Category: Broward News

A man was found guilty Thursday of killing Taco Bell manager Tikkitress Johnson in 2009 as she begged for her life. The same jury that convicted Karari Ritchie will be back in court in April to decide whether he should pay for the crime with his life. Deliberations in the capital murder case took more than 10 hours over two days. No one testified for the defense, and attorney Joseph Burke focused his closing argument Wednesday on perceived lapses in the investigation that brought Ritchie and... Read More

A Margate man suspected in a fatal shooting in Miami Beach turned himself in Thursday, authorities said. He surrendered two days after police released surveillance video of a shooter firing a gun on a Miami Beach street moments before a man was shot and killed nearby. Alan Michael Alt, 32, has a history of arrests in Florida for DUI, reckless driving, theft and marijuana and has lived in Fort Lauderdale, North Miami Beach and Virginia Beach, Va., records show. Alt turned himself in at the... Read More

The judge overseeing the case of confessed Parkland killer Nikolas Cruz asked attorneys on Thursday to consider January 2020 as the “tentative” goal for a trial date. Cruz faces the … Click to Continue » ... Read More

A proposal for a professional soccer team at defunct Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale is catching interest among devoted — but jilted — fans of the former Strikers team. At a community meeting Wednesday night, the man who hopes to win a Lockhart Stadium deal away from star-powered David Beckham tried to woo what he called “the most hard core soccer fans in Fort Lauderdale.” Fort Lauderdale city commissioners set a deadline of March 1 for proposals to breathe new life into the... Read More

Gov. Ron DeSantis continued his dramatic reshaping of state environmental policy Thursday, naming four new members to a powerful board that supervises South Florida water supplies and the restoration of the Everglades. The governor filled vacancies he created last month when he asked the entire board of the South Florida Water Management District to resign. The board has been accused of protecting the sugar industry over the environment and failing to do enough about the toxic algae that... Read More

Construction is underway for a $30 million apartment project in Hollywood benefiting low-income seniors. Pinnacle at Peacefield, which will be on Adams Street, west of South Dixie Highway, will have 120 rental apartments for people age 62 and older. Construction will be complete early next year, said Pinnacle Housing Group, the developer. The developer will start accepting applications sometime this fall. There will be income eligibility requirements. (A family of two, for example,... Read More

The Winn-Dixie in Pompano Beach will be closing in March. The store, at 3435 N. Federal Highway, will shut on or before March 25 because it has been under performing, according to Southeastern Grocers. The company will later share details about liquidating merchandise before the closing. “We have made the difficult decision to close this Winn-Dixie store,” Joe Caldwell, senior manager of corporate communications, said in a news release. “We do not take these decisions... Read More

A Cuban national living in South Florida has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for transporting three women into the U.S. from his home country and then forcing them to dance in local strip clubs to pay off their smuggling debts, federal authorities said. Ivan Madrigal Zamora, 46, was facing up to 60 years when he pleaded guilty Oct. 22 to federal charges that included forced labor trafficking and inducing an illegal alien to live in the U.S., prosecutors said. According to court records,... Read More

A Cuban national living in South Florida has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for transporting three women into the U.S. from his home country and then forcing them to dance in local strip clubs to pay off their smuggling debts, federal authorities said. Ivan Madrigal Zamora, 46, was facing up to 60 years when he pleaded guilty Oct. 22 to federal charges that included forced labor trafficking and inducing an illegal alien to live in the U.S., prosecutors said. According to court records,... Read More

Roger Stone was banned Thursday from doing what he loves: talking in public. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson summoned President Donald Trump’s former adviser and friend from South Florida … Click to Continue » ... Read More