Category: Broward News

A dispute between two drivers on Interstate 95 raged from Boca Raton to Pompano Beach on Thursday morning — and ended with three bullets fired into the tailgate and bumper of a pickup truck, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The truck’s driver was not hurt when the bullets hit his 1997 Dodge pickup at the Atlantic Boulevard exit at about 7:14 a.m., said Lt. Al Feola, FHP spokesman. The suspected shooter, driving a 2004 four-door Toyota, was arrested about noon, after Broward sheriff’s... Read More

An Oklahoma man returned to a jail cell in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday evening after waiting for a jury to decide whether he is guilty of a murder that took place just over 10 years ago. James Gentry, 40, told the jury this week that he had nothing to do with the murder of Ralph Apuzzo, 64. The culprit, Gentry said, was his own brother, Tim Gentry, who’s now serving a 10-year sentence for second-degree murder after pleading no contest in the same case. The jury heard from both brothers,... Read More

A South Florida man who posted bomb-making instructions on the internet while expressing his support for Islamic extremism pleaded guilty Thursday to a terrorism-related charge in Miami federal court. Tayyab … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Alleged sex videos of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft won’t be released — at least not yet. Kraft, 77, a billionaire who lives in Massachusetts and has a home in Palm Beach, was recently ensnared in a prostitution investigation at the Orchids of Asia massage parlor. It’s where Jupiter police say they used hidden cameras to record dozens of men taking off their clothes and receiving sexual services. Kraft, who this week pleaded not guilty to soliciting prostitution, is accused... Read More

The Florida Keys high school student rushed to the hospital Wednesday, as well as two other students, likely ingested the opioid oxycodone, the Monroe County School District said Thursday. The … Click to Continue » ... Read More

Fort Lauderdale has much to fix, but also much to brag about, Mayor Dean Trantalis said Thursday in his first State of the City Address. The city has taken on a host of big-city issues in the past year, he said: broken sewer pipes, the “raiding” of money from the sewer fund to prop up the budget, homelessness, lack of affordable housing, traffic congestion and high tide flooding because of climate change. (“We do say those words here in Fort Lauderdale,” he said.) The city can’t... Read More

Bass Bros. Supermarket sits on a corner in Fort Lauderdale’s black community described as the “Main Street and First” of the area by a lawyer-lobbyist representing developer Eyal Peretz. Peretz plans to close down that market to build a multi-retail office space and parking garage, potentially leaving residents without a source of fresh groceries in an area already labeled a “food desert,” which the U.S. Department of Agriculture defines as a low-income urban or suburban area in... Read More

Two South Florida contractors face potentially long prison sentences after being found guilty in federal court Wednesday of bilking Miami-Dade County for renovation work on various low-income housing projects. Javier … Click to Continue » ... Read More

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has pleaded not guilty to soliciting prostitution, just days after Jupiter police identified him as one of two dozen men caught on camera engaging in sex acts at an illicit massage parlor. Kraft, 77, a billionaire who lives in Massachusetts and has a home in Palm Beach, is requesting a non-jury trial to address two misdemeanor counts, according to recently released court documents. The paperwork was filed Tuesday by Kraft’s attorney, Jack... Read More

A Pembroke Pines man faces premeditated murder charges after an 86-year-old woman died from injuries suffered in their Pines Village home. While Pembroke Pines police didn’t release the identity of … Click to Continue » ... Read More