Category: Broward News

It was after business hours when fire broke out at a recycling plant in Deerfield Beach. Shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday, firefighters were called to a scrap metal fire at Capital Scrap Metal, 1610 S. Powerline Road. “Firefighters were met with a large volume of fire encompassing a large mass of metal debris some 25 to 30 feet high,” said Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Michael Kane, spokesman for the agency. It took about 30 minutes to get the fire under control but crews... Read More

A BMW driver was likely speeding when he failed to negotiate a turn and crashed into a commercial building in Pompano Beach, according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Erving Colon, 42, of Fort Lauderdale, died Saturday after crashing his 1998 BMW 328i sedan, said Joy Oglesby, a spokewoman for the sheriff. Colon’s passenger, Anthony Boberg, 31, of Pompano Beach, was injured, she said. “Detectives believe speed is a contributing factor,” Oglesby said. “Detectives also suspect that... Read More

Miami police are looking for a driver of a black or dark sedan and the driver of a white van after detectives say they both hit a woman crossing a … Click to Continue » ... Read More

A 38-year-old man suffered fatal injuries when his Mercedes-Benz hydroplaned into the back of a stopped truck at a Boynton Beach intersection Tuesday morning, police said. Arshia Poursartip, of Boynton Beach, was rushed to Delray Medical Center, where he died, said Stephanie Slater, spokeswoman for the police department. Poursartip was driving his Mercedes west on Boynton Beach Boulevard when he skidded on the wet road while trying to stop and slammed the passenger’s side of his car into... Read More

Hollywood resident Mackoni Hall drove away from his job at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport last Wednesday around 2 p.m. in his gold Dodge Caliber. Hall hasn’t been seen since. Tuesday, … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Pembroke Pines police are looking for the shooter who killed a young man at an apartment complex early Tuesday morning. Police found a man suffering multiple gunshot wounds when they got to the Bella Grande community in the 10300 block of Northwest Eighth Street around 1 a.m., said Amanda Conwell, a police spokeswoman. The 23-year-old died at the scene, west of Palm Avenue and immediately south of Johnson Street, Conwell said. His name was not released. Investigators urge anyone with... Read More

Four Broward County men who pulled off jewelry store heists while poorly disguised as women have been convicted by a federal jury after a monthlong trial. The three Fort Lauderdale men and one Coral Springs man face possible life sentences for their convictions on four armed robberies committed during a six-week span in the spring of 2017 and covering nearly 900 miles from South Florida to Georgia and back again. Sentencing is set for June 7 in West Palm Beach before U.S. District Judge... Read More

A plan to drill for oil in the Everglades again won a major legal victory Tuesday, one day after a false alarm in which an appeals court issued an ordering affirming the proposal and then withdrew it as “issued in error.” The First District Court of Appeal announced that its decision in favor of Kanter Real Estate’s drilling plan would stand, despite a request by the state of Florida, Broward County and the city of Miramar to rehear the case. The order will almost certainly not be the... Read More

A prize fight election is brewing at the Broward County Courthouse between two high-profile exes who previously battled through a sordid divorce and allegations of mental incompetence in county courtrooms last year. It’s Forman vs. Forman in the title bout, with control of courthouse operations at stake. Brenda Forman, the camera-shy reigning clerk of courts, is being challenged by her predecessor and 16-year veteran of the office, ex-hubby Howard Forman. He filed papers to run Monday with... Read More

A pair of encounters the past two weeks between law enforcement and black women — one that ended in death, the other in a controversial arrest — mushroomed into civil … Click to Continue » ... Read More