Category: Broward News

A Miami Beach police officer was injured Friday evening after a motorcyclist struck him on Collins Avenue. Beach update tweet Sgt. Philip Elmore, who was on foot, attempted to stop … Click to Continue » ... Read More

In August 2017, Montie Mount of Key Largo pleaded no contest to three counts of grand theft for, among other scams, arranging a bogus motorcycle sale where he took $1,200 … Click to Continue » ... Read More

It’ll be another 10 years before former Wellington polo mogul John Goodman is set free. Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Colbath on Friday denied Goodman’s request to reduce his 16-year state prison sentence for his 2014 conviction in a fatal drunken driving crash. The ruling means the 55-year-old heir to a Texas heating and air conditioning fortune will continue to have a release date of Jan. 28, 2029, barring another development in the high-profile case. Colbath wrote that he... Read More

If you are wondering whether Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke is a Latino, the answer is no: he’s a fourth-generation Irish-American whose father gave him the Spanish nickname “Beto.” And … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday turned over his long-awaited final report on the contentious Russia investigation that has cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump’s presidency, entangled Trump’s family and resulted in criminal charges against some of the president’s closest associates. The comprehensive report, still confidential, marks the end of Mueller’s probe but sets the stage for big public fights to come. The next steps are up to Trump’s attorney... Read More

A worker at an Oakland Park massage parlor was killed Thursday and detectives want to speak with the man they believe was the last customer to see her alive, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said. A coworker at Bing Bing Spa discovered the unresponsive body of Daying Li, 45, at about 10:43 p.m., said Keyla Concepcion, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office. “Arriving deputies confirmed the woman had in fact been murdered,” Concepcion said. How Li was killed was not... Read More

A Florida Keys daycare worker was arrested on a battery charge Friday after police say she held a 7-year-old boy’s arms behind his back and allowed another child to hit … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Ron Bergeron said Friday he wouldn’t tarnish his reputation by doing anything unethical as a member of the powerful board that supervises South Florida water supplies and restoration of the Everglades. “The most important thing I’ve got is my reputation,” Bergeron said in an interview. “It took me 55 years to have the reputation, and that’s more important than all my success. I just look forward to making a difference in something I know about.” Ron DeSantis continued his... Read More

Two men frog-marched a doomed man through a fence and soon after, five shots rang out on a Sunday afternoon in Fort Lauderdale. One of the two assailants pinned Widell Everett’s arms pinned behind his back. As the slightly built 22-year-old was thrust behind two apartment buildings toward the killing place, he uttered, ‘Come on, man. Damn.’ Those four words, a plea, were perhaps his last. Fort Lauderdale police have arrested Ricardo Dexter Rodrigo Jr., 26, and Arthur Jerome Washington... Read More

Sydney Aiello, a 19-year-old Parkland shooting survivor who used yoga to manage her grief, killed herself Sunday, according to family and friends. Aiello’s parents told Miami Herald news partner CBS4 … Click to Continue » ... Read More