Four derelict boats mar the pretty view, turning the watery cove into a nautical junkyard. And when those four boats are hauled away, more will move in to take their place, critics say of the never-ending cycle that’s been going on for years at Broward’s North Beach Park. Some of the boats are on their last sea legs but become lifeboats for squatters. Nearby homeowners have complained for years about liveaboards using the waterway as their own personal septic tank, dumping buckets of... Read More
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He fatally struck a motorcyclist, hit a car, took off and crashed again, police said
After crashing into a motorcyclist and another car in his Chevy Impala, Rey Villanueva kept going until he hopped a curb, crashed into a metal light pole and flipped his … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Monroe County: Our top challenge is the lack of affordable housing for Keys workers
Monroe County adopted its strategic plan for the next five years with an emphasis on providing more housing that is affordable for the workforce that sustains the island chain’s tourism-based … Click to Continue » ... Read More
City of Miami wins lawsuit challenging referendum on Beckham soccer stadium
A Miami-Dade judge has upheld a referendum approved by Miami voters over a proposed soccer stadium and commercial complex planned to be the game-day venue for David Beckham’s upcoming Major … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Stoneman Douglas Principal Ty Thompson is under investigation
Ty Thompson, the principal of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, is now under investigation and will have a new job at the Parkland school. It’s the latest in a string of administrative shakeups since a former student murdered 17 people at the school Feb. 14, 2018. Stoneman Douglas added a second principal last spring and transferred three assistant principals in November to jobs while investigating their roles in the massacre. Now Thompson, who has led the school since 2013, will give... Read More
Woman killed, man critically hurt in what cops say may have been an attempted murder-suicide
A woman was killed and a man was critically injured Thursday in what police say may have been an attempted murder-suicide. A 911 call came in by a “male juvenile” … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Man acquitted of murdering his father in buried body parts case
A Fort Lauderdale man on Thursday was acquitted of murdering his father, but he was found guilty of abusing a body — his father’s dismembered remains found in Boca Raton. James Scandirito II’s dad was 74-year-old James “Skip” Scandirito Sr., a former Michigan judge. The younger Scandirito, 50, testified his father died of natural causes but he panicked because he’d been drinking and using drugs. As a result, he said he used a saw to carve up his father’s body in a garage... Read More
His mail bombs didn’t detonate but they spread fear. He cried as he pleaded guilty
A South Florida man pleaded guilty Thursday to sending pipe bombs to CNN and prominent critics of President Donald Trump in a wave of attacks that harmed no one but … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Hit-and-run driver who dropped child at hospital comes forward
Her heart may have been in the right place but Broward Sheriff’s investigators feel her head was not when the hit-and-run driver disappeared after taking a 4-year-old child to the hospital. The woman reversed course and came forward after seeing news reports about the incident and the televised pleas of the child’s mother, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said Thursday. About a week ago a babysitter was walking with three children in the 2700 block of North State Road 7 when a Chrysler 200... Read More
Body found behind abandoned building is missing airport worker
A father of two last seen a week ago leaving work at the airport was killed and his body was left behind an abandoned Tamarac building, authorities said Thursday. Mackoni Hall, 40, of Hollywood, vanished on a Wednesday, March 13. He was last seen about 2 p.m. that day leaving work at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Detectives are investigating Hall’s heath as a homicide. The cause has not been disclosed. A search is on for Hall’s 2008 Dodge Caliber. It is gold and... Read More