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Videos show a 280-pound man with autism crying while being consoled by an Orange County Sheriff’s deputy inside a group home in December 2019.

For over four decades, Nathan Myers and his uncle Clifford Williams were inmates in state prison after being convicted of shooting two women and killing one of them. “I was a kid, I was 18-years-old so I have to develop myself to become a man, my own man,” Myers said. Myers, who is now 62, remembers the years behind bars….

Aerial videos showed from afar the gunfire that erupted after a carjacked UPS truck came to a stop on Miramar Parkway last week. Several cellphone videos captured the sounds of gunfire that killed two armed robbers, their hostage and an innocent bystander. But one element has so far been missing from the public record of the deadly encounter: combined video…

For years, Leonard Dupree has been going in and out of court trying to reverse the life sentence he received in his early 20s. Dupree, 42, is a convicted armed robber. He spent time in prison for one in 1997, and then a jury found he pulled another one in 2000. Because the second crime occurred less than a year…

Leonard Dupree was sentenced to life in prison in his early 20s. Now, he’s asking a judge to take a second look at his case as a result of unlikely testimony. NBC 6 Investigator Tony Pipitone reports.

Gas stations, convenience stores and vape shops – vaping products that contain nicotine are being sold at all of them. But in Florida, you have to be at least 18 to buy these vaping products. State lawmakers are considering raising the age limit to 21 to match federal law. But when the NBC 6 Investigators sent young-looking staffers to stores…

Body camera video shows Samuel Scott being handcuffed, questioned and taken into custody by Miami Police in June 2018. “This is real messed up,” Scott can be heard saying in the video that was exclusively obtained by NBC 6 Investigators.  Scott says he called Miami Police after a man stole his car but when officers showed up, he says he…

A body camera video shows the moment a man is arrested by Miami police in summer 2018. The criminal case against him was dropped, but the officers’ actions revealed violations of the department’s body camera policy. NBC 6 Investigator Willard Shepard has the story.

Editor’s note: this article was updated to include the city of Hialeah’s response to the NBC 6 Investigation. After seeing an NBC 6 Investigators report on a large section of a Hialeah road lined in discarded junk, Mayor Carlos Hernandez said Tuesday action would be taken eventually. “…We’re in the process with the county of kind of getting started...

When it comes to human trafficking, Florida tops the list for calls reporting it. But after an arrest is made, NBC 6 Investigators found holding traffickers accountable isn’t easy.

After seeing an NBC 6 Investigators report on a large section of a Hialeah road lined in discarded junk, Mayor Carlos Hernandez said Tuesday action would be taken eventually.

For years, a stretch of Northwest 107th Avenue in Hialeah has been a dumping ground, those who work nearby tell the NBC 6 Investigators. Tony Pipitone reports.

Miguel Barranco has been living with aches and pains to his shoulder, neck and lower back. When he heard about a stem cell therapy that could help, he handed over more than $5,000. He had two procedures, but a year later he says he was still in pain. “It did not help me, not only my neck but it did…

James McAdoo, a plastic surgeon already facing a malpractice complaint in the 2016 death of a woman, is facing a new complaint in another surgery.

James McAdoo, a plastic surgeon already facing a malpractice complaint in the 2016 death of a woman, is facing a new complaint in another surgery. The Department of Health filed the complaint in January 2020 against McAdoo. The complaint centers around a breast lift and tummy tuck Ivis Beracierto says left her scarred for life. Ivis says three weeks after…

When it comes to human trafficking, Florida tops the list for calls reporting it. But after an arrest is made, NBC 6 Investigators found holding traffickers accountable isn’t easy.

Florida is one of over 30 states that give financial compensation to those who have been wrongfully convicted, but as NBC 6 Investigator Sasha Jones found, that’s not always the case.

NBC 6 Investigator Tony Pipitone obtained new video of the two-county chase that ended in a barrage of gunfire that took the lives of two innocent people.