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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...
Fort Lauderdale cop fired after accusations of racial slurs, instigating fight
The city of Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday fired a police officer accused of shouting racial slurs at a group of Black men, instigating a fight with them, and then lying about how he wound up injured. It happened Thanksgiving weekend as 16-year veteran officer John Giga was off duty and...
Search underway for brothers, 11 and 13, reported missing from Lauderhill
LAUDERHILL, FLA. (WSVN) - Police seek the public’s help in their search for two juvenile brothers who were reported missing from Lauderhill. Lauderhill Police officers responded to a call in reference to the disappearance of 11-year-old Jarohn Thompson and 13-year-old Heyvion Johnson, at around 9 a.m. on Sunday. The...
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.
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...
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.
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...
Another Predator Moves To Boca Raton, We Have His Address From Police
BOCA RATON, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2024 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Another registered “predator” is calling Boca Raton “home,” and we have his address. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office sharing the information with BocaNewsNow.com and asking us to share it with the public.
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...
Father accused of driving wrong way with 3 kids in van while fleeing cops near Hard Rock Stadium
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – A minivan driver is facing two felony charges after police said he fled from a Miami-Dade police motorcycle officer who had pulled him over in Miami Gardens over the weekend. Rudy Gerald Sobrian, 46, of Miramar, had his three children in a Toyota Sienna as...
New video shows bloody knife attack inside Miami Gardens gym
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Newly released video shows a gruesome attack at a South Florida gym that nearly killed a man and left another behind bars. The attack happened at a 24-Hour Fitness in Miami Gardens back in May. Surveillance video shows off-duty police officers trying to keep...
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