{"id":294681,"date":"2026-06-03T17:56:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/294681\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:56:21","slug":"2nd-woman-arrested-after-being-accused-of-operating-illegal-assisted-living-facility-in-miami-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/294681\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd woman arrested after being accused of operating illegal assisted living facility in Miami \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

A second woman accused of running an unlicensed assisted living facility in Miami-Dade County was arrested on Tuesday, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Kerri Smith, 38, is facing several charges, including organized fraud, operating an assisted living facility without a license and illegal disposal of hazardous waste.<\/p>\n

According to authorities, an investigation was launched on March 17 at a home in Miami-Dade that was reportedly operating as an unlicensed post-cosmetic surgery assisted living facility.<\/p>\n

An arrest report said a search was then conducted at the home, and there were eight patients and two employees there.<\/p>\n

When the patients were interviewed, they told detectives that they were receiving services such as bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, personal hygiene and medication, the report said.<\/p>\n

Smith, the report said, is the face of the business on Instagram, while Crystal White was listed as the business’ director.<\/p>\n

White was previously arrested on April 7,<\/a> and records showed that both White and Smith White were also arrested in two separate incidents in 2023 for operating two unlicensed post-cosmetic surgery assisted-living facilities.<\/p>\n

One of the employees told authorities they were paid $500 per week in cash by Smith, while another employee was paid $45 per trip for either picking up a patient or getting their medication, the report said.<\/p>\n

Records showed that the home was not licensed in Florida to operate as an assisted living facility.<\/p>\n

It was also revealed that White and Smith received over $200,000 since October 2025, the report said.<\/p>\n

Following White’s arrest, the report said, authorities received several calls and emails about past patients, with one saying she booked for post-op recovery care with Smith and had to stay at a home with 11 other women.<\/p>\n

During her stay at the home, the woman said she had to urinate in a cup because the house was over capacity, the report said. She also said there was a rodent and insect problem at the home.<\/p>\n

When authorities contacted Smith’s attorney regarding her surrender, the report said, they were told that Smith was upset because White was arrested.<\/p>\n

An anonymous tip then notified authorities on Tuesday that Smith was taking care of patients at 16010 SW 151st Terrace, and she was taken into custody.<\/p>\n

Smith was given a $45,900 bond during her court appearance on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A second woman accused of running an unlicensed assisted living facility in Miami-Dade County was arrested on Tuesday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1219,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-294681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-crime-and-courts","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}