Marissa Bagg

Miami

Reporter at WTVJ-TV (Miami, FL)

Reporter for NBC 6 Miami

Articles

2 years since historic flooding hit Fort Lauderdale

1 week ago | nbcmiami.com | Marissa Bagg

Kristen Slingerland fears the rainy season. "We had a hard rain a couple days ago, definitely gives you PTSD, that's for sure," Slingerland said from her home in Edgewood. "All of us are on high alert. We are constantly watching that flood gate right there, yeah."On April 12, 2023, Slingerland, her husband and 10-year-old son e ndured the 26 inches of rain that flooded parts of Fort Lauderdale, forcing them to wade out in feet of water to get to safety the next day.
Estudiante de UF que había sido detenido, regresó voluntariamente a Colombia, según ICE

2 weeks ago | telemundo51.com | Marissa Bagg

Un estudiante de la Universidad de Florida, detenido por el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos (ICE) tras su arresto en Gainesville, regresó voluntariamente a Colombia, informaron este miércoles funcionarios de la agencia.
University of Florida student detained, voluntarily returned to Colombia: ICE

2 weeks ago | nbcmiami.com | Marissa Bagg

A University of Florida student who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after his arrest in Gainesville voluntarily returned to Colombia, officials with the agency said Wednesday. Felipe Zapata Velasquez, 27, was cited for illegal license plate/attached mobile home sticker, driving with a license suspended or revoked with knowledge, having an expired tag after he was arrested in Gainesville the night of March 28, records showed.
Reward reaches $60K in man's fatal shooting at Pompano Beach smoke shop

2 weeks ago | nbcmiami.com | Brian Hamacher |Marissa Bagg

Authorities are hoping a $60,000 reward will lead them to whoever shot and killed a man at a Pompano Beach smoke shop last month. Broward Sheriff's Office officials on Tuesday announced the increase in the reward in the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Sayf Abdelaziz. The shooting happened just after midnight on March 30 at Fire Up Smoke Shop at 1251 E. Sample Road. Detectives said a suspect entered the business and approached the front counter with a handgun.
Pride Center in Wilton Manors concerned over losing HIV testing funds

3 weeks ago | nbcmiami.com | Marissa Bagg

For two decades, The Pride Center at Equality Park in Wilton Manors has offered free HIV testing to thousands of people. But that could end as soon as July. The National Institutes of Health, the largest funding source of medical research in the world, terminated millions of dollars in grants that fund the fight against HIV. That cut includes a $350,000 grant The Pride Center relied on to test the public.
Familia de Florida se contagia con norovirus: la experiencia de una madre

3 weeks ago | telemundo51.com | Julia Bagg |Marissa Bagg

Es una experiencia que Blanca Sánchez no puede olvidar: "Me sentí terrible, fue espantoso", recuerda que todo empezó con su hijo de cinco años. "Se fue a la cama porque le dolía el estómago, y se levantó y empezó a toser, y dijo: ‘Mamá me siento mal’. Y vomitó allí empezó”. Noticias de Florida 24/7 en Telemundo 51. En febrero sus dos hijos se enfermaron de norovirus. Uno tras otro. "Yo lo sentí una eternidad, pero desde que entró el pequeño, habrá sido una semana en todo el proceso".
YNW Melly again seeks bond ahead of double murder re-trial in Broward

3 weeks ago | nbcmiami.com | Marissa Bagg

Rapper YNW Melly is once again asking a Broward County judge to issue him a bond so he can try to get out of jail while he awaits his double murder re-trial. This is the second time attorneys for Melly, whose real name is Jamell Demons, filed a motion for pre-trial release since his July 2023 mistrial on the double murder charges. Demons is accused of shooting Christopher Thomas Jr and Anthony Williams to death in October of 2018. Both victims were members of the YNW Collective along with Demons.
How to protect your family from norovirus in South Florida

4 weeks ago | nbcmiami.com | Julia Bagg |Marissa Bagg

The gastrointestinal illness known as norovirus is surging in South Florida, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report outbreaks are on the rise this season compared to recent years. The stomach bug was the reason playtime came to an abrupt end for two brothers in February, when they got sick one right after the other.
Mother and son identified as victims of double murder-suicide in Pompano Beach

1 month ago | nbcmiami.com | Marissa Bagg

The mother and son who were shot to death by their husband and father who then turned the gun on himself at their Pompano Beach home have been identified. Friends and neighbors said 72-year-old Colleen Sheridan and her son, 32-year-old Connor Sheridan, were found shot to death Wednesday night. Broward Sheriff's Office officials on Thursday identified the shooter as 80-year-old James Sheridan, Colleen's husband and the father of Connor.
Broward woman defrauded by another with the same name in COVID relief scam

1 month ago | nbcmiami.com | Marissa Bagg

How many people do you know named Sandra Martin? There are at least four women by that name in Broward County, and fraud investigators say one of them used the others to scam the county out of $80,000 of COVID relief funds. Last year, one Sandra Martin got a call from the Broward Sheriff's Office asking if she was renting out her Deerfield Beach home. "I was very surprised, I had no idea," said the snowbird from Maryland.