Miramar police are searching for a hit-and-run driver described as a blue-haired woman behind the wheel of a white, four-door car, who struck a 23-year-old man and drove away. Yimmy Santana Mendez was walking to work on Sunday and when he crossed the street at Miramar Boulevard and Palm Avenue someone ran the red light and struck him, police said. The car — believed to be a Honda or Toyota that would have front-end damage from the crash — stopped, a woman got out, looked at Mendez and... Read More
Wounded man arrested in double-shooting in Hallandale, cops say
It was not a happy birthday for a 24-year-old Pembroke Pines man who was not only shot in the foot but was arrested for possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, court records showed. According to the arrest report, Ronald Jean Duverge was shot, along with a 9-year-old girl, as he got into a confrontation with Noah Jackson in the 500 block of Northwest Sixth Street in Hallandale Beach about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday. Officers responded to reports of several shots being fired in the area of Foster... Read More
University of Miami student used stolen credit-card accounts to pay tuition, cops say
A University of Miami student was jailed Thursday on accusations he used stolen credit-card numbers — to pay for tuition. Zhaosen Zhang, 22, an international student from China, was charged … Click to Continue » ... Read More
Woman killed in single-car crash on Interstate 95
A driver was killed before dawn Thursday when her car slammed into a pole along Interstate 95 in Fort Lauderdale. The crash happened about 4:20 a.m. in the southbound side of the highway near Griffin Road. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the 2015 Honda Civic being driven by Gabriela Alexandra Botta, 19, of North Miami Beach, went out of control for unknown reasons, veered to the right and crashed into the metal pole. The car came to rest on its side in a grassy area off the highway.... Read More
Ex-cop Nouman Raja guilty of manslaughter, attempted murder in roadside killing of Corey Jones
Former police officer Nouman Raja is guilty of armed manslaughter and attempted first-degree murder for shooting stranded motorist Corey Jones to death in a roadside encounter, a Palm Beach County jury decided Thursday. The verdict was announced about 9:15 a.m. following nearly five hours of deliberations over two days. Raja will be sentenced April 26. He faces a minimum term of 25 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life. Circuit Judge Joseph Marx immediately ordered Raja to be placed... Read More
This Fantasy Novelist Showed Me What It Means to Fear God
How Lois McMaster Bujold’s Hugo Award–winning stories depict reverence in the face of divine mystery. The fear of the Lord,” says Proverbs 1:7, “is the beginning of knowledge.” Indeed, God’s scriptural appearances are often terrifying. Moses sees only God’s cloaked back and is nearly undone by the sight (Ex. 34:4–8). Isaiah sees God’s throne room, complete with disturbingly inhuman angelic creatures, and is devastated by the gap between his... Read More
The rudest things you can do in a restaurant
20 Things You Should Never Do in a Fancy Restaurant Shutterstock Dining out is meant to be a fun and pleasant experience. We show up, we sit down, we order, we eat, we pay, and we leave. But even though that may sound like a rather straightforward experience, there are actually a lot of unspoken rules that you really should be playing by, especially at a fancier establishment. Arrive Right Before the Kitchen Closes Shutterstock If a restaurant closes at 11, that doesn’t... Read More
Operation Green Light offering savings to drivers charged in Broward
Drivers with unpaid traffic tickets, court costs, fees or fines, will get the chance to reduce their debt and possibly restore their driving privileges as the Broward County Clerk of Courts launches Operation Green Light the week of March 11-16. Anyone convicted of felonies, misdemeanors or traffic infractions, with costs that were sent to a collection agency for nonpayment, can make good on their debt and save up to 35 percent in collection agency fees during the week-long amnesty... Read More
Suspended Broward Sheriff Scott Israel files lawsuit to get his job back
Former Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel is challenging his suspension in a petition filed Thursday in Broward County Circuit Court, alleging that Gov. Ron DeSantis exceeded his legal authority when he ousted him from office. Stuart Kaplan, an attorney representing Israel, said DeSantis’ latest comments in his State of the State address Tuesday motivated the lawsuit. DeSantis said any senator who would vote to reinstate Israel would “thumb his nose” at the families who lost loved... Read More
Teen accused of sexually assaulting girl at knifepoint
A 17-year-old boy is being charged as an adult following a sexual assault on a teenage girl at knifepoint, Lauderhill police said. According to the arrest report, Brandon Mathieu attacked the girl about 10 a.m. Feb. 11 while she was walking in the 1900 block of Northwest 56th Avenue on her way to Lauderhill Middle School. She was on the access ramp to a pedestrian bridge crossing over Florida’s Turnpike when Mathieu rode up on a bicycle and grabbed her from behind, investigators said. With... Read More