” said Tchogorian.

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. – A grieving mother told Local 10 she couldn’t control her emotions when she came face-to-face with the woman accused of killing her son a year ago in a drug-infused car crash on I-95 in Miami. Joel Josue Romero was 15 when he was in a car with his mother that was rear-ended by an out-of-control driver. She said not only is she heartbroken over the death of her son but now she’s traumatized that Capozzi is living nearby. “He was a really good kid and I see a lot of him through my younger son, Matthew,” Maria said. Capozzi will appear in court for a hearing on charges stemming from the crash on Oct. 6.

Icahn moved his company headquarters into a more than 23,000-square-foot-office at Milton Tower in Sunny Isles Beach with an oceanfront view. He is the anchor tenant and Milton Tower management said they are already getting requests from financial sector firms in New York who want to occupy other parts of the building. “We have other hedge funds reaching out,” Guy Gil, Milton Tower executive director, said. Guy Gil, executive director of the Milton Tower, said that Icahn had other choices in Brickell or Wynwood. The MDDA has been working to position South Florida as the “Wall Street of the South.”“This does not look like a short-term trend.

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. – A family is desperate for a donor as their father, Carlos Amador of Sunny Isles Beach clings to life while suffering from COVID-19. “The thing they said is we could try plasma.”Her father is just 49 years old. Nikole said the battle began two weeks ago when her father was taken to Aventura Hospital unable to speak and barely breathing. Nikole said that on Saturday the hospital was going to try plasma. The family is seeking a plasma donation from any recovered COVID-19 patient with Type O negative or positive blood.

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. – Detectives are investigating a woman’s death on Thursday in Sunny Isles Beach. According to the Miami-Dade Police Department, detectives are treating the case at the Oceania Island, 16400 Collins Ave., as a suspicious death.

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. – A driver struck a father who was pushing a stroller on Monday afternoon in Sunny Isles Beach, according to the Sunny Isles Beach Police Department. Officers and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel responded to a report that a driver had struck several pedestrians in the area of Collins Avenue at 178th Street. Police said the driver bumped into the father, but no injuries were reported.

MIAMI – A 28-year-old man took a plea deal Wednesday in connection with a crash that killed a South Florida attorney, who was also a beloved husband and father. Zulma Guillot Pelleg appears to slap a woman outside the courtroom after a man who killed her husband in a crash in June 2018 accepted a plea deal in the case. After the sentencing, the Franco family released a statement through their attorney that read:“On behalf of Joseph Franco and the Franco family, we want to express our sincere condolences to the Pelleg family. That’s what you always want for me,'” Guillot Pelleg said, reading from letters written by her children to their late father. Guillot Pelleg was initially in a coma and Pelleg died from his injuries.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Many parts of South Florida are drying out after downpours that flooded streets overnight Sunday into Monday. The flood water even seeped into Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport’s garages and flights were delayed early Monday morning. In Broward County, Hollywood got battered with the quick rains that eventually forced street closures. In Aventura, flooding overtook Biscayne Lake Gardens, which lived up to its name and literally became a lake. In Miami-Dade County, totals in Coconut Grove recorded 5.02″ and in Miami, 3.10″ of rain fell.

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. - A homeless man was arrested Monday after he threatened two Jewish men with a knife and made several anti-Semitic remarks, police said. Greene continued yelling at the pair when he pulled out a knife and threatened to kill them, police said. One of the victims told police he believed the knife-wielding man would have tried to kill him "or any other Jewish person." Larry Greene is accused of pulling out a knife and threatening a Jewish couple leaving a synagogue in Sunny Isles Beach. According to the affidavit, Greene told police he considered himself to be "a black Israelite and real Jew, not like these fake Jews."

Larry Greene is accused of pulling out a knife and threatening a Jewish couple leaving a synagogue in Sunny Isles Beach. SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Fla. - A homeless man was arrested Monday after he threatened a Jewish couple with a knife made several anti-Semitic remarks, police said. Greene continued yelling at the couple when he pulled out a knife and threatened to kill them, police said. One of the victims told police he believed the knife-wielding man would have tried to kill him "or any other Jewish person." According to the affidavit, Greene told police he considered himself to be "a black Israelite and real Jew, not like these fake Jews."

A handyman was arrested Monday on accusations that he raped a 66-year-old woman while working inside her condominium in Sunny Isles Beach. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

A handyman was arrested Monday on accusations that he raped a 66-year-old woman while working inside her condominium in Sunny Isles Beach. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

Rescue crews responded Tuesday to a call of an overturned boat about a mile offshore of Sunny Isles BeachCopyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

Rescue crews responded Tuesday to a call of an overturned boat about a mile offshore of Sunny Isles BeachCopyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.

AVENTURA, Fla. - Drivers are still unable to use the William Lehman Causeway to get from Sunny Isles Beach to Aventura on Saturday. A damaged 24-inch sewer line ruptured a westbound lane Thursday night between Biscayne Boulevard in Aventura and Collins Avenue in Sunny Isles Beach. The wastewater polluted a nearby retention lake, and prompted authorities to temporarily close the causeway, also known as the FL-826, in both directions. Drivers are experiencing delays on Collins Avenue and West Dixie Highway. Miami-Dade County officials warned the wastewater spilled into the drainage retention lake near the causeway.

AVENTURA, Fla. - The William Lehman Causeway could now be closed for days. Sunny Isles Beach police said Friday that the scope of work needed to repair a sewer pipe leak is more extensive than previously thought. Two lanes reopened by 10 p.m. Friday and officials expect to reopen all lanes on Saturday. Officials said the break is located about a quarter-mile east of where the causeway intersects with Biscayne Boulevard. Police initially only closed the westbound lanes of the causeway, but they've since closed all lanes as a precaution.

Sunny Isles Beach police said Friday that the scope of work needed to repair a sewer pipe leak is more extensive than previously thought. Copyright 2019 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.