Category: Broward News

Miami Dolphins player shares loss of unborn child on social media

Miami Dolphins offensive lineman Isaac Asiata, a promising young player entering his third season with the team, shared the recent death of his child on social media. Asiata and his wife, Angelia, were expecting a son to be born in October to join their daughter, Norah, in the family. Unfortunately, the child passed away on April 1, Asiata said in a lengthy social post on Twitter and Instagram this week. “On January 27th, 2019, we were blessed with the news of a Little Buddy coming in... Read More

Good Friday and the first night of Passover coincide. What will interfaith families do?

In 2019, Good Friday and the first night of Passover coincide. When the holidays fall on the same date, Jewish and Christian couples look for ways to combine them or celebrate them one after the other. … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Woman sexually attacked on city street

A woman who was walking along a Fort Lauderdale street was attacked and sexually assaulted Thursday night, police have confirmed. The incident happened along the 2200 block of Northwest 22nd Street. The area is south of Oakland Park Boulevard and just west of Interstate 95 — about two blocks west of Osswald Park. Late Thursday night, Fort Lauderdale police said the attack was being actively investigated but had no other details about the incident or information about a potential... Read More

‘He could have killed me,’ driver says after motorcyclist shoots at him during I-95 road rage incident

A road rage incident involving a car and a motorcycle accelerated to the point of gunfire and now the Florida Highway Patrol is looking for the armed biker who sped away. The shooting happened about 6 p.m. on April 8 where winding lanes merge through the Golden Glades Interchange and link to northbound Interstate 95 in Miami-Dade County. The motorcycle passed on the driver’s side of a 2014 black Nissan and cut in front of driver Lyndon Edwards, 27, of Miami Gardens, and ended up on the... Read More

Man arrested after trying to set American flag on fire at St. Patrick’s church, cops say

During the Wednesday morning Mass at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Miami Beach, Anthony Henstchel “began to disrupt the service,” and was asked to leave, police say. But instead of … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Teen driver who ran from fatal Alligator Alley crash didn’t have valid license, records show

An 18-year-old driver who ran away from a fatal crash on Alligator Alley does not have a valid license and was caught swapping seats with a passenger when he was pulled over last year, records show. No one has yet been charged in relation to Wednesday’s early morning crash that flipped an SUV carrying seven people and killed a 9-year-old girl. Carlos Geovany Gutierrez, of Miami, according to Florida Highway Patrol, was one of two drivers who may have caused the crash by drag racing. Both... Read More

Broward Sheriff’s Office investigates after video shows deputies pepper-spraying and punching teens

Broward sheriff’s deputies pepper-sprayed, tackled and punched teens while responding to an after-school call near J.P. Taravella High School on Thursday afternoon, video shot by a student shows. The footage shows at least two deputies take a boy down, bang his forehead into the pavement and repeatedly punch him in the head. “BSO is aware of the video,” Veda Coleman-Wright, a spokeswoman for the agency said Thursday evening. “They’re investigating the incident to determine exactly... Read More