Take heed, Aventura business owners: If police make a shoplifting arrest in your store but you skip going to court to help prosecute, it's going to cost you.
Your editor: Gail Epstein, gepstein@MiamiHerald.com, 305-376-2036
AVENTURA A vandal kicked and dented a door on a 2000 Honda Accord outside Bloomingdale's, 19555 Biscayne Blvd., leaving a shoe print between 10 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. June 21. Damage was estimated at $500.
Students from schools throughout Miami-Dade County were named the May winners of the Do The Right Thing Program (DTRT), sponsored by the Miami Police Department, British Airways, The Miami Herald and WTVJ-NBC 6.
On June 19, Miami Beach artist Mira Lehr and her assistant, 23-year-old Cristina Molina, were transporting three of Lehr's large-scale botanical abstracts via flatbed truck to the Holly Hunt showroom in the Miami Design District. Or so they thought.
At age 11, Diana Bien-Aime was thrown through the back window of a car in a horrible accident. She suffered a broken nose and internal bleeding and was left with scars on her face and arms.
AVENTURA Police arrested a 21-year-old man on a charge of theft at Sears, 19505 Biscayne Blvd., after store security said he stole merchandise valued at $68 at 7 p.m. June 20.
Summer temperatures are rising, but residents hope the opening of Golden Beach's newly renovated beach pavilion will help beat the heat.
Powerboats raced, Brazilian dancers shimmied and celebrants ate cake at last weekend's celebration of the 11th anniversary of Sunny Isles Beach.
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SOAPBOX / LETTERS FROM READERS
The economy is bad; taxes, insurance, food gasoline have doubled in price. And the North Miami Beach City Council is going to give Skylake the opportunity to vote on an added expense, in the name of a roaming guard.
CRIME BLOTTER
AVENTURA Police arrested a 37-year-old man on a charge of theft at Publix, 2952 Aventura Blvd., after he hid items valued at $38 inside his jean pockets at 5:15 p.m. June 16.
SURFSIDE
Kids running around a kitchen near a hot stove and sharp knives, up to their elbows in food, can be a nightmare for even the most patient parent. To teach children cooking skills while avoiding a messy kitchen, Mimi Chacin started The Budding Cook.
SUNNY ISLES BEACH
Opponents of a proposed two-lane, general traffic bridge won half a victory, when the Sunny Isles Beach Commission voted unanimously to scale back to a one-lane emergency-vehicle-only bridge. The overpass will link 172nd to 174th street over the canal that splits North Bay Road.
CRIME BLOTTER
AVENTURA Police arrested a 19-year-old woman on a charge of theft at Old Navy, 19225 Biscayne Blvd., after she shoplifted merchandise valued at $59 at 12:30 p.m. June 14.
