Category: Broward News

Tennessee football player arrested after punching police officer, Miami Beach cops say

A University of Tennessee football player was arrested early Thursday during the school’s Spring Break after punching a cop in South Beach, according to an arrest affidavit. Kenneth George, Jr., … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Serial rapist confessed to South Florida woman’s murder. A serial killer was really to blame.

Ronald Henry Stewart’s confession closed the case of the 1983 murder of Regina Harrison in Hollywood. Stewart died in prison 11 years ago. He would have been there regardless of the murder — he had also pleaded guilty to multiple rapes and was sentenced to 50 years in prison for each of those crimes. But Stewart, prosecutors now say, was no killer. The Broward State Attorney’s Office filed a motion in court to vacate Stewart’s conviction after another dead man confessed to... Read More

Reward increased to $25K to catch teen’s killer

The reward to catch the killer of a Pembroke Pines teenager has been increased to $25,000. Anonymous donors contributed $22,000 to the standard $3,000 Broward Crime Stoppers reward to find whoever was responsible for the killing of Ameer Mustafa, police and Crimestoppers announced Wednesday. Mustafa, 18, was gunned down just before 5 a.m. Jan. 15 in the Cobblestone residential community, bordering the west side of Interstate 75 between Pines Boulevard and Pembroke Road, investigators... Read More

Proposal to arm teachers delayed in Florida Senate, despite crowds who came for public comment session

They traveled to the state Capitol to make their views known about a controversial proposal to arm teachers. They’ll have to wait for another day. A Senate committee postponed public testimony Wednesday on a proposal that would allow classroom teachers to carry a firearm if they voluntarily undergo training. At least 20 members of the advocacy group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America — some from Gainesville — traveled to Tallahassee. People packed the room. Spectators stood... Read More

‘Boycotting the killings’: South Florida men on hunger strike against gun violence

Shootings that have claimed the lives or maimed sons, daughters, brothers, sisters and others have sparked a hunger strike in Miami that reached its 13th day Thursday. The group of nine men — “The Hunger Nine” — began their hunger strike March 9 to highlight the gun violence that has brought sorrow, fear and anger to every Miami neighborhood — especially communities like Overtown and Liberty City. “We want to make sure that people’s lives are never forgotten… the killing... Read More

Cindy Yang helped Chinese tech stars get $50K photos with Trump. Who donated the money?

More than a year before her Super Bowl selfie with the president, Li “Cindy” Yang brought two Chinese-born tech executives — an Australia-based cryptocurrency guru known in the industry as … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Before fatal shooting, man feared he was followed, reports say

A young man shot at killed at a Pembroke Pines apartment complex was nervous before the shooting, telling family members he had been followed after leaving work, according to news reports. The shooting happened about 1 a.m. Tuesday at the Bella Grande community in the 10300 block of Northwest Eighth Street, according to Pembroke Pines police. Police have not released the name of the 23-year-old man killed by multiple gunshot wounds, but family members identified him as Kadeem Smith. James... Read More