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Jurors in the penalty trial of the confessed Parkland gunman listened to law enforcement officers describe carnage during the fifth day of testimony: Injured students pleading for help, and body after body of people who were either defenseless or spent their final breaths providing cover for students to escape. Advertisement The images of violence depicted in Friday’s testimony were not unlike the emotional firsthand accounts of students and teachers earlier in the week. But, for the... Read More

A veteran Broward Sheriff’s Office detention deputy has been found guilty of battery after he hit an inmate’s fingers and hands with his flashlight over 40 times, Broward State Attorney Harold Pryor announced Friday. After a three-day trial and a two-hour deliberation, a jury found detention deputy Delroy Rose, 57, guilty of misdemeanor battery Thursday. Advertisement The jury found that on Oct. 29, 2020, Rose, a 20-year veteran, repeatedly hit the inmate with his flashlight after... Read More

Congressman Ted Deutch emphatically on Friday knocked down the charge that congressional candidate Jared Moskowitz is a supporter of Gov. Ron DeSantis or former President Donald Trump. Deutch didn’t name them, but his Twitter thread was in effect calling out two Moskowitz opponents in the Aug. 23 congressional primary in the 23rd Congressional district in Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Advertisement The DeSantis-Trump theme has been central to Ben Sorensen’s campaign, and it has... Read More

ExpandAutoplay Image 1 of 127 Dr. Iouri Boiko, a Forensic Pathology Specialist, describes the gunshot wounds that the victims sustained. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz is being tried in the penalty phase of his trial at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Friday, July 22, 2022. Cruz previously plead guilty to all 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the 2018 shootings. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel via... Read More

A North Lauderdale man is facing a first-degree murder charge after investigators discovered a body buried in his backyard, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said Friday. Simon Hand, 23, was last seen with the victim around July 9, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The victim’s name is being withheld under Marsy’s Law, a voter-approved constitutional amendment that allows crime victims and their families to withhold identifying information from the public. Advertisement Sheriff’s... Read More

An Oklahoma man claiming to be a film financier has been sentenced in Florida to nearly 22 years in federal prison for participating in a scheme to steal more than $60 million from investors and producers seeking financing for movies and Broadway shows. Jason Van Eman, 44, of Bartlesville, Okla., was sentenced Thursday in Fort Lauderdale federal court, according to court records. A jury found him guilty in May of conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering. Advertisement According to... Read More

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Commission on Ethics on Friday scrapped a proposed settlement and decided to move forward with a sexual misconduct case against former state Sen. Jack Latvala. Latvala had agreed to a settlement that would have admitted “poor judgment” in having a two-decade sexual relationship with a lobbyist. The proposed settlement, which could have spurred a public censure and reprimand, would have led to dropping other allegations related to a former Senate staff... Read More

OAKLAND PARK — Six candidates are running to fill two open seats on Oakland Park’s City Commission this November. They’re focusing on an array of community concerns, from luring more affordable housing, to battling iguanas, to helping small businesses thrive, to lowering taxes. They’re from all walks of life: A church pastor, an auto-repair shop owner, a retired Miami-Dade County employee, a sheriff’s neighborhood specialist, a business analyst and a paralegal. The top two... Read More

OAKLAND PARK — A machete-wielding man walked away from an exchange of words with another man in front of an Oakland Park convenience store, then returned with a gun and shot him in the face, officials said. The victim was found after a shooting was reported about 1:45 a.m. on June 6 near the 3800 block of North Andrews Avenue, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Advertisement Oakland Park Fire Rescue paramedics took him to a hospital and the victim survived his... Read More

Testimony resumes Friday in the sentencing trial of Nikolas Cruz, the gunman who killed 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on Feb. 14, 2018. Over the first four days of the trial, jurors heard from several students and teachers who survived the classrooms in the 1200 building where the shooting took place. They also saw harrowing video from inside the school and in retail spots where Cruz was seen after the shooting. Advertisement A jury will... Read More