Hialeah

The city of Hialeah is ramping up surveillance to try to prevent illegal dumping. NBC 6’s Victor Jorges reports

The city of Hialeah is ramping up surveillance to try to prevent illegal dumping, which officials say is a problem that’s costing hundreds of thousands of dollars to clean up.

The city of Hialeah is ramping up surveillance to try to prevent illegal dumping, which officials say is a problem that’s costing hundreds of thousands of dollars to clean up. City officials say the main problem areas filled with trash are along 107th Avenue and near construction sites on Northwest 170th Street. Mayor Steve Bovo announced Monday that the...

A former Hialeah police sergeant who took a plea deal after he was accused of taking advantage of women in his custody was sentenced to three years in prison. NBC 6’s Laura Rodriguez reports

A former Hialeah police sergeant who took a plea deal after he was accused of taking advantage of women in his custody was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday. Jesus Menocal Jr. pled guilty in federal court in March to three misdemeanor counts of violating the civil right of unreasonable search and seizures, avoiding major felony charges. Judge Kathleen…

A man accused of killing a woman over a parking spot in Hialeah is staying in jail. NBC 6’s Jamie Guirola reports

A man accused of running over and killing a woman in Hialeah during a dispute over a parking space is now behind bars in Miami-Dade. Brandon Zambrano, 22, was booked into the Miami-Dade jail Tuesday on a second-degree murder charge, records showed. Zambrano had been arrested in Broward County in March on an unrelated burglary case out of Hallandale Beach…

On a terrace under bright sunshine, the City of Progress commemorated four men in uniform who made the ultimate sacrifice. “This is a day of remembrance,” said Officer Jose Torres. “This is a day that we remember our fallen officers.”  Atop the Milander Center for Arts and Entertainment, police fired off a 21-gun salute, a bagpiper sounded somber notes and…

NBC 6’s Julia Bagg has the latest as Hialeah Police Department honor three officers and a crime scene technician who lost their lives in the line of duty.

The five-year-old was reportedly taken in 2021 from New York and has not been seen since April 19th.

Police in the city of Hialeah have found a missing child who had not been seen in two weeks after reportedly being taken by her mother. Hialeah Police said in a release that five-year-old Khloe Rojas was taken by her mother, 25-year-old Kimberly Ramirez, from New York to Miami in September 2021 and never returned. Rojas’ father was able to…

A Hialeah man is facing grand theft charges after police said he was caught with multiple stolen iPhones at the Sunfest music festival in West Palm Beach Friday night. Jose De la Caridad Garcia Montelongo, 27, was arrested by West Palm Beach Police officers after they started receiving reports of cellphones being stolen at the festival. Witnesses had seen people…

A Hialeah man is facing grand theft charges after police said he was caught with multiple stolen iPhones at the Sunfest music festival in West Palm Beach Friday night. Jose De la Caridad Garcia Montelongo, 27, was arrested by West Palm Beach Police officers after they started receiving reports of cellphones being stolen at the festival.

The two women were found and arrested in Monroe County and police say they had a small amount of crystal meth.

Two Miami-area women were arrested Saturday night, driving a stolen car with crystal methamphetamine inside, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. A deputy conducted a traffic stop for a black 2014 Dodge Charger near Mile Marker 29 on U.S. 1 at approximately 8:53 p.m. for impeding traffic. The car came back as stolen, and it was later determined that…

A man accused of forcing his way into a Hialeah massage parlor and sexually assaulting an employee has been arrested. NBC 6’s Jamie Guirola reports

A man accused of forcing his way into a Hialeah massage parlor and sexually assaulting an employee has been arrested, authorities said. George Luis Rivero, 26, was arrested Monday on charges of burglary with assault or battery, battery, sexual battery by threats, and false imprisonment, according to an arrest report. The report said Rivero forced his way into the Oriental…

Dominic Taddeo, a hit man from a Rochester-area crime family who had escaped federal custody in Florida on March 28, was rearrested on Monday in Hialeah. Taddeo, 64, pleaded guilty in 1992 to racketeering charges that included the killings of three other mobsters.

A woman has been arrested on a battery charge in the stabbing of her ex-boyfriend, police said. Harlem Hernandez, 28, is facing an aggravated battery with a deadly weapon charge in Saturday’s stabbing in the 1000 block of West 44th Terrace, Hialeah Police officials said.

A woman has been arrested on a battery charge in the stabbing of her ex-boyfriend, police said. Harlem Hernandez, 28, is facing an aggravated battery with a deadly weapon charge in Saturday’s stabbing in the 1000 block of West 44th Terrace, Hialeah Police officials said. Officers had responded to the area after initially receiving reports of an attempted armed robbery…