Category: Broward News

Man killed ‘trying to beat Brightline train’ in Hollywood

A pedestrian lost his race with a Brightline train Thursday night and was killed while trying to cross railroad tracks in Hollywood, authorities said. The 43-year-old man was struck about 6:30 p.m. while trying to beat the train at Garfield Road and Dixie Highway, said Battalion Chief Chris Del Campo, spokesman for Hollywood Fire Rescue. The man’s body landed near Hayes Street, a block south of where he was hit, Del Campo said. Ihosvani Rodriguez / courtesy At least a dozen people... Read More

What swung conviction of ex-cop Nouman Raja? Audio of his deadly encounter with Corey Jones.

The main reason ex-cop Nouman Raja was found guilty Thursday — let alone even charged in the fatal shooting of stranded motorist Corey Jones — was an extraordinary audio recording. This case, joining a series of police killings of young black men across the country, turned on the discovery of Jones’ recorded call for a tow truck that early morning of Oct. 18, 2015, on a highway off-ramp. Played repeatedly in Raja’s eight-day trial, it allowed the jury to hear the tragic 3:15 a.m.... Read More

Wife of missing ex-FBI agent blames Iran but faults U.S. leaders

The wife of a former FBI agent who vanished in Iran in 2007 expressed bitter frustration Thursday about efforts to get her husband back home. Christine Levinson, of Coral Springs, told a House panel that she holds Iran responsible for the disappearance of her husband, Robert, but she also said three American administrations have failed to press the Tehran government hard enough for his return. “Time and time again, Bob has been left behind, deprioritized, or seemingly forgotten,”... Read More

Reward offered in fatal shooting of 18-year-old Pembroke Pines man

Pembroke Pines police on Thursday identified the man who was shot to death in a residential community in January. He was 18-year-old Ameer Mustafa. Mustafa was gunned down in the pre-dawn hours of Jan. 14 in the Cobblestone residential community, which is immediately west of Interstate 75 and accessible only from Pines Boulevard to the north and Pembroke Road to the south. Investigators continue to search for the shooter who struck at about 4:58 a.m. where Southwest Seventh Street dead ends... Read More

Fort Lauderdale commissioner won’t face criminal charges over campaign finances

A long-running criminal investigation into Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Robert McKinzie Jr.’s political campaign has ended without charges. The State Attorney’s Office concluded McKinzie’s 2015 campaign finance accounting was “slipshod” and his financial reports carried “multiple inaccuracies,” but “any criminal prosecution would be tenuous at best” because there is “a lack of sufficient evidence,” a close-out memo says. “It is abundantly clear from this... Read More

Miami-Dade has a longer waiting period for gun buyers, but police weren’t enforcing it

For two decades Miami-Dade has had one of Florida’s strictest waiting periods for gun purchases, but the county police department only recently began enforcing the local law. Last year, activists … Click to Continue » ... Read More

That ought to do it! Judge issues restraining order against winter to keep snow away

As the old joke goes, everyone complains about the weather but no one ever does anything about it. But a judge in Minnesota has decided enough is enough – and issued an emergency restraining order on Thursday against defendants named as Old Man Winter, Mr. Snow and Minnesota Meteorologists, according to CBS Minnesota. “The defendants are enjoined from permitting any more snowfall this winter in the ‘Restricted Geographic Regions’ of Minnesota; and especially within Hennepin... Read More

Wife of ex-FBI agent who vanished in Iran faults US response

The wife of a former FBI agent who vanished in Iran in 2007 expressed bitter frustration Thursday about efforts to get her husband back home. Christine Levinson told a House panel that she holds Iran responsible for the disappearance of her husband, Robert, a retired FBI agent from Coral Springs. But she also said three American administrations have failed to press Iran hard enough for his return. “Time and time again, Bob has been left behind, deprioritized, or seemingly... Read More