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02/08/12--21:00: Off-duty officer catches Medley auto parts thief (chan 1510325)

<span class="leadin">A man walked</span> out of the U-Pick Auto Parts store in the <span class="bold">8100 block of Northwest 74th Street</span> about 1:40 p.m. Jan. 28 without paying for several parts that he had tucked into his pants pockets. A police officer who was working while off-duty saw the man trying to conceal something in the pants pockets and then followed him to his car. The officer told the man to place his hand behind his back but the man refused. The officer then tried to handcuff the man, but the man resisted, forcefully pulling the officer toward the vehicle and the officer was hit in the chest. When the officer regained his balance, he pulled a Taser on the man but did not fire. The man then complied and laid on his stomach. The man told the officer he was trying to fix an old car but didn’t have money to buy the parts. The stolen items, which included car fuses and light bulbs, were valued at $46.


02/11/12--07:33: Roads closed after car crash along U.S. 41 and 92nd Avenue (chan 1510325)

Roads are closed due to a car crash along Eighth Street and 92nd Avenue in Miami-Dade.


02/13/12--14:32: Obama budget trims Southcom funding (chan 1510325)

Defense Department proposes cutting Southcom’s budget by not quite 4 percent


02/15/12--04:20: Doral city manager: FDLE investigation a “political lynching” (chan 1510325)

Although the Doral’s police chief was cleared of allegations of bid-tampering and misusing funds, the city manager wants the Florida Department of Law Enforcement look into her claims that the agency’s investigator was unfair to the chief.


02/18/12--21:00: Truck, trailer stolen from West Dade residence (chan 1510325)

<span class="leadin">A thief stole </span> a green 2002 Ford truck with a trailer valued at $25,000 from the <span class="bold">7400 block of Southwest 39th Terrace</span> between 11 a.m. Feb. 7 and 11 a.m. Feb. 8.


02/20/12--10:00: Canine ambassador spreads goodwill at airport (chan 1510325)

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