In today’s Quickcast:
Federal Bureau of Investigation agents have arrested Hialeah Councilwoman Angelica Pacheco.
The 37-year-old certified nurse made her first court appearance Thursday afternoon on healthcare fraud charges.
Pacheco and her husband, Daniel have a primary care clinic and substance abuse rehab facility in Hialeah, but it’s unclear if the charges are at all linked to the couple’s business.
Pacheco appears to have hinted at the arrest in a cryptic video posted on social media on Wednesday evening.
In it, she blamed the Hialeah government for any eventual repercussions she might face.
A firefighter had to be transported to a local hospital following a fire at a three-story Virginia Gardens building Friday before noon.
CBS News Miami has learned a training operation involving Miami-Dade and international firefighters was going on at the time.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said it happened in the area of the 6500 block of NW 36 Street.
The injured firefighter was transported via air rescue to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where his condition is unknown.
Authorities said the patient is not an MDFR employee.
A large police presence, including a SWAT team, descended on a Fort Lauderdale home early Friday as part of an investigation involving the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Fort Lauderdale police said their officers and SWAT team assisted in an FBI operation at SW 21st Street and SW 12th Avenue.
Roommates inside the home said they woke around 6 a.m. to the sounds of officers pounding on the windows and yelling at them to get down before smoke devices were thrown inside.
"Ryan, walk to the sound of my voice," the FBI said on a bullhorn.
Cellphone video from a neighbor caught the action.
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