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Search underway for 63-year-old man missing from Pompano Beach
POMPANO BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Authorities are searching for a 63-year-old man who has been reported missing from Pompano Beach. According to BSO, Victor Alvarado was last seen near the 200 block of Southwest Fourth Avenue at around 10 a.m. on June 26. He is described as standing at 5...
Coconut Creek Police Search for Red Honda Civic in Fatal Hit-and-Run Case
The Coconut Creek Police Department has issued a public appeal for assistance in the hunt for a driver connected to a fatal hit-and-run collision that claimed the life of a pedestrian last month. The incident, as reported, unfolded in the 400 block of South Lyons Road on June 26, seconds from the serene trails of Fern Forest Nature Center.
Body found on ground at Coral Springs shopping plaza
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Coral Springs police are investigating after the body of a man was found Tuesday morning outside a shopping plaza. Sky 10 was above the scene off Wiles Road and 110th Avenue just after 10:45 a.m. as yellow evidence markers were seen on the ground near the body.
Fort Lauderdale fires police officer accused of racist behavior
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Fort Lauderdale’s interim city manager fired a longtime police officer accused of racist behavior on Tuesday. John Giga, who served as an officer with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department for 16 years, has a history of disciplinary issues dating back to 2013, according to court records.
‘That’s Not Even In My Vocabulary. My Girlfriend’s Black’: White Florida Officer Faces Termination for Allegedly Instigating Off-duty Fight with Group of Black Men By Using Racial Slur, But He Denies It Happened
A white police officer in South Florida faces termination following an unwarranted confrontation with a group of Black men, capping a long history of discipline problems dating back more than a decade, according to reports. In the latest incident last November, Officer John Giga, a 16-year veteran of the Fort...
Fort Lauderdale’s $100M police HQ not done, but already has concerning crack: ‘I don’t understand’
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Human error is the cause for a miscalculation that stopped some construction on Fort Lauderdale’s new police headquarters, and city leaders heard details about it Tuesday. Officials said a growing crack in the roof slab of the building isn’t a life safety issue, but...
BSO, Pembroke Pines police assist Secret Service in serving warrant at home
PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – The Broward Sheriff’s Office and Pembroke Pines police assisted agents from the U.S. Secret Service in serving a search warrant at a home Tuesday morning, authorities confirmed. The warrant was served near Southwest 156th Avenue and 12th Street in Pembroke Pines’ Grand Palms Country...
Teen accused of murdering grandmother to remain jailed
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A 14-year-old girl accused of murdering her grandmother in late May faced a Broward County judge again on Monday. Sofia Koval is accused of beating her grandmother, 79-year-old Yevheniia Koval, to death on May 23 at their home in Lauderdale Lakes. Koval, charged with second-degree...
South Florida brothers missing near Lauderhill found safe: police
LAUDERHILL - Two Lauderhill brothers who were reported missing on Saturday night have been found safe, police confirmed this Monday.Eleven-year-old Jarohn Thompson and his brother, 13-year-old Heyvion Johnson, had last been seen walking northbound on NW 55th Ave. on Saturday night, according to Lauderhill police. The boys' mother had told police that she last spoke to her sons around 9 p.m. that night to tell them to come back home after the brothers had spent the last hours playing at John E. Mullin Park, a recreational center and community pool.Police said the two minor were found safe overnight, but no other details were included. It is unknown at this moment the brothers' location since the time of their disappearance or who they were with throughout Sunday.
4 dead, including child, after car crash in Sunrise
Sunrise Police are investigating a crash that killed four people, including a child, on Sunday. Two cars crashed at the intersection of West Oakland Park Boulevard and Northwest 64th Avenue around 6:40 a.m., according to police. A witness told NBC6 that one of the cars was making a U-turn when...
One Year Later: Detectives seek clues in deadly shooting of 19-year-old girl
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (CBS12) — It's been almost a year since a bullet took the life of a 19-year-old girl in Fort Lauderdale, and detectives are still looking for leads. On July 4, 2023, Destiny Bucknor was a passenger in a Slingshot vehicle — a three-wheeler road vehicle — with a man on Northwest Eight Street when an unknown suspect shot at them, a Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO) news release said.
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