Community Awareness News Network

23/08/2022

ABUSE OF POWER, PRIVILEGE OR LACK OF RESPECT?

How much privilage does a government employee really have? Have you ever wondered? This and many other questions many of us have when it comes to public servants in positions of authority. Some government officials can sometimes be seen taking advantage of their public service positions. They are sometimes seen getting away with actions that a citizen would normally wouldn't. Neighbors of NMB often see the city's public servants as a figure of respect and integrity; role models to the community. Said one neighbor who did not want to be identified. Why do some public servants breach the trust of the community? Why is it that they get away with breaching the law? What makes them so special? And, will they ever be held to those high standards? Questions that we commonly ask. North Miami Beach Community Awareness News spotted a NMB city vehicle at a NMB Wendy's fast food restaurant located at 25 NE 167th St, North Miami Beach on August 22, 2022 at 11:00 AM. The public servant's government issued vehicle was occupying a handicap parking space without possessing a handicap tag. The building inspector was then observed sitting inside of Wendy's having a meal. A site all too common to NMB residents in the neighborhood said Michelle Porras a Wendy's neighbor who told us that this was not an isolated situation. Michelle told us that many other agencies officials do similar privileged actions without consequences. We asked Michelle what did she think of what will the consequences be if we published the story and she told us that nothing will change. "No one will do anything about it, not the city manager, the mayor or police because they all cover one another. My mother is handicap she can't walk well and we are still waiting for the doctor to give us the documents authorizing her to get her handicap tag. It's embarrassing that she needs it and has to wait but, they don't have any health problems. They can park wherever because they are the boss and who are we? "

According to the Florida law the building inspector violated the law and could be held legally accountable for the violation. In Florida, anyone who uses a handicapped parking permit that does not belong to them can face being charged with a second-degree misdemeanor with handicapped parking tickets reaching $500 or up to 6 months in jail. If you are caught parking in a handicapped spot without proper permits, the fine is $250. Would anyone hold the building inspector to the legal standards? What do you think, is it ABUSE OF POWER, PRIVILEGE OR LACK OF RESPECT?

02/08/2022

GLITCH on water services automated billing system has caused some residents to get higher than usual waterbill.

02/08/2022

Is the Walmart at 163rd Mall a danger to Customers!

01/08/2022

01/08/2022

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02/06/2021

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19/11/2020

DOMESTIC DISPUTE STANDOFF

Officers responded to a home on Northwest 171st Street and Northwest Miami Court, just after 2 p.m. Tuesday. During the family dispute, one man took out a gun, according to Miami-Dade police officers. The armed man eventually barricaded himself inside.

The SWAT team responded and attempted to negotiate with the man for over six hours and at around 8 p.m. they made entry to the home.

There was an exchange of gunfire between offices and the man, who was wounded and rushed to Aventura Hospital and Medical Center, where he died.

18/11/2020

INDECENCY IN PLAIN SIGHT

Commonly adult stores require the minimum age of 18 in order for you to enter. Other's have a designated adult only access area. But, what happens when a store displays adult content in plain view? Stores displaying adult content should always adhere to the Miami Dade County Ordinance No. 96-13 regardless if the city is Incorporated or Unincorporated. According to the ordinance any establishment displaying adult content should have a County permit to operate such establishment (§ 21-47.1) that regulates the activities inside of the store or the portion of the store where the adult books or videos are being displayed. When visiting Miami China City Plaza in North Miami Beach, inside the store openly displayed we observed adult content DVDs while children as young as six years old walked with their parent inside of the store near the display and often wondering around the area in their own while their parents browse the isles. The bigger question is, how has the city of North Miami Beach been allowing this establishment to openly display adult content movies or as we commonly know it, p**n? What we found interesting is that the p**nograohic videos are displayed in a shelve among the cultural chinese videos and movies with a label that reads "Learn Chinese". Would this have been done intentionally or is it an attempt by the store management to disguise the indecency in plain sight? One thing is surely known, that having adult content openly displayed will continued to endanger children innocence when visiting the store with their parents.

30/09/2020

RUSSIAN ROULETTE INTERSECTION

Today two vehicles collided at the intersection of 168 NE and N. Miami Ave. In the Uletta neighborhood of North Miami Beach. The accident left only collateral damages without injuries. However, this neighborhood is not surprised of the accident. "This is always happening here. For some reason this intersection is always causing accidents. No one does anything about this. Police always show up because of accidents but, no one cares!" Said Graciella a long time resident of Uletta. According to the neighbors, the intersection is vulnerable to accidents and many have occured regularly. Neighbors claim to have reported the problem to city officials but little is ever done. "We barely have police officers patrol the neighborhood, do you really think anything is ever going to get done to avoid more accidents?" Said Pierre a neighborhood resident. The question is, would there ever be anything done? Many neighbors avoid the intersection because to them, this is a russian roulette intersection.

25/09/2020

NMBPD LEFT COMMUNITY SMELLING

When residents of South Glades Drive contacted the North Miami Beach Police Department, they were hoping that they would find help. Instead, the Police dispatcher left them with a very bad smell. A neighbor said that the deceased body of a dog was reported to the NMBPD at around 2:30 PM on September 24th. The hours passed and evening came around, and the decease dog was at the very same place where neighbors found him. After neighbors of South Glades reached out to North Miami Beach Community Awareness News, we were able to properly report and scheduled a pickup of the deceased dog with Miami-Dade Animal Services. Animal services have compromised in notifying and update this community news network and our NMB community once the deceased animal have been removed and properly disposed. After NMBPD left the community smelling, we hope animal services will do the right thing for our community.

17/09/2020

CHAOS AT CHECKERS

On the night of September 15th, the North Miami Beach Checkers became the center of traffic chaos as many customers became stranded without service at the drive thru. The vehicles piled up as customers waited for service. "There wasn't a sign saying that it was closed!" Said Lekita a customer affected by the incident. As shown on their service hours board , the establishment operation hours are from 10 AM until 4 AM and as late as 6 AM on the weekends. But at 10 PM customers were left without service and confused as to why wasn't anyone able to place an order. It turned out that the establishement was empty. The only female employee was seen walking the parking lot telling customers that Checkers was close.This caused a heavy traffic of vehicles trying to turn around and exit. As of now we have not been able to verify what had happened or if in fact, Checkers was abandoned by it's employees.

16/09/2020

POLICE ACTIVITY HAPPENING NOW

After a quiet week, NMBPD have become active. After one home invasion in the morning, police officers are now responding to an assault reported at 456 NE 167th Street. Details on the mater are not known but, what is known is that one person was assaulted at the reported lication and law enforcement are on their way. This incident is the second violent incident in the morning hours in the city of North Miami Beach. Earlier at around 9 am there was another violent incident at 25 Th Pl and NE 183rd Street where two persons were reported fighting.

16/09/2020

DEVELOPING: HOME BREAK-IN

North Miami Beach Police are responding to a report of a break-in. The inccident was reported at 1681 NE 172nd Street North Miami Beach at around 7 AM. Fire fighters also responded to the scene. Details on this incident are still developing.

12/09/2020

TRAFFIC ALERT

Vehicular accident scene on Biscayne Blv. and NE 165 Terrace. Injuries have been reported and firefighters were seen on scene. Avoid Biscayne Boulevard and use alternate routes.

06/09/2020

BUS STOP SHOOTING

After long quiet weeks, North Miami Beach residents are now searching for answers to a shooting at a bus stop on Northeast 164th Street and 15th Avenue by a gun-toting suspect who shot a man. The incident occurred near LG Dollar Store. The owner of the store said he that he saw a bunch of people outside after hearing the gunshots.The dangerous incident also happened near several other businesses.

North Miami Beach police Officers blocked off the area as they searched for clues that they hope will lead them to the shooter. Detectives spent several hours gathering evidence and speaking with witnesses. Anyone with information may contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.

25/08/2020

ALERT!

North Miami Beach Community Awareness News is asking everyone's help in finding Miss Jaqueline. Miss Jaqueline was last seen wearing a black shirt and pants. Her last known location was NE 14 AVE and 176 ST. If anyone comes in contact with Miss Jaqueline please contact NMBPD at 305.949.5500 or anonymously submit a tip using this link:
https://www.p3tips.com/tipform.aspx?ID=139 #

25/08/2020

CAN USPS BE COMMITING VIOLATIONS?

Residents of North Miami Beach would often need to use the Biscayne Boulevard USPS office located in North Miami as it's location is the main branch servicing North Miami Beach and North Miami residents. After gaining national spotlight, many have veen unsatisfied with the agency's customer service. " They provided me with a label from USPS for a pre-paid shipment, it is thier tracking information provided by them and they asked me to head to the UPS store and pay extra to have UPS print the label for me since they are unable to print their already paid label provided to me as a customer. I spent $3 for nothing because there isn't a supervisor on site that could help me, and they couldn't use their equipment to fulfill their duties. Very frustrating!" Said Lewis an unsatisfied customer who claims that USPS is unable to fulfill their duties and responsibilities. Commawan visited the location and found a long line of people inside of the facility. Even though there were social distancing markings on the floor the social distancing seemed to be poorly enforced. The air conditioning vents seemed to have been leaking water that was noticibly being collected by trash bins placed under the vents on the floor. Our community awareness team also found that there was only one door kept in use inside of the facility which forced customers to be closer than six feet and bringing them as close as less than afoot apart as some entered and exited from the service room. Lines covering the entrance of the main lobby door which also forced customers to walk in between each other as close as a few feet apart and less than the mandated social distancimg guide lines. Once inside of the service room it was noticeable that social distancing was being kept. It is unclear why was there only one door openned used as the entry and exit door. What it was clear is that at the time of our visit, the funnel created at the door seemed to violate emergency evacuation, city code guidelines as per fire marshal code and Pandemic County Ordinance. "You have no clue of what you are talking about!" Said a postal staff when asked in regards to the aparent violations. With unrested issues with USPS and many unanswered questions and no USPS leaders on site; our question remains the same. Can USPS be commiting violations that puts our citizens at a health risk and in danger? Is this only happening in North Miami Beach or is it a national postal service problem?

19/08/2020

FPL NEGLIGENCE

Florida Power and Light continues to cut power off around the neighborhoods of NMB. According to neighbors, FPL continues to be negligent in not properly notifying customers of the power shutoff. " They damaged my company work. I suddenly lost my power, my computer shutoff and I lost all my work." Said Lewis, a resident in the Uleta neighborhood. It is unclear if FPL will continue with work in the surrounding areas. FPL have not replied to our inquiry of this ongoing issue.

19/08/2020

DEVELOPING: CAR ACCIDENT

NMB experiencing heavy traffic west bound of NE 167 th Street and 6 avenue due to car involved accident at the intersection. Police presence and medical personnel are on scene causing traffic cluster. Expect possible delays on westbound lanes.

13/08/2020

POWER OUT

FPL workers were working on fixing a long overdue issue affecting the Uleta neighborhood. The company stated that they were repairing posts and cables that were damaged. Unfortunately the Uleta residents were caught by surprise when the power was cut off without notice. "My new born child was left without power on a hot day like this. How am I supposed heat up his milk and keep him cool with this heat!" Said Allen an affected neighbor. According to the neighbors FPL never gave them prior notice of the work to be done. "My mom uses a ventilator and I had to go to my brother's house. We called them and called them and FPL kept on giving us different times for the power to come on. First they said that we were getting the power back on at 2PM; two came around and still no power!" Said another affected neighbor whom did not want to be identified. Twenty one neighbors were surprisingly affected by the work and lost power. Many welcomed the work being done but, did not welcome the way FPL carried out the work. Many expressed that they wished FPL would have given the neighborhood ample time noticed to prepare and be ready for the work that needed to be done by the company.

12/08/2020

NMB LIBRARY CLOSED

Some parents in North Miami Beach have expressed frustration on the temporary closure of NMB Lafe Allen Memorial Library. "If it would've been that you are able to sign up online, but the online website doesn't let you. You have to physically walk in and sign up at the library so you can get your member card and access the online content. But, the library it's closed!" Said Michael a resident of North Miami Beach. Michael's 14 year old son was given a literature assignment for the summer, because of the pandemic Michael couldn't afford the books. He went to the library and it was closed for renovations. "I love that they are renovating the library don't get me wrong. But, they should've made the information public and have it, so we can sign up for our card online for the time being." NMB is being renovated and will be closed to the public until Monday, August 17th, 2020. If you need to access the library, you may visit www.nmblib.com.

10/08/2020

RANDOM VISITOR

A Golden Glade neighbor captured when an unknown elder attempted to enter his home. The neighbor confronted the man and the man left the home. Neighbors think the elder may have dementia, others think it may be related to an elder man trying to force his way into the homes to steal. But all agree that if anyone encounter this elder they should call police. "Hopefully this is not an elder who lost his way home." Said one neighbor. If you do encounter this elder in North Miami Beach call the NMBPD at (305) 949-5500. You may be able to help a neighbor or help this random visitor.

08/08/2020

OUTSTANDING FUTURE

The North Miami Beach Police Department and their PAL program granted three outstanding youths with three one thousand dollar scholarship. NMBPD announced the award thruough their tweeter account where North Miami Beach mayor Anthony F. DeFillipo also participated in the award ceremony. NMBPD Chief. William Hernandez and PAL Director Lynda Roberts were also present in the award ceremony. The City of North Miami Beach can be proud of these youths and their outstanding future!

08/08/2020

DRIVER SAYS HE'LL SHOOT THE NEIGHBORHOOD

The neighborhood of 157th terrace and 19th Pl were shaken when they decided to ask a speeding driver to slow down. Neighbors stated that the driver then decided to return at a later time to make violent threats against the neighbors in the area by telling them that he would return with other accomplices and open fire on the neighbors. Alarmed, the neighbors called 9-1-1 and made a police complaint report. Neighbors say that the driver returned to the neighborhood driving at a high speed at least three other times. It is uncertain if Police have been able to apprehend the speeding driver but neighbors want anyone in North Miami Beach to be careful and be on alert in case you encounter the speeding driver. Neighbors described the speeding vehicle as a dark colored Ford Explorer with a Florida license plate number KLP901. Neighibors believe that the driver is a Hispanic male with braids whom was wearing a white T-shirt at the time. If anyone encounters the speeding driver, they are encouraged to call the North Miami Police Department at (305) 949-5500.



PHOTOGRAPH CREDIT BY A CONCERNED NEIGHBOR AND EYEWITNESS

05/08/2020

NORTH MIAMI BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT GETS REENFORCEMENT

The North Miami Beach Police Department has six new police graduates according to their social media. The hiring came just in time, as residents have grown in wonder in regard to the lack of police presence in the city. Residents say that city mayor Anthony F. DeFillipo made a great long overdue move to strengthen the city's law enforcement. " I think the mayor did a great thing here, you know, you hardly see police officers anymore! You see more homeless by the day, faces you don't know. You already know those people aren't from here." Said Michelle ( We used an Allias as she didn't want to be identified) a neighbor of NE 160th ST and 12th Ave. "It was about time they hired more police officers." Certainly NMB resident can rest better at night knowing that the NMBPD family has grown!




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05/08/2020

NMB POLICE OFFICERS RESCUED DOG

North Miami Beach PD located and rescued this beautiful female dog In the area of NE 171 ST and S Glades Rd. If you know the owners are or if she belongs to you, you may contact the North Miami Beach Police Department at (305)949-5500 *2 #318

05/08/2020

NMB TEEN SHOT WHILE LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW

Pascal Toussaint, 14. on the road to recovery after, he said, he almost lost vision on his right eye when he was struck by a bullet while inside his home. Pascal, a teen looking forward to being on the field for his first year at Alonzo and Tracy Mourning High School as a member of the football team, but because of tge shooting, his dreams will have to wait.
Toussaint was looking out of his bedroom window in the area of Northeast 157th Street and 15th Avenue when he was shot.

“Somebody came, I don’t know who it was" He said "He was standing by the fence, and while I was looking toward this way, before I could even notice him, he shot directly at me, and the bullet split, like, my eye, and the fragment of the bullet went behind my eye and almost cut my retina.”

The only witness ran away from the scene.
Pascal said that police can’t build the case on anything, because he’s the only person who saw everything, and he is unable to identify him according to Pascal.

The teen went to two hospitals before ending up at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami.
Toussaint is thankful to doctors for saving his sight.

The shooting adds concerns to the residents of North Miami Beach after a rise of petty crimes and lack of Police presence has been noticeable by locals.

If you have any information that may help police you may submit an anonymous tip to crimestoppers by calling (305) 471-TIPS.

05/08/2020

05/08/2020

MAKE THE NECESSESARY STEPS, IT'S HURRICANE SEASON!

Public Announcement

As we prepare and monitor the trajectory of Hurricanes, Miami Dade has prepared an Evacuation Assistance Program for anyone who would be in need of assitance during an emergency. We want you to take the necessary steps to ensure your safety and the safety of your loved ones. If you or a loved one are a resident in Miami-Dade County who requires evacuation assistance, NOW is the time to register for the Emergency Evacuation Assistance Program (EEAP) to ensure help will be given when needed. Residents with disabilities or who need skilled nursing care, assistance with daily living or have life-saving medical equipment dependent on electricity should register with the EEAP. The time is now!

North Miami Beach Residents can register for the EEAP by calling 311 or 305-468-5900.

You can also visit: https://www.miamidade.gov/global/service.page?Mduid_service=ser1470238193996672

04/08/2020

HOW LONG DOES COVID19 LAST ON SURFACES?

With the COVID19 pandemic on the rise and many of us unable to dineout as we used to, North Miami Beach restricting restaurants operations forcing many stores to close down. Many more people are using all kinds of delivery services. The question many of us ask. Is it safe? DR. Cristy Risinger explains.